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Norman Sammons
awarded 2008-2009 Harry Merriwether Fellowship
Norm was selected by a special committee of the Graduate Council as
one of Auburn's four Harry Merriwether Fellowship recipients for
2008-2009. The fellowship was given to the University by an
anonymous donor in honor of Harry Merriwether, an outstanding
graduate of this University in the Class of 1943. The fellowship is
awarded for one academic year and will pay a total stipend of
$2000.00 during Fall Semester. The recipient is required to devote
full-time to graduate study during the tenure of this appointment.
Norm will be honored at the Graduate Student Council Spring Picnic
on April 2 at the Arboretum at 12 Noon. (Pic
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Pic #4,
Pic #5)
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Norman Sammons
selected as 2007-2008 Auburn University Distinguished Outstanding
Doctoral Student
Norm was
selected by a special committee of the Graduate Council as one of
Auburn’s distinguished ten doctoral outstanding students for
2007-2008. The announcement from the Graduate School Deans said:
"Your selection brings credit to the quality of the record you have
established at Auburn University and reflects in an exceptionally
positive fashion on your advisor and department. We are all proud of
your accomplishments." Norm will be honored at the Graduate Student
Council Spring Picnic on April 2 at the Arboretum at 12 Noon and
will be featured at that time in a story in the AU Report.
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Dr. Eden invited
to participate in NSF Roadmap Development Workshop
Participation is by invitation only, with a select group of 15
industrial leaders and 15 academic leaders in the modeling, systems,
and manufacturing areas. The workshop will focus on critical
research needs for achieving smart manufacturing with zero incidents
and zero emissions.
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Jeffrey Seay
successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis
On Monday March 10,
2008 Jeff became the second doctoral student
to be awarded his Ph.D. degree under Dr. Eden's supervision. Jeff's
thesis and presentation "A Methodology for Integrating Process
Design Elements with Laboratory Experiments" was very well
received by his committee, which consisted of Dr. Chris Roberts, Dr.
Jin Wang, Dr. Tom Thomas and Mr. Robert D'Alessandro.
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Dr. Eden awarded
tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
On February 28,
2008 Auburn University President Jay Gogue approved the
recommendation of the Committee on Tenure and Promotion that Dr.
Eden be granted tenure and promoted to the rank of Associate
Professor effective Fall semester 2008.
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New graduate
student joins Dr. Eden's group
A new PhD student joined Dr. Eden's group in October 2007. Susilpa
Bommareddy received her B.Tech from University College of
Technology, Osmania University in 2007. Susilpa will be working on
optimization of fuel production processes from coal and biomass.
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Rose Marie Hanks
featured in ASMS Update
Rose graduated from Alabama School of Math and Science (ASMS) before
attending Auburn University. She was interviewed for the paper to
illustrate the value of her education (more
info).
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Jeff Seay
successfully defended his preliminary thesis
On August 10, 2007 Jeff had his General Oral Examination, which
he passed with flying colors. His presentation "A Methodology
for Integration Process Design Elements with Laboratory Experiments" was very well
received by his committee, which consisted of Dr. Chris Roberts, Dr.
Jin Wang, Dr. Thomas Thomas (from University of South Alabama) and Mr.
Robert D'Alessandro (from Degussa).
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Andrew Odjo
Omoniyi from Spain visiting Dr. Eden's group
Andrew is a Ph.D. student at the Research Institute of Chemical
Engineering Processes at the University of Alicante, Spain. He
received his MS from Volgograd State Technology University in Russia
in 1997, and then worked for a number of years before returning to
school. He is a Doctoral Research Fellow of the Spanish Ministry of
Science and Technology. Andrew specializes in mathematical
programming methods for optimization of chemical processes and
the study of polymer recycling as an alternative fuel source.
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Charles Solvason
awarded the 2006 McLeod Outstanding Chemical Engineering Graduate
Student Teaching Award
The McLeod Outstanding Chemical Engineering Graduate Student
Teaching Award is given to the best graduate teaching assistants
each calendar year comprising the Summer, Fall, and Spring academic
terms and is based on excellence in instruction, teaching
effectiveness, impact on undergraduate students' intellectual and
professional development, as well as other criteria. Charlie was
nominated for this honor by the department for his outstanding work
with helping out with the unit operations laboratory last year.
Charlie prepared and gave lectures on Design of Experiments, and the
student responses to his efforts were outstanding.
