The School is pleased to announce that Bryan
Boudouris has been named the Robert and Sally
Weist Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering.
Boudouris received his PhD in chemical engineering
from the University of Minnesota in 2009. He joined
the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue in
2011 as an assistant professor and was promoted to
associate professor in 2016, as well as being named
the Director of the School's Professional MS Program.
Boudouris leads the Polymers for Optoelectronics
and Widespread Energy Research (POWER)
Laboratory which examines how control of
macromolecular design affects the nanoscale
structure of homopolymers and block polymer
materials. His work provides a handle to improve the
performance of a variety of thin film applications.
Though still early in his career, Boudouris has
authored more than 40 publications and has four
pending patents. He has made more than 25
presentations at university and industry seminars
and mentored 19
graduate students and
27 undergraduates.
In external recognition,
Boudouris is the
recipient of an NSF
Faculty Early Career
Development Program
(CAREER) Award, a
DARPA Young Faculty
Award, an AFOSR
Young Investigator
Research Program
Award, and has
received numerous invitations to participate in
lectureships and programs.
The Robert and Sally Weist Associate Professorship
was created thanks to a donation by Robert (BSChE
'62) and Sally Weist.
GOUNDER BECOMES NAMED PROFESSOR
The School recently named Rajamani "Raj" Gounder
the Larry and Virginia Faith Assistant Professor of
Chemical Engineering.
Gounder received his PhD in chemical engineering
from the University of California, Berkeley in 2011. He
joined the School of Chemical Engineering in 2013 as
an assistant professor.
Gounder's research focuses on the fundamentals
and applications of heterogeneous catalysis and
the targeted synthesis of inorganic solids and
molecular sieves. He combines approaches in
materials synthesis, characterization, and kinetic and
mechanistic studies to probe the site requirements,
reactive intermediates and elementary steps that
constitute reaction mechanisms. Even though he is
still early in his career, Gounder has published almost
30 articles and has one patent. He has made almost
40 presentations at university and industry seminars
and mentored eight graduate students and eight
undergraduate students.
In external recognition,
Gounder is the recipient
of an NSF Faculty Early
Career Development
Program (CAREER)
Award, a Young
Scientist Prize from the
International Congress
on Catalysis, a 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award,
a Ralph E. Powe Junior
Faculty Enhancement
Award and an ACS
PRF Doctoral New
Investigator Award.
Gounder is director of the CRE Division of the AIChE
and on the advisory board of Reaction Engineering
and Chemistry.
The Larry and Virginia Faith Associate Professorship
was created thanks to a donation by Larry (BSChE
'59) and Virginia Faith.
