Department News
2009-05-08
Dean Sarah A. Rajala announced earlier this week the winners of the 2009 faculty and staff achievement awards. Two of these winners were professors from the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering: Professor Adrienne R. Minerick and Professor Rafael A. Hernandez.

"Minerick received the Outstanding Educator Award to recognize her contributions in the classroom. An assistant professor of chemical engineering, she is highly regarded for her success as a researcher, but she also finds time to serve as faculty adviser for the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. Among other accomplishments, she is a graduate of the National Effective Teaching Institute and received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award."

"The Outstanding Research Award was presented to Hernandez. An assistant professor of chemical engineering, he is very active in alternative energy research. Working with the university’s Sustainable Energy Research Center he has helped identify ways to convert wastewater into fuel. The promising research has captured the interest of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency among others."

From Bagley College of Engineering