Student News
 Senior
Chemical Engineering student Gregory Paul Blanchard was chosen
as part of Leadership LSU, Class of 2002. Blanchard was part of a
group of 25 students who were chosen from a pool of 200 nominees for
their demonstration of leadership, their academic accomplishments,
and their campus and community service.
Two posters were presented at the Nanocomposite Workshop at Argonne
National Laboratories in Chicago by Ph.D. candidates Qiang Huang
and Amrit Panda under the direction of Lisa Podlaha. One
poster was entitled "Electrodeposition of Ni-Cu-Alumina Nanocomposites"
(A. Panda and E.J. Podlaha) and the other was entitled "Electrodeposition
and Characterization of FeCoNiCu/Cu Nanometric Multilayers"
(Q. Huang, J.Y. Chan, D.P. Young, and E.J. Podlaha).
Suresh Raja and post doctoral researcher Raghunathan
Ravikrishna, both students of Dr. K.T. Valsaraj, presented two
papers at the AIChE meeting in New Orleans in early March and will
be giving another paper at the upcoming national conference of the
Air and Waste Management Association.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student
News
2002-2003 Officers:
President, Billy Novak
Vice President, Ricky Mincey
Secretary, Rebecca Valladeres
Treasurer, Zach Hoffman
EC Representative, Kristen Rabalais
The LSU Student chapter of AIChE recently participated in the Spring
Regional Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Thirteen students
participated in the conference: Patrick Veillon, Jay Stephenson,
Marilyn
Caldero, Jesse Q. Bond, Greg Ritter, Chris Nichols, Cody Fontenot,
Corey Caillouet, Dustin Flint, Billy Novak, Brooke Hester, Ryan
Schexnaydre, and Rebecca Valladares. The focus of the conference
was networking and finding the right job after college. All participants
found the conference extremely helpful.
AIChE also held its annual Dow Crawfish Boil on April 27th. The
faculty and student body all enjoyed time out of the classroom to
enjoy some of Louisiana's own boiled crawfish.
New AIChE officers were elected May 1st. AIChE members wish them
good luck and would like to thank the 2001/2002 officers for donating
their time: Patrick Veillon, President; Jay Stephenson, Vice President;
Marilyn Caldero, Secretary; Jesse Q. Bond, Treasurer; and Greg Ritter,
Engineering Council Representative. Additional thanks go to the
following: Dwight Bordelon, Website Manager; Chris Nichols, Social
Chair; Zak Hoffman, Junior Representative; and Corey Caillouet,
Fundraising Chair.
The LSU AIChE student chapter is supported through fundraising
and donations.
2001-2002 Student Awards
Qiang Huang, student of Dr. Lisa Podlaha, was selected as
a 2002- 2003 Dissertation Fellowship award winner.
2001-2002 Scholarship Recipients
Southwest Chemical Association Scholarship
Jesse Bond
Dr. Carl Knopf presents Senior Jesse Bond with a
$5,000 scholarship check.
Chemical Engineering Scholarship
Gaetano A. Aloiso
Janna M. Arcement
Justin E. Birdwell
Dorothy M. Clement
Jason P. Cox
Hongtram T. Nguyen
Kenneth M. Pontesso
Scott M. Pullins
Jay W. Stephenson
Brandon D. Stitt
Byron G. Sevin
Kassi J. Simoneaux
Kelly E. Seal
Chevron Scholarship
Darren J. Oufnac
Nia J. Harris
Gerard Family Scholarship
Marilyn Caldero
Jeremy M. Cash
Elaine V. Lim
Andre C. Marquette
Frank & Clara Groves Scholarship
Jennifer L. Bailey
Marathon Ashland Scholarship
Matthew K. Lemann
Barry M. Rogge
O. Dewitt Duncan Scholarship
Dwight P. Bordelon
Jesse Q. Bond
Kristen D. Rabalais
Paul M. Horton Memorial
Scott M. Harang
Bradley K. Pinkstaff
Ryan E. Varnado
R.L. Hartman Scholarship
William Lipham
Patrick Veillon
Kyle J. Zalman
Texaco Scholarship
Paul W. Martin
Jessica M. Reilly
Vulcan Scholarship
Lloyd M. Simms, III
William McFadder Scholarship
Kim C. Trinh
^
Top
|
