September 2022

Dr. Yinlun Huang is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Wayne State University, where he directs the Laboratory for Multiscale Complex Systems Science and Engineering. His research has been mainly focused on the fundamental study of multiscale complex systems science and sustainability science, with applied study on engineering sustainability, including sustainable nanomaterial development, integrated design of sustainable product and process systems, and manufacturing sustainability. He has published widely in these areas. Dr. Huang is a recipient of AIChE Lawrence...Read more

Dr. Letian Dou is currently the Charles Davidson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. He obtained his B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University in 2009 working with Prof. Xinhua Wan and Ph.D. from UCLA Materials Science in 2014 working with Prof. Yang Yang (co-advised by Prof. Fred Wudl @UCSB in 2013). From 2014 to 2017, he was a Postdoc Fellow working with Prof. Peidong Yang at the Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He joined Purdue University in 2017 and was awarded...Read more

Gregory C. Rutledge is the Lammot du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Lead PI for MIT in AFFOA, a Manufacturing Innovation Institute focused on functional fabrics. He served as Director of the Program in Polymer Science and Technology and as Executive Officer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Physical Society, and the Polymer Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division of the American Chemical Society, and he is a recipient of...Read more

Marianthi Ierapetritou is the Bob and Jane Gore Centennial Chair Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Delaware. Prior to that she has been a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University. During the last year at Rutgers University, she led the efforts of the university advancing the careers in STEM for women at Rutgers as an Associate Vice President of the University. 

Dr. Ierapetritou’s research focuses on the following areas: 1) process operations; (2) design and...Read more