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KOFFOLT
NEWS
FA L L 2 0 2 0 | I S S U E 2 5
WHAT’S INSIDE:
Alumni win awards, p. 8
Piece of cake: A career in food science, p. 10-11
Investing in excellence, cancer research, p. 12-13
Faculty advance projects with grants, p. 16-20
Tapping local knowledge, p. 20-21
William G. Lowrie
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Faculty
Aravind Asthagiri, Professor and Assoc. Chair
Letter from the Chair Bhavik Bakshi, Richard M. Morrow Endowed Chair /
Professor
Nicholas Brunelli, H.C. Slip Slider Associate Professor
Department
Jeffrey Chalmers, Professor
Our students, particularly those in our John Clay, Professor of Practice K-12 MENTORING P. 04
undergraduate AIChE chapter, continued to Stuart Cooper, Distinguished Professor
show real leadership, organizing several virtual Paul Dubetz, Adjunct Assistant Professor COLLABORATING
events (from coffee chats to interview advice Ilham El-Monier, Assistant Professor of Practice FOR A CURE P. 05
panels) for their members to help them feel Liang-Shih Fan, Distinguished University Professor /
connected. Graduate students also C. John Easton Professor
demonstrated enormous creativity MENTORING AWARDS P. 06
Lisa Hall, Associate Professor
and resourcefulness in organizing a virtual Winston Ho, Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Graduate Research Symposium, with record Kurt Koelling, Professor NEWS BRIEFS P. 07
attendance from alumni and industry. Isamu Kusaka, Associate Professor
Li-Chiang Lin, Umit S. Ozkan Assistant Professor
We continue to seek ways of improving the
department environment so that all students
Andrew Maxson, Assistant Professor of Practice
Umit Ozkan, COE Distinguished Professor / Chair
Alumni
feel valued, cared for, and nurtured for success. Andre Palmer, Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor ALUMNI AWARDS P. 8
One effort is to initiate an alumni mentoring Joel Paulson, Assistant Professor
network, teaming up individual students from our James Rathman, Professor CAREER CORNER P. 9
sophomore class with alumni who are interested Eduardo Reátegui, Assistant Professor
Dear Alumni and Friends, in a long-term mentoring relationship. In the next BAKED-IN TALENT P. 10
Katelyn Swindle-Reilly, Assistant Professor
months, we may reach out to some of you asking David Tomasko, Associate Dean, Undergraduate HELPING STUDENTS
I hope this finds you and your loved ones in if you would be interested. P. 12
Education and Services / Professor
good health. Like all of you, we have had to Andrew Tong, Assistant Professor of Practice / RESEARCH SUPPORT P. 13
make adjustments in response to the pandemic, Of course, our alumni continue to impress Research Assistant Professor
but I am pleased that many things have gone us with their diverse accomplishments and MELVIN DEGROOTE P. 14
William Xiaoguang Wang, Assistant Professor
surprisingly well. activities. This fall we celebrated two alumni, Xiaoxue Wang, Assistant Professor IN MEMORIAM P. 15
Linda Broadbelt (‘89) and Bill Dawson (‘81), who Jessica Winter, Professor
One great piece of news is that the College of received College of Engineering Distinguished David Wood, Professor
Engineering has hired a new dean! Acclaimed
roboticist, entrepreneur and educator Ayanna
Alumni Awards. Barbara Wyslouzil, Professor
Shang-Tian Yang, Professor
Faculty
Howard, PhD, assumes the role on March In this issue, we also feature the career of WINSTON HO: DOE P. 16
1, following the retirement of Dean David B. Chanel David (‘03), whose childhood desire
Williams, who successfully led the College of for an “EZ Bake Oven” was finally fulfilled by a BUCKING THE NORM P. 17
Engineering since 2011. We look forward to an career in food science, allowing her to work with
Emeritus Faculty
exciting future with Dr. Howard—the first woman every size, shape and style of oven imaginable! Robert Brodkey BHAVIK BAKSHI: NSF P. 18
to lead the College of Engineering! Martin Feinberg
Also in this issue, we are introducing an alumni Morton Friedman FACEBOOK GRANT P. 19
Within the department, it has been a busy time Career Corner, consisting of a sampling of alumni Edwin Haering
as we modified almost all our courses for online jobs and recent promotions we “harvested” from Harry Hershey
teaching. In addition, we had to reconfigure LinkedIn. We hope you will find it interesting L. James Lee, Helen C. Kurtz Chair Emeritus
the scheduling and operation of our Unit and may even find out about some of your Michael Paulaitis
Operations lab for 200 of our students who classmates. Please let us know when you have
took it this semester. career updates you would like to share! We
would love to include them next time.
Thomas Sweeney
Students
We managed to keep our research labs open, Staff
LOCALS KNOW BEST P. 21
with our graduate students showing utmost Best wishes to you all for a Happy Holiday
Angela Bennett, Graduate Program Coordinator
vigilance in following the safety protocols to Season and a Happy New Year. STUDENT NEWS P. 22
Brian Endres, Manager of Academic Advising
keep themselves and each other safe. BRIEFS
Leigh Evrard, Design Engineer
Take good care and keep in touch.
Lynn Flanagan, Grants Manager
Our faculty have been especially productive,
Kristen Forche, Academic Advisor
submitting a record number of proposals and
Sean Gallagher, Sr. Director of Development
receiving several prestigious grants and awards.
Geoffrey Hulse, Director of Computer Services
Scott Osborne, Department Business Officer
Umit S. Ozkan
Susan Tesfai, Fiscal Associate
College of Engineering Distinguished
Wenda Williamson, Editor
Professor and Chair
Michael Wilson, Laboratory Supervisor
Peter Znidarsic, Building Coordinator
DEPARTMENT
K-12 research Collaborating
experience for a Cure
offered despite L-R from top: Rushikesh Joshi, Lang Qin, Mandar Kathe, Pinak
Mohapatra, Garrett Nerone, David Breckenridge, Sonu Kumar, L.-S.
pandemic
Fan, Noah Kistler, Anish Gupta, Wenda Williamson and Anuj Joshi during the
final Zoom meeting of the Fan Lab’s summer mentoring program.
