Father of Modern Chemical Engineering Honored with Lecture Series
(December 8, 2005) UH Cullen Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Mathematics Neal Amundson will be honored with a three-day lecture series, December 12-14, in celebration of his 90th birthday. Named the "Father of Modern Chemical Engineering," Amundson is known for introducing advanced mathematics to chemical engineering research and education, along with many other distinguished contributions to the field during his career that has spanned some seven decades. The lectures series will be held in the Shamrock Ballroom at the UH Hilton Hotel and Conference Center.

Ernest Henley Publishes Best Selling Chemical Engineering Textbook
(December 2, 2005) Chemical Engineering Professors Ernest Henley from the University of Houston and J.D. Seader from the University of Utah recently published the second edition of "Separation Process Principles", a textbook for fundamental chemical engineering courses. The textbooks will appear in more than 100 chemical engineering departments across the country, including Rice University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Yale University.