May 29, 2008
Dr. Adam Heller, chemical engineering professor emeritus, received an honorary doctorate from the City University of New York (CUNY) and gave the commencement address at CUNY’s Queens College. Heller is a world-renowned chemical engineer whose most recent contributions were to painless and continuous glucose monitors for diabetes management, manufactured and sold worldwide by Abbott Diabetes Care, a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. Heller holds the Ernest Cockrell, Sr. Chair Emeritus in Engineering and is a research professor.
About the Cockrell School of Engineering:
The Cockrell School ranks among the top ten engineering programs in the United States and aspires to move into the top five. With the nation's fourth highest number of faculty members elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the Cockrell School's more than 7,000 students work with many of the world's finest engineering educators and researchers. This environment prepares graduates to become engineering leaders and innovators working for the betterment of society.