UToledoChemE news 2008
2008 News Items
Senior Ben Hoff Leads Engineers Without Borders Project
December 2008: Ben Hoff, President of Engineers Without Borders, and Professor Andy
Heydinger, EWB advisor, received a $10,000 grant from the Toledo Rotary Foundation
for a water supply project in Los Sanchez, Honduras as reported in the following Channel
11 broadcast.
Omega Chi Epsilon visits First Grade Classroom
October 2008: Omega Chi Epilson presented a program on recycling to approximately
100 first graders at Central Elementary School on October 22. President Breanna Flower
and a number of members talked about what and how to recycle as well as the role of
chemical engineers in recycling.
Baldi Receives AIChE Freshman Award
October 2008: Allison Baldi is the recipient of the 2008 American Institute of Chemical
Engineers (AIChE) Freshman Recognition Award. The Award is given to the AIChE Student
Chapter member that was most active during their freshman year. Congratulations Allison!
Another Excellent Freshman Class
October 2008: The average GPA and ACT scores of our 2008 freshman class are identical
to those of the 2007 class: 3.7 and 26, respectively. The number of high school valdectorians
increased from 3 in 2007 to 4 in 2008.
Lakhapatri Selected for AIChE Travel Award
September 2008: Graduate student Satish Lakhapatri is the recipient of an AIChE Catalysis
and Reaction Engineering Division travel award. The $400 award allows him to present
the results of his research on novel steam reforming processes at the AIChE annual
meeting in Philadelphia. His research advisor is Professor Abraham.
Varanasi Receives Award for Biofuel Research
September 2008: Professor Sasidhar Varanasi and colleagues Professor Patty Relue
and Praveen Paripati are the recipients of a DOE award for the development of cost-effective
biocatalysts to increase product yield in the biological conversion of lignocellulosic
biomass. Additional details are available on DOE's web site.
CHEE Student Co-hosts TV Show
September 2008: Jennifer Mondelli and CHEE student Shaun McDonald report on technological
innovations in our region for public television station WGTE. The first installment
of the montly seriesPlugged-Inairs on WGTE HD and WGTE TV30 Wednesday Sept 17th at 8:00pm.
Candidates Sought for Two Open Faculty Lines
August 2008: The Department is soliciting candidates for two open faculty lines in
the area of alternative energy. Read more about the positions and how to apply
Another Large Class in 08
August 2008: Professor Glenn Lipscomb is pictured with the Fall 2007 class. The department
welcomed over 70 new students in 2007 and expects a similar number in Fall 2008.