Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

The Davidson School of Biomedical Engineering is Purdue University's school of chemical engineering. It is one of the largest chemical engineering programs in the United States. At the time of its centennial celebration in 2011 more chemical engineers graduated from Purdue than from any other university.[4] The school offers an undergraduate B.S. degree, professional M.S. and Ph.D. graduate degrees.

Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
Established1945 (1945)
AffiliationPurdue University College of Engineering
Head of SchoolSangtae Kim[1]
Academic staff
46
Undergraduates567 in 2021-22[2]
Postgraduates204[3]
Location
West Lafayette
,
United States
Websiteengineering.purdue.edu/ChE

History

The program in Chemical Engineering was established by President Winthrop Stone in 1907 where the curriculum for BS in Chemical Engineering was approved and offered through the department of chemistry. The Department of Chemical Engineering was formed in 1911 with Harry Peffer as the first head. Peffer remained as the only faculty member in the chemical engineering until 1923 when the program reached an enrollment of over 170 and John Bray was hired as the second professor.[5] Peffer served in this role till his death in 1934.[6] A separate building for the chemical engineering program was erected on the Engineering Mall in 1939.[7] In 2002, it was renamed the Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering in recognition of $10 million gift by Robert Forney, an alumnus and a retired senior executive at DuPont, and his wife Marilyn Glenn Forney.[8] In 2016 the school was named after Charles Davidson, an alumnus and venture capitalist, in recognition of $20 million gift by Davidson and his wife Nancy.[9]

Purdue Chemical Engineering Heads
  • Harry Peffer, 1911-1934
  • John Bray, 1935-1947
  • R. Norris Shreve, 1947-1951
  • Edward Comings, 1951-1959
  • Brage Golding, 1959-1966
  • Robert Greenkorn, 1967-1973
  • Lowell Koppel, 1973-1981
  • Ronald Andres, 1981-1987
  • Gintaras V. Rex Reklaitis, 1987-2003
  • Arvind Varma, 2004-2016
  • Sangtae Kim, 2016-

Research Areas

The School is the home of several large-scale research centers including C-STAR, an NSF ERC focused on technologies for shale-gas,[10] and Purdue Energetics Research Center (PERC), a US Army funded[11] center on energetic materials.

By Fundamental Topic[12]
  • Biochemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics and Interfacial Phenomena
  • Mass Transfer and Separations
  • Nanoscale Science and Engineering
  • Polymers and Materials
  • Product and Process Systems Engineering
  • Thermodynamics, Molecular and Nanoscale Modeling

By Application Area
  • Biotechnology
  • Electronics
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Polymers and Advanced Materials
  • Security

Notable Alumni
Mary Ellen Weber, BS'84

Notable Faculty

References
  1. "Sangtae Kim Named Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering".
  2. "Purdue Engineering Degree Programs & Enrollment 2021".
  3. "CoE Enrollment – Year-to-Year Comparison report" (PDF).
  4. "100 Years of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University 1911-2011, Ch. 1" (PDF).
  5. "History of the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, 1911-2011. Chapter 2" (PDF).
  6. "Harry C. Peffer, Head of Chemical Engineering School at Purdue Was 60". New York Times. July 18, 1934.
  7. "Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering (West Lafayette, Ind.)".
  8. "Purdue completes new chemical engineering addition".
  9. "Purdue School of Chemical Engineering to bear alumnus' name".
  10. "NSF-funded center at Purdue could help power U.S. for next century". Purdue News Service. September 12, 2017.
  11. "Purdue, U.S. Army to collaborate on next-generation energetic materials". Purdue News Service. August 31, 2020.
  12. "Chemical Engineering Research Areas".
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