Five faculty from the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering are being recognized by Purdue College of Engineering as Most Impactful Inventors of FY 2020. David Corti, Elias Franses, Zoltan Nagy, Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, and You-Yeon Won are part of a special video presentation that can be viewed online which highlights faculty from across the College.

Seven faculty from the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering are being recognized for their fiscal year 2020 External Awards by the Purdue College of Engineering. Xiaoping Bao, Bryan Boudouris, Letian Dou, Rajamani Gounder, Zoltan Nagy, Vilas Pol, and Fabio Ribeiro are part of a special video presentation that can be viewed online which highlights faculty from across the College.

Purdue College of Engineering recently announced new faculty for 2020. Dr. Cornelius Masuku, Associate Professor of Engineering Practice, Dr. Ray A. Mentzer, Professor of Engineering Practice and Associate Director of Purdue Process Safety & Assurance Center, and Dr. Linas Mockus, Research Associate Professor from the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering are among the 46 new faculty announced in a special video presentation.

Dr. Gintaras (Rex) Reklaitis, the Burton and Kathryn Gedge Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, is one of three College of Engineering faculty elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS fellow is a lifetime honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. This year, 489 members have been awarded this distinction and was formally announced Nov. 27 in the AAAS News & Notes section of the journal Science.

Two Purdue Chemical Engineering alumnae were among a group of first-generation students featured by the College of Engineering during the 2020 First-Generation College Celebration. Kelly Hornsby-Clawson (BSChE 1997) and Ashley Noel Suarez (Vacchiano) (BSChE 2011) were featured as alumni who have graduated and pioneered as first-generation college students, while succeeding in their fields in spite of many challenges.