Two ChE professors are among the recipients of the 2011 Faculty Excellence Awards given by the Purdue College of Engineering.

Assistant Professor Julie Liu was awarded the 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant. This highly competitive award recognizes outstanding new faculty for the quality and pertinence of their research and is intended to help them achieve tenure, remain in their academic positions and conduct research.

On February 25th, the College of Engineering honors Ellen Tobias and 9 other alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers.

On February 3, 2011, the Board of Trustees ratified the appointments of Dr. Jim Caruthers and Dr. Venkat Venkatasubramanian as Reilly Professors of Chemical Engineering.