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><h2 id="a">A</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rakesh_Agrawal_(chemical_engineer)/IQCpB44G">Rakesh Agrawal</a></td><td><a href="/facts/National_Medal_of_Technology_and_Innovation/yh1hThv4">National Medal of Technology and Innovation</a> for <a href="/facts/Air_separation/WWTx03pP">Air separation</a>.</td><td><a href="/facts/Air_Products/WnJMytd2">Air Products</a> and now at <a href="/facts/Purdue_University/dRuTdltL">Purdue University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mohammed_Al_Mady/Fv7eAk2G">Mohammed Al Mady</a></td><td>Executive president of <a href="/facts/SABIC/a14eEYrr">SABIC</a>.</td><td><a href="/facts/SABIC/a14eEYrr">SABIC</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sara_Akbar/VeFYqbjz">Sara Akbar</a></td><td>Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Energy and the <a href="/facts/Kuwaiti_oil_fires/8VgS5sAI">Kuwaiti oil fires</a>.</td><td><a href="/facts/Kuwait_University/30pbf0ye">Kuwait University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mukesh_Ambani/wWWT5WJr">Mukesh Ambani</a> (born 1957)</td><td>Chairman and managing director of <a href="/facts/Reliance_Industries/4aPz6JEV">Reliance Industries</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Reliance_Industries/4aPz6JEV">Reliance Industries</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Neal_Amundson/RYhFUKwo">Neal Amundson</a> (1916–2011)</td><td>Chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering at <a href="/facts/University_of_Minnesota/vN1uQvP5">University of Minnesota</a> from 1949 to 1977. Professor, chemical engineering and mathematics 1978–2011, and provost (1987–1989) at <a href="/facts/University_of_Houston/gd5mxsao">University of Houston</a>.</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Minnesota/vN1uQvP5">University of Minnesota</a> and <a href="/facts/University_of_Houston/gd5mxsao">University of Houston</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/C._Anandharamakrishnan/Ttn8FEVj">C. Anandharamakrishnan</a> (born 1973)</td><td>Principal <a href="/facts/Scientist/JDvthEFM">Scientist</a> and Pioneer in Engineered human stomach and small intestinal system, Food <a href="/facts/Nanotechnology/Co4FFNfY">Nanotechnology</a>, Food <a href="/facts/3D_printing/lbvWU3t0">3D printing</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Indian_Institute_of_Food_Processing_Technology/rJYWMwvR">Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology</a>, <a href="/facts/Thanjavur/xb0UwFTs">Thanjavur</a>, <a href="/facts/Tamil_Nadu/ouqcjUKE">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Leonid_Andrussow/x6WtGBUh">Leonid Andrussow</a> (1896–1988)</td><td>Developed process to make hydrogen cyanide from ammonia and methane</td><td><a href="/facts/IG_Farben/3cTsQw87">IG Farben</a> (now <a href="/facts/BASF/cdtGr0TK">BASF</a>)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rutherford_Aris/ATKWkEUE">Rutherford Aris</a> (1929–2005)</td><td>Regents Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Minnesota/vN1uQvP5">University of Minnesota</a> (1958–2005). Pioneered the use of computers to solve optimization problems in kinetics and catalysis. Prolific publication record (see <a href="/facts/Rutherford_Aris_bibliography/XeE8evAX">Rutherford Aris bibliography</a>).</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Minnesota/vN1uQvP5">University of Minnesota</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Frances_Arnold/xS0wtIY1">Frances Arnold</a> (born 1956)</td><td>Pioneer of <a href="/facts/Directed_evolution/DYJs0Hm2">directed evolution</a> of <a href="/facts/Proteins/Jxmagu3E">proteins</a>, the process of using random mutations to optimize protein function. <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a>, 2018</td><td><a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="b">B</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robin_Batterham/S5E9IQJ6">Robin Batterham</a> (born 1941)</td><td>Former <a href="/facts/Chief_Scientist_of_Australia/q4kV6sIs">Chief Scientist of Australia</a> (1999–2006)Chief Scientist of <a href="/facts/CSIRO/3xSIonky">CSIRO</a> Division of Mineral Engineering</td><td><a href="/facts/Office_of_the_Chief_Scientist_(Australia)/q4kV6sIs">Office of the Chief Scientist (Australia)</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jay_Bailey/UwjNlFwH">Jay Bailey</a> (1944–2001)</td><td>Pioneer in <a href="/facts/Metabolic_engineering/quTXJR6r">metabolic engineering</a></td><td><a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a> (1980–1992), <a href="/facts/ETH_Zurich/IxHAFGUU">ETH Zurich</a> (1992–2001)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Frank_S._Bates/F8s7erSf">Frank S. Bates</a> (born 1954)</td><td>Leader in polymer science and block copolymers</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Minnesota/vN1uQvP5">University of Minnesota</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Henry_Bessemer/qk4H48en">Henry Bessemer</a> (1813–1898)</td><td>Invented <a href="/facts/Bessemer_process/Al0kr3a3">Bessemer process</a> for manufacturing steel</td><td>Independent inventor</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gordon_Beveridge/QnoE2xDk">Gordon Beveridge</a> (1933–1999)</td><td>Former president and vice-chancellor of <a href="/facts/Queen%2527s_University_of_Belfast/pCAj2RfC">Queen's University of Belfast</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Queen%2527s_University_of_Belfast/pCAj2RfC">Queen's University of Belfast</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lois_Aileen_Bey/BXCLE3cb">Lois Aileen Bey</a> (born 1929)</td><td>First woman to graduate in chemical engineering from IIT</td><td><a href="/facts/Illinois_Institute_of_Technology/0ndIXaKQ">Illinois Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Samuel_Bodman/bPy6uPBm">Samuel Bodman</a> (1938–2018)</td><td><a href="/facts/United_States_Secretary_of_Energy/sU3Usc8s">United States Secretary of Energy</a> (2005–2009)</td><td>US Government</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Carl_Bosch/3NwIre59">Carl Bosch</a> (1874–1940)</td><td>From 1908 until 1913 developed the <a href="/facts/Haber_process/DMlVT2WP">Haber-Bosch</a> process together with <a href="/facts/Fritz_Haber/cj5QTJKT">Fritz Haber</a>. His other notable work was for the introduction of <a href="/facts/High-pressure_chemistry/EsTmp5TW">high-pressure chemistry</a>. <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a>, 1931</td><td><a href="/facts/BASF/cdtGr0TK">BASF</a> and <a href="/facts/IG_Farben/3cTsQw87">IG Farben</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Henry_T._Brown/H5hkRLA9">Henry T. Brown</a> (1932–2020)</td><td>First African American director of the <a href="/facts/American_Institute_of_Chemical_Engineers/A0byWusX">American Institute of Chemical Engineers</a> (1983)</td><td><a href="/facts/Polaroid_Corporation/vnVVyzQf">Polaroid Corporation</a> (before: <a href="/facts/Esso/BH1EQrh8">Esso Research & Engineering Company</a> and <a href="/facts/Bristol_Myers_Squibb/HK47xMNF">ER Squibb & Sons</a>)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jomar_Brun/hKfI3SEv">Jomar Brun</a> (1904–1993)</td><td>Designer of the world's first industrial <a href="/facts/Heavy_water/3dbSrTw5">heavy water</a> plant, and helped in its sabotage during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Norwegian_Institute_of_Technology/qk1setPF">Norwegian Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="c">C</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_G._Collier/EC8MIlQX">John G. Collier</a> (1935–1995)</td><td><a href="/facts/Two-phase_flow/ByrIWy5x">Two-phase flow</a> and <a href="/facts/Nuclear_power/jzSyvxSn">nuclear power</a> expert, head of <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom_Atomic_Energy_Authority/2pW1nh16">United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority</a> and <a href="/facts/Central_Electricity_Generating_Board/HNXQtpcT">Central Electricity Generating Board</a></td><td><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom_Atomic_Energy_Authority/2pW1nh16">United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_Coulson/wmxyaeUw">John Coulson</a> (1910–1990)</td><td>Co-author of what became the standard UK textbook set; Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering</td><td><a href="/facts/Newcastle_University/A6Xb13pB">Newcastle University</a>, UK</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="d">D</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Donald_A._Dahlstrom/F7wtNmoj">Donald A. Dahlstrom</a> (1920–2005)</td><td>Inventor of the <a href="/facts/Hydrocyclone/e1zQ06eV">Hydrocyclone</a> and related correlations, 1943. Elected to <a href="/facts/National_Academy_of_Engineering/6RCqfvXM">National Academy of Engineering</a> in 1975 for, "Contributions to liquid-solids separation processes in mineral recovery and waste disposal"".