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	Student News   Summer 2000 Commencement Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering: Jason G. Jones Master of Science in Chemical Engineering: Narayan Bhimasen Raman Thiruvenkatachari M.S. Graduate Raman Thiruvenkatachari and his parents.   Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering: Hao Jiang   Fall 2000 Commencement Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering: Denton J. Alexius Bradley D. Jones Anthony P. Kolniak Amanda L. Lee Ian E. Quinn Donald L. Seward Scott S. Strikmiller Benjamin P. Templet   Donald Seward received his B.S. He is pictured with his daughter, Lori, who is also a ChE student. Scott Strikmiller received his B.S., with his happy family present. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Jenny Jingying Gong P. Bruce Hubbard Jinghan Yu   Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering Alejandro Lopez-Ortiz Raghunathan Ravikrishna   Ph.D. recipient Alejandro Lopez-Ortiz, with Dr. Douglas Harrison   2000 Scholarship Recipients B.P. Amoco Scholarship   Rusty J. Dauzat Jourdia L. Matherne Chemical Engineering Scholarship   John A. DiZinno O. Dewitt Duncan Scholarship   Dwight P. Bordelon Anthony S. Rotolo Gerard Family Scholarship   Christian P. Aucoin Rebecca Lorenz Carolyn Melton Frank & Clara Groves Scholarship   Christopher J. Burke R.L. Hartman Scholarship   William Lipham Patrick Vellon Paul M. Horton Memorial   Ryan E. Varnado Marathon Ashland Scholarship   Shannon Frith Matthew K. Lemann Barry M. Rogge William McFadder Scholarship   Darren Marchal Texaco Scholarship   Travis C. Lane AIChE News AIChE meetings were especially informative to Chemical Engineering students this fall, including a session on interview skills, discussion of the impact of e-commerce on the chemical industry, and how environmental regulations directly impact chemical engineers. At the first meeting, sponsored by Andersen Consulting, the remaining available officer positions were filled. The new officers rounded out an enthusiastic group of officers consisting of students from all levels. BP, sponsor of the second meeting, discussed their recent merger and their plans for going "beyond petroleum". BP was again a hit when they gave away many prizes including printers, scanners, zip drives, and T-shirts. At the final meeting of the semester, ExxonMobil provided a realistic view of what to expect in the workplace when dealing with environmental concerns. BASF was a large sponsor to LSU AIChE this year. They sponsored a chemical engineering barbeque for all students and faculty for Homecoming weekend. It was a great chance for students to learn more about the opportunities available at BASF. They even provided the chapter T-shirts for the event. BASF also sponsored the third meeting of the semester and discussed interviewing techniques. Department chair Dr. Carl Knopf spoke to the students at a meeting about the upcoming changes in the chemical engineering department. Students had the chance to ask questions about anything on their mind, and to express their opinions about course offerings, professors, the department, and the facilities. Two students from the LSU AIChE chapter attended the AIChE National Student Conference. Becky Lorenz and Scott Crowell attended the conference in Los Angeles and produced many new ideas for the LSU chapter which they will be using in the spring semester. The LSU AIChE chapter is currently setting up the meeting schedule for the spring semester. If your company has an interest in sponsoring a meeting or hosting a plant tour, please contact   Becky Lorenz: rlorenz@lsu.edu or Scott Crowell: scrowel@lsu.edu.   We would love to have you at our meeting!       write to us ChE home page