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Message from the Department Head
Frank S. Bates

Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

A Newsletter for Alumni, Students and Friends of the Department Spring Semester 2001

he inauguration of our new newsletter format, and my first message as Head, are accompanied by many significant developments in the department. I would like to share with you some of the challenges and opportunities we face in the near future. Last year we converted to the semester system, necessitating a complete revamping of our curriculum. I am pleased to report that this came off successfully, with only minor modifications required this year. A recent addition to the teaching faculty, Prof. Raul Caretta (Ph.D., 1979, CEMS) has been instrumental in making this transition. Raul has assumed primary responsibility for undergraduate advising (Dr. Ted Zorn, who guided many of you through our program, retired this summer). At the same time, Raul has teamed up with several other faculty members in teaching chemical engineering design, and has taken joint responsibility for the Unit Operations Lab with Prof. Christie Geankoplis. We welcome the arrival of two new Assistant Professors in January, Prof. Satish Kumar (one of our own, B.S., ChemE, 1993) who specializes in fluid mechanics, and Prof. Chris Leighton, an expert in magnetic materials. Both of these new hires fill important research and teaching needs in the department. Profs. Lanny Schmidt and Jim Chelikowsky are leading searches for two additional faculty positions. Since taking over as Department Head I have been most fortunate to have a talented and dedicated group of program directors overseeing most of our academic activities. Prof. Alon McCormick, Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUGS) in Chemical Engineering, has the monumental task of keeping track of hundreds of eager junior and senior chemical engineering students. Prof. Lorraine Francis, DUGS in Materials Science, has been implementing an innovative new curriculum in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) in collaboration with the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), Prof. Robert Cook. A new centerpiece materials testing laboratory, created in the basement of the new Piercy Wing, is filling up with new and renovated equipment. For the first time our MSE program will include centralized laboratory classes like those offered for over 50 years in chemical engineering. Alon and Lorraine have also taken primary responsibility for the 2001 ABET certification process. Prof. Prodromos Daoutidis rounds out the team of directors as DGS in chemical engineering. I have created a new position, Executive Officer, to help manage the department. Wei-Shou Hu graciously agreed to fill this role for the first year, helping to reorganize various department activities, particularly in the areas of budget and data management. In September, Prof. Jeff Derby answered the call to service and took over as Executive Officer. His responsibilities include managing the burgeoning growth in Information Technology and associated activities with the staff. Overall, the department is being managed by an exceptional group of people. The opportunities that lie before us really excite me. Our department is uniquely positioned to define modern chemical engineering and materials science. Today, technological and societal needs are blurring classical distinctions between science and engineering. With a tradition in engineering science and a pool of talent that includes faculty degrees in no less than eight disciplines, we are poised to shape the research and teaching agenda across a rich spectrum of subjects. I look forward to describing our progress in future editions of the CEMS News as our department evolves during the next few years.

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DEPARTMENT UPDATE
STAY CONNECTED!
he CEMS News has undergone some changes. A new Class Notes section keeps you updated on the lives of your fellow classmates and friends. Please send us your news and photos and we will include them in future editions of the newsletter. You may often wonder about your favorite professor or advisor and what he or she is doing in the areas of research and scholarship. The faculty and newsletter staff will be attempting to answer your inquiries by publishing retirement announcements, research breakthroughs, and where are they now briefs in each of the upcoming issues. Profiles of our distinguished alumni are true testimonies to the quality of education that they received from CEMS, and we are proud of their success after graduation. CEMS continues to be one of the top departments in the world, and it is always a privilege to learn about the graduates of this esteemed program. Please share your stories with us. Visit our Webpage <www.cems.umn.edu/alumni> to discover many ways to stay connected: The CEMS Alumni Webpage is your gateway to information of interest to our alumni. You will find links to: CEMS News and Information: Find out more about the latest happenings in the department. Alumni update form: Bring us up to date on your personal and professional achievements. Institute of Technology Alumni Society: The Minnesota Alumni Association provides social, educational, and volunteer opportunities for IT alumni worldwide. Legislative Network: The Network notifies volunteers about current University-related issues at the state legislature and provides tips on how to easily and successfully contact legislators. Inventing Tomorrow: The magazine for alumni and friends of the Institute of Technology. University of Minnesota Alumni Society: Check out the many benefits of becoming a member, including a subscription to Minnesota magazine. University Events: An on-line calendar of current happenings on campus and throughout the Twin Cities area. We are making these changes to the CEMS News because we want you to stay connected to the classmates, faculty, and staff who share special memories of your time here at the University of Minnesota.
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CONTRIBUTE TO OUR HISTORY ISSUE

e a part of history. The Summer 2001 edition of CEMS News will focus on events of the past century in the department. Help us to rediscover the past by telling us about your experiences as a student in chemical engineering or materials science and the times in which you lived them. Please mail or e-mail your story by May 15, 2001 in care of: Ms. Julie Murphy University of Minnesota Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 393 Amundson Hall 421 Washington Ave. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 E-mail: jjmurphy@tc.umn.edu Phone: 612-625-4356 Fax: 612-626-7246 Include your name, class date, address, e-mail address or home telephone number. THANK YOU!

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CEMS News (Vol. 1 , No. 1) is published two times per year by the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science for alumni, students and friends of the department. Circulation is 6,815. Spring Semester 2001 edition editors: Stephanie Clark and Julie Murphy; Layout: Stephanie Clark. Special thanks to: Mark Anderson and Pat Whitcomb and Class Notes contributors, CEMS Alumni; Frank Bates, Lorraine Francis, Herb Isbin, Timothy Lodge, Alon McCormick, CEMS Professors; Mark Hillmyer, Chemistry Professor; Stephen Biever, Paul Sorenson, IT Deans Office; Jann Jarvis, Printing Services. To submit class notes, change of address, and comments, please write to: Ms. Julie Murphy, University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 393 Amundson Hall, 421 Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; E-mail: jjmurphy@tc.umn.edu; Web form: www.cems.umn.edu/Alumni/AlumniForm.htm. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. 2001 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. This publication is available in alternative formats upon request. Printed by University of Minnesota Printing Services. Contains a minimum of 10% postconsumer waste.
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DEPARTMENT UPDATE
1999-2000 CEMS Scholarship Winners
Department scholarships are awarded to CEMS juniors to help with expenses in their senior year. The students are chosen by the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the Department Head on the basis of academic excellence and faculty recommendation. In many cases financial need and other criteria as specified by the scholarship donor are also taken into consideration.
British Petroleum Exploration $500 Wijawa Martanto Charles Mann Chemical Engineering Alumni Scholarships $1000 Hoai Pham Stanley Rendon Darren Woulfe Evi Oktavia Melvina Leolukman Kroy Johnson Thomas Patrick Wing Lam Yakov Lapitsky Chevron $1000 Mary Becker Karissa Krautbauer Katie Ohotto Elizabeth Weisbrod Jared Haun Potlatch $2000
Ed Kopesky

