Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department
Annual Report 2004
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department
Annual Report 2004
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department
Annual Report 2004
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department
Annual Report 2004
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department
Annual Report 2004
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department
Annual Report 2004
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Fifty-Sixth Annual Report
2004
College of Engineering
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Mission and Vision
To educate undergraduate and graduate students in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and foster cross-fertilization of allied fields.
To advance the state-of-the-art knowledge of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and allied fields through novel and sustained research.
To serve the public, academic, industrial and governmental communities through consultation, collaborative efforts and dissemination of research results.
To value diversity as defined broadly in scholarship, approach to teaching and in student, faculty and staff make-up.
Goals
To develop a high-quality education program at both the undergraduate and graduate levels ranked among the top twenty programs in the nation.
To develop a high-quality research program ranked among the top twenty programs in the nation.
To serve as a valued technical resource for the public, industry and all levels of government.
To have our innovations in education, research and successes in diversity serve as models for other departments, colleges and universities.
Photography provided by Geoffrey Hulse
Editor, Sherry D. Stoneman
614/292-7907; stoneman.3@osu.edu
CONTENTS
Page
- Letter From the Chair
- Mission and Vision
- Goals
- Faculty and Staff
- Undergraduate Program
- Curriculum and Enrollment
- First Year Experience
- Freshmen Introductory Course
- Courses Offered
- Laboratory Modernization
- AIChE Student Chapter
- B.S. Degree Recipients
- Trends in Enrollment
- Co-Op Students
- Scholarships and Awards
- Graduate Program
- Degree Requirements
- Graduate Degrees Granted
- Trends in Enrollment
- Awards and Fellowships
- Seminar Program
- Graduate Students Organization (CEGC)
- Chemical Hygiene Committee
- Faculty Activities
- Research Areas
- Awards and Honors
- Special Activities
- Lowrie Lecture
- 2004 Advisory Board Meeting
- National Organizing Committee Meeting
- Alumni Donors
- Financial Summary
- Department Budget
- List of Research Sponsors
- Appendix A – Publications and Patents
- Appendix B – Current Projects and Grants
Dear Alumni and Friends of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering:
I and my colleagues of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering are pleased to send you a copy of our Annual Report. This past year has been a busy and productive time for the Department. We recruited two new faculty who will eventually bring our numbers up to 16 and continued to produce impressive numbers of highly qualified graduates: 57 Bachelor of Science, 2 Master of Science and 7 Doctor of Philosophy. More details of our continuing and graduating students’ accomplishments are included in the following pages. In April of this past year our name change to Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was approved by the Board of Trustees, after a process led by L. S. Fan that took about two years from beginning to end. This name change reflects the changing nature of our profession and also the teaching and research interests of a substantial number of our faculty. We will continue with only one degree in Chemical Engineering but there will be a course work concentration in biomolecular engineering for those students who have an interest in this direction.
Our two new faculty are Jessica Winters and Michael Paulaitis. Jessica Winters received her Ph. D. from the University of Texas-Austin and will join our faculty in July 2006 after a two-year postdoctoral experience at Harvard. Jessica’s thesis was on the topic of quantum dots with their application as biosensors. It turns out that her expertise fits very well with a special success that Jim Lee has had this year in leading an effort that brought a $12.9 million Nanostructure Science and Engineering Center to OSU. This five-year NSF Center will greatly benefit our interdisciplinary activities in this important technology and is a great win for Jim and the University. The theme of the center is to create affordable nanostructure-based bioMedical devices. More than 30 faculty are involved in the center, from different departments and colleges, with more than a quarter of them coming from our Department. Our second faculty member hired involved the recruitment of an Ohio Eminent Scholar, a very special and prestigious appointment. The endowment for these chairs is provided partly by the Regents and partly through donor participation and currently there are only about 10 of these positions across the University. We were very fortunate to recruit Michael Paulaitis, the former Department Chair at Johns Hopkins University, for this position. Michael joined us on January 1, 2005 and brings with him expertise in molecular thermodynamics. Michael is recognized internationally for his research on hydrophobic effects, self-assembly in aqueous solution and the role of hydration in protein folding and protein-protein interactions in solution and at interfaces. With Michael and Jessica on our faculty we will be in a much better position to expand our curricular offerings and achieve greater national recognition.
