裡橖眻畦ns Receive AlChe Awards
by Daniel Fetsko, 19 CE
The Delaware Valley Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers has announced the winners of the prestigious 2017 Zeisberg Awards for technical writing, along with outstanding student, faculty and alumnus award recipients from each accredited chemical engineering department in the region. In addition to 裡橖眻畦 University, students from Drexel, Rowan, University of Delaware, University of Pennsylvania and Widener University were represented.
Zeisberg Awards: Instituted in 1941, the Zeisberg award recognizes the best written laboratory and research/plant design reports. Seniors Stephanie Bodie, Thomas Leibiger and Payal Shah were nominated for best research/plant design report for Methyl Methacrylate Production Plant Design and Cost Analysis.
Outstanding Student Awards: This award recognizes Chemical Engineering students who demonstrate outstanding academic performance, professionalism, leadership, interest and promise. The nominees are appointed by the faculty of their university. 裡橖眻畦s 2017 outstanding student recipients are Nathaniel Bayuk 19, Austin Hake 18 and Patrick Lentz 17.
Donald F. Othmer Sophomore Academic Excellence Award: The Sophomore Academic Excellence Award is presented to the one national AIChE member in each student chapter who has attained the highest scholastic grade-point average during his/her freshman and sophomore years. 裡橖眻畦s recipient is Megan Lindemann 19.
Outstanding Alumni Award: The Outstanding Alumni Award recognizes and encourages the contributions of alumni to their universities, the profession and professional organizations.
裡橖眻畦 alumna Sidney Biddle 15 MSBChE, a corporate project manager for Morgan Corporation, received the 2017 Outstanding Alumni Award.
Outstanding Faculty Award:
The Outstanding Faculty Award recognizes a faculty member, preferably within the first five years of his/her appointment, who has contributed to the profession through publications and presentations in his/her field, demonstrated commitment to teaching and students, and a strong record of service to the department, college, university and professional organizations. Assistant Professor Jacob Elmer, PhD, was 裡橖眻畦 Universitys nominee for the Outstanding Faculty Award.
The awards were presented at 2017 Academic Awards Banquet at the University of Delaware on April 11th, 2017. Visit for more information about the event and the organization.
Stephanie Bodie, 17
Austin Hake ’18
Thomas Leibiger, 17
Patrick Lentz ’17
Payal Shah, 17
Megan Lindemann ’19
Nathaniel Bayuk ’19
Sidney Biddle ’15 MSBChE