</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Utah/0lhlnv7c">University of Utah</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Zara_Salim_Davidson/m9Xsgawt">Zara Salim Davidson</a> (born 1973)</td><td>Raja Puan Besar of <a href="/facts/Perak/rXGTUWwq">Perak</a>. Heads petroleum and petrochemical consulting firm in Malaysia.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/George_E._Davis/TevsEbcY">George E. Davis</a> (1850–1907)</td><td>Regarded as the 'founding father' of Chemical Engineering</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Manchester/PwJzEj8h">University of Manchester</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nguyet_Anh_Duong/fFYzfLvf">Nguyet Anh Duong</a> (born 1960)</td><td>is a <a href="/facts/Vietnamese-American/WcHtaNUu">Vietnamese-American</a>, she assisted in creating a new weapon called the <a href="/facts/Thermobaric_weapon/PuM9XaRD">Thermobaric weapon</a> in support of <a href="/facts/Operation_Enduring_Freedom/NmHxWBTY">Operation Enduring Freedom</a> to assault tunnels and caves being used as hideouts by the <a href="/facts/Taliban/VJC0WJlq">Taliban</a> in Afghanistan.</td><td><a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">United States Department of Defense</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_Drosdick/G3CqXAfQ">John Drosdick</a> (born 1943)</td><td>Chairman and CEO of <a href="/facts/Sunoco/86vqneb7">Sunoco</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sunoco/86vqneb7">Sunoco</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="e">E</h2><h2 id="f">F</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/James_R._Fair/C8QHf7cW">James R. Fair</a> (1920–2010)</td><td>Notable authority on process design, equipment design and separations</td><td><a href="/facts/Monsanto_Company/6rVAaIXB">Monsanto Company</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Texas/6NApstxT">University of Texas</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Richard_Felder/zaHa7ebJ">Richard Felder</a> (born 1939)</td><td>Multiple award-winning engineering educator</td><td><a href="/facts/North_Carolina_State_University/FnMUAASu">North Carolina State University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ian_Fells/WpyB4tcl">Ian Fells</a></td><td>Energy expert and popular science broadcaster</td><td><a href="/facts/Newcastle_University/A6Xb13pB">Newcastle University</a>, UK</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Maria_das_Gra%25C3%25A7as_Foster/sXCtqGzg">Maria das Graças Foster</a> (born 1953)</td><td>CEO of <a href="/facts/Petrobras/MfEucJYh">Petrobras</a>. First woman to head a major oil-and-gas company</td><td><a href="/facts/Petrobras/MfEucJYh">Petrobras</a>, Brazil</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Arthur_Fry/4Yfgwxv3">Arthur Fry</a> (born 1931)</td><td>Inventor of <a href="/facts/Post-it_note/TuxUjwJC">Post-it note</a></td><td><a href="/facts/3M/lNDcCRkX">3M</a>, USA</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="g">G</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/G._D._Yadav/9bBjkdGx">G. D. Yadav</a> (born 1952)</td><td>Emeritus Professor and Distinguished Scientist</td><td><a href="/facts/Institute_of_Chemical_Technology/RRRgJNUG">Institute of Chemical Technology</a>, <a href="/facts/Mumbai/BdoEc10R">Mumbai</a>, <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Clifton_C._Garvin/Xs4SjSAE">Clifton C. Garvin</a> (1921–2016)</td><td>Chairman and <a href="/facts/Chief_executive/mg4A8y5M">CEO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Exxon/tekt0MYk">Exxon</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Eugenio_Garza_Lag%25C3%25BCera/TK0Mt8fw">Eugenio Garza Lagüera</a> (1923–2008)</td><td>Chairman and <a href="/facts/Chief_executive/mg4A8y5M">CEO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/FEMSA/dYTNHCwb">FEMSA</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Karen_Klincewicz_Gleason/9mEfrtEj">Karen Klincewicz Gleason</a></td><td>Namesake of <a href="/facts/Klincewicz_method/mXQlpmeY">Klincewicz method</a> to predict critical values of pure