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Dr. Eden joins
Editorial Board for Chemical Product and Process Modeling
Chemical Product and Process Modeling is the premier forum for
publishing technological advances and research results in the fields
of product and process modeling and simulation from around the
world. The journal is published by The Berkeley Electronic Press. (More
info)
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Jennifer Wilder
and Fadwa Eljack graduate May 10, 2007
Jennifer and Fadwa will both be graduating this Spring. Jennifer
will be starting her job with Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport,
TN soon and Fadwa will be joining the Chemical Engineering faculty
at Qatar University this summer. Fadwa and Dr. Eden will attend the
graduation ceremony. Fadwa will be the first Ph.D. to be hooded by
Dr. Eden. Congratulations to both Jennifer and Fadwa!
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Jennifer Wilder
honored at the 2007 Honors College Symposium
Jennifer will be graduating this semester as a University Honors
Scholar, which is the highest honor the Auburn University Honors
College awards. It requires a student to complete both the Junior
and Senior honors programs, complete a research thesis and maintain
at least a 3.4 GPA. Jennifer has worked very hard throughout her
time in Auburn and this honor is very well-deserved. (Dr.
Eden and Jennifer after the ceremony)
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Fadwa Eljack
successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis
On Thursday April 5, 2007
Fadwa became the first doctoral student
to be awarded her Ph.D. degree under Dr. Eden's supervision. Fadwa's
thesis and presentation "A Property Based Approach to
Integrated Process and Molecular Design" was very well
received by her committee, which consisted of Dr. Chris Roberts,
Dr. Bob Ashurst, Dr. Ram Gupta and Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi. Fadwa is
pursuing an academic career and is currently interviewing with
several strong programs. (Fadwa giving
her presentation) (Dr. Eljack and
Dr. Eden after the defense)
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Jennifer Wilder
wins Third Place in the Honors Division at 2007 Auburn University
Undergraduate Research Forum
Jennifer's presentation entitled "Integration Potentials in Various
Reformer Strategies for Logistical Fuels Processing" was very well
received by the judges.
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Jennifer Wilder
wins Second Place at AIChE Southern Regional Student Conference in
Columbia, SC
Jennifer's
presentation entitled "A Study of Integration Potentials in Various
Reformer Strategies for Logistical Fuels Processing" was very well
received by the judges. Jennifer also presented an excellent poster
on her research during the conference, but due to the conference
rules could only be judged on one of them. Jennifer's recognition is
accompanied by a cash award of $400.
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Dr. Eden
wins the William F. Walker Superior Teaching Award
The
Superior Walker Award is the highest teaching award in the Samuel
Ginn College of Engineering and recognizes excellence in teaching.
Auburn alumnus Fred Birdsong and his wife Mary Lou endowed the
teaching awards to recognize and motivate outstanding teaching
achievement by faculty involved in the instruction of engineering
students. It was renamed in 2000 in honor of former Auburn
University President and Dean William F. Walker and provides a
$10,000 honorarium. (Dr. Eden
receiving the award from Dean Benefield) (Dr.
Eden and Frank Magazine, Outstanding Chemical Engineering Alumnus)
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Kristin
McGlocklin successfully defended her M.Sc. thesis
On Friday November 3, 2006 Kristin became the first graduate student
to be awarded her degree under Dr. Eden's supervision. Kristin's
thesis and presentation "Economic Analysis of Various Reforming
Techniques and Fuel Sources for Hydrogen Production" was very well
received by her committee, which consisted of Dr. Chris Roberts,
Dr. Bob Ashurst, and Dr. Christine Curtis. Kristin will be working
for the 3M Corporation as a product engineer. (Kristin
and Dr. Eden after the defense), (Graduation
picture 1), (Graduation picture 2)
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New graduate
students join Dr. Eden's group
Two new students joined Dr. Eden's group in October 2006. Wei Yuan
received her BSc from Tsinghua University, China in 2006. Wei will
be working on integration and optimization of polygeneration
facilities. Nishanth Chemmangattuvalappil received his BSc from the
Government Engineering College Thrissur, India in 2001. Nishanth
will be working on property based design, with particular emphasis
on molecular synthesis.
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Fadwa Eljack
successfully defended her preliminary thesis
On October 12, 2006 Fadwa had her General Oral Examination, which
she passed with flying colors. Her presentation "A Property Based
Approach to Integrated Process and Molecular Design" was very well
received by her committee, which consisted of Dr. Chris Roberts, Dr.
Ram Gupta, Dr. Bob Ashurst and Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi.
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Norman Sammons
featured on the cover of Opelika-Auburn News
In recognition of Norm's prestigious EPA STAR Fellowship, he was
featured on the cover of the Opelika-Auburn News on October 6, 2006.