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long with teaching and research, them get familiar with things they will separation of cresols was thought he Ohio State University’s OSUCCC and director of the Division Project goals include:
Professor L.-S. Fan goes out encounter in college,” he said. to be a challenging and interesting College of Engineering and of Endocrinology, believes that
of his way to perform another problem for the students. The Comprehensive Cancer Center – engineering applied to medicine can • Improve cancer treatment with
duty he deems important to the field of Students were receptive. “This was a remaining lectures introduced Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and advance research efforts. predictive algorithms (Spine
chemical engineering: Outreach. unique new experience that will help the required knowledge, such as Richard J. Solove Research Institute Research Institute, Neurosurgery,
me be better prepared for the future,” distillation, and students had three (OSUCCC – James) have launched Radiation Oncology, Radiology,
Every summer, the Fan Lab provides Garrett said. weeks to work on their projects, a collaborative initiative to support “We believe that the CPSP program Neurology and Neurological
high school students with a chemical culminating in a final presentation. postdoctoral researchers leading can jumpstart our efforts to move Surgery);
engineering research experience, and The seven weekly sessions provided innovative studies. the needle to advance cancer
this summer was no different—except a robust introduction to chemical “The class helped me see how to work research in innovative ways to • improve the production of
in the details. Instead of meeting in engineering and current research as a team,” Noah said. “It was a good The Cross-disciplinary Postdoctoral ultimately help patients with cancer magnesium alloys for skeletal
a laboratory, sessions were offered in chemical looping, with interactive test, breaking a problem into smaller Scholars Program (CPSP) will recognize in the region and worldwide.” hardware for the treatment of oral
online via Zoom. sessions to gauge the students’ parts to find solutions,” Garret added. outstanding young researchers at Ohio -Cancer Biology Program Co-Leader Matt Ringel
cancer (Materials Science and
interests and bring out maximum value. State and help recruit highly-qualified Engineering, Plastic Surgery and
“Despite our circumstances this Other research groups in the postdoctoral researchers, who will Oncologic Plastic Surgery); and
summer, I felt it was still important “It was very interesting to learn what department have also mentored become leaders in the research fields The program has selected four
to proceed with the class in order to chemical engineers do,” said Noah. “I students. Gauri Nabar, who is currently bridging medicine and engineering. programs, including one led by • Use 3D bioprinting and lab-on-a-
provide students with an experience liked seeing how stuff in school is working on a project for Drs. Jessica Professor Jessica Winter. chip methods to develop off-the-
that promotes critical and creative applied in the real world.” All the Winter and Lisa Hall, mentored “The CPSP program is the result of a shelf cancer immunotherapies
thinking in the field of chemical students agreed on that point. “It a student via Zoom. High school growing and concerted effort between Imaging enabling pathway analysis: for blood cancers and beyond
engineering,” Fan explained. wasn’t just a test. It applied to the real student Natalie Cuevas had expressed Engineering and The James leadership Postdoc Silvio de Araújo Fernandes (Biomedical Engineering and
world,” Anish said. interest in the work being done in to combine our assets and talents,” Júnior is working with Jessica Winter Pediatrics, and Nationwide
The plan was to give students a taste the Winter Lab. “Working with high said College of Engineering Associate and Dr. José Otero (Neuropathology). Children’s Hospital).
of chemical engineering by providing Fan Lab mentors included Professor school students in a win-win for the Dean for Research Dorota Grejner- They plan to develop imaging
them with a small team project that L-. S. Fan, Dr. Mandar Kathe, Pinak students as well as Ohio State,” Nabar Brzezinska. technologies that will enable pathway
would be of value to the students. Mohapatra, Sonu Kumar and said. “We are happy to provide training analysis in cell and eventually whole
Rushikesh Joshi. for the next generation of scientists, “It’s truly focused at the intersection organism models. This work would
St. Charles Preparatory High School engineers, entrepreneurs. In turn, the of medicine and engineering and include comprehensive development
students Anish Gupta and Noah Kistler, Students were given enough tools and students ask good questions and will support campus-wide teams of of imaging agents, super-resolution
sophomores, and Garrett Nerone, a examples to enable them to apply the contribute to our research.” cancer researchers, clinicians, and microscopy technology, and image
junior, participated in the project. principles learned to new, independent engineering experts working together analysis methods for cancer biology
situations, explained Kathe. Jackelyn Galiardi, who mentored to improve the lives of patients with testbeds.
David Breckenridge, St Charles’ students in Dr. David Wood’s lab, says cancer.”
college liaison, coordinated the After several classes, the team that “the ultimate takeaway from the The other three projects involve
sessions. “Chemical engineering is discussed possible projects. With the experience is for students to discover Ralph W. Kurtz Professor of Medicine post docs and researchers working
clearly beyond the norm for a high current COVID situation, disinfectants what excites and interests them.” Matthew Ringel, co-leader of the collaboratively across a number of Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering Professor Jessica Winter
school student. The internship helps are of prime importance, so the More info: http://bit.ly/HSMentoring Cancer Biology Program of the disciplines and programs.
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FACULTY NEWS BRIEFS
Lisa Hall
THE REWARDS OF The Ohio State University STEAM Factory, directed by
TEACHING AND Professor Lisa Hall, won a BETHA grant from Battelle
Engineering to aid researchers’ communication skills.
MENTORING “Translating scientific knowledge into terms that other
scientists, funders, and the general public can understand
is crucial for building connections and conveying the
importance and relevance of the work,” Hall said.
The project, titled “The Scientist Next Door: Making
T
STEM Accessible Through Storytellling,” taps the inherent
he desire to make a difference her receptiveness to new ideas with increase her confidence. “Rich is a response human beings have to storytelling and seeks to
is often a prime motivator for helping him develop as a researcher. very tell-it-to-you-straight kind of strengthen the science storytelling capacity within the Ohio
teachers. The reward of seeing guy and will not spoon feed you the State research community via
one’s students succeed is inherent, “She has an exceptional ability to answer when you have a difficult professional development, live
but it doesn’t hurt to be recognized take almost any idea and nurture it question or are curious how to run a performance, video development
for one’s efforts, either. within the context of our lab. She did piece of equipment,” she said. and public outreach activities.
everything in her ability to help me
That is why the Office of Student gain a wide breadth of experience With Rich’s support, Emily was The STEAM Factory promotes
Academic Success-Undergraduate and opportunities to help me toward able to take her research to a level interdisciplinary collaboration
Research & Creative Inquiry created my goals,” said Thomas, who is now appropriate for publication and between Ohio State departments
the Excellence in Undergraduate at MIT pursuing a doctoratal degree. presentation at conferences. and community members.
Research Mentoring Award.