Professor Emeritus Herbert S. Isbin Receives Robert E. Wilson Award

rofessor Emeritus Herbert S. Isbin received the Robert E. Wilson Award for 2000, for his outstanding contributions in chemical engineering and achievements in the nuclear industry and for promoting the objectives of the Nuclear Engineering Division of AIChE. Prof. Isbins award address was entitled, Is Ethics on Your Checklist? Prof. Isbin, who has been a member of AIChE since 1942, was also elected Fellow of the society this year, in recognition and appreciation of his superior attainments, valuable contributions, and service to chemical engineering. Prof. Isbin reports that his principal participation in public service today is as Commissioner of the St. Louis Park, MN Human Rights Commission. Professor Isbin received his award March 7, 2000 at the AIChE Spring National Meeting held in Atlanta, GA. The plaque reads In recognition of numerous pioneering contributions to nuclear chemical engineering and for his decisive role and impact in successfully addressing the Light Water Reactor LOCAECCS problem.

Charle s r): Win Mann recip ients ( g Lam l Davis , Evi O , Dean H. to ktavia T McCo , Prof. ed rmick Alo , Thom and Pr as Pat n of. Lor rick raine F rancis .

Frederyk Ngantung Dow Chemical $1750 Troy Peterson General Mills $1500 Page Johnson Jared Johnson Mann Award $500 Jeffrey Sommers Pillsbury $1500 Dana Waldvogel Procter & Gamble $1000 Dan Ellingson Chris Cordina

CEMS Department Mission

larship ills Scho n H. neral M Ge ): Dea ts (l to r son, recipien red John Davis, Ja C o r m ic k , Ted lo n M c P r o f . A s o n , a n d P ro f. hn P a g e Jo . e Francis Lorrain

The mission of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science is to perform the highest quality education and research, at the undergraduate and graduate levels, in the behavior and structure of chemical processes and materials.

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DEPARTMENT UPDATE
NEXT ISSUE PREVIEW
A sample of people to be featured in the Summer 2001 edition of CEMS News

Scriven Chair
Dr. Lynn Orr and Regents Professor L. E. Skip Scriven the two shared a
successful working relationship and friendship. Now Dr. Franklin Lynn M. and Susan P. Orr have established the L. E. Scriven Chair in honor of Lynns colleague, friend, advisor, mentor, and professor who feels the deepest appreciation for his education and for the important role that Prof. Scriven played in preRegents Professor L. E. paring him for a successful caSkip Scriven reer and future. Prof. Scrivens influence made a lasting impression on Dr. Orr. His rigorous approach to teaching and research has given me and many other students a solid foundation on which to build and has created a flow of ideas that is the hallmark of the most successful university research groups,said Dr. Orr. The holder of the L. E. Scriven chair will be a faculty member who, like Prof. Scriven, embraces a multifaceted engineering science approach to teaching and research that explores the frontiers of chemical engineering and materials science disciplines.

Dr. Acrivos Honored

IT Associate Dean Peter Hudleston, Prof. Andreas Acrivos, Executive Vice President and Provost Robert H. Bruininks, Regent William E. Hogan II.

Andreas Acrivos, Albert Einstein Professor of Science

and Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, received the honorary degree Doctor of Science at the Institute of Technology Commencement ceremony May 4, 2000. The honorary degree is the highest award conferred by the University of Minnesota, recognizing individuals who have achieved acknowledged eminence in cultural affairs, in public service, or in a field of knowledge and scholarship. When Prof. Acrivos was a graduate student here in the early 1950s he was one of those who worked with Neal Amundson and contributed to the revolution that put science into chemical engineering science and gave to the subject a tone that it has had ever since.

You !
What have you been up to? Please tell us about your
professional and personal life over the past year. Send us your class note. Turn to page 10 for details.

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Announcing Short Courses

Cell & Tissue Reactor Engineering, March 19-22, 2001 Strasbourg, France http://HuGroup.cems.umn.edu/CTRE For further information, contact: Ruth Patton, Associate Program Director Phone: 612-626-7630 / E-mail: acre@cems.umn.edu Rheological Measurements, June 3-8, 2001 Minneapolis, MN http://orion.cems.umn.edu/research/rheology For more information, contact: David Giles Phone: 612-625-0880 / E-mail: giles@cems.umn.edu Coating Process Fundamentals, June 20-22, 2001 Minneapolis, MN Registration: Catherine Ploetz 612-625-4257 For further information, contact: Phil Jensen 612-625-9075

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CEMS ALUMNI
A Memorial Tribute to George T. Piercy

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George T. Piercy

George T. Piercy Professors

Robert J. Stokes 1987-1988 Doraiswamy Ramkrishna 1988-1989 B. Hken Wennerstrm 1989-1990 Philip M. Gresho 1989-1990 Bruno Scrosati 1990-1991 Kurt Kremer 1990-1991 Glenn H. Fredrickson 1991-1992 Joseph M. Crowley 1993-1994 Reinhard Strey 1993-1994 Hermann P. Schmalzreid 1995-1996 Y. Ishi Talmon 1997-1998 Julio M. Ottino 1998 Meir Lehav 1999 Ferruccio Doghieri 1999 Wesley Burghardt 1999-2000

eorge Tobias Piercy was a life-long friend of the University of Minnesota and the CEMS department. His generosity is remembered in the new wing of Amundson Hall that bears his name. George died March 30, 2000 at his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on November 29, 1915, and graduated in 1939 from the University of Minnesota with a degree in chemical engineering. After college he joined the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, later known as Exxon, as a process engineer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the refinery informally known as the Exxon Academy. After a twenty-five year rise through the companys ranks, in 1964 he was elected to the board of directors of Exxons Canadian affiliate, Imperial Oil Limited. Two years later he was elected director of the company. In 1965 he moved to London and was the Middle East representative for Exxon. During the 1970s oil crisis, Mr. Piercy was the petroleum industry representative responsible for many of the negotiations with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. He was, according to one observer, probably the single most important figure in oil diplomacy. He retired in 1981 as Senior Vice President of Exxon after 42 years. In addition to Exxon, Mr. Piercy served as director of the Chemical Bank and Chemical New York Corporation. Throughout his illustrious career at Exxon, Mr. Piercy always found time to help his friends at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He was also a patron of public television in New York, where he served as the chairman of the Educational Broadcasting Corporation of New York from 1981 to 1983. He was also a trustee of Princeton Theological Seminary and served on many other boards of non-profit organizations. A devoted and generous alumnus of the University of Minnesota, Mr. Piercy served as a Trustee of the University of Minnesota Foundation from 1976 to 1996, including terms as President (1981-83) and Board Chair (198385). He received the Universitys highest recognition of alumni, the Outstanding Achievement Award, in 1979. He established the George T. Piercy Distinguished Professorship of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science whose recipients have included: Dr. Glenn H. Fredrickson of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Dr. Kurt Kremer, Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research; Dr. Julio M. Ottino, Walter P. Murphy Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University; and Dr. Ishi Talmon of Technion in Haifa. The new Piercy Wing of Amundson Hall was made possible by a $1.125 million gift from the Piercys. It is a fitting memorial to, and testimony of, Mr. Piercys commitment to the department, university, and profession. Mr. George Piercy is survived by his wife, Ms. Janet Aldridge Piercy; two daughters, Ms. Nancy P. Murray and husband Mr. Neil Christner of Elkton, Maryland, and Ms. Susan P. McCarthy and husband Mr. Tom McCarthy of Arden Hills, Minnesota; as well as five grandchildren and many loving and grateful friends. Professor Robert Seidel, History of Science and Technology, contributed to this article.