components</td><td><a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Edwin_R._Gilliland/unCPmjgd">Edwin R. Gilliland</a> (1909–1963)</td><td>Namesake of the Gilliland correlation used in designing distillation columns</td><td><a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Roberto_Goizueta/bN1YwesV">Roberto Goizueta</a> (1931–1997)</td><td>Former chairman and <a href="/facts/Chief_executive/mg4A8y5M">chief executive</a> of <a href="/facts/Coca-Cola/wbnCJYb6">Coca-Cola</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Coca-Cola/wbnCJYb6">Coca-Cola</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alexander_Goldberg_(chemical_engineer)/SFTwlVAF">Alexander Goldberg</a> (1906–1985)</td><td>President of the <a href="/facts/Technion_%25E2%2580%2593_Israel_Institute_of_Technology/BXIHd5sP">Technion – Israel Institute of Technology</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technion_%25E2%2580%2593_Israel_Institute_of_Technology/BXIHd5sP">Technion – Israel Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bill_Gore/PlS6Rm0m">Bill Gore</a> (1912–1986)</td><td>Founder of <a href="/facts/W._L._Gore_and_Associates/0bMHduvf">W. L. Gore and Associates</a></td><td><a href="/facts/W._L._Gore_%2526_Associates/0bMHduvf">W. L. Gore & Associates</a>, <a href="/facts/DuPont/kCUfkJzE">DuPont</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robert_W._Gore/tT0CnnJF">Robert W. Gore</a> (1937–2020)</td><td>The inventor of <a href="/facts/Gore-Tex/ST3smnuS">Gore-Tex</a></td><td><a href="/facts/W._L._Gore_%2526_Associates/0bMHduvf">W. L. Gore & Associates</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Praveen_Kumar_Gorakavi/lUtBJUsw">Praveen Kumar Gorakavi</a> (born 1989)</td><td>well recognised as <a href="/facts/Polymath/eqIfjQRu">Polymath</a> and former <a href="/facts/Child_prodigy/9kEm7W4L">child prodigy</a>. Multi award winner</td><td>Partner at The Phi Factory<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Andrew_Grove/Do2MgwyY">Andrew Grove</a> (1936–2016)</td><td>former chairman and <a href="/facts/Chief_Executive_Officer/mg4A8y5M">CEO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pierre_Gy/xR1YYph6">Pierre Gy</a> (1924–2015)</td><td>developed theory of <a href="/facts/Sampling_(statistics)/kIb01xdL">sampling</a> of particulate materials for analysis</td><td>Industrial consultant</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="h">H</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Fritz_Haber/cj5QTJKT">Fritz Haber</a> (1868–1934)</td><td>Received <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> 1918 for the fixation of nitrogen from the air, the <a href="/facts/Haber_process/DMlVT2WP">Haber process</a>; also developed chemical warfare agents for the German government during World War I. Received the <a href="/facts/Rumford_Medal/wN5d0NNv">Rumford Medal</a> in 1932 for, "... the outstanding importance of his work in physical chemistry, especially in the application of thermodynamics to chemical reactions".</td><td><a href="/facts/Karlsruhe_Institute_of_Technology/3HPuagId">Karlsruhe Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vladimir_Haensel/pglCCCpv">Vladimir Haensel</a> (1914–2002)</td><td>Inventor of the "Platforming" (Platinum Reforming) process, which led to the production of low cost high octane gasoline, and contributed to development of catalytic converters for automobiles.</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst/K7tIPJr7">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Judith_Hackitt/fPW2xlB2">Judith Hackitt</a> (born 1954)</td><td>Former chair of UK <a href="/facts/Health_%2526_Safety_Executive/hpvFDuEW">Health & Safety Executive</a> and former president of <a href="/facts/Institution_of_Chemical_Engineers/Ut7uXtfI">Institution of Chemical Engineers</a>.</td><td><a href="/facts/Health_%2526_Safety_Executive/hpvFDuEW">Health & Safety Executive</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Douglas_Patrick_Harrison/jSeDM83g">Douglas Patrick Harrison</a></td><td>Carried out research for <a href="http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/vision21/">DOE Vision 21</a> project as well research to remove CO2 from stack gas of coal-fired power generators and for production of pure Hydrogen from gasification of coal.