Richard Hickey, a
“Richard Hickey is a fantastic
This year, two CBE teachers received former paramedic
guide on research projects,
the award: Professor Jessica Winter who was inspired
ideas, or even hunches to make
and graduate student Richard Hickey. to pursue
sure you have considered other
graduate studies
points of view and set you on the
Jessica Winter, an established leader after reading
best path for success.”
in the field of nanobiotechnology, about hemoglobin-
was nominated by undergraduate based oxygen -Undergraduate researcher Emily McDonel Jessica Winter
National Science Foundation carriers (HBOCs), commonly referred The National Nanotechnology Initiative (Nano.gov) created
Graduate to as ‘artificial blood,’ also received “Through his mentorship, I know that a three-part series of interviews between Lisa Friedersdorf,
Research the Excellence in Undergraduate I can succeed in anything I aspire to, director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office,
Fellowship winner Research Mentoring Award. whether that be in an industry or a and Jessica Winter, professor of chemical and biomedical
Thomas Porter, graduate school setting,” she added. engineering and co-founder and chief scientific officer of
who last year was He was nominated by undergraduate Core Quantum Technologies.
named both a researcher Emily McDonel, a Emily recently received second
Goldwater and an biological engineering student who place at the College of Engineering The first podcast highlighted Winter’s work using quantum
Astronaut Scholar. hopes to work in either the food or Undergraduate Research Forum last dots to detect biomarkers for cancer. Watch it at: go.osu.edu/
pharmaceutical industry. spring for her HBOC research. podcast1
One person who may have been the
most surprised by this amount of At least, that was the plan. Her Previous to this mentoring In podcast number two, Winter discussed her experiences
success was Thomas himself. research experiences and Hickey’s award, Richard Hickey received with NSF’s I-Corps program; the challenges she
mentorship led to a passion for the University Laboratory Safety faced launching her company; and her advice to new
“Professor Winter demonstrated a research and the belief that a Committee (ULSC) Excellence in entrepreneurs. Watch: go.osu.edu/podcast2
lot of belief in me, and encouraged doctoral degree would help her to Safety Award. In 2017 he received
me to apply for opportunities I did make an even bolder impact when a National Science Foundation The final podcast featured Winter’s work on quantum dot
not think I was qualified for,” Thomas she inevitably enters into industry. Graduate Research Fellowship. imaging; the importance of collaboration in research; and
explained. “This ultimately gave me advice for students interested in nanotechnology.
more confidence and opened up a Emily credits Hickey with Hickey is an advisee of Dr. Andre Watch: go.osu.edu/podcast3
lot of opportunities and connections I encouraging her to be the best Palmer, who last year also received
could not have imagined.”’ by drawing out her own thought- the Excellence in Undergraduate
processes, reasoning ability, and Research Mentoring Award.
Thomas also credits Dr. Winter and conclusions, which helped to
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Alumni honored Career Corner A sampling of jobs and recent promotions from LinkedIn, showing chemical engineering degrees.
Two Ohio State chemical engineering alumni are among 21 recipients
1960s Tim Shell, ’91 BS Theodore Carson, ‘17 BS Ryan Lysaght, ’14 BS Weiye Sun, ’17
honored with The Ohio State University College of Engineering’s 2020
John Rapach, ’61 BS Project Manager Sr. Manager, Marketing Analytics Site Manager, Water Treatment Packaging Developer
Excellence in Engineering and Architecture Alumni Awards.
Owner ABB Electrical & Electronic Root, Inc. Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company L’Oreal
Rapach Resources Manufacturing Columbus, OH Greater Houston area New York City metro area
Dean David B. Williams and award recipients celebrated virtually, with
Cincinnati, OH Wickliffe, OH
an in-person celebration of the 2020 winners planned for 2021 once it is
Gokhan Celik, ’18 PhD Fanxing Li, ’09 PhD Jessica Tufts, ’12 BS
safe to gather in person.
1970s James (Jim) Lombardi, ’90 BS Assistant Professor Aloca Professor Superintendent
Larry Zeagler, ’76 MS Principal Engineer Middle East Technical University North Carolina State University Gray Oak Pipeline at Phillips 66
“We are delighted to honor these alumni who better their communities
VP, Legal and Pharma Products McNeil Consumer Healthcare Ankara, Turkey Greater Houston area
and our world through their extraordinary professional achievements,
SK Pharmeco Oreland, PA T. Ann Maula, ’16 BS
innovation and service,” said Dean Williams, the Monte Ahuja Endowed
Rancho Cordova, CA Nicholas Collinger, ‘15 BS Senior Associate Nzinga Turner-Linton, ’04 BS
Dean’s Chair. “They represent the best and brightest graduates from
Max Macesich, ’93 BS Solutions Consultant at Socure Axtria-Ingenious Insights District Manager
across the College of Engineering and inspire us all.”
1980s Senior Vice President Operations Columbus, OH New York City metro area Nalco Water, An Ecolab Co.
Rubén Alfonzo, ’80 BS ExactCare Owings Mills, MD
Distinguished Alumni Award for Rubén Alfonzo International Coaching Broadview Heights, OH Emma Curtis, ’18 BS Nicole Krystyna Mozolewski, ’20
Academic Excellence Miranda, Venezuela Production Supervisor Senior Polymer Lab Technician Patrick Wilson, PMP, ’09 BS
Dana Pasquali, ’97 BS Ops. Prof. Development Program Stepan Company Mgr. and Program Manager
Renowned for her kinetic modeling Yousef G. Aouad, ’85 BS VP Product Management Abbott Wilmette, IL Battelle
expertise, Linda Broadbelt (BS ’89) is Sr Director – Research Fellow Vertafore Gurnee, IL Dublin, OH
the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Corporate R&D Denver, CO Matthew Nilsen, ’10 PhD
Chemical and Biological Engineering and Procter & Gamble Abhilasha Dehankar, ’19 PhD Lead Project Engineer Michael Zhang, ’16 BS
associate dean for engineering research at Cincinnati, OH Bernard Wilkerson, ‘90 MS TD Module Etch Engineer METSS Corporation Resident Physician
Northwestern University. She is a member Department Engineer Intel Corporation Columbus, OH metro area University of Chicago
of the National Academy of Engineering; a Jill Boughton, ’88 BS Software Development Hillsboro, OR Chicago, IL
Fellow for both the American Association President & CEO Enterprise Holdings Jonathan Pinkins, ’14 BS
for the Advancement of Science and AIChE; the holder of AIChE’s R.H. W2Worth Innovations O’Fallon, MO Anna Dorfi, ’14 BS Quality Compliance Specialist
Wilhem Award and the American Chemical Society’s E.V. Murphree Cincinnati, OH Consultant Danone
Award; and a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar. 2000s Boston Consulting Group Los Angeles, CA
Dan Lambert, ’82 BS Greg Kaganovich, ’03 BS Chicago, IL
Broadbelt is particularly noted for the development of automated Fellow Engineer Senior Director, Supply Chain Corey Sceranka, ’19 BS
mechanism generation techniques in kinetics modeling, and methods for Savannah River National Myers Industries Michael Dressler, ’12 BS Floor Operator AT T E N T I O N
specification of rate coefficients. She applies her computational expertise Laboratory Solon, OH Manager, Strategic Solutions Apollo Plastics, Inc.
