Brian Lowry, ChE Senior graduating in May 2010, won the 1st Place in the Undergraduate Student Poster Competition at the ASEE IL/IN Sectional Conference held at Purdue in April.

Sarah Atanasov, ChE Senior graduating in May 2010, won the first place at the 2010 Regional AIChE Paper Competition.

Assistant Professor Yue Wu received a 2010 Young Professor Grant from DuPont. The recipients receive an unrestricted grant of $25,000/ year for three years, starting summer 2010. The purpose of this program is to help young faculty members, within five years of full-time appointment, begin their research careers.

The 2010 Women in Chemical Engineering Seminar was held on Saturday, April 10, in the Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering. Fifty-seven undergraduate and graduate women chemical engineering students, chemical engineering alumnae, and chemical engineering faculty and staff met to discuss and network on career choices, opportunities and challenges for women chemical engineers. The seminar was sponsored by Shell Oil Company.

A Purdue University researcher will lead a portion of a federally funded effort based at Iowa State University aimed at creating genetically engineered algae for environmentally friendly biodiesel production.