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.

The Charles D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate level.

Davidson School of Chemical Engineering graduate student and Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR) Fellow Elizabeth Bickel tied for third place at the virtual poster pitch competition as part of CISTAR's 2020 Biannual Meeting. Students pre-recorded their poster pitches, which were then viewed by industry representatives and faculty. Awards were determined based on voting by a selection panel made up of industry members, faculty, and staff.