Gordon Ellis
Gordon Ellis has been on staff at AIChE for more than two decades, with many years’ experience working with volunteer groups, member activities and student programs. He now concentrates on writing and editing for Chemical Engineering Progress magazine.
ChEnected contributions
Adding Action to Aspiration: Anti-racism and Learning in the EDI Movement
Learn how AIChE’s IDEAL Path takes on some of the barriers standing in the way of building stronger businesses, institutions, and communities.
Meet Manuela Ayee, Chair of AIChE’s Minority Affairs Committee
Read where Manuela found support and inspiration as she advanced in her education and career, and how she hopes to share the same positive influences with other chemical engineers through MAC.
Allies Help Pave the Path toward a More Inclusive Profession
Learn how allies have helped make changes at AIChE as far back as the 1960s to work towards greater inclusion of minority groups and women in the profession.
Strengthening the Future Pipeline of Black Engineers
Take a look at the statistics of Black students entering chemical engineering and learn how AIChE is working to strengthen Black representation in the profession through STEM scholarships and more.
Introducing Some of AIChE’s Recently Elected Fellows
Meet some of the most recently elected AIChE Fellows and learn about their careers, achievements, and areas of specialization.
Yushan Yan of University of Delaware Is Named R. H. Wilhelm Award Recipient for 2021
Dr. Yan is being recognized for sustained excellence and breakthrough contributions to electrochemical reaction engineering and electrocatalysis.
Sarah Eckersley of Dow Receives Evans Chemical Engineering Practice Award
Dr. Eckersley is being recognized for delivering a robust pipeline of technology for Dow Coating Materials.
Meet AIChE’s Recently Elected Fellows
Learn about the careers and backgrounds of some of the most recent AIChE Fellows.
MIT’s Karen Gleason to Receive AIChE’s Margaret H. Rousseau Pioneer Award
Dr. Gleason is being honored for her pioneering work with chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for advanced surface functionalization with polymers, and for university leadership including advancement opportunities for women.
Kristi S. Anseth Receives AIChE’s Founders Award for 2021
Dr. Anseth is being lauded for her seminal contributions to the application of foundational aspects of chemical engineering to the design of advanced biomaterials, hybrid medical devices, and bionanoscale-based processes.
Rosenthal Selected to Receive 2021 Van Antwerpen Award for Service to AIChE
Rosenthal is being honored for leading AIChE during times of uncertainty to ensure a continuing home for chemical engineering professionals.
Doraiswami Ramkrishna of Purdue University to Receive AIChE’s Walker Award for Chemical Engineering Literature
Dr. Ramkrishna is being honored for original and seminal contributions to the chemical engineering literature on the application of mathematics to chemical, particulate, and biological processes.
Nicholas Peppas of UT Austin to Receive AIChE’s Warren K. Lewis Award for ChE Education
Dr. Peppas is being honored for seminal contributions to chemical engineering education, including development of educational literature and resources for more than 45 years.
MIT’s Kristala L. J. Prather Is the 2021 Acrivos Professional Progress Award Recipient
Dr. Prather is being honored for outstanding contributions to the design, assembly, and enhancement of biological pathways, and for engineering microbial strains for the production of biochemical compounds.
Mou Paul of Dow Chemical Selected as AIChE’s Industrial Progress Award Recipient
Dr. Paul is being honored as an industrial technical leader who excels at the intersection of product innovation and fundamental polymer science to create products for a more sustainable future.