</td><td><a href="/facts/Louisiana_State_University/yg8S4Tyy">Louisiana State University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Fred_Hassan/x9XXtAMT">Fred Hassan</a> (born 1945)</td><td>CEO and chairman of <a href="/facts/Schering-Plough/L8l83352">Schering-Plough</a> Corporation; former chairman and CEO for the <a href="/facts/Pharmacia/wccB2D1R">Pharmacia</a> Corporation</td><td><a href="/facts/Schering-Plough/L8l83352">Schering-Plough</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Beatrice_Hicks/6ebRbQJU">Beatrice Hicks</a> (1919–1979)</td><td>Co-founder and first president of the <a href="/facts/Society_of_Women_Engineers/lt5RbTPd">Society of Women Engineers</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Society_of_Women_Engineers/lt5RbTPd">Society of Women Engineers</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Csaba_Horv%25C3%25A1th_(chemical_engineer)/4v7pqyKw">Csaba Horváth</a> (1930–2004)</td><td>Pioneer of modern <a href="/facts/Separation_of_mixtures/8Ie5Lv5Y">separation science</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Yale_University/KUdS6jt1">Yale University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Benjamin_Hsiao/18nBToxT">Benjamin Hsiao</a> (born 1958)</td><td>Vice-President for Research and Chief Research Officer at <a href="/facts/Stony_Brook_University/4LwsKo7h">Stony Brook University</a>; also the current spokesperson of the Advanced Polymers PRT Beamline at the <a href="/facts/National_Synchrotron_Light_Source/qBvkwNUo">National Synchrotron Light Source</a> located at <a href="/facts/Brookhaven_National_Laboratory/L2JrG0K1">Brookhaven National Laboratory</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Stony_Brook_University/4LwsKo7h">Stony Brook University</a><a href="/facts/DuPont_Company/kCUfkJzE">DuPont Company</a><a href="/facts/Brookhaven_National_Laboratory/L2JrG0K1">Brookhaven National Laboratory</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="i">I</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sheldon_E._Isakoff/VosSyLp5">Sheldon E. Isakoff</a></td><td>Former director of <a href="/facts/DuPont/kCUfkJzE">DuPont</a> and former president of <a href="/facts/American_Institute_of_Chemical_Engineers/A0byWusX">American Institute of Chemical Engineers</a></td><td><a href="/facts/DuPont/kCUfkJzE">DuPont</a> & <a href="/facts/American_Institute_of_Chemical_Engineers/A0byWusX">American Institute of Chemical Engineers</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dan_Itse/YbelIJkn">Dan Itse</a> (born 1958)</td><td>US Politician and holder of four patents on low-emission technology</td><td><a href="/facts/Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute/0o5XxzDe">Worcester Polytechnic Institute</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="j">J</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lisa_P._Jackson/5FXUIoju">Lisa P. Jackson</a> (born 1962)</td><td>Former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2009–2013)</td><td><a href="/facts/Environmental_Protection_Agency/ghI985SI">Environmental Protection Agency</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Joseph_J._Jacobs/b5zHdAoA">Joseph J. Jacobs</a> (1916–2004)</td><td>Founder of <a href="/facts/Jacobs_Engineering_Group/wb7ducMH">Jacobs Engineering Group</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Jacobs_Engineering_Group/wb7ducMH">Jacobs Engineering Group</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rakesh_Jain/g2wq14kT">Rakesh Jain</a> (born 1950)</td><td>Integrated <a href="/facts/Bioengineering/N8WPz0P7">bioengineering</a> with <a href="/facts/Tumor/K0ytzmPz">tumor</a> <a href="/facts/Biology/1M1ee3pB">biology</a> and imaging <a href="/facts/Gene_expression/alCPohLR">gene expression</a> and functions in vivo for drug delivery in tumors</td><td><a href="/facts/Harvard_Medical_School/jlqWerKX">Harvard Medical School</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mae_Jemison/vXSbQcCI">Mae Jemison</a> (born 1956)</td><td>Science mission specialist on the <a href="/facts/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour/fcX8nN5Q">Space Shuttle Endeavour</a> and first black woman in space</td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="k">K</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/W._W._Keeler/8zN3rhtC">W. W. Keeler</a> (1908–1987)</td><td>President and CEO of <a href="/facts/Phillips_Petroleum_Company/x0VrXeQK">Phillips Petroleum Company</a>. Graduated