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Home-Grown Software a Trans-Atlantic Hit

ringing design of experiments (DOE) to England might be likened to delivering coals to Newcastle, but that is what three University of Minnesota Institute of Technology alumni accomplished through their company, StatEase, Inc. Last September, Patrick Whitcomb (BSChE, 1973, MSChE, 1976), Mark Anderson (BSChE, 1975, MBA, 1980), and Trygve Helseth (BSPharm, 1969, BSCSci, 1984) displayed their new version of statistical software, DesignExpert, at the International Industrial Statistics in Action conference at Newcastle University. Attendees from the United Kingdom, Europe, and worldwide responded enthusiastically. As testimonial, statisticians from SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals displayed a poster saying that easy-to-use software, specifically Design-Expert, should be made available to all experimenters to foster use of DOE. The irony of this trans-Atlantic software success is that DOE methods came to the United States from England. Sir Ronald Fisher, a distinguished British statistician, developed the basic tools while at Rothamsted Agricultural Station in the 1920s. He published the seminal Design of Experiments in 1935. During this period, most of the DOE work occurred in the field of agriculture. In a pioneering study, researchers from the University of Minnesota made use of the statistical tools developed by Fisher to evaluate different types of barley. They randomly applied the various treatments within several blocks of land at various agricultural stations around the state. After removing the block differences and accounting for natural variability in yields, they saw statistically significant advantages to growing certain types of barley. The design used for this one-variable experiment is called a randomized block. During World War II, a more sophisticated form of DOE, called factorial design, was used to facilitate industrial development for the allied forces. Factorial designs can be quite compact, involving as few as two levels of each factor and only a fraction of all the combinations, and yet they are quite powerful for screening purposes. After the war, a statistician at Imperial Chemical, George Box, described how to generate response surfaces for process optimization. From this point forward, DOE took hold in the chemical process industry, where factors such as time, temperature, pressure, concentration, flow rate and agitation are easily manipulated. Later, Mr. Box co-authored a textbook, Statistics for Experimenters, that formed the basis for
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the original version of DOE software by Stat-Ease, named Design-Ease. Mr. Whitcomb and Mr. Anderson learned DOE while working together at General Mills in its chemical research laboratory only a few miles north of the University of Minnesota campus. They recognized an opportunity with the advent of the personal computer: methods described by Mr. Fisher and Mr. Box could be incorporated in a menu-driven computer program that would make DOE easy for nonstatisticians. At this juncture Mr. Whitcomb devoted himself fulltime to Stat-Ease, a DOE software venture he started on a moonlighting basis in 1982. He incorporated Stat-Ease in April 1985, and with programming help from his colleague Mr. Helseth, completed development of Design-Ease. In 1987 profits were sufficient to hire Mr. Helseth full-time and hire Mr. Anderson as the business manager. In 1988, the company released its first version of Design-Expert, which provided the tools for response surface methods (RSM) for process optimization. This package complemented Design-Ease.. In 1996 a milestone occurred when Stat-Ease incorporated all of the features of Design-Ease into Design-Expert version 5 and translated it to the graphical user interface of Windows. The current version of Design-Expert version 6 released in 2000 rounded out the array of designs, including the ability to combine mixture components with process factors. The software is widely recognized as one of most powerful programs for doing DOE, yet easy enough for use by non-statisticians who do industrial experimentation. Design Expert is also used by college and university professors as a teaching tool. Stat-Ease currently employs twelve people at its Minneapolis headquarters and is represented by consultants and resellers at major cities throughout the United States and most developed nations. The future looks bright for Stat-Ease here in the center of North America, throughout the continent, and across the Atlantic to Europe. The next stop is the Far East. Stat-Ease already has a foothold there through its connections to United States-based multinational companies, one of which commissioned Mr. Whitcomb to teach at its technical facilities in Japan, Taiwan and Korea. It is now just a matter of time for the word to spread throughout the Far East on how easy design of experiments can be using Stat-Ease software.
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CEMS ALUMNI

Which

...were your favorite classes ...were your favorite professors ...is your advice to students and recent graduates

Who

What

My senior class project. We worked with some people in Food Science to produce artificial cheese using an acid precipitation followed by extrusion. I felt very lucky to have had a whole crew of excellent professors. If I had to pick one out of my many favorites it would be Professor Chris Macosko. Keep an open mind a chemical engineering background can open many doors.
Pat Whitcomb

Unit operations because I liked doing hands-on experimentation. Ted Davis, who taught heat transfer. I liked problems such as how long does it take to chill a warm can of beer and how best to do it, e.g., freezer versus running cold water. For students I advise they get some practical experience by working in the process industry during summers. For recent graduates I advise that they learn statistical methods for design and analysis of experiments.
Mark Anderson

Giving Back to the Future of CEMS

Mr. Stephen Biever, Development Officer for CEMS

hemical Engineering and Materials Science alumni give back to their alma mater for many reasons. Some alumni see the University of Minnesota as a vehicle for accomplishing personal goals, perpetuating their values and beliefs, and making a difference in the world. Others have special memories of their time as students and hope to pass along good experiences to future generations of scholars. Many alumni invest in the future of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science by supporting our outstanding faculty. In October 1999, the University of Minnesota launched the largest fundraising effort in University history, Campaign Minnesota, with a goal of raising $1.3 billion. The Institute of Technology (IT) set its collegiate goal of $160 million to achieve four key initiatives: attract the best and brightest students; recruit and retain top-caliber faculty; respond strategically to emerging opportunities; and provide ongoing support for programs within the college. These priorities are shared by our department and will play a pivotal role in helping to prepare young chemical engineers and materials scientists for leadership roles in their respective fields. Campaign Minnesota is successful both university-wide and within
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the Institute of Technology because of alumni like you. The University has received over $903 million, or 69 percent, of the total $1.3 billion goal through August 2000. IT has raised over half of its $160 million goal and is aiming to raise the remaining $80 million before the end of the campaign in 2003. I am delighted to be working on this outstanding fundraising campaign and welcome the opportunity to advance the mission and future goals of CEMS by securing long-term, permanent funding. Please contact me for more information about Campaign Minnesota: Mr. Stephen Biever, Institute of Technology Deans Office; Room 112, 1701 University Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414; phone: 612-626-9501; e-mail: sbiever@itdean.umn.edu. Thank you.
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Focus On: The Polymer G