(OA News Cover)
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Dr. Eden to give CAST Plenary
Lecture at 2006 AIChE Annual Meeting
The Computing and Systems
Technology (CAST) Division of AIChE invites selected papers from
each CAST area to be presented in the CAST plenary session. Dr. Eden
will give the presentation entitled "Process and Molecular Design: A
Simultaneous Approach". The co-authors are Fadwa Eljack, Charles
Solvason and from Texas A&M University: Vasiliki Kazantzi and
Mahmoud El-Halwagi.
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Fadwa Eljack
featured in CAST Newsletter
For her novel work on bridging the gap between property based
process design and molecular synthesis, Fadwa was awarded the
Directors' Award for Best
Poster by the judges in the CAST division at the 2005 AIChE Annual
Meeting. The award, which
consist of a cash prize of $500 and a plaque, will be presented to Fadwa
at the 2006 CAST Awards Banquet November 14 during the 2006 AIChE
Annual Meeting.
(More info) (Fadwa,
Dr. Eden and Dr. El-Halwagi at the awards dinner) (Fadwa
receiving her award from Gavin Towler, UOP)
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Norman Sammons
awarded US-EPA STAR Fellowship
The Science To Achieve Results (STAR) fellowship program was
initiated in 1995. The purpose of the fellowship program is to
encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue
careers in an environmental field. The STAR fellowship program has
proven to be beneficial to both the public and private sectors by
providing a steady stream of well-trained environmental specialists
to meet environmental challenges in our society. The EPA awards only
100 of these fellowships each year to science and engineering
students making this a highly competitive and prestigious award.
Norm's award consist of a total of $111,000 over 3 years covering
his stipend, tuition and fees and project funds. (More
info)
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Strong Showing by
Dr. Eden's Group PSE-2006/ESCAPE-16
July 9-13 a joint conference of PSE' 2006 and ESCAPE-16 was held in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Dr. Eden's group was represented by Fadwa, Norm, Jeff and Dr. Eden. The group gave a
total of 3 poster presentations, which were
all very well received. In addition, Dr. Eden co-chaired a
session along with Il Moon from Yonsei University in South Korea. (Group
picture from Zugspitze, Germany's tallest mountain)
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Dr. Eden featured in Auburn Engineering
Newsletter
In recognition of winning the NSF CAREER award, Dr. Eden was
featured in the May issue of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Electronic Newsletter. (More
info)
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Rose Marie Cummings featured in Auburn
Engineering Newsletter
In recognition of winning the best poster award at the 2006 Southern
Regional AIChE Student Conference, Rose was featured in the May
issue of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Electronic
Newsletter. (More
info)
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Jennifer Wilder selected as Drummond
Company Scholar
In recognition of her high academic achievement and the leadership
and involvement she displays in Honors and University activities,
the Honors College has selected Jennifer for a Drummond Company
Scholarship in the amount of $4,000.00.
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Jennifer Wilder awarded AU
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Jennifer has been awarded a full year of funding through the
Auburn University Undergraduate Research Fellowship (AU-URF)
Program, beginning Summer 2006 and extending through Spring, 2007.
The fellowship consists of stipend along with project and travel
funds for a total of $6,000. This prestigious fellowship is only given to approximately 20
students from the entire university. (More
info)
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Dr. Eden
wins the Auburn Engineering Research Award for Excellence
at the Junior Faculty level
The Auburn Engineering Research
Awards seek to recognize and motivate outstanding research
achievement by faculty of Auburn University. The Auburn Engineering
Research Awards represents the highest faculty honor for research in
the College of Engineering. Dr. Eden's award is accompanied by
$1,000. (Dr. Eden with Rose and her
parents),(Dr. Eden and
Rose)
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Norm Sammons wins
Best Poster Award at the 2006 Auburn University Graduate Student
Council Research Forum
The forum was held March 9 and featured graduate students from all
disciplines across the Auburn University campus. Norm's poster on
optimization of product allocation in integrated biorefineries was
selected as the best in his section. Norm is scheduled to receive
his cash prize at a picnic April 6.
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Rose Cummings
wins Best Poster Award at the 2006 Southern Regional AIChE Student
Conference
The regional student conference was hosted by Mississippi State
University, March 10 - 12 in Starkville, MS. Along with the award
winning poster, Rose gave an excellent
presentation on her research on compact fuels processing systems.
