Welcome to the LSU Chemical Engineering Department web site.. This web site should serve as a resource for current and prospective students, alumni, faculty, and members of the science and engineering community. Our department celebrated our Centennial year in 2008 with a two-day gathering of friends and alumni on October 23-24.

A new facility for our department is on the Capital Outlay and the department is on a fund-raising campaign. Some of you might have already received letters from the College of Engineering regarding our building campaign. We have made significant strides towards this with help from a number of our alumni and corporate friends. I encourage you to participate in this active fund-raising campaign and help us move forward.

Our department is undergoing significant changes with several faculty retirements and additions. We added two new faculty (Professor Judy Wornat and Associate Professor Jerry Spivey) in 2003. Cain Chair # 1 Professor Jose Romagnoli, from the University of Sydney, joined us in Fall 2005 as did Assistant Professor James Henry, from Texas A&M University. In August 2006, we welcomed Associate Professor John Flake from Georgia Tech. In Fall 2007, we welcomed two more new Assistant Professors - Michael Benton from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Francisco Hung from North Carolina State University. In the Fall of 2009, Prof. K Nandakumar will be joining the department as Cain Chair #2.

Our teaching and research laboratories are undergoing major improvements. For example, our refurbished Unit Operations Laboratory is one of the finest in the nation. Our graduate program is one of the highest rated programs in the University and is growing. Our undergraduate curriculum is undergoing restructuring to meet the changing requirements of the industrial and academic employers of our graduates.

In order to obtain the full story about these changes, to learn about the research conducted by our faculty, to get information about our graduate and undergraduate degree programs, to catch up on the latest news and to find out about lectures and events hosted by our department, we invite you to explore our web site. As always, please feel free to contact us or visit our beautiful campus in picturesque Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Kalliat T Valsaraj
Department Chair and
Charles and Hilda Roddey Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering Ike East Professor

	New Chemical Engineering Building on the way - Fund-raising Campaign in motion
Graduate stipends up to $35,000 available for qualified U.S. citizens entering our Ph.D. program.
Master's level programs (thesis or non-thesis) in chemical engineering `` t`ailored for the working professional are available.
Scholarships are available for non-chemical engineering majors wishing to apply for ou`r graduate programs.
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Charles E. Coates Memorial Fund

Louis Thibodeaux has been named as the 2009 recipient of the Frederick George Pohland Medal

Several Chemical Engineering faculty have recently had books published related to their research work

Cecil Smith (BS, 1963; MS, 1965; PhD, 1966) has published a book on process control

The Department would like to congratulate all of our 2009 graduates

PhD student, Mia Dvora, is the recipient of the 2009 Dow Chemical Award for Excellence in Macromolecular Studies

Robert Ingram, Danica Nguyen, and Stephen Wilson will all be receiving scholarships from the national chapter of Tau Beta Pi

Alan Bussard is the 2009 winner of the Best Dissertation Award from the Baton Rouge Chapter of AIChE

PhD student, Mayank Gupta, presented a paper at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Meeting

ChE Alumnus, Jack Hopper, inducted into CoE Hall of Distinction

AIChE Student Chapter takes third place at the 2009 Southeastern Regional Conference of AIChE

PhD student, Mayank Gupta, is the recipient of a Kokes Award

Edward A. Schmitt, a 1969 ChE graduate, reflected on his experience at LSU

Five members of the ChE faculty and staff will be recognized for years of service at LSU’s 2009 Employee Recognition Program

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