Winston Ho Elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
June 30, 2009
Professor Winston Ho was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).  This is the highest grade of membership of the AIChE.  This honor testifies to the high esteem in which Professor Ho is held by his peers for his distinctive professional accomplishments and contributions in engineering.  Professor Ho will be recognized for this significant achievement at the AIChE 2009 Annual Conference to be held in November in Nashville, TN. 

Michael Vilt winsFirst Place Poster Award
June 25, 2009
Michael Vilt, a Ph.D. student and IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) fellow in Winston Ho's group, won the First Place Poster Award in the Membrane Applications category in the Poster Paper Competition at the Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) in Charlestown, SC on June 20 - 24, 2009. Mike's poster paper was entitled "Cephalexin Recovery Using Supported Liquid Membranes with Strip Dispersion". The First Place Poster Award consisted of $300. In addition to this poster presentation in the Poster Paper Competition, Mike also presented this paper at an oral session on Membranes for Bioseparations.

Travel Awards for three students

June 14, 2009

Three students in Umit Ozkan's group, Elizabeth Biddinger, Hua Song and Nandita Lakshminarayanan, received North American Catalysis Society Kokes Travel Awards to attend teh 21st NACS Conference in San Francisco to present their work. Congratulations to all three.

Graduate Students in Professor Barbara Wyslouzil's Research Group Win Awards

May 27, 2009

Kelley Distel has been accepted to attend the 2009 National School on Nutron and X-ray Scattering. Kelly will spend one week in Oak Ridge National Laboratory learning about neutron scattering and doing sample experiments on the High Flux Isotope Reactor and/or Spallation Neutron Source. She will then go to the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Lab to learn about X-ray scattering and to do more sample experiments. The entire two week course including travel and accommodation is paid for. Ashutosh Bhabhe won an NSF travel award to attend the 18th International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols that will be held August 10 - 14th, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. He will be presenting the work he did together with Somnath Sinha and Hartawan Lakmono on the condensation of Ar in supersonic nozzels.

Graduate Student Elizabeth Biddinger Wins Award
Elizabeth Biddinger won first place in the Graduate Division of the Ohio Fuel Cell Symposium poster competition held May 27-28, 2009 in North Canton, Ohio. Elizabeth is a fourth year PhD candidate in Professor Umit S. Ozkan's research group of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Her poster was titled "Stacked Platelets with High Edge-Plane Exposure as Nitrogen Containing Carbon Nanostructured (CNx) Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction at PEM and DMFC Cathodes." Dieter von Deak, also a PhD student in Professor Ozkan's group, co-authored the poster. The Ohio Fuel Cell Symposium is an annual meeting sponsored by the Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition as an event to allow members of industry, government and academia come together to support the development of all types of fuel cells.

Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
Fifteen Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering undergraduates participated in the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum held on May 13th. Lead researchers, poster titles and advisors are listed below. Sam Lentz took a third place prize in our Engineering Division. More...

Craig Buckley, Darian Richardson and Katie Vermeersch: "Gold Nanoparticle Polymer Biomodification" (Jessica Winter)

Serra Elliott: "Studying Hydrodynamic Stress in Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorters" (Jeffrey Chalmers)

Elise Ferguson: "Development of Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Tumor Cell Migration Studies" (Jessica Winter)

Alexander Hodge: "Analysis of Murine Embryonic Stem Cell Expansion in PET Scaffolding" (S.T. Yang)

Douglas Knapke: "Sulfur Growth Promotion of Carbon-Nitrogen PEM Fuel Cells" (Umit Ozkan)

Samuel Lentz: "NOx Reduction over Pd-Based Catalysts: Effect of Synthesis Parameters" (Umit Ozkan)

Kunal Parikh: "Effects of Nanotopography on Cell Morphology" (Jessica Winter)

Barrett Richter: "Development of Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Tumor Cell Migration Studies" (Jessica Winter)

Eric Sacia: "Synthesis and Regenration of Enhanced Sorbents for Clean Coal Applications" (LS Fan)

John Titone: "Supercritical CO₂ Sterilization of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene" (David Tomasko)

Andrew Vail: "Enzyme Catalyzed Esterification of Organic Acids with Short-Chain Alcohols" (S.T. Yang)

Yao Yang: "Sorbent and Reactor Investigation of Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture" (LS Fan)

Lowrie Family Donates $17,000,000 to Ohio State Engineering, University recognizes generosity with first-ever named department
The Ohio State University today announced a commitment of $17 million from Ernestine and William G. Lowrie in support of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering at Ohio State.  The commitment is the largest made by an individual donor to engineering at the university.
        