(Picture of Rose and Dr. Eden during
the poster session)
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Dr. Eden featured
in "Pride of the Plains" series in the Auburn Plainsman newspaper
As a result of winning the NSF CAREER award, Dr. Eden was
interviewed for this recurring series of the Plainsman. (Copy
of article)
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Rose Cummings
named Outstanding Student Engineer of the Year
Rose has been selected as the Outstanding Student of the Year by the
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering! Rose was first selected as the
Outstanding Student of the Year for the Department of Chemical
Engineering, and was then chosen from the outstanding students
nominated from each of the Engineering departments.
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Dr. Eden
invited to give plenary lecture at the Second Danish Chemical
Engineering Conference (DK-2)
The First Danish Chemical
Engineering Conference was held in 2004 as part of the 175 year
anniversary celebration for the Technical University of Denmark. It
was such a great success that it was decided to make it a recurring
event. The conference seeks to provide a forum for discussing new
ideas and progress within the field. Dr. Eden has been invited to
give one of the plenary lectures at this years conference, which
will be held at his Alma Mater. (More
info)
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Dr. Eden
nominated for the Auburn Engineering Research Award for Excellence
at the Junior Faculty level
The Auburn Engineering Research
Awards seek to recognize and motivate outstanding research
achievement by faculty of Auburn University. The Auburn Engineering
Research Awards represents the highest faculty honor for research in
the College of Engineering.
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Dr. Eden wins the
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
The Faculty Early
Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity
that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious
awards in support of the early career-development activities of
those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and
education within the context of the mission of their organization.
Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of
integrated contributions to research and education. Dr. Eden has
been awarded a total of $400,000 over 5 years. (More
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Dr. Eden attended
the Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy in
Hawaii
The summit was intended to provide a unique forum for
interaction between businessmen, government representatives and
academics. The three-day event featured presentations on bio-energy,
bio-based products, industrial biotechnology for drug discovery and
production, novel applications of marine biotechnology, and
nanotechnology. Dr. Eden gave a presentation on the biorefining
efforts at Auburn University. (More
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Dr. Eden invited
to serve as reviewer for ESCAPE-16 & PSE 2006
The 9th
International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering and the 16th
European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering are to be
held July 9 - 13, 2006 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Dr. Eden
has been invited to serve as reviewer in the Modeling and Numerical
Methods area. (More
info)
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New Undergraduate
Researcher joins Dr. Eden's Group
Jennifer Wilder is currently a junior in Chemical Engineering. She
has a strong interest in alternative fuels and hydrogen research.
After a coop term this coming Spring, she will start her work in
earnest Summer 2006.
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Rose Cummings
named Outstanding Chemical Engineering Student
The faculty selected Rose as the Outstanding Chemical Engineering
student for the 2005-2006 year! She will now be nominated for the
SGA Outstanding Student Award for the College of Engineering and the
AUBURN ASPE Outstanding Student Engineer Award.
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Fadwa Eljack wins
the Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Division Directors'
Award for Best Poster at the 2005 AIChE Annual
Meeting
For her novel work on bridging the gap between property based
process design and molecular synthesis, Fadwa was awarded the
Directors' Award for Best
Poster by the judges in the CAST division. The award, which
consist of a cash prize of $500 and a plaque, will be presented to Fadwa at the 2006 CAST Awards Banquet during the 2006 AIChE Annual
Meeting. (Fadwa and Dr. Eden with the
award winning poster)
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Rose Cummings
wins Best Poster Award at the 2005 National AIChE Student Conference
The student conference held in conjunction with the 2005 AIChE
Annual Meeting, October 29 - 31 in Cincinnati, OH. Rose presented a
poster on her research on compact fuels processing systems and was
given the best poster award in the Fuels and Petrochemicals section.
(More
info)
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Strong Showing by Dr. Eden's Group
at 2005 AIChE Annual Meeting
The 2005 AIChE Annual Meeting was held October 30 - November 4 in
Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Eden's group was represented almost in full,
i.e. Rose, Fadwa, Norm, Kristin, Jeff and Dr. Eden. The group gave a
total of 5 oral presentations and 4 poster presentations, which were
all very well received. In addition, Dr. Eden co-chaired a CAST
session along with Juergen Hahn from Texas A&M University.
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New Graduate
Student joins Dr. Eden's Group
Charlie Solvason joined Dr. Eden's group in October 2005. Charlie
received his BSc (Summa Cum Laude) in Chemical Engineering from
Auburn University in 2001. After working for Kimberley-Clark for a
number of years, he has returned to Auburn for his doctorate.