As you may be aware we have been planning for some time for an expansion and renovation of Koffolt Laboratories. We have activated a National Committee for this project chaired by Bill Lowrie which will, among other things, begin to organize a fund raising effort for what we expect will be about a $60 million project. Our challenge will be to raise about 25% of the total cost to complement support expected from the State of Ohio. This request to the state originates in a campus-wide competition for “Capital Budget” items. Fortunately we have been the College of Engineering’s top priority in both the last biennium and in the 2005-07 request. If all goes well we should receive at least $1 million in planning money in 2007. It is hoped that the project could be completed by 2012 or so. We are also beginning early stage planning with an architect regarding conceptual aspects of the expansion and remodeling. With the guidance of our National Committee we have established a Koffolt Expansion and Remodeling Fund and have even begun to receive some initial gifts. This project will obviously be a top priority for the Department over the next several years and one in which we hope all our alumni and friends of the Department will become involved.
Best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2005.
Sincerely,
Stuart L. Cooper
Department Faculty and Staff
Professors
Jeffrey J. Chalmers
Stuart L. Cooper
Liang-Shih Fan
Martin Feinberg
Winston Ho
L. James Lee
Umit Ozkan
James F. Rathman
Shang-Tian Yang
Emeritus Professors
Robert S. Brodkey
Christie J. Geankoplis
Edward R. Haering
Harry C. Hershey
H.C. (Slip) Slider
Edwin E. Smith
Thomas L. Sweeney
Jacques L. Zakin
Associate Professors
Bhavik R. Bakshi
Kurt W. Koelling
David L. Tomasko
Barbara Wyslouzil
Assistant Professor
Isamu Kusaka
Instructor
John Corn
Post Doctoral and Research Associates
Chang, Cheng-yi - Research Associate Engineer
Chen, Wen-Shiang - Post Doctoral Researcher
Gupta, Himanshu - Research Scientist
Han, Xiangmin - Post Doctoral Researcher
Lau, Waiman - Post Doctoral Researcher
Li, Yanpeng - Post Doctoral Researcher
Melnik, Kristie - Research Associate Engineer
Tanimura, Shinobu - Post Doctoral Researcher
Tong, Xiaodong - Post Doctoral Researcher Wang, Xueqin - Post Doctoral Researcher
Wang, Liping - Post Doctoral Researcher
Warsito - Post Doctoral Researcher
Watson, Rick - Senior Research Associate
Xia, Cao - Research Associate Engineer
Xu, Guojun - Post Doctoral Researcher
Yi, Heui Seok - Post Doctoral Researcher
Zeng, Changchun - Post Doctoral Researcher
Zhao, Yang - Research Associate Engineer
Administrative Staff
Academic Advisor
Mary Lamont
Assistant to the Chair & Alumni Liaison
Sherry D. Stoneman
Graduate Studies Coordinator
Angela Jones
Building Coordinator
Carl Scott
Design Engineer
Leigh Evrard
Fiscal & Human Resources Administrator
Ibrahima Ndoye
Laboratory Supervisor
Paul Green
Director, ChBE/MSE Joint Computing Lab
Geoff Hulse
Systems Analyst
Mike Davis
Systems Engineer
Dave Jones
NSEC/IGERT/CAPCE Administrator
Paula Stevenson
CAPCE HR/Fiscal Administrator
Martha Leming
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
Undergraduate Curriculum and Enrollment
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering provides a curriculum combining chemical and biological sciences with engineering analysis and design to produce graduates capable of applying problem solving skills to a wide variety of industries ranging from traditional chemical manufacturing and consumer products to advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, and biotechnology.
