Purdue Chemical Engineering alumnus Dr. Antonios G. Mikos (MS 1985, PhD 1988) was recently elected to the prestigious Academia Europaea. Dr. Mikos was elected for his work in biomaterials and tissue engineering. Mikos is the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering, of chemical and biomolecular engineering, of materials science and nanoengineering, and of chemistry, and director of the NIH Center for Engineering Complex Tissues, the Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering and the J. W. Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering at Rice University.

Purdue University Davidson School of Chemical Engineering will host two virtual information sessions for anyone interested in learning more about the PhD program. The identical sessions will begin at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28 and Thursday, October 29.

ChemE Kids Day, an annual free event designed to give students in grades 3-5 an opportunity to learn about chemical engineering and science, will be held virtually on October 17 from 11:00am - 2:00 p.m. The event is hosted by Omega Chi Epsilon, the national chemical engineering honor society, will include hands-on activities that can be completed at home.

Dr. Bryan Boudouris, a Professor of Chemical Engineering and of Chemistry (by Courtesy) at Purdue University, has been selected to receive the American Physical Society's 2021 John H. Dillon Medal. Dr. Boudouris was selected for his "fundamental insights connecting polymer structure with charge transport in free radical conducting polymers, organic electronics, and functional block copolymers."

The Purdue College of Engineering named its 2020-2021 Engineering Fellows during a recent virtual event. Thanks to the generosity of benefactors Robert H. Buckman (BSChE '59) and his wife, Joyce A. Mollerup, five students each will receive a $10,000 gift upon graduation in 2021. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering student Christina Core, of Hudson, Ohio, is one of this year's recipients.