Charlie will be working on property based design with particular
emphasis on product design.
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Alabama
Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) to fund new project
Dr. Eden developed a proposal for the Poultry Litter initiative in
collaboration with Dr. Harry Cullinan (AU), Dr. Chris Roberts (AU)
and Dan Burciaga (TRI). The project has been awarded $120,000 for
the first year. The project involves the evaluation of technical,
economical and environmental feasibility of gasification of poultry
litter followed by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis for fuels production.
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Dr. Eden invited
to serve on biorefinery panel at 2005 Forest Products
Techno-Business Forum
The forum was led and hosted by the Institute of Paper Science and
Technology (IPST) and the Center for Paper Business and Industry
Studies (CPBIS) at the Georgia Institute of Technology and
co-sponsored by TAPPI. Dr. Eden gave an invited presentation
entitled "Biorefinery System Integration and Value Proposition
Issues". (More
info)
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Dr. Eden selected
to serve on DOE Agenda 2020 task force
The Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance is an industry-led partnership
with government and academia that holds the promise of reinventing
the forest products industry through innovation in processes,
materials and markets. Dr. Eden serves on the review team for
developing roadmaps for the integrated forest biorefinery (More
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Dr. Eden invited
to join ECCE-6 International Scientific Committee
The 6th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE-6), is to be
held in Copenhagen during 16-21 September 2007. Dr. Eden will
coordinate the sessions on Process Synthesis & Design under the
theme Systematic Methods and Tools for Managing the Complexity. (More
info)
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Dr. Eden
co-chairing session at 2005 AICHE Annual Meeting
At the 2005 AIChE Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, Dr. Eden will be
organizing a session in Area 10 (Computing Systems and Technology
Division) with the session chair Juergen Hahn from Texas A&M
University. The session is entitled Advances at the Interface of
Design and Control (More
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Dr. Eden awarded
2005 Auburn University Competitive Research Grant
The purpose of the Auburn University Competitive Research Grant
Program was created to encourage and broaden faculty participation
in research and other scholarly pursuits through financial support
of selected activities. Such projects should directly benefit the
researchers and their profession, and indirectly benefit their
students and the University’s overall mission. The program
emphasizes assistance to new investigators in initiating their
research and support of new research work on projects that offer
promise of attracting extramural support for further study. (More
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Jeffrey Seay from Degussa Corporation joins Dr. Eden's group
It is a pleasure to welcome Jeff to our group. Jeff is
working for Degussa Corporation in Mobile, AL. He has a B.Sc. from
Auburn University and a M.Sc. from University of South Alabama.
Jeff's research project will involve the design and analysis of an
alternative production scheme for Acrolein from glycerin. The
project is funded completely by Degussa Corporation. Jeff will start
his research this summer.
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Professor Sten Bay Jørgensen visited Auburn
Dr. Eden's former advisor from the Department of Chemical
Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark came to visit
Thursday April 14, 2005. Professor Jørgensen met with faculty and
graduate students in the department and also gave a departmental
seminar entitled: Computer Aided Process Engineering Center.
(More info)
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Dr. Eden invited to attend NSF CAREER
Proposal writing workshop
As one of only 20 invited participants, Dr. Eden has been
accepted to attend the 2005 NSF CAREER proposal writing workshop at
Columbia University, NY on May 24, 2005. (More
info)
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Rose Marie Cummings awarded AU
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Rose has been awarded a second year of funding through the
Auburn University Undergraduate Research Fellowship (AU-URF)
Program, beginning Summer 2005 and extending through Spring, 2006.
The fellowship consists of stipend along with project and travel
funds. This prestigious fellowship is only given to approximately 20
students from the entire university. (More
info)
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Norman Sammons accepted for PASI 2005
workshop in Argentina
Norm was selected as one of the only 25 US graduate students who will
be attending this workshop, where top experts in the field of
process systems engineering will be conducting classes on
process/product design, operation and optimization. Norm's
acceptance covers registration, travel, meals and accommodation. (More
info)
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Rose Marie Cummings wins AIChE
Junior Chilton Award
The Chilton awards are presented by the Alabama Piedmont section of
AIChE to the top junior and senior students in Chemical Engineering
at Auburn University and Tuskegee University in recognition of their
achievements.
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Rose Marie Cummings awarded
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
The Scholarship Program honoring Senator Barry M. Goldwater was
designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue
careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and
engineering. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate
award of its type in these fields. Rose was the sole Auburn student
to be awarded this scholarship and only one out of four from the
state of Alabama. (More
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