On Monday, July 31st, the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI) celebrated and welcomed 132 new FOSSI scholars at a virtual gathering of 300 students, family, friends, and corporate partners. With the addition of the new class, FOSSI now boasts 430 scholars from 32 states who are enrolled at 42 HBCUs across the country.
Ryan DuChanois is a Ph.D. Candidate and Abel Wolman Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University under the supervision of Professor Menachem (Meny) Elimelech. Ryan received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas summa cum laude and was the top graduate in the College of Engineering. Ryan also was a Gates Cambridge Scholar at the University of Cambridge, where he completed an MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development and received the Water Conservators Best Dissertation Prize. Now at Yale, Ryan takes inspiration from...Read more
Attention Indian AIChE Student Chapters: Exercise your project management skills, gain exposure, and take advantage of the opportunity to host an AIChE Student Regional Conference. Benefits of Hosting a Student Regional Conference Exercise your Project Management Skills Organizing a conference is...
Congratulations to Sungho Shin, the 2023 W. David Smith, Jr. Graduate Publication award winner! Sungho received this award for the journal paper: “Exponential decay of sensitivity in graph-structured nonlinear programs”, S. Shin, M. Anitescu, and V.M. Zavala, SIAM Journal on Optimization 32(2):...Read more
Congratulations to Fani Boukouvala, the 2023 Outstanding Young Researcher award winner! Fani received this award for developing algorithms and software for data-driven optimization, surrogate modeling, energy systems, and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Fani Boukouvala is an Associate Professor in...Read more
Congratulations to Stratos Pistikopoulos, the 2023 Distinguished Service award winner! Stratos received this award for hisprocess systems engineering research that has forged links between societal challenges and opportunities in systems engineering to the health, biology, energy, and circular...Read more
Congratulations to Matthew Cooper, the 2023 David Himmelblau award! Matthew received this award for the development of a digital learning environment where students can safely engage with authentic process safety judgements. Matthew E. Cooper is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemical...Read more