The gift will endow construction and support of a new laboratory facility, create the H.C. "Slip" Slider Professorship for an untenured faculty member in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, establish a new endowed chair, and provide an endowment to support new initiatives in education and research.
       
"Bill Lowrie’s support will create tremendous opportunities for generations of students," said Gregory N. Washington, interim dean of engineering. "He has served the College of Engineering in so many ways since he was a student here, and now he is making it possible to serve our students for years to come. We are so thankful for the Lowries and their generous support of our program."

"At this stage of my life, I find myself in a position where I can help and give back in a meaningful way," said Lowrie.  "I wanted to move on it now, regardless of what is going on in the economy, so that I could see it happen and partially repay the university and the Department of Chemical Engineering for the huge impact they have had on my life and the lives of so many others."

In recognition of their gift, The Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved today the naming of the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering to be housed in the new Koffolt Laboratories building, which is scheduled for completion in 2014. The building replaces an older Koffolt Laboratories, named in honor of the late, highly regarded former Chemical Engineering Professor and Chair Joseph H. Koffolt.
       
"Ernie and Bill have long been among the university’s firmest friends, and I am deeply grateful to them for their latest gift to advance teaching, learning, and research," said President E. Gordon Gee. "The Lowries’ strategic support for our faculty and facilities is a powerful statement about the wisdom of investing in higher education and in the future of Ohio, our nation, and beyond."
       
Chemical and biomolecular engineers design, develop, and operate processes by which chemicals, petroleum products, food, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods can be produced economically and safely for use in products we use every day.

"We are at a point in time where we badly need to replace the chemical engineering facility. Even in this difficult time in the world we can’t just put a stop to everything and hope it all goes away," said Lowrie. "The progress with the faculty size and stature over the last 25 to 30 years needs to continue, and we need to be able to attract the best. We are stuck by the lack of proper facilities and that detracts from our ability to recruit and retain faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students."
 
A native of Painesville, Ohio, Lowrie received his Bachelor’s of Chemical Engineering from Ohio State in 1966. He spent his entire 33-year career with Amoco, working his way up through the company in positions of increasing responsibility, including president of Amoco Oil Company in 1990, president of Amoco Production Company in 1992, and president of Amoco from 1995 until 1998, when it merged with BP. He then served as deputy CEO of BP Amoco until 1999.
        
Along with administrative and managerial contributions to Amoco, Lowrie had a major role in increasing oil production and advancing oil drilling technology. In recognition of his distinguished industrial career, the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers awarded him the Charles F. Rand Gold Medal in 2001.

His many contributions to Ohio State have been recognized with the 1979 Texnikoi Outstanding Alumnus Award; a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College of Engineering; and the Benjamin G. Lamme Meritorious Achievement Medal, the College of Engineering’s highest honor. Lowrie is the only engineering alumnus to receive all three awards. In 2005, the university recognized his years of dedicated service as chair and volunteer to The Ohio State University Foundation with the Everett D. Reese Medal.
       
Bill Lowrie has also received the 2008 Alumni Medalist award for career achievement, the highest honor accorded by The Ohio State University Alumni Association, given to those who have brought extraordinary credit to the university and significant benefit to humankind. He and Ernestine currently reside in Sheldon, South Carolina.

Annual Lowrie Banquet

May 8, 2009

The Annual Lowrie Honors Banquet was held on Thursday, May 7th. The Lowrie Lectureship Award was given to Gabor A. Somorjai, University Professor, University of California, Berkeley. The following students were honored:

Faculty Receive Awards

May 5, 2009

Three of our faculty were presented awards at the College of Engineering Faculty Awards Dinner on May 4, 2009. Bhavik Bakshi and Barbara Wyslouzil each received Lumley Research Awards for exceptional activity and success in persuing new knowledge. LS Fan received a MacQuigg Award for superior demonstration of interest in, and willingness to help students, and outstanding teaching ability. The MacQuigg Awards involve a student nomination process.

