Professor Henry Linden Named to AIChE’s One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era

IIT congratulates Max McGraw Professor of Engineering Henry Linden on his recent inclusion on the American Institute Chemical Engineer's One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era list. The list has been compiled in celebration of the association's centennial celebration. Professor Linden was selected to be included in this prestigious list from nearly 1,000 nominations. The full listing of professionals on this list will be announced in the October 2008 issue of AIChE's CEP magazine. Professor Linden's accomplishments will also be recognized at the AIChE Annual Meeting, hosted November 16-21 in Philadelphia.

Professor Linden earned his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from IIT in 1952, and has been a member of ChBE's faculty since 1954. He has authored or co-authored more than 240 published journal articles, papers in bound proceedings of technical meetings and chapters in books, and provided Congressional testimony in various areas of energy technology, economics and policy. He also holds 27 patents on advances in energy supply and utilization and petrochemical technologies. Throughout his career, Professor Linden has been bestowed with numerous awards and honors, including induction into the National Academy of Engineers, a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and election into the IIT Hall of Fame.

Many congratulations to Professor Linden on achieving this great honor!

Inaugural Darsh T. Wasan Lectureship and Dinner Hosted September 19-20, 2008

ChBE will celebrate the inaugural 2008 Darsh T. Wasan Lectureship and Dinner, beginning with a lecture and dinner on Friday, September 19, and followed by a symposium on Saturday, September 20 in the Perlstein Hall Auditorium. The annual event will serve to honor the many accomplishments of Wasan, and is made possible through the generous contributions of ChBE faculty, alumni and friends of the department.

This year's speaker is David A. Edwards (Ph.D. ChE '87), Gordon McKay Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University and former student of Wasan. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a prolific science author, researcher and novelist. The title of Edwards' presentation is "Innovation in Global Healthcare, Education, and the Arts."

Please see below for an agenda for the event:

Friday, September 19, 2008

Perlstein Hall Auditorium
3:30 p.m. Registration
4:15 p.m. Lecture by Dr. David Edwards, CHE Ph.D. '87
5 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Dinner and program to honor Dr. Darsh T. Wasan

Stay for the weekend and participate in the IIT Symposium. Participate and share your current research during the symposium and listen to lectures from other researchers.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Perlstein Hall Auditorium
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.- Registration
9:30 - 12:30 pm - Symposium
1:00 - 3:00 pm??? Lunch at The Phoenix Restaurant in Chinatown

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ChBE Ph.D. Candidate and Teammate Awarded with Technology Pioneer Prize at International Business Plan Competition

ChBE Ph.D. candidate Shabab Amiruddin and chemistry undergraduate Ryan Witthans were awarded with the Microsoft Technology Pioneer Award at the University of San Francisco's International Business Plan Competition. At the competition, graduate students from around the country presented innovative business plans to the nation's leading venture capitalists, attorneys and entrepreneurial executives.

At the event, hosted April 24 in San Francisco, Shabab and Ryan presented their company, medLight, and its product, a fiber-optic blood sensor that monitors a patient's condition in real time. The innovation would eliminate the need for time-consuming and expensive repeated blood tests. The presentation, coupled with preliminary lab results, wowed the judges.

Congratulates to Shabab and Ryan for a job very well done!