2010 Annual Report Dear Alumni and Friends of the Department: Much has happened in the past year to move our and student success, was given the high honor to department into unprecedented territory. We added present the Commencement Address at OSU’s autumn our 19th faculty member, Aravind Asthagiri, from the graduation ceremony. University of Florida, achieved more permanence in our laboratory instruction by appointing Carlo Scaccia Th ere was also signifi cant progress in the planning for as a clinical faculty member, coped with an increase our new building. Th e new Koff olt Laboratories will in undergraduate enrollment to nearly 470 students be part of a joint Chemical Engineering and Chemistry (sophomore-senior) and saw our research expenditures building of 225,000 gross square feet containing 124,000 increase to $16.2M. Faculty size, enrollment and sq. ft . of assignable space. We will be next door to our research activity are all at new highs. Th e Department current location and demolition of Boyd, Johnston, also was mentioned in the October 4th issue of Chemical Aviation and Haskett will commence this summer. Th e and Engineering News where it was observed “for the space plan is complete and it is a pleasure to note that we second year in a row Ohio State took fi rst place in terms have more than 12,000 sq. ft devoted to undergraduate of school spending on Chemical Engineering R & D”. laboratories, very fl exible design space and classrooms. Th e years referred to were 2007 and 2008, the latest We also have in that space an auditorium, which seats available from the NSF statistics data base. 120 students, that should accommodate our entire class of juniors or seniors for those occasions where indi- Other items of note in 2010 include the conferral of 96 vidual sections meet for combined lectures. Th e space B.S. degrees, 18 Ph.D. degrees, the publication of 125 for the academic program is more than twice that which papers and the issuance of 4 patents. It turns out that 10 is available in the present Koff olt Laboratories. Over- undergraduates were co-authors on those publications all Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will occupy indicating a robust continuation of undergraduate 60% of the building when it opens in late 2014. Sche- participation in faculty research. Th ere are also matic design is well underway and early concepts are special faculty accomplishments that are a pleasure to presented within this report. Once the space plan is ap- highlight. Umit Ozkan was elected as a Fellow both proved by the Board of Trustees in February we will be in AIChE and AAAS, and also received the Iowa State able to provide our major donors naming opportunities Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award for space in our portion of the building. We thank all in Engineering. Jim Lee won the Society for Plastics those alumni and friends of the department who have Engineers 2010 International Award and yours truly contributed to what will be a transformational change received the 2010 Founders Award from the Society for for our department. Biomaterials. Signifi cantly, both L. S. Fan and S. T. Yang won multimillion dollar ARPA-E (Defense Department Best wishes on behalf of our faculty, staff and students. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) awards for their research on clean coal technology using a chemical looping process and the use of genetically modifi ed bacteria to produce of bio-butanol respectively. In addition L. S. Fan saw his latest book, “Chemical Looping Systems for Fossil Energy Conversions”, published by Stuart L. Cooper Wiley-AIChE. Finally, David Tomasko, in recognition Professor and Chair for his outstanding devotion to undergraduate education [email protected] 614-247-8015 Table of Contents Letter from the Chair News Graduate Program 22 Ranking 2 Koff olt Laboratoriess 22 Faculty Productivity 4 Koff olt Laboratories National Campaign 23 Graduate Degrees Granted Committee 23 Graduate Student Fellowships 6 Interdisciplinary Research 23 Research Expenditures 8 Stuart Cooper Elected to NAE 24 Graduate Program 8 Umit Ozkan Named 2010 Outstanding Seminar Series Woman in Technology 25 Graduate Student Awards 8 David Tomasko Gives Autumn Commencement Speech 26 2010 Alumni Donors 9 Distinguished Alumnus Award 9 Fan Publishes Chemical Looping Book 28 Faculty 10 Bakshi to Lead Sustainability Eff orts in India 37 CBE Faculty and Staff 10 Winter Awarded NSF Grant 10 Pelotonia Fellowships 10 Jason Haskins-New Director of Development 11 Ozkan Receives Multiple Honors 11 Wood’s Biosensors Research Undergraduate Program 14 Course Enrollment 15 Cooperative Learning Experiences 16 2009 Placement Record 19 Department Graphs 20 Undergraduate Scholarship Information Lin Zhao, a Ph.D. student in Winston Ho's membrane research group, is installing a new membrane that he just synthesized in a membrane cell to study the transport properties of the high fl ux membrane for desalination. Koff olt Laboratories Th e space plan