ALUMNI!
to topical areas as diverse as catalysis, metabolic networks, silicon Aiken, SC Surgere-Intelligent Supply Chain Greater Cleveland area
nanoparticle production, atmospheric chemistry, synthesis of antibiotics, Feras Alhothali, ’10 BS Cuyahoga Falls, OH
hydrocarbon conversion, degradation kinetics, and biological pathway Kathy (Eftimoff) Milenkovski, ’89 BS Innovation Manger Zachary Stava, ’20
identification. Much of her work has been adopted by industry. Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Environmental Linde Varsha Gopalakrishnan, ’17 PhD R&D Technician
American Electric Power Munich, Germany Senior Consultant at Ramboll PLZ Aeroscience Corporation Want to be in a future
Distinguished Alumni Award for Columbus, OH San Francisco, CA Eureka, MO
Career Corner?
Claudia Berdugo, ’10 PhD
Career Achievement
David Moonay, ’85 MS Director, Process Development Edmund Hatala, ’15 BS Mitchell Steindler, ’17 BS
Quality Engineer-Rheologist Catalent Pharma Solutions Process Improvement Engineer Scientist please email
William J. Dawson (BS ’81) spent his 38-
Brookfield AMETEK® Bloomington, IN Lubrizol Corporation Owens Corning williamson.416@osu.edu
year career conceiving, developing and
Canton, MA Friendswood, TX Granville, OH with your ChE degree(s),
improving processes and products designed
Kenyon Blake, ’01 BS title, employer, and
for the clean use of energy. In 1994, he co-
Paula Oren, ’88 BS Completion Engineer Annamarie Helpling, ’18 BS Alexandra Schwertner, ’16 BS City/State!
founded Nexceris LLC, an engineering and
Quality Engineer Gulf of Mexico at Chevron Supply Chain Engineer Sustainability and Energy Leader
product launch company based in central
Andersen Corporation Katy, TX PepsiCo Rockwell Automation
Ohio whose vision is to create a better
Lake Elmo, MN Dallas, TX Cleveland, OH
world through energy innovations. The
Michael Boehm, ’09 BS/PhD
company develops innovative sensor, power
generation and catalyst solutions. As CEO, Dawson oversaw Nexceris’ 1990s Senior Physical Scientist Alexander Horn, ’14 BS Edward Soja, ’02 BS
Joel Duvall, ’97 BS Motif Foodworks, Inc. RLP Process Engineer Chemical Engineer IV
successful commercialization of over 100 products globally in the fuel
Regional Manager White Plains, NY Huntsman Corporation Battelle
cell, battery and catalyst markets, and its growth to over 40 employees.
Emerson Akron, OH West Jefferson, OH
Hamilton, OH
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“ It was my fascination with Ohio State’s team
“
spirit that made me want to become a Buckeye.
– CHANEL DAVID, ‘03
from the customer while working
within parameters defined by the plant
Baked-in Talent
engineer. “In cross-functional teams,
you have to take the brunt of criticism
because your customer is your product
developer,” she said. “I tell new
Chanel David’s expertise engineers that they need to have thick
skin and be flexible and adaptable.
in food science is a recipe
Products like food are very subjective
and not everyone is going to be happy
with the products we make,” she said.
for success Consumers demand more than just
good-tasting products these days.
The company is currently developing
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products that are completely plant-
hat leads to a career where pharmaceuticals. The advisor had said freezing study to determine the validity
based and have no high fructose corn
you can have your cake and that chemical engineering was one of of spiral freezing on non-dairy whipped
syrup or animal byproducts.
eat it, too? If you’re Chanel the toughest majors there is. “Faced bowl topping performance, yielding
David, it’s football. with a challenge, I said, ‘OK, I’m in!’” a cost savings of $400,000/year.
Ms. David has met other leadership
Ms. David recalled. Further, she developed and designed
challenges while at Rich. When she
Described as a trailblazer in her role as a batching process for the topping that Chanel David practices a take for Invest Buffalo Niagara’s March 2020 video, “Buffalo’s
was first hired, she was the only black Brightest Women in STEM,” viewable at go.osu.edu/ChanelDavid
an R&D process development engineer It was a co-op internship at Rich increased batching capacity by 66%,
female of around 10,000 employees.
at Rich Products Corporation, Chanel Products Corporation that led her to and identified aeration equipment that
“I have been really happy to be at back,” she said. She coordinates
David (‘03) has always loved football. food science. “I have always loved increased product performance and job also involves field research. “We’ll
Rich, because I was able to build my and hosts Rich’s hands-on-learning
baking and cooking, even though I production efficiency by 50%. Another go to a bakery, buy a bunch of cakes,
own path,” Ms. David said. “I could outreach event, “Success Looks
“As a kid, I used to always watch never got my EZ Bake Oven,” she achievement was to extend product then taste-test them to evaluate things
spearhead a lot of things, making and Like Me,” and serves as president of
football with my dad,” she recalls, joked. “But of course that wasn’t refrigeration shelf life seven days by like density, sweetness, aftertaste and
exploring new products and helping Kaleidoscope, a networking group
laughing about the time she joined important. Today I get to work in determining fat crystallization and heat sensory aspects. Then we make a
our department to grow.” Her initiatives for associates of color. She has also
him for a game wearing an Ohio State kitchens with all sorts and sizes of transfer rates. small batch.” she said.
included creating a coop program, shared her experiences with girls 12-18
sweatshirt and Michigan sweatpants. ovens,” she said.
hiring and mentoring seven Ohio State and mentored University of Buffalo
“What are you doing?” asked her dad, a A 2016 MBA from the University of “It’s really cool working in food because
students and representing Ohio State STEM students interested in food
Bronze star Vietnam vet who takes his Following graduation, Rich hired Ms. Buffalo has further sharpened her you get both the art and the science,
at college fairs. science.
football seriously. “You can’t do that!” David to work in their research and leadership and management skills. such as the technical aspect of
development (R&D) department, where designing something with a 20-day
Ms. David is active as a community Since the pandemic, Ms. David has
Ms. David, whose parents are both she has played a critical leadership Her efforts have paid off. Last March, shelf life,” she said.
