Student News
News from the LSU Student Chapter of AIChE
2001-2002 Officers:
President: Patrick Veillon
Vice President: Jay Stephenson
Secretary: Marilyn Caldero
Treasurer: Jesse Bond
The LSU AIChE student chapter held its annual “BASF BBQ” on October
27th. Students, professors, and BASF employees gathered
in the Chemical Engineering courtyard on a beautiful Saturday. Everyone
enjoyed delicious Podnuh's BBQ and received special AIChE BASF BBQ
t-shirts. LSU AIChE would like to thank BASF for sponsoring the
event.
AIChE students are now preparing to attend the Spring Regional
Student Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which will be held
on April 4-6, 2002. The students plan on presenting two research
papers at the convention. They are also building a car that runs
off of a chemical reaction, which will compete in the conference’s
“ChE Car Competition.” The LSU AIChE student chapter is funded by
fundraising and donations.

Professor Martin Hjortsø helps incoming graduate
student Ravikanth Iyer choose classes for the Fall Semester.
2001-2 002 Student Awards
One of Assistant Professor Elizabeth Podlaha’s graduate students,
Qiang Huang, was awarded a grant from the Electrochemical
Society to present his experimental findings on nanostructured alloy
multilayers at the joint meeting between the Electrochemical Society
and the International Society of Electrochemistry in San Francisco,
California.

Carl Knopf, professor and department chair, presents
Senior Christopher Fogerty with a $5,000 scholarship check from
Equistar.
2001-2002 Scholarship Recipients
Southwest Chemical Association Scholarship
Christopher Fogerty
Chemical Engineering Scholarship
Gaetano A. Aloiso
Jay W. Stephenson
O. Dewitt Duncan Scholarship
Dwight P. Bordelon
Gerard Family Scholarship
Marilyn Caldero
Jeremy M. Cash
Elaine V. Lim
Andre C. Marquette
Bradley K. Pinkstaff
Frank & Clara Groves Scholarship
Jennifer L. Bailey
R.L. Hartman Scholarship
William Lipham
Patrick Veillon
Paul M. Horton Memorial
Scott M. Harang
Ryan E. Varnado
Marathon Ashland Scholarship
Gaetano A. Aloiso
Matthew K. Lemann
Barry M. Rogge
William McFadder Scholarship
Kim C. Trinh
Texaco Scholarship
Paul W. Martin
Jessica M. Reilly
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