The universe of polymers is eve with over 70 post-doctoral, grad bine efforts and resources to s worlds within it.
elasticity since the rate of drug diffusion and vitality of the polymersome varies according to the properties of the walls. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania will be conducting clinical trials in collaboration with the Polymer Group in order to test the polymersomes stability within the human body.

Compact Disks
The Polymer Group (l to r): Assistant Professor David C. Morse, Professor Timothy P. Lodge (group leader), Professor Frank S. Bates, Professor Christopher W. Macosko, and below, Assistant Professor Marc Hillmyer (Dept. of Chemistry).

he research laboratory is an exciting place for the faculty and students of the Polymer Group. There they study fundamental topics in polymer science and engineering (PS & E) that have an impact in everyday applications. PS & E, when combined with research efforts in the biological and other sciences, has lead to new discoveries in fields where polymers were never considered. We are now able to use polymers in ways we never before thought possible, said Prof. Frank Bates. Here are just a few examples.

Compact disks are currently made from polycarbonate which is strong and resists heat distortion. Unfortunately, polycarbonate is relatively expensive and has high birefringence, meaning that it limits the fidelity of optical readout, and therefore limits the amount of information that can be stored reliably on the compact disk. A polymer developed by the group may change all that. Using mundane chemical ingredients (butadiene, styrene, and hydrogen) configured into a specific multiblock polymer architecture, researchers have produced a material with extremely low birefringence and with mechanical properties comparable to polyBecome An Official Corporate Sponsor carbonate. When used in a compact disk application, this new material will result in higher information storage capacities at a lower cost, a significant achievement indeed.

Biodegradable/Biorenewable Polymers
Biodegradable and biorenewable polymers are very attractive from an environmental standpoint, but there are practical difficulties associated with their use. For example, the brittle nature of polylactic acid, a polymer derived from corn, limits its potential applications. Researchers are investigating methods for the preparation of modified polylactic acids that are tougher and still retain environmentally beneficial characteristics. By combining a small amount of a polymeric modifier to a polyethylene/polylactic acid blend, researchers have discovered that the impact resistance of this new hybrid material is significantly enhanced over the parent material. This new material will open many doors for the environmentally friendly polylactic acid.
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Drug Delivery
Researchers are designing a polymersome: a vesicle or microscopic molecular bag that encapsulates pharmaceuticals. This delivery device could be inserted in the blood vessels of the patient for steady and targeted delivery of drugs. The key for specific drug delivery is to place a recognition element on the outside of the bag, allowing it to discern the part of the body in need. There the bag latches on and releases its contents. A significant discovery was finding a proper biocompatible material for the vesicle. Using FDA-approved polyethylene oxide (PEO), these polymersomes were designed such that the body wont reject them, a common problem upon introduction of foreign material. The researchers are also investigating the bags
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Group

Matching Program for Gifts to Graduate Fellowships in CEMS

er-expanding. Five professors together duate and undergraduate students comstudy that universe and discover new

he 21st Century Graduate Fellowship Endowment program allows contributions to be matched dol-

lar-for-dollar for combined gifts of $25,000. Once the amount in the fund reaches $25K, the endowment is matched and your support for our graduate students is doubled! Fellowships help CEMS attract the best and brightest graduate students, whose creativity and hard work enhance the quality of our research. Our students future contributions are essential to our countrys success and competitiveness in the global, high-tech economy. Your support in both word and deed will strengthen CEMSs position of leadership in instruction and research for decades to come. The source of the matching fund is a generous stream of royalties that the University is receiving from a licensing agreement with Glaxo-Wellcome, a pharmaceutical company that manufactures and markets a leading anti-HIV drug, Ziagen, invented by a University of Min-

The Synthetic and Natural Worlds

Polymers may be placed in two basic categories: synthetic and natural. While polystyrene and polyethylene are man-made examples, familiar terms such as proteins, DNA, and starch are abundant naturally occurring polymers. The Polymer Group is changing the way chemical engineers and materials scientists think about naturally occurring polymers. The researchers understanding of synthetic polymers has helped them to better understand natural polymers because their fundamental properties are similar. Furthermore, researchers in the Polymer Group are working to design new polymers that mimic the unique properties of naturally occurring polymers.

Not a One-Man Show

The members of the Polymer Research Group take pride in their collaborative approach to research. The men and women of the group share their work, resources, equipment, industrial and unrestricted funds, and laboratory space. This group serves as a model for university research in the 21st Century.

The Polymer Groups Scope of Research Inquiry

chemical synthesis -- making new polymers characterization of molecules and structure of materials properties of materials processing of materials theory -a fundamental understanding of the science

nesota professor. Please contact Mr. Stephen Biever if you would like to learn more about the Matching Program for Gifts to Graduate Fellowships in CEMS and to make a contribution: Mr. Stephen Biever, Institute of Technology Deans Office; Room 112, 1701 University Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414; phone: 612-626-9501; e-mail: sbiever@itdean.umn.edu. Thank you.

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Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Alumni

under the supervision of Dr. Mark Prausnitz. I am proud to be an alumni of CEMS at the University of Minnesota. The learning experience I gained there is essential and valuable for my future career in chemical engineering. All of this is a result of the strong relationship and support I received from the faculty, staff, and students. Dana (Waldvogel) Ramshak (B.S., 2000) is currently working for Kimberly-Clark Corporation at their Neenah, WI facility as a material researcher for Huggies Diapers. Ms. Ramshak reports that her first seven months of being out of school have been great. I was married June 10, 2000 to Troy Ramshak, so if you are looking for me in the phone book use Ramshak, not Waldvogel. Molly Weissberg (B.S., 2000) works at Schlumberger in the Wireline department in Oklahoma and is currently at the companys training school in Venezuela.

