Rowan Chemical Engineering

Congratulations to all of the Rowan students and faculty who earned awards at this year's AIChE Annual Meeting!

Brian Guillermo - 1st Place in Computing and Process Control

Jahnvi Patel - 1st Place in Environmental and 2nd Place overall from the AIChE Environmental Division

Amarelys Rios - 1st Place in Fuels & Petrochemicals

Marcella McMahon - 3rd Place in Environmental and 3rd Place overall from the AIChE Environmental Division

2nd Place Best Graduate Paper Award from AIChE Environmental Division - Emmanuel Aboagye

2nd Place Best Undergraduate Paper Award from AIChE Environmental Division - Emma Padros & Marcella McMahon

AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum Education Award - Dr. Kirti Yenkie

#aicheannual | Kirti Yenkie Our Rowan University undergraduate students did a fantastic job at the poster presentations at the AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers Meeting winning a total of 7 poster awards. From our Sustainable Design and Systems Medicine lab the winners included: Brian Guillermo - 1s...

Congratulations to all of the 2025 award winners- including our own Robert McClernan and Kevin Dahm!

Last Thursday, April 10, Rowan University proudly hosted the Celebrating Excellence Awards Ceremony, recognizing the exceptional contributions of our faculty and staff.

We’re thrilled to share that five award recipients are from the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering! 👏👏

📸 Pictured left to right: Robert McClernan, Matthew A. Leoncini, Kevin D. Dahm, Justin C. Major, and Yusuf A. Mehta

Please join us in congratulating these outstanding honorees:

🏆 Teamwork (Individual Honor)
Robert McClernan

💡 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Award
Matthew A. Leoncini

🌟 Joseph A. Barnes Award for Outstanding Service
Kevin D. Dahm

📘 Frances S. Johnson Junior Faculty Innovative Teaching Award
Justin C. Major

🎓 Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award
Yusuf A. Mehta

Your dedication and excellence inspire our entire community. Well done! 🤎💛🦉

Congratulations and thanks to all of the students and faculty who represented Rowan well at the 2024 AIChE Annual Conference.

In particular we recognize Emma Padros and Marcella McMahon for their winning entry in the K-12 outreach competition!

Congratulations to Andrea Vernengo and her team of faculty from the departments of Chemical Engineering and Experiential Engineering Education!

Rowan University receives funding to train engineers in sustainability research A Leader in University Academics

Congratulations to the AMMI research team, led by Dr. Joseph Stanzione!

Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Institute begins 5-year project with U.S. Army A Leader in University Academics

Thankful to Dr. Slater for his many contributions. His retirement celebration was a terrific event, and well deserved!

Congratulations to Emmanuel for winning the 2024 Nicholas Peppas Medallion Award!

Congratulations to Emmanuel Aboagye for receiving the Nicholas A. Peppas Sc.D. Medallion for Excellence in Doctoral Studies. Emmanuel is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate under Professor Christos Maravelias in Princeton University's Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. He focuses on synthesizing and analyzing novel biomass-to-biofuel and chemical strategies. Emmanuel earned his Ph.D. from Rowan University in chemical engineering, where he delved into EPA and industry-funded projects, emphasizing systems-level approaches to process sustainability under Dr. Kirti Yenkie's guidance. His work included solvent recovery for reuse, wastewater treatment network synthesis, and machine learning for emissions prediction.

Emmanuel's accolades include the 2008 Presidential Award for Best BECE Male Student in Ghana's Eastern Region, the 2021 Best Chemical Engineering Research, and the 2022 Sustainability Research Award from the Rowan University - Department of Chemical Engineering, as well as a 2023 AIChE Foundation Grant Award. He's judged undergraduate poster sessions at the 2022 and 2023 AIChE annual meetings, is active in professional associations like ACS, AIChE, NSBE, and NOBCChE, and has interned at Cargill. During his doctoral studies, he interned at Cargill, served as a teaching assistant, mentored over 20 undergraduates and interns, and engaged in K-12 outreach programs. His research interests include process and energy systems engineering, sustainability assessment, and machine learning.


Follow Dr. Aboagye’s remarkable journey: https://youtu.be/Df5yvKPaMg0

This week the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering celebrates their 25th graduating class. Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to David Theuma on winning the 2024 Clarence Slater Medallion Award!

Clarence Slater & Thomas E. Robinson Awards from Rowan University! 🏆 Recognizing exceptional seniors in Chemical Engineering for GPA, research, and support. Meet David Theuma, a senior from Hammonton, NJ. Actively involved in various roles, including Engineering Learning Community, Honors college mentorship, and 3D Printing Club secretary since 2020. Currently, he's the College’s Special Projects Coordinator. Since 2022, David's pivotal work in the Optimization of Transportation Processes in Multiproduct Petroleum Pipelines project has led to $80,000+ industry savings. His conference paper won 3rd place in 2023 AIChE National Student Conference. David also received the 2023 Marvin L. Harris Safety Award, 2023 Chemical Engineering Clinic Award, and the 2022 AIChE DVS Outstanding Sophomore in Chemical Engineering Award. After graduation, he aims to utilize his engineering skills in the petroleum or manufacturing industries to enhance sustainability and efficiency by reducing waste.

Watch his journey here: https://youtu.be/tycuv6034dQ

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Congratulations to Tristan Bacha on winning the 2024 Elizabeth Slater Medallion Award!

The Elizabeth Slater Award 🏆 celebrates excellence in graduate studies in chemical engineering! Recognizing graduate students for leadership, independent research, creativity, mentorship, and teamwork. Tristan Bacha, a former Ph.D. student under Dr. Joseph Stanzione and Dr. Mac Haas, focused on the cold spray process and polymer coatings. His research led to numerous scientific publications and conference presentations. He explored fundamental polymer properties in cold spray, particularly their deviation from metal behavior. Tristan's work extended to the Army Research Laboratory, where he conducted further studies and continued as a Guest Researcher. Today, he serves as a postdoctoral fellow at the Army Research Laboratory.
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Watch Tristan's journey here: https://youtu.be/Jp4XR91O3eU


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Congratulations to Abigail Martin on earning the 2024 Irene Elizabeth Tracy Medallion award!

Congratulations to Abigail Martin for receiving the Irene Elizabeth Tracey Award for Excellence in Engineering. Abby graduated yesterday with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a minor in chemistry. During her time at Rowan, she has been extensively involved with the chemical engineering department in various capacities: as a lab technician student worker, an undergraduate researcher, and an executive board member of the AIChE student chapter.

In her role as a lab technician, Martin worked under the direction of Rob McClernan to redesign several undergraduate academic labs, enhancing the ChE curriculum. Her undergraduate research experiences included USDA-funded food decontamination research and Boehringer Ingelheim-funded crystallization research. She presented her USDA research at the 2023 AIChE regional conference and became a published co-author for this research in the ACS Omega journal. She is now set to begin her career as a process engineer at Crane Currency in Massachusetts. 📚 🎓🦉


Follow Abigail’s journey: https://youtu.be/ji_1WWZ_HLo

This week the Class of 2024 did their final presentations in Chemical Plant Design! Congratulations to all!