Areas of study within the Department include:
- Bioprocessing, bioseparations, biocatalysis, metabolic engineering
- Consumer products
- Drug design, discovery and delivery
- Electronics
- Functional genomics and proteomics, bioinformatics
- Gene therapy, cell and tissue engineering
- Petrochemicals
- Pharmaceuticals
- Pulp and paper products
- Specialty chemicals
- Preparation for Medical and law school
With the addition of “Biomolecular” to the Department name, the Department has instituted a new elective, ‘Biomolecular Option.” The option is designed to give interested majors significant exposure to biological science and engineering. The curriculum combines chemical and biological sciences with engineering analysis and design to produce graduates capable of applying problem solving skills to a wide variety of industries ranging from traditional chemical manufacturing and consumer products to advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, and biotechnology. The option is designed to prepare students for careers in pharmacy, Medicine, Biochemical engineering and bioMedical engineering.
First Year Experience
Professor David Tomasko and IGERT Administrator Paula Stevenson, along with colleagues in the First-year Engineering Program, have developed a new laboratory project to introduce freshmen engineers to microfabrication and nanotechnology. Students in the “nano” section of Eng 183 – Introduction to Engineering II, work on a quarter-long project to design, fabricate, and test a polymer-based lab-on-a-chip device. The chip detects the presence of a biological antibody in a sample via antigen-antibody binding and fluorescence emission. Students are exposed to nanotechnology through the course with modules written by faculty around campus (including our own Jim Lee and Jim Rathman) and through tours of several nanotechnology research labs at OSU. The work was supported by a NSF grant from the Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education program.
Freshman Introductory Course
Engineering 100
University Survey for Pre-Chemical Engineers
Engineering 100 is a one-hour survey course intended to give incoming freshmen the opportunity to learn about their future major and understand University rules, regulations and procedures. In winter of 2004 we did an email survey of all of the students that have left the Chemical Engineering program and asked them why they left. Many students had different reasons; however, a theme running throughout the responses was a concern that the survey course did not provide enough information on their future careers if they continued in Chemical Engineering.
In light of this feedback, with the leadership of Mary Lamont and the undergraduate studies committee (Rathman, Tomasko, and Chalmers), we decided to make some major changes in our Engineering 100 course. The course was revitalized using various panel discussions with faculty, undergraduate students and industrial participants. A second major change was that students spent four class sessions involved in hands-on projects and demonstrations. Based on the evaluations that we received from students, the course was a success. The panels were enthusiastically received and informative and the students indicated this in their final papers. This is the model that the Department intends to keep using and hopefully will be reflected in increased matriculation of freshmen into a Chemical Engineering major.
Courses Offered
Autumn 2003
Chemical Engineering 200 – Chemical Processes and Calculations I
Umit Ozkan, 34 students
Chemical Engineering 508 – Thermodynamics I
Isamu Kusaka, 57 students
Chemical Engineering 521 – Transport Phenomena II
Winston Ho, 58 students
Chemical Engineering 624 – Process Dynamics and Controls I
Bhavik Bakshi, 63 students
Chemical Engineering 694A – Chemical and Biological Informatics for Engineers
Chihae Yang, 15 students
Chemical Engineering 760 – Engineering Economics and Strategy
Ted Thomas, 60 students
Chemical Engineering 761 – Chemical Process Plants
Jack Zakin, 12 students
Chemical Engineering 765 – Principles of Biochemical Engineering
S.T. Yang, 34 students
Chemical Engineering 773 – Introduction to High Polymer Engineering
Donald Bigg, 16 students
Undergraduate Research
Bhavik Bakshi – 1 student
Robert Brodkey – 2 students
L.-S. Fan – 6 students
Jim Rathman – 2 students plus 1 honors research student
David Tomasko – 1 honors research student
S.T. Yang – 4 students
Jack Zakin – 3 honors research students
Winter 2004
Chemical Engineering 200 – Chemical Processes and Calculations I
David Tomasko, 19 students
Chemical Engineering 201 – Chemical Processes and Calculations II
Kurt Koelling, 32 students
Chemical Engineering 509 – Thermodynamics II
Isamu Kusaka, 32 students