e are proud of our alumni and believe that the CEMS News should reflect that pride. We all want to know what our peers and colleagues are doing. Please tell us about your professional and personal life over the past year. Photographs, paper or digital, are welcome (mark paper copy with your name and address on the back so it can be returned to you). Please send by post or electronic mail your contribution to: Ms. Julie Murphy University of Minnesota Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 393 Amundson Hall 421 Washington Ave SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 E-mail: jjmurphy@tc.umn.edu Web: www.cems.umn.edu/Alumni/AlumniForm.htm Phone: 612-625-4356 Fax: 612-626-7246 Responses received by May 15, 2001 will be included in the Summer 2001 newsletter. Refer to page 2 to find out how you can also participate in the departments history issue. All submissions are subject to editing. Thanks to all the alumni who responded to our request for this issue. We welcome your suggestions and ideas for the alumni newsletter and are looking forward to hearing from you! 2000 Susan Ginsberg (Ph.D., 2000) is currently working in Washington D.C. as a OSA/MRS Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow. This one-year appointment sponsored by the Optical Society of America and the Materials Research Society gives Dr. Ginsberg the chance to contribute her knowledge of optics and materials science to the federal government sphere and to act as a facilitator for discussion between scientists and legislators. We need people in Washington who will point out that the scientific process is, by necessity, a process of both successes and failures. It is often through a failed experiment that scientists learn the most, she said in the summer MRS Bulletin. Without an understanding of the scientific process, legislators may easily dismiss the importance of science.

1999 Kim Chaffin (Ph.D., 1999) is a Senior Scientist at Medtronic, Inc. in the Materials and Biosciences Center. In addition, she has been working as an adjunct faculty member in the CEMS department. She and her husband Paul are expecting a baby boy in March. Dov Cohen (Ph.D., 1999) moved to California after graduation and has spent the past couple of years backpacking through the high Sierra mountains and scuba diving in the depths of the kelp forests of the Pacific Ocean. Yeah, life in California can be really difficult, he said. Professionally, Dr. Cohen has completed a post-doc at Sandia National Laboratories and now works there as a senior-level computer system analyst. Penny Thompson Starkey (Ph.D., 1999) is employed with Gradient Technology located in Blaine, Minnesota. Kendall Thomson (Ph.D., 1999) is currently an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. 1998

Nathan Aldrich (B.S., 1998) is currently working with Joe Bianconi at Motorola in the semiconductor products sector working with BiCMOS technologies in a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility. Mr. Aldrich makes many of the RF/IF converters for Motorola cell phones in addition to many other chips used in picture televisions and clock drivers for internet Jake Mulligan (B.S., 2000) is a graduate student in Polymer Engineer- servers. On a personal note, he writes, I have been busy hiking and ing at the University of Akron. His research involves the crystallization of camping in the mountains around Arizona and am also taking graduate classes at Arizona State University. polylactic acid. Katherine Ohotto (B.S., 2000) is living in Andover, MA and working for Joseph Bianconi (B.S., 1998) currently works for Motorola, Inc. at one General Mills in quality and regulatory operations. I cannot thank the of the high volume integrated circuit production facilities in Chandler, Arizona. He serves as Device Engineer working as a cross-functional department enough for preparing me for my current position. liaison between product manufacturing and process engineering. Wijaya Martanto (B.S., 2000) is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Chemical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His primary research involves a drug-delivery system using microneedle technology
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rheology lab in the Analytical and Computational Technology Center of Rohm and Haas located in Spring House, Pennsylvania. He is working to develop better polymeric materials for a wide variety of applications, such as paints for walls and cars, adhesive tapes, soaps and laundry detergents, make-up, and dinnerware. On a personal note, most of my time is spent trying to catch up with my one-year-old daughter, Annie. 1996

Afshin Falsafi (Ph.D., 1998) works in product development at the 3M Dental Products Division located in St. Paul, Minnesota. I have enjoyed the opportunity to apply my Ph.D. skills in the area of polymer adhesion, writes Dr. Falsafi whose work includes new dental materials, composites, and adhesive bonding of hard tissues. Chang-Chun Hsiao (Ph.D., 1998) was promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Taiwan. His department received a grant from the Ministry of Education to set up the Institute of Biochemical Engineering, which will serve as a unique entity bridging biotechnology research and engineering sciences in Taiwan. Dr. Hsiao is conducting research on the xenogeneic bioartificial liver in collaboration with Dr. Chih-Chi Wang of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. I visited Professor Wei-Shou Hu in February with Dr. Chih-Chi Wang; in turn, we played host to Professor Hu this summer when he was an NHRI reviewer in Taipei.

Tom Cooney (Ph.D., 1996) was promoted to Business Unit Manager responsible for the polymers commodity at Intel. The group is responsible for the technical and business management of the raw materials suppliers supporting the Intel assembly factories and conducts materials path finding and coordination. On the personal side I have been busy doing woodworking and exploring the Arizona wilderness.

Catherine A. (Hlusak) Lee (B.S., 1996) and Terry Lee (B.S., 1996) were married June 24th, 2000. To kickoff their honeymoon, the two comScott Lindquist (B.S., 1998) was recently promoted to Manager, New peted in a three-day adventure race near Banff, Canada. After finishing Product Development for the Performance Magnetics Division of the race with more bruises then we could possibly count, we spent the Honeywell located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He returned to school remaining two weeks of our honeymoon recovering from the race. part-time to earn his MBA. Panagiotis D. Christofides (Ph.D., 1996) is an Assistant Professor in Dan McGurran (B.S., 1998) has been working at 3Ms Film/Light Man- the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, agement Technology Center, 3M Optical Markets and Technologies since Los Angeles. Prof. Christofides major research work is in control of nongraduation. He lives in Woodbury, Minnesota with his wife, Nicki, and linear distributed parameter systems with applications their new born baby. to semiconductor manufacturing, particle technology and fluid flows. He recently wrote a book on control of nonGlenn Merkel (B.S., 1998) is working in Ireland for Masonite Corporalinear PDE (partial differential equations) systems, pubtion as an reliability engineer. In that role, he implements a predictive lished by Birkhauser as part of their Systems & Control maintenance program in the new door manufacturing facility, working to series. He has received two major national awards for improve maintenance systems such as downtime recording and reporthis work on control of nonlinear distributed parameter ing, PM routes, and condition-based monitoring systems. For fun I have systems: the Ted Peterson Student Paper Award from been traveling throughout Ireland and Europe. If anyone is planning to the Computing and Systems Technology Division of AIChE in 1999 and visit Ireland or Europe, feel free to contact me and Ill provide some sug- the O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award from the American Automatic gestions on must-see areas: <merkmeister@yahoo.com>. Control Council in 2000. Prof. Christofides and his wife Marina Foundi, also a University of Minnesota graduate (M.S., History 1995), have two Steve Rankin (Ph.D., 1998) spent a little under a year as a post-doc- sons, Dimitrios, 6, and Marios-Evangellos, 18 months. We very often toral fellow at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM con- remember the great moments that we had as graduate students at the ducting research on mesoscale molecular simulations of self-assembly University of Minnesota and our life in Minneapolis, and we stay in touch for materials synthesis. He received the U.S. Department of Energy Early with many friends that we made in Minnesota. Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in October for this work. Prof. Rankin recently took an assistant professor position at the University of Christopher M. Yip (Ph.D., 1996) has been awarded the Canada ReKentucky in Lexington, KY. The first semester has been exciting and I search Chair. Prime Minister Chrtien announced the appointment on am happy to report that I survived. If there are pending Minnesota gradu- December 14, 2000. Dr. Yip is an Assistant Professor working in the ates interested in moving to a warmer climate for graduate school, but Departments of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Biochemwithout giving up seasons entirely, we can help! Contact Prof. Rankin istry, and the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the at: <srankin@engr.uky.edu>. University of Toronto. 1997 1995