Andre Palmer Selected to Serve on NIH Study Section
Professor Andre F. Palmer was recently appointed to the Biomaterials and Bionterfaces Study Section at the National Institutes of Health. This is a significant honor that highlights Professor Palmer's stature in the Biomaterials research community.

Michael Vilt Wins 2009 Elias Klein Founders' Travel Award
Michael Vilt, a Ph.D. student and IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) fellow in Winston Ho's group, has been selected as a winner of the 2009 Elias Klein Founders' Travel Award from the North American Membrane Society (NAMS). The selection of this award is based, in part, on academic achievements, and it will provide up to $500 for Mike to present a paper, entitled "Cephalexin Recovery Using Supported Liquid Membranes with Strip Dispersion", at the 2009 NAMS Annual Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina on June 21 - 24. Mike also won this award in 2008.

Umit Ozkan Honored
Professor Umit Ozkan was recognized by the Mortar Board Senior Honorary Society at a Reception and Ceremony held on March 11, 2009 at the Longaberger Alumni House.   Professor Ozkan was nominated by Sam Lentz, a senior in the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a member of the Mortar Board Senior Honorary Society, who cited her inspiring mentoring, advice and guidance and wrote “Dr. Ozkan has been a catalyst in my life” in his nomination statement.

David Tomasko Honored
Professor David Tomasko was initiated as an Honorary Member into Texnikoi on March 1, 2009.  Texnikoi is an engineering service organization of the College of Engineering at Ohio State that recognizes qualities of leadership, integrity and personality as exemplified by active participation and leadership in extracurricular activities.

Joe's Jewel Takes First and Qualifies for Nationals
Over the weekend of February 27th, the ChemE Car team traveled to Chicago for the North-Central Regional Conference. Team Members Doug Knapke, John Larison, Mike Nechay, Kyle Purdue, Eric Sacia, Justin Spitzer, Katie Vermeersch, LindsayVopenheim, Chris Wielgus and Thomas Yeh competed in both the performace and poster competition held on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. The team had an outstanding showing, finishing both best among Big Ten Teams present (Purdue, Wisconsin and Michigan) and overall. "Joe's Jewel" finished first overall in the performance competition ahead of Akron and Buffalo, while placing second in the poster competition just behind Akron. The goal was to carry a weight of 273 grams a distance of 50 feet. The car performed very well achieving an OSU compeition record of 3 inches from the line (also one of the best overall competition marks of all time). The first place finish qualifies the team for the national competition in November at the AIChE conference in Nashville, TN. This is the first competition win for the Ohio State ChemE Car team.

ChemE Car Team Competes in National Competition at the AICHE Annual Convention

The ChemE Car team competed in the national competition against 34 college teams, finishing in 19th place (1st in the Big Ten!). The team's best result stopped 6'8" short of the line. The winner of the competition, Cornell, earned the first ever perfect performance with the front wheel stopping exactly on the finish line at 60 feet. The OSU team was represented by Beth Johnson, Jean Wheasler, Eric Sacia, Justin Spitzer, Katie Vermeersch, Alex Aossey, Craig Buckley, Thomas Yeh, Chris Wielgus, and Mike Nechay.

Stuart L. Cooper Elected to the Governing Board of the Council For Chemical Research
Stuart L. Cooper, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was elected to the Governing Board of the Council For Chemical Research. The Council for Chemical Research (CCR) is an organization which recognizes and facilitates basic research in the chemical sciences and engineering.  CCR’s purpose is to benefit society by advancing research in chemistry, chemical engineering and related disciplines through leadership collaboration across discipline, institution and sector boundaries.

William G. Lowrie Wins Alumni Medalist Award
William G. Lowrie was awarded the Alumni Medalist Award on September 26, 2008. This award is given for national or international career achievement and is the single highest honor accorded by The Ohio State University Alumni Association, Inc. It is presented to alumni who have gained national or international distinction as outstanding exponents of a chosen field or profession and who have brought extraordinary credit to the University and significant benefit to humankind. Lowrie received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 1966.