in chemical engineering from <a href="/facts/University_of_Kansas/619CXHmz">University of Kansas</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Phillips_Petroleum_Company/x0VrXeQK">Phillips Petroleum Company</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Trevor_Kletz/7ofpPa4v">Trevor Kletz</a> (1922–2013)</td><td>Author of books dealing with chemical engineering safety</td><td><a href="/facts/Loughborough_University/e0ufYKzr">Loughborough University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Marius_Kloppers/3M3rSNnR">Marius Kloppers</a> (born 1962)</td><td>CEO of <a href="/facts/BHP/KIj8E6Nh">BHP</a></td><td><a href="/facts/BHP/KIj8E6Nh">BHP</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Riki_Kobayashi/6ypfjKor">Riki Kobayashi</a> (1924–2013)</td><td>Professor of Chemical Engineering; well known for his pioneering work in phase equilibrium, physical properties and transport properties which were highly important to the development of the natural gas processing industries.</td><td><a href="/facts/Rice_University/YvEYoWMn">Rice University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Koch/FTcvJvWa">Charles Koch</a> (born 1935)</td><td>CEO of <a href="/facts/Koch_Industries/oKjShMKB">Koch Industries</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Koch_Industries/oKjShMKB">Koch Industries</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/David_Koch/ybXSCnuF">David Koch (3 May 1940 – 23 August 2019</a>)</td><td>Executive vice-president of <a href="/facts/Koch_Industries/oKjShMKB">Koch Industries</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Koch_Industries/oKjShMKB">Koch Industries</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Fred_C._Koch/vDgrrLrI">Fred C. Koch</a> (1900–1967)</td><td>Founder of <a href="/facts/Koch_Industries/oKjShMKB">Koch Industries</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Koch_Industries/oKjShMKB">Koch Industries</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/B._D._Kulkarni/52Wb47AI">B. D. Kulkarni</a> (1949–2019)</td><td><a href="/facts/Chemical_Engineer/AGPxgpMN">Chemical Engineer</a> and Distinguished <a href="/facts/Scientist/JDvthEFM">Scientist</a></td><td><a href="/facts/National_Chemical_Laboratory/WJGdTRpR">National Chemical Laboratory</a>, <a href="/facts/Pune/MCeWSVBF">Pune</a>, <a href="/facts/Maharastra/4hAVYlb4">Maharastra</a>, <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="l">L</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Langer/bzxwh1lY">Robert Langer</a> (born 1948)</td><td><a href="/facts/Tissue_Engineering/Tx77KG1S">Tissue Engineering</a> and Controlled-Release Drug Delivery pioneer</td><td><a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nicolas_Leblanc/M9DYsmkV">Nicolas Leblanc</a> (1742–1806)</td><td>Inventor of the <a href="/facts/Leblanc_process/KkEXaIeE">Leblanc process</a> for making <a href="/facts/Sodium_carbonate/P6RHvIoK">sodium carbonate</a> from common salt</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Frank_Lees/f1XjrDSR">Frank Lees</a> (1939–1999)</td><td>author and pioneer of Loss Prevention in the process industries</td><td><a href="/facts/Loughborough_University/e0ufYKzr">Loughborough University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Warren_K._Lewis/J8af5Stv">Warren K. Lewis</a> (1882–1975)</td><td>American chemical engineering professor; played a role in defining the field of chemical engineering during its early development. Co-developer (with E. R. Gilliland) of Houdry process for petroleum refining. He is also known as the "Father of Modern Chemical Engineering"</td><td><a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bodo_Linnhoff/UTTjqHPH">Bodo Linnhoff</a> (born 1948)</td><td>Author of a 1977 thesis that formed the basis for <a href="/facts/Pinch_analysis/my2cG9gz">pinch analysis</a>, a methodology to optimize energy usage in processes.</td><td>Linnhoff March</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Arthur_Dehon_Little/u6TENfQW">Arthur Dehon Little</a> (1863–1935)</td><td>Consultant and co-founder, with <a href="/facts/William_Hultz_Walker/Xg8sWbXb">William H. Walker</a>, of <a href="/facts/Arthur_D._Little/tTq774hb">Arthur D. Little</a>, a major consulting firm</td><td><a href="/facts/Arthur_D._Little/tTq774hb">Arthur D. Little</a>, <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Andrew_Liveris/eb61earU">Andrew Liveris</a> (born 1954)</td><td>Chairman and CEO of <a href="/facts/Dow_Chemical_Company/tuTEe6tQ">Dow Chemical Company</a>.