Chemical Engineering 522 – Transport Phenomena III
S.T. Yang, 56 students
Chemical Engineering 764 – Process Design
Bhavik Bakshi, 63 students
Chemical Engineering 771 – Air Pollution
Barbara Wyslouzil, 25 students
Chemical Engineering 776 – Polymer Conversion Operations
Jim Lee, 8 students
Chemical Engineering 779 – Experimental Design
Jim Rathman, 49 students
Undergraduate Research
Robert Brodkey – 2 students
John Corn – 1 student
L.-S. Fan – 6 students
Umit Ozkan – 1 student
Jim Rathman – 3 students plus 1 honors research student
S.T. Yang – 1 student
Jack Zakin – 1 student plus 2 honors research students
Spring 2004
Chemical Engineering 201 – Chemical Processes and Calculations II
Jack Zakin, 20 students
Chemical Engineering 420 – Transport Phenomena I
Martin Feinberg, 63 students (includes four students from FABE)
Chemical Engineering 523 – Unit Operations
Barbara Wyslouzil, 55 students
Chemical Engineering 610 – Chemical Engineering Kinetics
Jim Rathman, 56 students
Chemical Engineering 694I – Group Studies – Industrial Ecology
Bhavik Bakshi, 14 students
Chemical Engineering 694J – Group Studies – Polymer Membranes
Winston Ho, 8 students
Chemical Engineering 750 – The Profession of Chemical Engineering
Stuart Cooper, 51 students
Chemical Engineering 762 – Process Development
John Corn, 57 students
Chemical Engineering 766 – Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
Jeff Chalmers, 21 students
Chemical Engineering 769 – BioMedical Nanotechnology
Stephen Lee, 8 students (cross-listed with BioMedical Engineering)
Chemical Engineering 775 – Rheology of Fluids
Kurt Koelling, 14 students
Undergraduate Research
Robert Brodkey – 2 students
L.-S. Fan – 7 students
Umit Ozkan – 1 student
Jim Rathman – 3 students plus 1 honors research student
David Tomasko – 1 student
Jack Zakin – 1 student plus 2 honors research students
Summer 2004
Chemical Engineering 630 – Unit Operations Laboratory
John Corn, 66 students
Chemical Engineering 715 – Particle Technology
Alyssa Park, 14 students
Undergraduate Research
L.-S. Fan – 9 students
Jim Rathman – 1 student
David Tomasko – 1 student
Jack Zakin – 3 students
Bachelor of Science Degrees
Autumn Quarter 2003
Jason Ankumah-Saikoom, Magna Cum Laude
Thomas Harold Hackett
Christopher B. Harto
Khay Fuk Ie
Abhijeet Prabhakar Konduskar
Patrick Delbert Lake
Timothy David Smith
Winter Quarter 2004
Sarah Eileen Kendall
Nicholas L. Klinedinst
Michael R. Leesburg
Tulani Leola Marcus
Hocheol Song
Spring Quarter 2004
Leslie Anne Bailey, Cum Laude with Distinction in Chemical Engineering
Jaret Rae Boothe (degree awarded posthumously)
Nicholas A. Brunelli, Summa Cum Laude
Shelley Ann Buchholz, Cum Laude
Scott Christopher Burdine
Matthew Jefferis Canan
Angela N.D. Carlson
Debby Cokro-Setyo
Anthony Joseph Cornell
Jeffrey Le Clair Ellis, Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in Chemical Engineering
Brittany Lynn Eshbaugh
Jonathan Paul Eshbaugh, Magna Cum Laude
Kurt E. Frey, Summa Cum Laude with Distinction in Chemical Engineering, with Honors in Engineering
Zachary David Friedrick
Josef E. Guesman
Christopher Alan Hansen
Gary Michael Koenig, Summa Cum Laude
Marisa A. LaPalomento
Andrew Scott Loge
Megan Christine Miller, Summa Cum Laude with Distinction in Chemical Engineering
Christopher Ryan Morley
Erik Christopher Olson
Joseph Lee Ott, Magna Cum Laude
Matthew S. Potok
Patrick Joseph Rensing, Cum Laude
C.J. Roebuck
Zachary Wilk Schank
Mary Ellen Shea
Joseph W. Stekli
Jeffrey Gary Strempel
Michael Jacob Swickrath
Mark William Tornow
Nzinga Mali Turner
Todd Benton Warnock
Kevin Nicholas Witte, Magna Cum Laude
Amanda Kate Yowler
Abdullahi Yusuf
Matthew James Ziegler
Summer Quarter 2004
Alicia Denise Adams
Madeline Allen, Cum Laude
Annette Bryan, Magna Cum Laude
Daron Anne Diener, Magna Cum Laude
Matthew John Ducay, Summa Cum Laude
Lori Ann Engelhardt, Magna Cum Laude
David DeWayne Heffernan
Jeremy Scott Irwin
Erica Nicole Jones
Abdul Matin Khan
David Wayne Linville
Julie A. Makutonin
Justin Manuel Montaño
Alaina Meta Fenton (Schmidt)
Sylena Elizabeth Smith
Christopher Emery Williams
Patrick Ryan Zuchegno
Laboratory Modernization
Our undergraduate Chemical Engineering students have for many years been trained in analysis of unit operations, both through lectures and through an intense summer laboratory experience. This approach has led to class after class of graduates having an acknowledged fundamental understanding of the Chemical Engineering discipline (e.g. thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, reaction engineering, etc.) and having a hands-on laboratory based learning experience with specific application oriented problems. The current situation is that the Unit Operations Laboratory class needs to evolve while maintaining the strength of the traditional Chemical Engineering education.
