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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