</td><td><a href="/facts/Dow_Chemical_Company/tuTEe6tQ">Dow Chemical Company</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Yueh-Lin_Loo/r9tRCuK3">Yueh-Lin Loo</a></td><td>Inventor of <a href="/facts/Nanotransfer_printing/U7Vb26Vh">nanotransfer printing</a>; professor of engineering</td><td><a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="m">M</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ramesh_Mashelkar/PnHfoxjC">Ramesh Mashelkar</a> (born 1943)</td><td>Leading architect of India's science and technology policies and current president of <a href="/facts/Global_Research_Alliance/rrf2Tfug">Global Research Alliance</a>. Former director general of the <a href="/facts/Council_of_Scientific_%2526_Industrial_Research/2tDChQJu">Council of Scientific & Industrial Research</a>.</td><td><a href="/facts/CSIR_India/2tDChQJu">CSIR India</a>, <a href="/facts/Global_Research_Alliance/rrf2Tfug">Global Research Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sheri_McCoy/Q76QJYQa">Sheri McCoy</a> (born 1959)</td><td>Former CEO of <a href="/facts/Avon_Products/2kbhSG2E">Avon Products</a>.</td><td><a href="/facts/Avon_Products/2kbhSG2E">Avon Products</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thomas_Midgley_Jr./ga3B55Ax">Thomas Midgley Jr.</a> (1889-1944)</td><td>American mechanical and chemical engineer, best known for the development of <a href="/facts/Leaded_gasoline/lcnxq5BS">leaded gasoline</a> and <a href="/facts/Freon/JkfAjIb9">Freon</a> / <a href="/facts/Chlorofluorocarbons/uLApxm7K">chlorofluorocarbons</a> (CFCs).</td><td><a href="/facts/General_Motors/rBgP3IRK">General Motors</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Victor_Mills/fN7g1zHp">Victor Mills</a> (1897–1997)</td><td>Leading the team that created the modern disposable diapers and the <a href="/facts/Pampers/pPf5G545">Pampers</a> brand</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Luis_E._Miramontes/4Pp2wm89">Luis E. Miramontes</a> (1925–2004)</td><td>Inventor of the hormone used in the first oral contraceptives</td><td><a href="/facts/Syntex/HCK66DP1">Syntex</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mario_Molina/g7yn5anq">Mario Molina</a> (1943–2020)</td><td>Co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in elucidating the threat of <a href="/facts/Chlorofluorocarbon/uLApxm7K">chlorofluorocarbon</a> gases to the Earth's ozone layer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jim_May_(chemical_engineer)/cLW0BuKu">Jim May</a> (1934–2023)</td><td>Chief Scientist of the Chemical Engineering section at the <a href="/facts/Australian_Atomic_Energy_Commission/H0A09exy">Australian Atomic Energy Commission</a> in 1967 and CEO of the <a href="/facts/AMIRA/M3YY9pAG">Australian Minerals Industry Research Association Limited</a> (AMIRA) from 1968 to 1994.</td><td><a href="/facts/AMIRA/M3YY9pAG">AMIRA</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_South_Australia/sTsjwxcP">University of South Australia</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Queensland/Umrq4nJ7">University of Queensland</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="n">N</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dudley_Maurice_Newitt/h9xHjuSy">Dudley Maurice Newitt</a> (1894–1980)</td><td>Scientific director of <a href="/facts/Special_Operations_Executive/Rln7PPh6">Special Operations Executive</a> developing gadgets for spies during World War II – a real life <a href="/facts/Q_(James_Bond)/63LVL39Y">Q (James Bond)</a>. Received <a href="/facts/Rumford_Medal/wN5d0NNv">Rumford Medal</a>, in 1962 for "... his distinguished contributions to chemical engineering."