This challenge is to be addressed by revising the Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory to mesh with the general evolution of the Department curriculum. Methods for integrating biological sciences into many of the exercises are being addressed and approaches to integrating electronic data collection into the body of each lab procedure are being implemented.
We have begun a five-year program to upgrade and evolve the Unit Operations Lab into a model program that would make our current and future alumni proud.
AIChE Student Chapter
The goals of the AIChE Student Chapter at OSU are to foster the interests of students in Chemical Engineering and to promote their welfare as prospective members of the profession through programs and relations with other Student Chapters and National AIChE; to promote fellowship among the members through various outings, activities, and trips; and to contribute to the development of Chemical Engineering at OSU through activities involving both students and faculty. In 2004 the AIChE student chapter participated in the AIChE National Conference in San Francisco, the AIChE Regional Conference in Chicago, and several AIChE Central Ohio Section meetings. The chapter also competed in the ChemE car competition with Dr. Ted Thomas serving as Advisor, published quarterly newsletters, maintained an AIChE activities website, volunteered to organize Science Day and Science Olympiad events, organized the spring picnic and senior banquet, and hosted numerous speakers from industry and academia to discuss new technologies and career opportunities. The AIChE officers are as follows:
Andy Maynard, President
Brian Chapman, Vice President
Heath Litt, Treasurer
Elizabeth Curry, Secretary
Heath Litt, Chem E Car President
John Daulton, Chem E Car VP
Gary Seto, Chem E Car Treasurer
Scott Wendell, Membership Chair
Meghan Ward, Historian
Grady Marcum, Philanthropy Chair
Liz Fanton, Publications Chair
Bryan Rumbaugh, Social Chair
John Daulton, Webmaster
Brian Chapman, E-Council Rep
Samuel Koshan, Senior Rep
Imogen Pryce, Senior Rep
Duane Gotro, Junior Rep
Sandy Abraham, Sophomore Rep
Trends in Enrollment
Co-Op Students
Co-op Placement – Autumn 2003 through Summer 2004
The Engineering Cooperative Education & Internship Program (ECIP) helps undergraduate students to obtain career-related employment of two types: cooperative education (co-op) positions and internships.
A co-op experience provides the best opportunity to apply what is learned in the classroom in career-related positions by alternating quarters of full-time coursework with periods of paid, full-time employment. Internship involves one work period with an employer. A work period may last for one quarter or for two or more consecutive quarters. Summer internships are the most popular among students and employers; however, some employers offer internships in autumn, winter, or spring quarters as well.
The following is a list of companies that hired students for co-ops or internships, the students who accepted the offers and the quarters they were with each company.
