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2007 NewsSeptember 10, 2007: New degrees, new careers for CEBC grads
August 17, 2007: CEBC faculty member receives fellowshipDr. Krzysztof Kuczera, University of Kansas professor of chemistry, was presented a $5,000 W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence by Provost Richard Lariviere. Kuc Begun in 1995, the Kemper Fellowships recognize outstanding teachers and advisers at KU as determined by a seven-member selection committee. In all, 20 professors were honored and $100,000 distributed this year as part of the Kemper tradition. The awards are supported by gifts from the William T. Kemper Foundation (Commerce Bank, trustee) and matching funds from KU Endowment. August 15, 2007: NSF grant awarded to CEBC faculty members, collaboratorDrs. Aaron Scurto and Laurence Weatherley have secured a $235,906 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their project, "Understanding Interfacial Mass Transport Phenomena in Biphasic Ionic Liquid Systems with Organic Solvents and Compressed CO2". Their research will investigate the mass transfer in ionic liquids. Ionic liquids do not evaporate and have been touted March 20, 2007: Eastman Chemicals and SI Group Become Newest Industrial MembersEastman Chemicals and SI Group have recently become members of CEBC, bringing the total membership on the Industrial Advisory Board to 15. Chuck Sumner will serve on the CEBC advisory board for Eastman Chemical and John Lorenc will serve on behalf of SI Group. Both companies have large-scale international chemicals and polymers business interests. CEBC welcomes the new members and looks forward to mutually beneficial associations. |
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zera’s classroom teaching has ranged from introductory undergraduate courses in physical chemistry to advanced graduate courses in molecular modeling, theoretical chemistry and biophysical methods over the 15 years he has taught at KU. In its announcement of the award, the Office of University Relations noted that "despite the fact that he teaches what many consider to be a traditionally difficult subject, Kuczera consistently receives above average ratings from his students."
as potential green solvents. There are many reports of potential applications of ionic liquids, but before they can be scaled-up or commercialized, the mass transport properties must be understood. Profs. Weatherly and Scurto will investigate mass transfer between conventional solvents and with the green solvent CO2. They will utilize advanced computational methods to use fundamental physical properties to ultimately predict the mass transfer rates in a variety of different processing scenarios. This is also a multi-national effort as Prof. Jerzy Petera from Poland will be involved in the numerical modeling.