Anders Carlsson (B.S., 1997) is currently a fourth-year Ph.D. student Stephane Bancel (M.S., 1995) completed his MBA in June from Harvard at Stanford University where he is studying surface science and cataly- University and started working for Eli Lilly in the manufacturing division sis. before moving to Basingstoke near London. He is currently training to move into a functional director position. It is fun for me to be back in Tom Tepe (Ph.D., 1997) has been promoted to Group Leader of the Europe after more than six years in the United States and Japan. Mr. Bancel welcomes CEMS folks to London: <sbancel@yahoo.com>.
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1993 Keith Glassford (Ph.D., 1993) has been working for Molecular Simulations Inc. for the last four years. Currently he is the product manager for MSIs Quantum Physics products and is responsible for development, marketing, and world-wide sales. My wife and I have recently moved back from San Diego to Chicago to be closer to family...I do miss the (San Diego) weather! Kurt Koppi (Ph.D., 1993) has been working at Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan for the past seven years. There he has worked on a variety of interesting projects spanning a vast range of materials including polyolefins, styrenic polymers, and engineering plastics as well as a variety of new material developments. For the past three years he has served as Dows representative to the University of Minnesotas IPrime program (Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering). He has also served as one of Dows recruiters for Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Ph.D. graduates at the University of Minnesota. For three years he was an officer of the Dow Discussion Group on Interfacial Science (DDGIS) and invited a number of people from CEMS to speak, including Profs. Matt Tirrell, Chris Macosko, and Lanny Schmidt. On a personal note, my wife, Dotty, and I are expecting our second child in February. Our 5 year old son Spencer is looking forward to being a big brother.

Andrew Hillier (Ph.D.,1995) is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia and works in the areas of interfacial engineering, materials chemistry, electrochemistry, and scanning probe microscopy. He has received several awards in recent years including the NSF Faculty Early Career Development award (CAREER) 1999-2003, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator award for 20002003, and University of Virginia Teaching Fellow, 1999-2000. C. Francisco Lorenzano-Porras (Ph.D., 1995) returned to Mexico after graduation and worked for the Electrical Research Institute. In June 1998, he worked for Amoco R&D in Naperville, IL, supporting the Styrene Technology Group with experimental research work for technical plant support. In February 1999, after Amoco merged with British Petroleum, he worked in the Specialty Intermediate Business Unit (SIBU) for the new company, BP Amoco. Since then, Dr. Lorenzano-Porras is a Sr. Process Design and Engineering Scientist in the New Product and Process Development group (NPPD), responsible for technical and economic evaluation of new and improved processes to guide the research efforts in process development for the NPPD-SIBU group. He writes, how many good memories of my dear friends and the 7 or 8 intramural soccer championships we won at the University of Minnesota, representing the CEMS department from 1990 to 1995. For all my good friends, particularly those that enjoy soccer the way I do, I remember and miss you all. 1994

Dionisios Vlachos (Ph.D., 1993) is currently an Associate Professor of Dean Benjamin (Ph.D., 1994) is currently at Stora Enso Research (pre- Chemical Engineering, Center for Catalytic Science and Technology viously Consolidated Papers, Inc.) located in Wisconsin Rapids, WI work- (CCST) at the University of Delaware. ing in the coated papers industry. He and his wife, Jill, have four children: Ray Yang (Ph.D., 1993) is currently a senior research Daniel, 7, Philip, 6, Luke, 3, and Anna 1. specialist for the electronic products division of 3M Jim Cai (Ph.D., 1994) and his wife, Julie (Zhilei) Wang, (Ph.D., 1996) located in Austin, TX . Dr. Yang writes, looking back, had their third child, Jason Cai, in October. I have so many good memories of my school time at CEMS. I still talk with friends and colleagues there Alexander Katz (M.S., 1994; B.S., 1993) is currently building a research and appreciate very much the high quality education group as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engi- and training provided by professors, staff teams and my fellows of the neering at the University of California at Berkeley. The focus of his re- department. I wish the department and its alumni continued success. search group is the development of imprinting for the synthesis of catalysts and adsorbents. Dr. Katz completed his Ph.D. last year under the 1992 advisement of Prof. Mark E. Davis at the California Institute of Technology. He then completed an NSF International Awards postdoctoral fel- Ajay K. Ray (Ph.D., 1992) is a professor of Chemical and Environmenlowship with Prof. M. W. Hosseini in Strasbourg, France, in the area of tal Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Before supramolecular organic coordination chemistry. I enjoy coming back to joining Singapore, he spent three years at the University of Groningen, Minnesota in the winter to practice snowball synthesis with my eight year- Netherlands. Dr. Ray is currently working on four areas of reaction engiold niece and eleven year-old nephew. neering: Design and development of photocatalytic reactors for water and air purificaNitin Keskar (Ph.D., 1994) has worked at leading consulting firms in tion, analysis of simulated moving bed reacinformation technology such as Oracle and Sapient, and is currently the tor (continuation of work learned from Profs. Technical Director at eFORCE, Inc. He has produced over 10 publicaCarr and Aris), oscillatory reactor, and tions and 20 patents. Nitin and his wife, Nirupa, are soon expecting the multiobjective optimization of chemical reacbirth of their baby. tors. His wife, Mita, (Ph.D. 1992, U of M Civil Engineering) is also a professor at NUS in the same department. The Hugo Vits (Ph.D., 1994) moved to Rio de Janeiro in January, 1999 after couple has a 10 year old son, Rick. Our family loves to travel and we having lived for two and a half years in Bolivia where he enjoyed both the have already visited 27 countries. high altitude and tropical climates.