leader and role model for women in worked from home 75% of the time,
social workers, has always loved role. Rich Products had never had she was recognized as one of Buffalo’s
STEM. “It’s important to me to give but still goes to the lab for testing. Her
science. Inspired by a TV show called an engineer, chemist or biologist in brightest women in STEM by Invest
Mr. Wizard, two things consistently R&D before, so results at the plant Buffalo Niagara. She also received the
made her Christmas wish list: a were falling short of what could be Maureen Hurley Award for Emerging
microscope and an EZ Bake Oven. She done in the lab. Ms. David was the Women Leaders at Rich Products and The Story of Rich Products
finally got the microscope at the age first to develop a product, work out a was a finalist in the Robert E. Rich Spirit
of eight. process to make it and scale it with the of Innovation Award. Buffalo-based Rich Products was the first company to make non-dairy whipped topping. The founder owned an ice
proper equipment for floor operators. cream factory but wanted to avoid cumbersome dairy laws, so he tried whipping up a concoction of soya beans, which
As a student at a technical pre- Her plant production and process As a skilled engineer with a warm, was cheaper and also appropriate for those with lactose intolerance. A serendipitous accident produced the first frozen
engineering high school, she parameter optimizations improved the outgoing personality, Ms. David makes whipped topping. The story told is that Mr. Rich was on a train going to New York City to meet with investors, and the
discovered organic chemistry, which product performance and quality of it all look deceptively easy, but of product froze. But when he got there, it whipped up right away. The investors were impressed and Rich’s Whip Topping,
led to a desire to be a pharmacist. one of Rich’s key products: the non- course there is more to it than meets dubbed “the miracle cream from a soya bean,” was born.
However, an advisor told her that with dairy whipped topping for which it is the eye.
her good problem-solving, math and famous. Since its founding in 1945, Rich’s went on to become the first company to deliver the first non-dairy creamer and the first
lab skills, she could get a degree in Her R&D work involves functioning frozen, ready-to-eat bakery products to the market. Today it produces a wide variety of cakes, icings and frostings, pizza,
chemical engineering and still work in Ms. David also completed an extensive as a “middle man,” juggling feedback appetizers and much more, mostly supplying restaurants and grocery stores.
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Helping students excel in Alumni couple supports
BUSINESS INNOVATIVE CANCER RESEARCH
A A
s new College of The longtime scholarship donor safer and help prevent fires. chemical engineering alumni couple’s tumors release tEVs, which are tiny particles carrying
Engineering grad George believes so strongly in the IBE They also created a prototype generosity is helping Ohio State engineer new similar genetic material. With the Sniders' gift, Reátegui
Valcarcel ’20 begins program that he gave $150,000 of an interface that will help ways to fight cancer, potentially transforming is using CTCs and tEVs to develop a liquid biopsy, a
working as a business analyst to create the William and Diane technicians install the product in diagnosis and treatment of the disease. less invasive procedure that could eventually replace
for McKinsey & Company, the Dawson Engineering Endowment large systems. A gift from Dean (’62) and Kay Snider (’63) will help traditional methods.
experience he gained through Fund. It supports a real-world, fund the cancer-related research of three chemical “Instead of performing a tissue biopsy as you
Ohio State’s Integrated Business design-build project within IBE. “It was a really good experience,” engineering faculty. The Sniders’ support will provide typically would for the detection of cancer or to test
and Engineering (IBE) Honors Penick said. “Being able to work each researcher with $10,000 annually for five years, if therapy is working properly, a liquid biopsy is a
Program is giving him confidence For the inaugural project, on a business-critical problem for a contribution they hope will shed light on the deadly just a draw of blood or any other biofluid,” explained
he’ll succeed in his future Dawson suggested teaming up a central Ohio company and give disease. Reátegui. “Because solid tumors are sometimes
consulting career. with Nexceris, the company he back to our home state, in terms “I think cancer is one of those medical mysteries located in areas that are difficult to access, including
founded in 1994 and for which he of economic development, was a because there are so many different forms, and while brain or lung cancers, obtaining a tissue sample can
As part of their capstone project, remains a member of its advisory great experience.” we know some things about some cancers, there’s so be very invasive for the patient. You can probably do
Valcarcel and his IBE capstone board. much more to know and learn,” said Kay. “It’s going it once. However, with these approaches that we are
teammate Nathan Platfoot The project was also a win for the to take a lot of people to chip away at that lack of doing with blood or other biofluid, we can test cancer
worked on a yearlong project for “What I loved about the program company, who found so much knowledge.” patients as frequently as we want.”
Nexceris, a central Ohio-based at Ohio State was combining value from working with IBE Reátegui’s team is working closely with clinicians
energy storage company. engineering and business, which students that they’ve signed up The liquid biopsy: Better for patients from The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer
I thought could have the most to do another one next year. Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard
In addition to participating on the potential impact for supporting One of those people is Assistant Professor J. Solove Research Institute to validate the technology,
same capstone project, Aaron companies like mine locally,” “We were very impressed with Eduardo Reátegui. Reátegui’s research focuses on with the ultimate goal of taking it from the lab bench to
Penick had a summer internship Dawson said. “These are some the work product the students analyzing cancer biomarkers, such as circulating the bedside. Early results have been very promising.
at Nexceris. The collaboration of the brightest students at Ohio delivered, which will become tumor cells (CTCs) or tumor extracellular vesicles
marked the first time an State and in our country, and they the foundation of some of the (tEVs). CTCs are extremely rare cells shed from a Making an impact through philanthropy
internship was connected to a can have a huge impact.” development that will follow,” tumor and can be found at very low frequencies in
capstone project. said Nexceris’ Sensors Business the peripheral blood of cancer patients. Additionally, The Sniders chose to support cancer research
The students analyzed potential Unit Director Steve Cummings, because they felt it would have the greatest impact on
The successful projects wouldn’t growth opportunities for Li- a 2002 chemical engineering the largest number of people. A three-to-one matching
have happened without the ion Tamer, which monitors the alumnus. It’s a win-win for us and program from their former employer enabled them to
support of chemical engineering condition of lithium-ion batteries the student group.” -Based on a quadruple the impact of their gift.
alumnus William Dawson, ’81. to make large battery systems story by Candi Clevenger “This type of support is significant for us,” said
Reátegui. “No matter if it’s a big federal grant or a
smaller private contribution, it always goes toward
something we really need in our lab.”
The first year of funding will help Reátegui
purchase the necessary equipment to establish a small
biobank of CTCs for a pilot study on breast cancer. Not
only will it support his research, the biobank will make
the cells available to others to study as well, ensuring
exponential impact on future research and patient
lives.