Over the course of a 33-year career with Amoco Production Co. in Louisiana, William Lowrie rose from engineer to president and played a major role in increasing oil recovery and advancing drilling technology. He supervised the development of environmental fuels, managed international oil acquisitions, and directed projects leading to technology for producing methane from coal beds.

When BP and Amoco came together in 1998 in what was the world's largest merger, Lowrie became the company's deputy chief executive before retiring the following year.

Lowrie has received many industry awards, including the Charles F. Rand Gold Medal from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers.

In 1998, Lowrie and his wife established the William G. and Ernestine R. Lowrie Endowment Fund for Chemical Engineering Excellence at Ohio State. In addition, Lowrie is chair of the national committee for renovating and expanding the university's Koffolt Laboratories.

Lowrie's many contributions to Ohio State have been recognized with the 1979 Texnikoi Outstanding Alumnus Award; a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College of Engineering; and the Benjamin G. Lamme Meritorious Achievement Medal, the College of Engineering's highest honor. Lowrie is the only engineering alumnus to receive all three awards. In 2005, the university recognized his years of dedicated service with the Everett D. Reese Medal.

Sherry Stoneman Wins Distinguished Staff Award
Sherry Stoneman, the assistant to the chair, won the "Above and Beyond Award; Classified Staff Recognition Award". This award is given annually at the Staff Appreciation Lunch. Sherry will retire at the end of January 2009. She will have worked at OSU for over 30 years, nine of those years in CBE.

Sherry Stoneman is pictured below with Dean Baeslack.

Three Graduate Students Win Awards
Chaofang Yue, a member of Dr. Paulaitis's research group, recently received a 2008 Travel Award to attend the 100th Annual meeing of the AIChE this fall to present a research paper.

Yun Wu, a member of Dr. Wyslouzil's research group, received a 2008 Travel Award to attend the 27th Annual meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research this fall to present a paper describing her research.

Vikas Khanna, a member of Dr. Bakshi's research group, won a 3rd place Poster Award for a poster titled "Environmental Life Cycle Evaluation of Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites" at the Gordon Research Conference on Industiral Ecology 2008 held in New London, NH in August. He also received a Chair's Travel Grant for this same conference. Vikas also won a Travel Scholarship to attend the Society of Risk Analysis Annual meeting in December in Boston, MA.

Two Recent Articles Highlight Professor Umit Ozkan's Research
Two recent articles highlight Professor Umit Ozkan's research. Please read more at The Columbus Dispatch: more

Ohio State Research News: more

Professor LS Fan Named as One of the “One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era”

In celebration of the 100 th Anniversary of the founding of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the Awards and Recognition Subcommittee has developed lists of individuals who contributed to the profession and society in a variety of times and ways. These lists highlight advances in the profession during the years before World War II (“Foundation Age”) and after (“Modern Era”).

Professor LS Fan has recently been named one of the “One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era”. This list will be featured in the October issue of CEP and will also be spotlighted at the AICHE Annual Meeting from November 16-21 in Philadelphia, PA.

Professor Fan’s inclusion in this list is based on his wide ranging contributions in the field of fluidization and powder technology, His research has led to advances in understanding the complex and dynamic fluid and bubble phenomena taking place in fluidized bed reactors and has led to significant process improvements in the chemicals and fuels industries. Professor Fan recently invented the first electrical capacitance volume tomography apparatus which provides detailed in-situ images of multiphase reactor systems. He has also invented a number of processes relating to clean coal energy conversion processes. His chemical looping processes economically enable powdered coal to be converted to hydrogen, chemicals and liquid fuels with possible CO2 separation. For more information please see Professor Fan’s website, http://www.chbmeng.ohio-state.edu/people/fan.html

Professor LS Fan wins Award

Professor Fan has also been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Award for Innovation in Coal Conversion (also known as the Pitt Award) by the International Pittsburgh Coal Conference. This award recognizes his outstanding contributions in the development and applications of numerous technical innovations for coal conversion and clean coal technology.

Professor Fan will be honored at the Twenty Fifth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, September 29 – October 2, 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA.