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Rick Rolando ( M.S., 1982) was recently appointed Technical Director 1989 of the 3M Tape Process Technology Center located in St. Paul, MN. Randy Schunk (Ph.D., 1989) continues his career at Sandia National Ranil Wickramasinghe (Ph.D., 1992) is an Assistant Professor at Colo- Laboratories in the Multiphase Transport Processes Department located rado State University. His current research interests are in the areas of in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His technical and professional focus has biotechnology and bioseparations. Previously, Prof. Wickramasinghe been in many areas, including the material-science and process physics worked in the biotechnology industry. While at Sepracor, he developed of welding and brazing of super alloy materials and the development of and improved the membrane-based bioseparation processes, and at software for high-fidelity simulation of a variety of manufacturing proBiogen he was involved with validation of virus clearance during the down- cesses. He is the project leader of a code development team which instream processing of biopharmaceutical products. I spend my spare cludes roughly 15 researchers, through which many advances in statetime learning Chinese, German and traveling on preserved steam trains. of-the-art numerical techniques have resulted. Dr. Schunk realized a longterm dream and went helicopter skiing in the Chugach range of Alaska last March. I love spending time with my family, wife, Andrea, and daugh1991 ters Sofie, 9, and Hattie, 6. Tim Foecke (Ph.D., 1991) appeared on Science Live on the Discovery Science Channel this past August in a show entitled, Living in a Material 1988 World, describing what materials science is all about. He is working on nanomaterial mechanical behavior with Don Kramer (Ph.D., 1999), who Thierry Charbonneaux (Ph.D., 1988) is currently living in Milan, Italy and working for Nylstar, a leading european producer of nylon textile was awarded an National Research Council post-doctoral position. yarn. He is manager for Polymerization Development and Technical Stefano Guido (M.S., 1991) is an Associate Professor of Chemical En- Progress Services and coordinates the research and development teams gineering at the University of Napoli, Italy. His current research interests located in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Slovakia, and Poland. are in polymer blends and biopolymer mixtures. I still keep in touch with CEMS people, in particular with my former advisor, Prof. Bob Tranquillo 1985 -- we had a patent issued this year, and Prof. Chris Macosko --we have a research collaboration on deformation of drops in shear flow. Im look- Curtis Weitnauer (B.S., 1985) and his wife adopted their second son, Marcus, who was born on December 3, 1999. His big brother, Clete, is ing forward to coming back to Minneapolis for a visit. three-and-a-half years old. 1990 Peter Wickert (M.S., 1985) works at Mirta Ines Aranguren (Ph.D., 1990) and her husband Jorge Gonzalez 3M with the Microbiology Products (Ph.D., 1990) have three kids: Pablo, 10, Mara Beln, 8, and Juan Project helping to develop new prodManuel, 4. Both Mirta and Jorge work at the University of Mar del Plata ucts for the detection of microbes in in Argentina. Jorge researches biodegradation and is active in projects food. Peter lives in St. Paul with his wife, dealing with pollution prevention and alternative uses of wastes from Sue, and their three children: Andrew, agricultural and food industries. He teaches graduate and undergradu- 14, Karen, 11, and Joshua, 6. Each day ate courses on waste treatment and bioprocess engineering. Mirta is is an adventure! His e-mail address is <pdwickert@mmm.com>. working in the areas of modified thermosets and composites that use vegetable fibers as reinforcement 1983 and filler. She teaches in the areas of mass transfer operations for the undergraduates (Prof. Edward Robert Siegfried (Ph.D., 1983) is an Associate Professor of Computer Cussler could send me whatever help he wishes), Science at Adelphi University in Garden City, Long Island, New York. He and viscoelastic properties of polymers for the gradulives in Oceanside, Long Island with his wife, Katherine, and their son, ate students of materials science. Writes Mirta: Prof. Jason, 4. Chris Mocoskos book is a great help as well as the old notes from the short course. I certainly would 1979 accept new material from him for my classes. Rajesh R Melkote (Ph.D., 1990) currently leads a team of engineers and scientists working in the synthesis and suspension of phosphors (luminescent materials used in lamps). Outside of work, Dr. Melkote is keeping busy with his two-year-old daughter, Ashvini Nagadevi. L. James (Jim) Lee (Ph.D., 1979) has been active in research and teaching duties as Professor of Chemical Engineering at The Ohio State University (OSU). He also is serving as Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Advanced Polymer and Composite Engineering at Ohio State. Dr. Lee received several OSU awards in the past year: the Technology Partnership Alliance Award, the Distinguished Scholar Award, and the College of Engineering Annual Research Accomplishment Award. He was recently appointed Helen C. Kurtz Chair
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at The Ohio State. Dr. Lee and several colleagues received new funding in excess of $2 million to establish polymer microfabrication facilities and conduct related research in BioMEMS. I welcome contacts from old friends and can be reached at <lee.31@osu.edu>.

cation of his book, Population Balances: Theory and Applications to Particulate Systems in Engineering, Academic Press, June 2000. I am indeed grateful to Prof. Arnie Fredrickson who was kind enough to write the Foreword, said Ramki. He added, It was a nosJulio M. Ottino (Ph.D., 1979), Walter P. Murphy Professor at Northwest- talgic get-together in Minneapolis to celebrate Reern University, just finished his eighth year as Chair of the Department of gents Prof. Gus Aris 70th birthday which Harmon Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University and was named the Ray did a splendid job in putting together. Robert R. McCormick Institute Professor at Northwestern University. Following in the footsteps of other illustrious Minneso- Richard Schmeal (Ph.D., 1965) and his wife Jacqueline are enjoying tans, Profs. Amundson, Aris, and Cussler, Prof. Santa Fe, New Mexico and their farm near Ames, Iowa, where they raise Ottino gave the Danckwerts Lecture in England, en- corn, soybeans, and bluebirds. After managing a research center for the titled, The Art of Mixing with an Admixture of Art: View- Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Houston, Texas for five years, ing Creativity through P.V. Danckwerts Early Work. Dr. Schmeal is developing a web venture, GasElectricPartnership, with Prof. Ottinos current research is in the area of granu- the help of staffers at major gas pipeline companies. lar materials, especially in aspects having to do with the competition between chaos and order. His recent 1964 papers made the cover of Nature and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He has two sons, Jules, 11, Ben McCoy (B.S., 1964) has taught at UC Davis in the Department of and Bertrand, 8. His wife, Alicia, is a professor and Director of the Kellogg Chemical Engineering (now the Department of Chemical Engineering Center for Biotechnology at Northwesterns Kellogg Graduate School of and Materials Science) since 1967. His research is presently focused on applying the kinetics of distributions to polymer and particulate systems. Management. His wife of 31 years, Edna, is a clinical microbiologist and supervisor of a regional health care laboratory. 1972 Arvind Varma (Ph.D., 1972) continues as the Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame and was recently named the founding Director of the Universitys Center for Molecularly Engineered Materials. Prof. Varma received the Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award for the year 2000 from the American Society for Engineering Education. His award lecture entitled, Combustion Synthesis of Advanced Materials was presented at the ASEE annual meeting and will appear in an upcoming issue of Chemical Engineering Education. 1970 Wayne A. Gifford (M.S., 1970) is president and lead consultant of Dieflow, a consulting firm specializing in design, operation and troubleshooting of flat extrusion dies for film, sheet and coating processes, annular dies for sheet, tube and foam applications and certain profile dies. His prior experience includes over 15 years experience with Owens Corning, Dow Chemical and Extrusion Dies Inc. in developing 3-D CFD programs to solve extrusion problems. 1966 Stan Sandler (Ph.D., 1966), Professor of Chemical Engineering at the of University of Delaware, is now the new Editor of the AIChE Journal. 1965 Doraiswami (Ramki) Ramkrishna (Ph.D. 1965) is the Harry Creighton Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. The landmark event of the year was the publiCEMS News University of Minnesota 14

