Dr. Thomas M. Truskett, chemical engineering assistant professor, will
receive the 2007 Allan P. Colburn Award from the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers (AIChE). The award is given to AIChE members under the age of 36
who have exhibited excellence in publications. Truskett is being
recognized for pioneering statistical mechanical theory and computer simulation
methods for modeling the structure, kinetics, and thermodynamics of chemical and
biophysical systems. He is the fourth professor in the university’s
Department of Chemical Engineering to receive the Allan P. Colburn Award.
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