Craig Buckley named 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar
Four Ohio State students have been awarded the prestigious Barry M.
Goldwater Scholarship, considered the nation's top honor for undergraduate researchers in science, math and engineering.  Craig Buckley, a junior in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering is one of the awardees.  Each institution may only nominate four students for the award. Since the award's inception in 1986, Ohio State has never had all four nominees win. The scholars are among just 321 sophomores and juniors to win the award, which is based on academic merit. The one- and two-year scholarships will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.

Craig is conducting research with Dr. Jessica Winter and plans to pursue a career in academia. Craig has worked as an engineering intern at Clippard Instrument Laboratory performing testing on and creating 3-D models (using SolidWorks) of a line of flow control valves and related pneumatic products. Craig is a recipient of OSU's Distinguished Merit Scholarship for National Merit Finalists.   He plans to perform research in expanding and finding new uses for nanotechnology for biochemistry and biomedical applications.   This year he also received a Sigma Xi undergraduate research fellowship.

Craig is currently working on an undergraduate research project to attach
various ligands to gold nanoparticles for insertion within the pores of agarose gel. The nanoparticles serve as anchors for the ligands, allowing them to essentially remain attached to the agarose gel without changing the structure of the gel itself. This technique has the potential to add a wide range of functionality without a need to chemically modify the backbone of the gel. A fluorescent indicator will be used as the first ligand to test and refine the procedure for inserting and maintaining the gold nanoparticles in the gels network of pores. After this procedure has been developed, the effects and uses of different functional groups inserted into the gels will be explored. Modifications of this general approach are also possible. For example, while permanently attached ligands are certainly useful, a controlled release of the nanoparticles and their attached ligands would allow for the possibility of a drug-delivery type system.

A complete list of Goldwater Scholars and Honorable Mentions, arranged by state of residence, can be found on the Goldwater website.

Two Graduate Students Win Awards
Two graduate students in Professor Bhavik Bakshi's research group won awards in the student technical paper contest at teh IEEE Symposium on Electronics and the Environment held in San Francisco. Geof Grubb won the first place award for his paper titled, "Energy and Environment Analysis of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles". Vikas Khanna won the third place award for his paper titled, "Assessing the Environmental Life Cycle Implications of Polymer Nanocomposites". Their work was partially supported by an EPA grant and NSEC.

The Graduate School Announces Winners of the Spring 2008 Presidential Fellowship
Vikas Khanna, a graduate student in Professor Bhavik Bakshi's research group won a Spring 2008 Presidential Fellowship. These fellowships recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final phase of their dissertation research or terminal degree project. The fellowships provide financial support so that the student may devote one year of full-time study to the completion of the dissertation or degree project unimpeded by other duties. Recipients of this award embody the highest standards of scholarship in our graduate programs. This fellowship recognizes outstanding scholarship and research ability.

Mary Hoy Wins 2008 Outstanding Advisor Award
Mary Hoy, our Undergraduate Program Coordinator, won the 2008 Outstanding Advisor Award for undergraduate advising. The award was presented at the annual ACADAOS Awards Luncheon and year-end meeting on Wednesday, May 21st. Each winner receives a plaque and $500 honorarium.

CBE Wins Departmental Award at Minority Engineering Banquet
In April 2008, the Minority Engineering Program (MEP) held its 29th annual awards banquet. The theme was "The Road to Eminence: Engineering Social Responsibility and Community Service". The CBE Department won the Departmental Award. This is the second year in a row that the department has won this award. The departmental award is given annually to the engineering department that has been the most prolific and proficient in developing activities to imporove the academic performance, recruitment and retention of minority students.