for the new building is now complete. Th e new building will be called CBEC (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry Building) and is just west of old Koff olt Laboratories. Th e building will be shared among CBE and Chemistry to create new knowledge and collaboration through basic research in the chemical sciences. CBEC, which incorporates Koff olt Laboratories, will off er a unique centralized research facility for chemical/materials synthesis and characterization, cell and tissue culture, and biological processing and characterization. Th e new Koff olt Laboratories will include research labs and support spaces, instructional spaces, core laboratories and faculty and administrative offi ces. Th e building will be a substantial upgrade from the department’s current home and will enable a much stronger focus on interdisciplinary research. Preliminary renderings of the outside of the building are shown on the right.* Th e following page depicts rough drawings of the basement and ground fl oor. Above: View from the northeast (Woodruff Ave.) Below: View From the southeast Project Mission: -Help to create an environment that supports teaching and learning -Help to create an accessible campus that enhances connections and linkages -Help to create a campus with an ordered and timeless setting -Help to create a campus that is timeless, maintainable, and fl exible -Provide fl exibility in program and design *Renderings and drawings from Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, New Haven, Connecticut. -2- Basement Ground Floor -3- Koff olt Laboratories National Campaign Committee Th e Koff olt Laboratories National Campaign Committee met on September 10, 2010 to discuss progress to date on the new building. Bill Lowrie '66, chair of the committee, reported that more than $13.5 million had been committed to date towards the $17.5 million fundraising goal for the project. Th e committee was especially pleased to welcome Bernard Constantino, University Architect, and Mariko Masuoka, from Pelli Clarke Pelli who provided an overview of the project planning and some preliminary design considerations for the space. Mike Boehm, Vice Provost for Academic Planning, reinforced the University’s commitment to this very important project, and reassured the committee that the new building would be an exceptional facility for Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry Th e committee will meet again in April 2011 to get an update on the building plans and continue their eff orts Left to right: Stuart Cooper, Kathleen Hogenson, Rich Brandon, Christina Stark Sistrunk, William Lowrie, Karen Laff erty to engage fellow ChemE alumni in support of the new Hendricks, Mike Winfi eld, Jim Dietz, Smith Howland, Ron Harris, Cindy Gerstle Bishop, Bill Hauschildt, Sonny Saeks, Matt Koff olt Laboratories. Galosi, Paul Kienholz, Dennis Hurley, Larry Steele Koff olt Campaign National Committee Members: William G. Lowrie (B ChE ’66), Chair James (Jim) F. Dietz (B ChE ’69, MS ’70) F. William (Bill) Hauschildt, Jr. (B ChE ’67, MS ’67) Sheldon, South Carolina Northfi eld, IL San Francisco, CA Jeff rey D. Adams (B ChE ’87) David (Dave) Grove (B ChE ’70, MS ‘70) Karen Laff erty Hendricks (B ChE ’71) San Mateo, CA Stuart, FL Maineville, OH Richard A. Arnold (B ChE ’48, MBA ’50) Jack A. Hammond (B ChE ’61) Dennis W. Hurley (B ChE ’67) Houston, TX Iron Gate, VA Midland, MI Cynthia (Cindy) Gerstle Bishop (B ChE ’86) Ronald D. Harris (B ChE ’61, MS ’61) Alex W. Kawczak (B ChE ’82) Coppell, TX Columbus, OH Dublin, OH -4- Paul J. Kienholz (B ChE ’57) Pittsburgh, PA Th omas J. Koff olt Savannah, GA Sumner (Sonny) Saeks (BS ChE ’82) Cincinnati, OH Christina Sistrunk (B ChE ’82) Harvey, LA Lawrence R. Steele (B ChE ’58, MS ’58, PhD ’62) Princeton, NJ Vice Provost of Academic Planning, Eugene (Gene) N. Wheeler (B ChE ’65, MS ’65) Mike Boehm, presents to the group. Livermore, CA Michael D. Winfi eld (B ChE ’62) Long Grove, IL L. E. (Larry) Woodworth (B ChE ’61) Columbus, OH Houston Volunteer Committee: Brian K. Weider (B ChE ’78) Houston, TX Matthew J. Galosi (B ChE ’80) Katy, TX Kathleen (Kathy) Applegate Hogenson (B ChE ’82) Houston, TX Smith G. Howland (B ChE ’69, MS ’69) Houston, TX Left to right: Cindy Gerstle Bishop, Matt Galosi, Kathy Applegate Hogenson, Smith Howland Stuart Cooper Elected to the appropriate, signifi cant contributions to the engineering literature,” and to the “pioneering of new and developing fi elds of technology, making major advancements National Academy of Engineering in traditional fi elds of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.” Stuart Cooper, professor and Chair of the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Umit Ozkan Named 2010 Outstanding has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Woman in Technology Cooper was elected to the NAE for his contributions to polymer chemistry, biomedical polyurethanes, blood CBE professor, Umit Ozkan, was honored as Outstanding compatibility and academic administration.