Abbott Laboratories
Lauren Brinkman - Summer
Laurel French - Summer
Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals LLC
Zachary Friedrick - Autumn, Winter & Spring
Anheuser Busch
Alaina Fenton - Full Year
Douglas French - Autumn
Emily Jordan - Full Year
Battelle Memorial Institute
Jeffrey Ellis - Autumn & Summer
Jonathan Esbaugh - Winter & Spring
Nicole Florea - Summer
BP
Lauren Klak - Autumn
Elizabeth Fanton - Winter
Angela Sparks - Spring
Cargill Inc
Scott Wendell - Autumn
CDM (Camp Dresser & McKee)
Katherine Nettler - Winter, Spring and Summer
Chemical Abstracts Service
Anthony Cornell - Autumn, Winter and Spring
Jonathan Esbaugh - Autumn & Winter
Clean Water Ltd
Duane Gotro - Winter & Spring
Copeland Corp
Elizabeth Curry - Autumn
Dow Chemical
Angela Sparks - Autumn
Caroline Yang - Winter
DuPont
Charles Benore - Autumn
Diana Snelling - Autumn & Summer
Laura Kunes - Winter & Spring
Sarah Hufft - Winter & Spring
Honda of America Mfg
Jonathan Halter - Autumn & Winter
Honda R&D Americas Inc
Chad Bernard - Autumn & Summer
ISP Fine Chemicals Inc
Seth Huggins - Winter & Spring
Kellogg Co
Nicholas Lorenz - Summer
L'Oreal USA
Andrew Maynard - Summer
MeadWestvaco Corp
Jeremy Wilneff - Autumn & Winter
Michael Leesburg - Autumn
MetaMateria
Maren Seibold - Spring & Summer
Na-Churs/Alpine Solutions
Ie Fuk Khay - Autumn
Nextech Materials
Jonathan Halter - Summer
Procter & Gamble
Adam Woeste - Summer
Andrea Breitenbach - Summer
Elliot Steverson - Summer
Scotts Co
Elizabeth Curry - Summer
Shell Oil Co
Donald Thompson - Summer
St Bernard Soap Co
Nicole Florea - Autumn & Spring
Therm-O-Disc
Nicholas Knebel - Autumn
Undergraduate Scholarships
Aldrich Syverson Scholarship
Robert Harman
Jessica Huber
Nzinga Turner
Scott Turner
Dieter Von Deak
Todd Warnock
Allan I. Gordon Undergraduate Scholarship for Study in Biochemical Engineering
Annette Bryan
Lori Engelhardt
David H. George Chemical Engineering Scholarship
Mark Brazis
Katie Martin
Robert Messinger
Maren Seibold
Meghan Ward
Sherry Wunderle
Dorothy J. & Herbert L. Fenburr Scholarship
Madeline Allen
Russell Baird
Megan Boreman
Julie Makutonin
Zachary Schank
Diana Snelling
H. Richard Unkel Chemical Engineering Class of 1941
Nicholas Brunelli
Phillip Deis
Jeff Joyner
Lubrizol Foundation Scholarship in Chemical Engineering
Ashley Fotheringham
Shannon Quinn
Jiapeng Xu
Milton & Karen Hendricks Scholarship
Shelley Buchholz
Joseph Ott
Imogen Pryce
Robert Walters
Raymond D. Hammond Chemical Engineering Scholarship
Alan Degenhart
Jonathan Eshbaugh
Nathan Ford
Kurt Frey
Khay F Ie
Gary Koenig
Marisa LaPalomento
Marcus Leatherberry
Garrett Pavlovicz
Alaina Schmidt
Aaron Walker
Christopher Williams
Smith E. Howland and Aristech Chemical Corporation Scholarship
Michael Leesburg
Andrew Maynard
Scott Wendell
The Howard R. Steele Memorial Scholarship in Chemical Engineering
Brian Chapman
Patrick Rensing
Samantha Ticchi
Jeremy Wilneff
The Harry Warner Scholarship in Chemical Engineering
Susan Fleming
Todd Longendelpher
The Michael D. Winfield Chemical Engineering Endowment
Jason Baker
Eugenia Wang
The Samuel S. and Grace Hook Johnston Memorial Chemical Engineering Scholarship
Man-Leung Wong
Webster B. Kay Scholarship in Chemical Engineering
Erica Jones
Andrew Loge
Angela Sparks
The James Withrow Scholarship in
