Alumni News
CBE Alumnus and Former Professor Now UK's Engineering Dean July 2012
John Y. Walz, BS ’82 and former Tulane chemical engineering faculty member is now the 10th dean of the University of Kentucky, College of Engineering.
Ceremony Celebrates Alumni Achievements May 2, 2012
Tommy Meehan ('83) receives the SSE Outstanding Service Award at the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering alumni awards ceremony in the Lavin-Bernick Center on April 12.
CBE Graduate Appointed Assistant Professor 2012
Hong Song, a former doctoral student in Kim O'Connor's laboratory, was appointed assistant professor in the Division of Nuclear Medicine of the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Song earned a combined Ph.D. in chemical engineering and M.S. in molecular and cellular biology from Tulane in 2003. He is currently working on targeted therapy of breast cancer metastases using novel approaches, such as cancer vaccines in combination with targeted alpha-particles to overcome tumor immunosuppression.
EPA’s Lisa Jackson to address Tulane Commencement MARCH 12, 2012
Lisa Jackson, the New Orleans native whose life journey has taken her from the Ninth Ward to the White House, will deliver the keynote address at the Tulane University Commencement 2012, which will take place at 9 a.m. on May 19 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
CBE Alumna Receives 2011 Science and Engineering Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievements
Miriam E. John
The Science and Engineering Outstanding Alumnus/a Award is the highest form of alumni recognition given by the School of Science and Engineering. The recipient is defined as: "One singularly successful individual who, through exemplary accomplishments and recognition, epitomizes the potential of a Tulane education and thereby brings credit and honor to the School and University".
CBE Graduate Promoted to Associate Professor
Juan P. Hinestroza
Juan Hinestroza, a 2002 Ph.D. graduate from our department, has been promoted to associate professor with tenure at Cornell University. Hinestroza works in the area of polymer rheology, in particular, on understanding fundamental phenomena at the nanoscale that are of relevance to fiber and polymer science.
Dr. Virginia Davis: PECASE Award Winner November 18, 2010
CBE Alumna Virginia A. Davis, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, is among 85 researchers named by President Barack Obama to receive the prestigious Presidential Early Career for Scientists and Engineers Award, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on early-career researchers.
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Giving Back and Changing Lives June 1, 2010
After several years working in industry, chemical and biomolecular engineering graduates Scott Eklund and Carrie Giordano Eklund decided it was time to contribute to society in another way.
From Rural China to Tulane Ph.D.'s May 11, 2010
Jingjing Zhan and Xiujuan Zhang journeyed from small rural family farms in China to Dalian University of Technology where they met and married, and then to the Tulane Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Both have earned their doctoral degrees.
CBE Graduate Receives 2010 Science and Engineering Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievements
Mohit Singh, Ph.D.
School of Science and Engineering Outstanding Young Alumnus
The Outstanding Young Alumnus Award is presented to a recent graduate, who like the Outstanding Alumnus Award is: "One singularly successful individual who, through exemplary accomplishments and recognition, epitomizes the potential of a Tulane education and thereby brings credit and honor to the university/school."
CBE Alumna Lisa Jackson a TIME 2010 Thinker April 29, 2010
Lisa Jackson is doing exactly what an Environmental Protection Agency Administrator is supposed to do — thoughtfully and carefully but aggressively implementing our environmental laws to protect public health and our environment. The job of the EPA Administrator is not to make people happy but to make them and their environment healthier.
CBE Graduates Receive 2009 Science and Engineering Alumni Awards for Outstanding Achievements
Joseph Boston, Ph.D.
School of Science and Engineering Outstanding Alumnus
The Outstanding Alumnus Award will be presented on an annual basis and is the highest form of alumni recognition given by the School of Science and Engineering.
The committee defines the recipient as: "One singularly successful individual who, through exemplary accomplishments and recognition, epitomizes the potential of a Tulane education and thereby brings credit and honor to the university."
CBE Graduate Receives 2009 Science and Engineering Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievements
Blake Simmons, Ph.D.
School of Science and Engineering Outstanding Young Alumnus
The Outstanding Young Alumnus Award is presented to a recent graduate, who like the Outstanding Alumnus Award is: "One singularly successful individual who, through exemplary accomplishments and recognition, epitomizes the potential of a Tulane education and thereby brings credit and honor to the university/school."
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