Faculty Awards & Achievements

Dr. Armando B. Corripio

Faculty Professionalism Award, Louisiana Engineering Foundation, 1997
Faculty Appreciation Award, The Engineering Council, LSU, 1995
Charles E. Coates Memorial Award, Baton Rouge Sections of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1990
Dow Chemical Excellence in Teaching Award, 1989
Exxon Excellence Award in Instruction. , 1986
Cross-Holloway Service Award, 1986
Halliburton Education Foundation Award of Excellence, 1984
Distinguished Faculty Fellowship, LSU Foundation, 1974
Outstanding Non-Tenured Faculty Research Award, Phi Kappa Phi Association, 1974

Dr. Kerry M. Dooley

Donald Clayton Graduate Mentoring Award, Louisiana State University, 2005
Alan Berman Research Publication Award, Naval Research Laboratory, 1992
Harold A. Levey Alumni Medal, Tulane University, 1987
Cross-Holloway Research Award, 1985

Dr. Douglas P. Harrison

Dow Chemical Excellence in Teaching Award, 1988, 1995, 2000, 2002

Dr. Martin A. Hjortsø

Dean’s Book Award, 2005
Dean’s Research Award, 1995

Dr. Ralph W. Pike

Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
H.M. “Hub” Cotton Distinguished Faculty Award
Charles E. Coates Award for 1994 from the Baton Rouge AIChE & ACS
Dean's Book Award, 1986 and 1989

Dr. Elizabeth J. Podlaha-Murphy

LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award, 2006
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2000
Shell Foundation’s Faculty Career Initiation Award, 1999

Dr. Jose A. Romagnoli

Engineers Australia John A. Brodie Medal, 2005
Centenary Medal of Australia, 2003
Elected Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 1999
Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1996
Worldwide, ICI Award of Innovation, Creativity and Excellence in Engineering, 1995
Award for Best Innovation work within the Plastics Division at Orica Botany Site, 1997

Dr. James J. Spivey

Richard Bannister Lectureship (awarded by West Virginia University & Dow Chemical), 1998
Research Triangle Institute, Circle of Champions, 1998

Dr. Louis J. Thibodeaux

Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
LSU Distinguished Research Master
AIChE Environmental Division, Lawrence K. Cecil Award, 1992

Dr. Karsten E. Thompson

Tiger Athletic Foundation Teaching Award, 2005
Dow Outstanding Faculty Award, 2000-01
LSU Engineering Council Professor of the Year, 1998
Cross-Holloway Award for Excellence in Research & Teaching, 1998
Halliburton Faculty Development Award, 1996-97

Dr. Kalliat Valsaraj

Dean’s Book Award, 2000 & 1995
Cross-Holloway Award in Research, 1997

Dr. David M. Wetzel

Dow Chemical Excellence in Teaching, 1989-90

Dr. Mary Julia (Judy) Wornat

President, International Society for Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1996

Faculty have served as Organizer, Chair, and/or Co-Chair of Professional Meetings like:

American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Chemical Society
North American Catalysis Society
ACS I&EC Division
National SETAC
5th World Congress of ChE
National Council of University Research Administrators
The Electrochemical Society
National Science Foundation

Faculty serve on the Editorial Boards of the following Journals:

American Environmental Laboratory (Thibodeaux)
Chemical Engineering Journal (Spivey)
CHEMOSPHERE-Environmental Chemistry (Thibodeaux)
Energy & Fuels (Wornat)
Environmental Engineering Science (Thibodeaux)
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment (Valsaraj)
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (Valsaraj)
Fuel (Wornat)
I & EC Research (Spivey)
Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies (Spivey)
Journal of Air and Waste Management Association (Valsaraj)
Journal of Biotechnology (Hjortso)
Journal of Hazardous Materials (Thibodeaux)
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (Wornat)
Remediation (Thibodeaux)