Thanks to the generosity of Buckeyes like the
Sniders, more patients in the U.S. and around the world
will benefit from Ohio State’s interdisciplinary strength
to fight cancer. -By Meggie Biss
Donor Bill Dawson, ‘81 (right) and the Nexceris team. Dawson credits IBE capstone students with working at
a level that’s equivalent to what most engineers hope to aspire to in five to ten years out of college. “These
Professor Eduardo Reátegui's less-
students are coming into the workforce with a huge advantage and an amazing education,” Dawson says. invasive liquid biopsy could transform
cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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Did you know?
ALUMNUS MELVIN DEGROOTE In memoriam Obituaries as of October 14, 2020
WAS ONE OF NATION’S MOST 1940s Edward H. Bollinger, ’58 PhD, of Akron, OH, passed away
on August 7, 2019. He was a retired technical manager for
PROLIFIC INNOVATORS Dalton F. Drake, ’43 BS, ’47 MS, of Bloomfield Hills,
MI, was a retired chemical engineer at EI DuPont De
United Technologies Aerospace Systems.
Nemours. He passed away on April 18, 2020. Richard P. Kistler, ’58 BS, of Perry, GA, was a retired
self-employed engineer who passed away on October 20,
Marshall C. Kidd, ’44 BS, passed away on April 18, 2019.
2020. He was a retired manager of technical analysis
at General Electric and had been living in Nashua, NH. David W. Jones, ’58 BS, passed away on November
D
4, 2019. He was a retired general manager with United
istinguished chemical college experience. He went on to He retired in 1960 as vice president Roy F. Quinn, ’47 BS, had retired from his work in Technologies Aerospace Systems. He had been living in
engineering alumnus Melvin change the world because of that of research and development for the research and quality congrol at Akzo Nobel Inc., a Village Mills, TX.
DeGroote is recognized as opportunity,” described one family Tretolite Company, where he worked subsidiary of Akzo NV Arnhem, the Netherlands. He
one of America’s greatest inventors. member. for 36 years. died on September 3, 2019 in Kalamazoo, MI. 1960s
Honored by Time magazine in 2000 “I don’t know how he got to Ohio His outstanding achievements H.L. Robinson, ’48 BS, of Logan, OH, passed away Kenneth D. McDaniel, ’61 BS, of Nashua, NH, passed away
as being second only to Thomas State, but that education made him won him the Ohio State College on December 24, 2019. He was a retired manager at on December 6, 2019. He was a former realtor with The
Edison in the number of patents into a world-class inventor … the of Engineering’s Lamme Medal Union Carbide Corporation. Maseillo Group Realty.
issued to him, DeGroote received second most patents for an individual for meritorious achievement
patents on more than 950 of his until the 1960s. It also made him into in engineering in 1950 and the 1950s Michael C. Royer, ’65 BS, ’67 MS, a former stockbroker
inventions. a compassionate man.” American Chemical Society St. Louis and principal at Hambrecht & Quist, passed away on July
section’s Midwest Award in 1959. Richard L. Scott, ’50 BS, was a retired director of 11, 2020. He had been living in Moss Beach, CA.
Most of his discoveries focused on DeGroote’s family recently chemical engineering at Lubrizol Corporation. He died
chemical de-emulsifiers that separate established the Melvin DeGroote The devoted Buckeye also on January 19, 2020. He was from Chesterland, OH. A.D. Bare, ’67 BS, ’68 MS, a retired chemical engineer with
crude oil from impurities, without Endowed Chemical Engineering remained involved with his alma Shell Oil Company, passed away on May 12, 2020. He had
which “most of the oil pumped in the Fund to honor his lifelong mater. DeGroote served as an Paul W. Izant, ’51 BS, of Old Saybrook, CT, passed been living in New Albany, OH.
U.S. for the last century would have commitment to the university. It alumni representative on the away on February 18, 2020. He had worked at Georgia
been too corrosive for pipelines or supports faculty work on global board of directors of the Research Natural Resources Department. 1970s
tankers to transport,” noted Business climate research and graduate Foundation, was appointed to
Insider Australia. He also invented students in the William G. Lowrie the Alumni Advisory Board in 1961 Gary B. Higinbotham, ’52 BS, died on June 21, 2020 Marcis Daiga, ’71 BS, of Carmel, IN, the former president
the chemical recipe that allows Department of Chemical and and was a constant contributor in Marysville, OH. He had been a manager of project of Argo Consulting Engineering Inc., passed away on
chocolate to stick to ice cream, Biomolecular Engineering (CBE). to the university’s development engineering at The Scotts Company, LLC. February 22, 2020.
leading to the Eskimo pie. fund. He played a key role in
“Melvin DeGroote’s life story fundraising efforts for the former Lawrence G. Moody, ’54 BS, of Marietta, OH, was a Eric A. Grulke, ’71 BS, ’72 MS, ’75 PhD, passed away
DeGroote attended high school continues to inspire us all. It Koffolt Laboratories building and is retired principal engineer for Crompton Corporation. on November 29, 2019. He was the associate dean
in Sisterville, West Virginia, and also shows how versatile our recognized for financially supporting He passed away on September 7, 2019. for research and graduate studies at the University of
earned his bachelor’s in chemical undergraduate education is,” said numerous university events. Kentucky College of Engineering and had been living in
engineering from The Ohio State CBE Chair Umit S. Ozkan. “The Albert C. Muren, ’56 BS, was a retired project Lexington, KY.
University in 1915 plus a masters generous gift that his family “I am obligated to Ohio State for so engineer for Polaroid Corporation International who
in 1942 and an honorary Doctor of endowed will continue supporting many things that I will never be able passed away on August 18, 2020. He had been living 1980s
Science degree in 1955. our faculty and graduate students, to discharge even a fraction of my in Marion, MA.
and be his everlasting legacy.” obligations,” DeGroote wrote in a Alan H. Smith, ’83 BS, who had also earned a bachelor
“His life shows the incredible value of letter to the Ohio State Monthly James F. Wise, ’57 BS, died on May 18, 2020. He had of science degree in biological sciences at Ohio State in
the U.S. college education protocol ... After graduation, DeGroote began alumni publication. “This becomes worked as a sales manager for The Westfield Group 1975, was a principal project manager at CH2M Hill, Inc.
the transformation of a kid who could his professional career with Maxwell not a matter of holding interest but and was living in Avon, OH. He passed away on June 2, 2020 and had been living in
have lived an entire unassuming Motor Company and also worked rather of making a feeble attempt to Loveland, OH.
life in an almost unknown town as a flavorings expert at the Mellon show my true appreciation.” Allen J. Raymond, ’57 BS, a retired chemical engineer
to someone whose abilities were Institute. with Lubrizol Corporation, passed away on May 26, William P. Haessly, ’82 MS, of Oberlin, OH, previously with
realized almost solely by his DeGroote died in February 1963. 2020. He had been living in Kirtland, OH. Eastman Chemical Company, died on April 7, 2020.
