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Candidates for AIChE Fellow are nominated by their peers and must have significant chemical engineering experience (generally 25 years). In addition, they must have demonstrated significant service to the profession and have been a member of AIChE for at least 10 years.
Here are some of AIChE’s recently elected Fellows.
Bruce D. Bullough
Bruce D. Bullough is recognized for his work in the recombination of radiolytically formed hydrogen with oxygen, air pollution control, industrial boiler optimization, piping design, and process safety management (PSM). He has contributed to processes and equipment used in recovery after the Three Mile Island nuclear incident; reductions in VOC emissions from magnetic data storage media production; and the mass-production of lipids used in the COVID vaccine. A Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) Certified Professional, he served on the CCPS Technical Steering Committee and contributed to CCPS projects, including the “Handbook for Process Safety in Laboratories and Pilot Plants.”
Greg Nesmith
Greg Nesmith is the global risk leader at Dow, where he also leads process safety learning — creating and managing process safety content globally. He has more than 35 years of experience in the chemicals industry, with over 17 years in process safety management. He also conducts complex systems analyses for clients who are managing facility risk and assesses the potential risks — and potential solutions — offered by new technologies such as drones, robotics, and electronic devices in hazardous locations. Among many activities, he is involved with CCPS’s Undergraduate Education Committee and Safety and Chemical Engineering Education (SAChE).
Ravi Radhakrishnan
Ravi Radhakrishnan is Professor and Chair of Bioengineering and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, where he is also a member of the Genomics and Computational Biology and the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics graduate groups. He is a founder and former Director of the Penn Institute for Computational Sciences, an interdisciplinary institute that promotes research at the interface of multiscale modeling, machine learning, and high-performance supercomputing. His lab is working to create digital twin models in biomedical engineering for cancer treatment and next-generation therapeutics.
Jeffrey D. Rimer
Jeffrey D. Rimer is the Abraham E. Dukler Endowed Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Univ. of Houston, where he also serves as Director of Graduate Studies and as Program Director of the Welch Center for Advanced Bioactive Materials Crystallization. A member of the National Academy of Inventors, he is an executive committee member of the International Zeolite Association, and he has chaired Gordon Research Conferences on crystal growth and assembly as well as nanoporous materials and their applications. Rimer is an associate editor of Crystal Growth & Design and serves on the advisory board for the AIChE Journal.
M. Scott Shell
M. Scott Shell is the Myers Founders Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Univ. of California, Santa Barbara. His group develops novel molecular simulations, multiscale modeling, and statistical thermodynamic approaches to understand and rationally design a range of soft materials, solution formulations, and biomolecular systems. Active in AIChE’s Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum (CoMSEF; Area 1a), he has introduced new sessions at Spring and Annual meetings, including sessions that highlight the work of faculty candidates and early-career researchers. He authored the textbook "Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: An Integrated Approach."
Zhaohui Tong
Zhaohui Tong is an associate professor and James C. Barber Faculty Fellow in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has conducted research and taught in the areas of sustainable chemistry and bioresource technologies and has established an innovative research program on the food-energy-water nexus. Her related research involves the synthesis and self-assembly of multifunctional sustainable materials, catalytical conversion of renewable resources (e.g., biomass) to biochemicals and aviation fuels, and artificial-intelligence-based bio-refinery process control and catalyst design. She has served as a leader of AIChE’s Forest Bioproducts Div.