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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Prize

Constantin G. Economou Memorial Prize

Awarded to a chemical engineering graduate student distinguished by outstanding research accomplishments and exemplary attitude while fulfilling candidacy requirements for the Ph.D. degree. The Constantin G. Economou Memorial Prize will be held on October 5.

Constantin G. Economou Memorial Prize Recipients

2017 Bill Ling (Shapiro) "Biomolecular Ultrasound Diagnostics"

Bill Ling












2018 Andy Ylitalo (Kornfield) and Hyeongjoo Row (Brady) "Better Polymer Foam Insulation through "Backdoor" Bubble Nucleation." and "Reverse Osmotic Effect in Active Matter"

Andy Ylitalo











Hyeongjoo Row (Brady)












2019 Marjorie Buss (Shapiro) "Ultrasound Imaging of Tumor-Homing and Intestinal Bacteria Using Acoustic Reporter Genes"

Marjorie Buss











2020 Ravi Lai (Arnold) "Engineering Hemoproteins for Highly Enantioselective [1,2]-Stevens Rearrangements of Small Nitrogen Heterocycles"

Ravi Lai









2021 Sam Varner (Wang) "Dilution Effects in Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Supercapacitors"

Sam Varner

2022 Pierre Walker (Wang)"Metal ions as dynamic crosslinkers for polyelectrolyte gel networks"

Pierre Walker