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Winston Ho PROGRESS TOWARDS COMMERCIALIZING Bucking the norm
CARBON-CAPTURING TECHNOLOGY
IN RARE ACHIEVEMENT, DEPARTMENT WINS
Y
ang Han (‘18 PhD) landed in TWO HIGHLY COMPETITIVE NSF GRANTS
exactly the right place at Ohio
State to begin a career in
T
decarbonizing flue gas from fossil
fuel-burning power plants. he National Science Foundation’s dioxide as a feedstock in the gas extraction, manufacturing, distribution,
Emerging Frontiers in Research conversion process. and use, followed by disposal.
After obtaining his doctorate in and Innovation (EFRI) program Conversely, in a circular economy,
chemical engineering at Ohio State, is extremely competitive. In rare “This amazing funding to support the goods are reused, repaired, or
Han now works with Distinguished instances, a single university is development of a unique modular remanufactured, thereby taken back
Professor of Engineering Winston awarded two EFRI grants, but it is system based on the extensive into the product cycle.
Ho, who for more than 20 years has practically unheard of for a single expertise of the team members
developed methods to reduce fossil department to win two EFRIs—and on on material synthesis, multiphase “With this collaborative project, we
fuel-generated pollution during a the same day. reactor design, system optimization expect to contribute to finding
career at Exxon and on the faculty and techonomic analysis allows our solutions that allow society to benefit
at Ohio State. Ho developed a Two CBE research groups did just collective idea to be possibly realized,” from the many attractive properties
membrane that can cost-effectively that. Teams led by Professor Liang- Fan said. of plastics, while eliminating their
capture 90% of the CO2 emitted from Shih Fan and Professor Bhavik Bakshi environmental impacts such as those
coal-fired power plants. each received $2 million in funding to CBE co-principal investigators include due to littering and greenhouse gas
support their four-year projects, which Chemical Assistant Professor Joel emissions,” Bakshi said.
Now, Ho and Han have received Professor Winston Ho, graduate student Kai Chen, and Research Scientist Yang Han (‘18 PhD) adjust were deemed to offer transformative Paulson and Research Assistant
an additional $4 million in the membrane substrate on Ho’s membrane-manufacturing equipment. -Photo by Ben Fisher, Spring opportunities for a significant shift in Professor The team will conduct synergistic
U.S. Department of Energy fundamental engineering knowledge Andrew Tong. research in polymer chemistry,
National Energy Technology cooling water from power plants that only one they have asked for the with a strong potential for long-term Velocys, Inc., reaction engineering, and molecular
Laboratory funding to expand that is 80 degrees Celsius and circulate engineering-scale project.” impact on national needs. and Jan Lerou simulation to determine properties
transformational carbon dioxide that water throughout the city. That Consulting of depolymerization and valorization
capturing process beyond the lab, residual heat keeps your home At the engineering scale, Ho and Han Creating value from stranded will contribute processes under practical conditions of
moving towards commercialization. warm. The downside is the pollution will work to prove that the membrane natural gas as industry contamination.
issues you always have from the technology can be expanded for use Fan’s project will develop a small-scale partners. Valorization is
The energy department has coal powder; the air pollution is very with the production of 1 MW of energy, modular chemical processing system The team will the process
supported Ho’s work with more than severe,” he said. capturing 20 tons of CO2 a day. To to convert stranded natural gas and use a data- of reusing,
$12 million since 2012. The most give that some perspective, Ohio carbon dioxide into value-added liquid driven approach recycling or
recent funding will enable expansion “I want to spend my career to invest State’s current power plant is about 10 fuel products. Stranded natural gas to integrate composting
of this research to a project 18 times in this area to further the technology,” MW — the size at which they expect resources are currently flared due to the reactor system components and waste
the size of current bench-scale said Han, “to hopefully have the to be able to design the membrane economic limitations associated with further the fundamental understanding materials and
laboratory work, where he has proven technology not only in the States but process about halfway through this prohibitive transportation costs and of the gas upgrading chemistry by converting
that the purity of that captured CO2 worldwide so we can reduce the CO2 four-year project. To continually small reservoir sizes. Successfully identifying an efficient catalyst to them into
is at least 95%, which is important emissions globally.” receive funding for this work, they transforming these remotely promote the reactions. more useful
because demand for quality carbon need to prove the technology works distributed gas resources to useful products
dioxide is growing in the oil, chemical The membrane technology that Han at progressively larger scales. energy products will contribute Eliminating end-of-life plastics including materials, chemicals, fuels or
and food industries. and Ho are perfecting relies on a significantly to the U.S. economy and Only a fraction of plastic is ever other sources of energy.
chemical reaction. The membrane is a The $4 million energy department its energy security. recycled. The rest ends up in landfills
Han became interested in the polymer matrix with a chemical quality funding is part of a $13 million grant or the ocean. Professor Bhavik They will also analyze cost and
research because of growing up in a that can react to capture and release to construct a membrane skid, or The system will leverage Fan’s Bakshi’s multidisciplinary team, which physical flows of current and emerging
coal-mining town. CO2. test unit, that can be integrated into thermo-catalytic flared gas reforming includes CBE’s Assistant Professor technologies, model supply networks
a power plant. When the project (TC-FGR) technology and a novel Li-Chiang Lin, will develop methods to determine the effects on the wider
“My hometown of Shanxi, China, has a Most significantly, the process expands to the demonstration scale of pseudo-catalytic metal oxide (PMO) and tools for assessment, design, and chemical industry, conduct behavioral
climate very similar to Columbus. We meets the energy department’s 100 MW, it could be applied to a small material. The successful integration innovation toward Sustainable and studies to discern and influence
have many coal-fired plants there,” goal of developing a carbon capture commercial power plant. “We are still of this innovative technology has Circular Engineering for the Elimination the role of consumers, and assess
Han says. “In the wintertime in China, technology that costs less than $40 maybe another five to six years away the potential to be transformative of End-of-life Plastics. life cycle and circularity to estimate
for residential areas we do not have per metric ton. “We may have the from a commercial-size demonstration for monetizing stranded natural gas environmental effects across global
furnaces in every household. We have only technology that can meet the plant,” Ho says. while reducing the carbon footprint A linear model of resource value chains.