1960 Dale F. Rudd (Ph.D., 1960) is now retired from his teaching position in the Department of Chemical Engineering at at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. 1940 Henry W. Dahlberg, Jr. (B.S., 1940) has devoted several months to making a video tape of his color slides and black & white photographs of North Africa and Italy as a B-24 Squadron Engineering Officer. I had multiple copies made for my children and grandchildren, but when I was asked to show it at our annual 485th Bomb Group Reunion in St. Louis, I ended up having to send out 68 more copies! Mr. Dahlberg reports that he feels almost as good as he did back in the 1940s and enjoys bowling twice a week.

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In Memoriam
Manoj Dalvie (Ph.D., 1992) passed away suddenly October 20, 1999 and is survived by his wife, Heidi, and their two young sons, wrote Dr. Peter W. Lee (Ph.D., 1989). Dr. Lee worked with Dr. Dalvie at Applied Materials located in Santa Clara, CA. Donations to the college funds for the boys are being accepted. Please contact Ms. Julie Murphy (page 10) or more information. Delbert F. Jurgensen (Ph.D., 1934 ) passed away October 19, 1999 at the age of 90. He resided in Coral Springs, Florida. Prof. Jurgensen had a distinguished career as a chemical engineer. He was a fellow in the American Institute of Chemists and served as President of The Associate of Research Directors from 1954-1955. In 1962 he received the University of Minnesotas Outstanding Achievement Award. He was a World War II veteran. Qingli Zhang, 26, Yi Zhengs (Ph.D., 2000) wife, passed away December 24, 2000 at Garrapata State Beach south of Carmel, California. Qingli was posing for a photograph on a rock when a giant wave suddenly swept her into the sea. Yi jumped into the water but could not reach her and he was washed ashore. Qingli was later rescued by lifeguards but could not be revived. Yi Zheng was advised by Profs. H. Ted Davis, Ishi Talmon and L. E. Scriven. He defended his Ph.D. thesis in Fall 1999 and left in January 2000 for Applied Materials in Santa Clara, California. He married Qingli in the summer of 1997. Qingli joined Yi at Minnesota in December, 1997. She studied in the Computer Engineering Program at the University of Minnesota, and in 2000 transferred to the Computer Engineering Graduate Program at Santa Clara University. Dr. Zheng writes, On October 1, 2000, Qingli was baptized a Christian. Her life in this world was short, but her smile and love of other people are remembered by all her friends. Cards may be sent to Dr. Yi Zheng at: 2070 Southwest Expressway, Apartment 34, San Jose, CA 95126.

ABET Review is Coming in March

To prepare for an upcoming ABET (adult basic education and training) accredidation review, we have drafted our educational objectives and program outcomes. Feedback is welcome. Please send your comments to Danny Williams at <dwilliam@cems.umn.edu>. Chemical Engineering Program Educational Objectives
For students to: learn the scientific and engineering principles underlying the six major elements of chemical engineering: balances of material and energy; thermodynamics of physical and chemical equilibria; transport of heat, mass, and momentum; reaction kinetics and reactor analysis; separation operations; and process dynamics and control; apply and integrate knowledge of the elements of chemical engineering to identify, formulate, and solve chemical process design problems; learn to use and apply modern experimental and computational techniques in chemical engineering; conduct experiments, including: design of experiment, execution and recording, analysis and interpretation of results, and professional reporting of results; prepare for a career in chemical engineering and related fields by developing communication skills and coming to understand the importance of lifelong learning, professionalism, and ethical responsibility.

Materials Science and Engineering Program Educational Objectives

The MSE program provides educational experiences which challenge students to: learn the scientific and engineering principles underlying the four major elements of materials engineering: structure, properties, processing, and performance of engineering materials (including metals and alloys, ceramics,, polymers, semiconductors and composites); apply and integrate knowledge of the above four elements to identify, formulate and solve materials selection problems and design problems; learn experimental, statistical and computational techniques in the context of MSE; design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data; prepare for an engineering career by developing communication and teamwork skills, and an understanding of the importance of lifelong learning, professionalism and ethical responsibility.

Program Outcomes
Graduates who have: an ability to apply scientific and engineering principles underlying the major elements of chemical engineering; an ability to design, conduct, analyze, and report on experiments and computational projects in chemical engineering; an ability to apply and integrate the major elements of chemical engineering to formulate and solve chemical process design problems; an ability to work in teams, including a beginning ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams; an appreciation of the importance of professional and ethical responsibility and of learning and applying further scientific and engineering principles throughout their career; an ability to communicate effectively; a beginning understanding of the impact of engineering solutions on society, including safety, economic, and environmental impacts, and of the importance of learning more in these areas throughout their careers; an introduction to contemporary issues in chemical engineering. CEMS News Spring Semester 2001

Program Outcomes
MSE graduates will be equipped with: an ability to apply knowledge of the scientific and engineering principles underlying the four major elements of materials engineering: structure, properties, processing, and performance of engineering materials; an ability to design and conduct experiments relevant to MSE, including the use of experimental, statistical and computational techniques, and the analysis and interpretation of data; an ability to apply and integrate knowledge of the four elements in order to identify, formulate and solve materials selection problems and design problems; an ability to work in teams, as well as a beginning ability to work in multidisciplinary teams; an appreciation of professional and ethical responsibility, and the importance of continued learning after graduation; an ability to communicate effectively; an elementary understanding of the impact of engineering on society, including safety, the economy and the environment; an introduction to contemporary issues in MSE. 15

Kerry Lightenberg, relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, receives his Chemical Engineering Bachelors degree from the University of Minnesota. Fans of baseball and the CEMS department join Kerry before the game at Turner Field in Atlanta, GA. Pictured right to left are Professor Frank Bates, Janet Piercy, her daughter-in-law, Marthan Mopsy Aldridge, and Kerry.

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