The Chemical Engineering Department and the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center are pleased to announce the recipient of the Lamiya Memorial Safety Scholarship for 2006 was Mr. Peng Lian. Mr. Peng Lian is a graduate student in Dr. Sam Mannan’s research group.  The title of the essay that won this award was Application of Colloids and Interface Chemistry in Aerosol and Flammability Research Related to Chemical Process Safety.  For his excellent paper, he was presented with a plaque and received a $1000 scholarship.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Hae-Kwon Jeong just joined the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engieering in December 2006!  Currently, he is busy setting up his lab space and getting his students busy on their research.  We posting more news on Dr. Jeong’s successes, so keep an eye on our site!

• Arthur Hudson ‘30
• Herbert Owen ‘38
• William J. Eads ‘46
• Webb Jay ‘46
• John M. Luger ‘51
• Arlen C. Cornett ‘58
• Raymond Eugene Porter ‘67
• Michael C. Dunn ‘81
• Robert E. Gaidos ‘87
• Carleton B. Mosely ‘46
• Paul M. Cameron ‘45
• Herberto B. Mendeta ‘41

• Samuel Keens ’02
  Environmental Coordinator
  Environmental Compression Inc.
• Monohar Vishwanathappa ‘05
  Process Engineer
  Highland Interests Inc. (Terrabon LLC)

It is with a very heavy heart that we must inform you of the untimely demise of Dr. Harry West. Dr. West struggled with and fought, successfully, against adult diabetes since his teens.  But finally, the ravages of the disease led to a massive heart attack on the morning of Wednesday, October 4, 2006. While we mourn his loss, we need to remember all the good things he taught us: his very positive attitude, his zest for life, his ability and desire to help everyone, and his ready wit.  He was a very strong supporter and friend of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety
Center, and helped mentor many in the Center as well as the Department.

In Honor of Dr. West’s memory, we are accepting donations for a Faculty Chair or Professorship in his name. Please make checks payable to the Texas A&M Foundation and on the memo line of the check indicate Harry West Memorial Fund.  For more information please contact Sara Lillehaugen of the Texas A&M Foundation at (979) 845-5113 or visit the Foundation’s website, http://giving.tamu.edu/ or within the department contact Valerie Green at val-green@tamu.edu.

In 2004, we brought you the news that longtime Chemical Engineering professor Dr. Aydin Akgerman passed away on December 27, 2003.  Akgerman had been a faculty member of the department for 23 years, during which he served five years as a graduate advisor, another five years as Associate Head, and one year as interim department head.

Since then, we have been successful in rising over $30,000.  Although this is a great sum of money, it is far from the goal of having either a professorship in his name or several graduate student scholarships come from the Aydin Akgerman Memorial Fund will be used to support.

If you would like to contribute to this fund, checks can be mailed to the Texas A&M Foundation at 401 George Bush Drive, College Station, TX 77840-2811.  Please make checks payable to the Texas A&M Foundation and on the memo line of the check indicate Aydin Akgerman Memorial Fund.  For more information please contact Sara Lillehaugen (saral@tamu.edu) of the Texas A&M Foundation at (979) 845-5113 or visit the Foundation’s website, http://giving.tamu.edu/ or within the department contact Valerie Green at val-green@tamu.edu.

Thanks to Frances and James Mathis ’46 & Mr. William Nelson ’41for for establishing scholarships in the CD Holland Scholars Program.  Mr and Mrs. Mathis have supported 3 scholarships in JD Lindsay Scholars Program and completed their first CD Holland Scholarship.  They have also pledged a second CD Holland Scholarship! This is the first scholarship established by Mr. Nelson and we welcome him to our list of donors!

Last year we announced that Ray Nesbitt had pledged 4 professorships to our department, and had already funded two at the time of our last banquet. We are proud to say that Ray has generously completed the remaining two, and holders for all 4 will be named after we have the new Department Head on board.

In honor of Dr. J.D. Lindsay, the department established of the Lindsay Lecture Series to bring speakers to our university. Coming from both industry and academia, the lecturers are recognized for their accomplishments in the practice, teaching, and/or research of chemical engineering. The series also allows the lecturers several days for visiting the university and the department and for exchanging ideas on teaching and research objectives and methods.

Family and friends of longtime chemical engineering educator, Dan Hanson, have endowed the Daniel T. Hanson Memorial Scholarship. “Dad had an amazing work ethic, and he loved his students. He worked tirelessly for their growth and happiness not only as students but as individuals. This scholarship fund allows him to continue to educate the students he loved,” said son Thomas D. Hanson, Texas A&M Class of 1983. The award is part of the chemical engineering department’s C.D. Holland Scholars Program and targets high-achieving undergraduates with leadership potential.

For the full story, see http://engineeringnews.tamu.edu/news/1381
Courtesy of Texas A&M Engineering News