centralized heating, where you take DOE target,” Ho says. “We are the -By Joan Wall, Ohio State Sustainability Institute by simultaneously consuming carbon consumption includes resource
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GRANT FROM CHAN ZUCKERBERG INITIATIVE
WILL ADVANCE INFLAMMATION RESEARCH
Bhavik Bakshi
A
team led by Chemical and model to explore inflammation
NSF SUPPORTS TWO MORE Biomolecular Engineering
Assistant Professor Eduardo
of the lungs, which could have
great relevance in the wake of the
CUTTING-EDGE PROJECTS Reátegui has earned The Ohio
State University’s first-ever grant
COVID-19 pandemic.
from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative A color scanning electron microscopy Reátegui just finalized a new
(CZI). image of ex vivo human neutrophils iteration of the device to increase
swarming on a microparticle array device. the throughput of the assay, which
The $350,000 award will support will be sent to Laemmermann’s
efforts to decode inflammation Neutrophils are the most common lab soon for testing. A kick-off
through immune cell behavior, circulating immune cell type—they meeting in early June will include
T
specifically neutrophils. swarm sites of tissue damage other awardees of CZI grants to
wo projects to be led by Principal through appropriate design, human environmentally viable. Reátegui’s co-investigator is Tim after injury to boost repair or clear maximize networking and potential
Investigator Bhavik Bakshi, were activities can explicitly account for the Laemmermann of the Max Planck pathogens. They are also difficult collaborations.
selected in the National Science provisions supplied by ecosystems, To transcend boundaries and move Institute of Immunobiology and to study, as neutrophil behavior is
Foundation’s 2026 Idea Machine and can be designed to respect toward deeply convergent research Epigenetics in Freiburg, Germany. dramatically different in a culture
competition, a program that supports ecosystem limits while contributing to approaches, a series of workshops will dish than inside the body, and
“bold ideas for transformative research” human well-being. be held that bring together a diverse Inflammation is a natural defense capturing them for single-cell “We have been actively
on the cutting edge science. group of stakeholders across many that helps our bodies maintain a analysis is challenging. working in this area over the last
The research seeks to provide a disciplines (engineering, economics, healthy state and rebound from two years, so it will be incredible
Twenty-five awards were made out of framework for designing industries social sciences, environmental injury. But it also plays a role in “Understanding the cellular and to explore new avenues of
800 entries received from nearly every and ecosystems simultaneously to science), and sectors (academia, organ failure, neurodegenerative molecular drivers of neutrophil intercellular communication
state in the United States. operate in a mutually beneficial or industry, government and non- diseases like Alzheimer’s, and swarming have the potential to during inflammation.”
synergistic manner. The resulting governmental organizations). severe infectious diseases like shed new light on the onset and
Spatio-Temporal Design of Techno- Techno-Ecological Synergies (TES) will COVID-19. resolution of inflammation in the – Eduardo Reátegui
Ecological Synergies for a World rely on designing ecosystems of the The multidisciplinary teams will human body,” said Reátegui. “It
Without Waste and Resilient future, that in fundamental concept explore integration of knowledge, is completely unknown how the
Landscapes: Bhavik Bakshi, include the built environment, to enrich methods, models, and data necessary swarming response is terminated The current CZI cohort includes a
principal investigator, will join with other NSF2026 Idea Machine winning for creating and evaluating potential to avoid unlimited neutrophil total of 80 researchers working on
Joel Paulson (CBE) and Gil Bohrer entries in a “World without Waste,” solutions. The team also plans to accumulation and prevent projects, 75% of which are led by
(Civil Environmental and Geodetic and “Large Landscape Resilience by develop curricula for a Masters excessive inflammation.” early-career scientists within six
Engineering) with support from Design.” program that will train students to years of starting their independent
the NSF-CBET/ENG Environmental work toward achieving a world without Failure to shut down these pro- and position. Grantee teams are made
Sustainability program to research the The project will receive $300,000 waste. The project received a one-year anti-inflammatory responses is up of two to three investigators
ecological capacity to provide goods in funding for two years beginning grant of $100,000 to begin work in considered critical in non-healing with distinct areas of expertise,
and services in the face of demands January 1, 2021. September, 2020. wounds and at the onset of including physicians, experimental
imposed by a technological society. chronic inflammation, he added, biologists, technology developers,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Convergence Around a Sustainable In November 2020, Bakshi won Assistant Professor Eduardo Reátegui which in turn may contribute to and computational scientists. The
To meet sustainability goals, most World Without Waste: Also led by the American Council for Life degenerative diseases such as awarded project teams represent 11
engineers design and operate Bhavik Bakshi with co-PIs Thomas Cycle Assessment (LCA) Education cancer, diabetes and autoimmune countries.
manufacturing processes to minimize Theis (University of Illinois, Chicago), Leadership Award. Founded by Facebook CEO diseases.
resource use and emissions, but they Timothy Gutowski (MIT), Valerie __ Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, “Knowing more about inflammation
may not account, for example, for the Thomas (Georgia Tech), Dusan Sekulic pediatrician and philanthropist The team will utilize a combination at the level of affected cells
capacity of a watershed to provide (University of Kentucky), Melissa Bilec The NSF 2026 Idea Machine was Priscilla Chan, CZI recently of a miniaturized lab-on-a-chip and tissues will increase our
fresh water to all users (including non- (University of Pittsburgh), Cynthia launched in 2018. The program announced $14 million in funding to device, intravital microscopy and understanding of many diseases
human users) or of the atmosphere Isenhour (University of Maine) ventures beyond traditional paradigms support 29 interdisciplinary teams advanced molecular techniques and improve our ability to cure,
to absorb emitted CO2. Similarly, and Elena Irwin (OSU, Agricultural, to ensure that future research that and build a network of researchers to systematically define the prevent, or manage them,” said CZI
economists may exclude consideration Development and Environmental has the potential for great impact by to increase understanding of mechanisms controlling neutrophil Head of Science Cori Bargmann.
of the impact on ecosystems. Economics), this project envisions a meeting pressing grand challenges inflammation, and thus improve the swarming during inflammation and “We look forward to collaborating
zero-waste world that is economically in fundamental research or STEM ability to cure, prevent or manage infection. Reátegui said he and with these interdisciplinary teams of
The vision of this research is that feasible, socially desirable, and education. disease. Laemmermann plan to extend their researchers studying inflammation.”
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