CBE Students who won awards or who were involved in the banquet are listed below:

Lindsay Roberts (sophomore CBE): Banquet MC
Bryan Edwards (premajor): Keynote Speaker Introduction
 
Academic Status Award (Cum GPA 3.0 or higher)
Abdirazak Abdulahi (Sophomore)
Nathan Arroyo (Sophomore)
Frederick Crawford (Sophomore)
Adugna Demisse (Graduating Senior)
Ilse Fernandez (First Year, Premajor)
Ahmed Hassan (Junior)
Mohamed Keyse (Junior)
Crystal Martin (Senior)
Eric Neidig (Junior)
Japheth Pritchett (Premajor)
Lindsay Roberts (sophomore)
Carol Udoh (Senior)
Blake Washington (Senior)
 
Academic Year Award (3.0 or Higher For the Year)
Laura Acosta (First Year, Premajor)
Steven Adams (First Year, Premajor)
Sefanit Berihun (First Year, Premajor)
Kevin Kuhn (First Year, Premajor)
Kelly Ramos (First Year, Premajor)
Alexander Sarimento (First Year, Premajor)
 
Academic Excellence Award (3.0 or Higher, 75% of Quarters Enrolled)
Ibrahim Bamba (Junior)
Precious Okoh (Graduating Senior)
 
Academic Distinction Award (3.0 or Higher Every Quarter)
Stephen NeCamp (Sophomore)
Justin Mason (Sophomore)

Michael Vilt Wins the 2008 Elias Klein Founders' Travel Award
Michael Vilt, a Ph.D. student and IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) fellow in Winston Ho’s group, has been selected as a winner of the 2008 Elias Klein Founders’ Travel Award from the North American Membrane Society (NAMS). The selection of this award is based, in part, on academic achievements, and it will provide up to $500 for Mike to present a paper, entitled “Supported Liquid Membranes with Strip Dispersion for the Recovery of Cephalexin”, in an oral and a poster session at the 2008 International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM) in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 12 - 18.

New AICHE Officers Chosen for 2008-2009
The Student Chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers at OSU held officer elections for the 2008-2009 school year. AICHE is the principal student organization in the department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.  The students in the group provide social activities, organize company infomration sessions and offer networking opportunities for current students in the department.    The following students were elected as officers:

President:  Alex Aossey
Vice President:  Katie Vermeersch
Treasurer:  Eric Sacia
Secretary: Jean Wheasler
Membership Chair: Johnny Titone
Philanthropy Chair: Nariman Alkhatib
Social Chair: Lindsay Volpenhein

Congratulations to all new officers!  For those students interested in becoming members of the organization, please contact Johnny Titone at titone.2@osu.edu.  For those companies interested in presenting an information session to talk about their company, internship or co-op opportunities, full time employment or to sponsor a professional information session, please contact Alex Aossey at aossey.2@osu.edu.

Faculty advisors for the student chapter include Dr. Barbara Wyslouzil and Dr. Bhavik Bakshi.  You can read more about AICHE online at http://www.aiche.org/.  For more on AICHE for professionals in Central Ohio, please see: http://www.aiche.org/OHIO/.  For more information on Chem. E Car, a project team supported by AICHE, please see
http://www.chbmeng.ohio-state.edu/generalinfo/news.html#chem_E_car.

Jeff Ellis Places Third in the Hayes Graduate Research Forum
Jeff Ellis, a Graduate Research Associate in David Tomasko's research group, placed third in the Hayes Research Forum held on April 13, 2008. The Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum is in its 22nd year and its purposes are to:

• Provide a significant professional development experience for OSU graduate students;
• Encourage graduate students to share their research with the academic community;
• Recognize outstanding graduate student scholarship within the University; and
• Facilitate exchange between students, faculty, administration, and the public.

For more information, please visit: http://cgs.osu.edu/funding/hayes.aspx

Doctoral Program Reviews
Twelve of Ohio State's doctoral programs are now recognized as the best at the university after the completion of the far-reaching Doctoral Program Assessment led by Pat Osmer, dean of the Graduate School. The doctoral programs were assigned one of six classifications. CBE's Ph.D. program was one of the 12 rated as "high quality" stand out in terms of planning, focus and potential to enhance the standing of the university. More...

LS Fan Wins Award for Distinguished University Service
The Faculty Award for Distinguished University Service honors faculty members whose contributions to the development and implementation of university policies and programs through non-administrative roles have been extensive and have made documentable impact on the quality of the university. The recipients also have continued to provide effective teaching and have maintained an active program of research, scholarship, or creative work. Recipients are nominated by members of the university community and selected by a committee of faculty, administrators, and previous recipients. They receive both a cash award of $3,000 and an increase of $1,200 to their base salaries from the Office of Academic Affairs. More...