The Speakers and the Program of the Centennial Celebration

October 24, 2008

9:00AM Welcome and Introduction by Kalliat T. Valsaraj, Department Chair and Charles & Hilda Roddy Professor, LSU Chemical Engineering 9:15AM Michael Martin, Chancellor, LSU 9:30AM Dan Schuessler, Site Manager, Baton Rouge Chemical Plant, ExxonMobil Chemical Company "Taking on the World's Toughest Energy Challenges" 10:00AM Mark Davis - Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology "Nanoparticle Cancer Therapeutics: From Concept to Clinic" 10:45AM Break - Refreshments provided in the ECE Rotunda 11:00AM Ronald Cambre – retired CEO of Newmont Mining; Chair of the ChE Campaign Steering Committee and 1960 B.S. ChE graduate "FOREVER LSU Campaign and the New Chemical Engineering" Building” 11:15AM Edward Cussler - Distinguished Institute Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota "Design of New Products" 12:00PM Lunch - Catered on-site in the ECE Rotunda 1:00PM Edward McLaughlin - Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering, LSU 1:10PM Kerry Dooley – BASF Professor, LSU Chemical Engineering "100 Years of ChE at LSU" 1:40PM Sharon Cole - Louisiana Operations Site Director, Dow Chemical Company and 1981 B.S. ChE graduate "Changes in the Chemical Industry- Past, Present & Future and How They Impact the Skills Required by the LSU CHE Graduate" 2:10PM Department and Lab Tours - Transportation Provided

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