</td><td>Professor at <a href="/facts/Imperial_College/SoXBRyax">Imperial College</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Giulio_Natta/6FDwycRB">Giulio Natta</a> (1903–1979)</td><td>Received Nobel Prize in 1963 for his works on high polymers</td><td>Professor at Politecnico di Milano</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="o">O</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lars_Onsager/V1rDtqkQ">Lars Onsager</a> (1903–1976)</td><td><a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a>, 1968</td><td><a href="/facts/Yale_University/KUdS6jt1">Yale University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Adam_Osborne/tR5pAPH1">Adam Osborne</a> (1939–2003)</td><td>Introduced the first-ever portable computer in 1981, the same year <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> launched the personal computer</td><td><a href="/facts/Osborne_Computer_Corporation/XtSb8P5f">Osborne Computer Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Donald_Othmer/cGK1yEIm">Donald Othmer</a> (1904–1995)</td><td>Co-creator of the <i>Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Polytechnic_University_of_New_York/xo5c9hFF">Polytechnic University of New York</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/David_J._O%2527Reilly/wCxE53wV">David J. O'Reilly</a> (born 1947)</td><td>Chairman and CEO of <a href="/facts/Chevron_Corporation/c4sF7R9s">Chevron Corporation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Chevron_Corporation/c4sF7R9s">Chevron Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="p">P</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Linus_Pauling/cBNBzs5c">Linus Pauling</a> (1901–1994)</td><td><a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a>, 1954, <a href="/facts/Nobel_Peace_Prize/2wVhmLrX">Nobel Peace Prize</a>, 1962</td><td><a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a>, <a href="/facts/Oregon_State_University/FR0MGWWg">Oregon State University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robert_H._Perry/Lu8Hx4Wn">Robert H. Perry</a> (1924–1978)</td><td>Author of Handbook in 1934, now <a href="/facts/Perry%2527s_Chemical_Engineers%2527_Handbook/GfCGL3sM">Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook</a></td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Oklahoma/clDb6JUu">University of Oklahoma</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Martin_Lewis_Perl/g1BeBJ5z">Martin Lewis Perl</a> (1927–2014)</td><td>Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the tau lepton</td><td><a href="/facts/Stanford_Linear_Accelerator_Center/CzX2afas">Stanford Linear Accelerator Center</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nicholas_A._Peppas/l44MP0Hx">Nicholas A. Peppas</a> (born 1948)</td><td>Pioneer in <a href="/facts/Drug_delivery/vDfboXeT">drug delivery</a>, <a href="/facts/Biomaterials/uBdFNr8I">biomaterials</a>, <a href="/facts/Hydrogels/t7eStnK0">hydrogels</a> and <a href="/facts/Nanobiotechnology/ScXT4ygG">nanobiotechnology</a></td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Texas_at_Austin/6NApstxT">University of Texas at Austin</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="q">Q</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/K._B._Quinan/ECrx8zkN">K. B. Quinan</a> (1878–1948)</td><td>Explosive manufacturing expert in World War I and first vice-president of the <a href="/facts/Institution_of_Chemical_Engineers/Ut7uXtfI">Institution of Chemical Engineers</a></td><td><a href="/facts/De_Beers/Bwg7NuM2">De Beers</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="r">R</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sabah_Randhawa/gMBGvAj7">Sabah Randhawa</a> (born 1954)</td><td>Academic administrator and former engineer</td><td><a href="/facts/Western_Washington_University/ntpdWqXj">Western Washington University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lee_Raymond/Su4VLbRI">Lee Raymond</a> (born 1938)</td><td><a href="/facts/ExxonMobil/0qXyFrM4">ExxonMobil</a> chairman and Chief Executive Officer</td><td><a href="/facts/ExxonMobil/0qXyFrM4">ExxonMobil</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Max_Reis/nrmJSjR5">Max Reis</a> (1927–2014)</td><td>chemical engineer and President of the</td><td><a href="/facts/Technion_%25E2%2580%2593_Israel_Institute_of_Technology/BXIHd5sP">Technion – Israel Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dan_Reneau/9xxHm9Le">Dan Reneau</a> (born 1940)</td><td>President of <a href="/facts/Louisiana_Tech_University/3YocGyXR">Louisiana Tech University</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Louisiana_Tech_University/3YocGyXR">Louisiana Tech University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/George_Maxwell_Richards/7EdasKoz">George Maxwell Richards</a> (1931–2018)</td><td>President of <a href="/facts/Trinidad_%2526_Tobago/jTXQP4Fe">Trinidad & Tobago</a>. Previously worked for Shell Trinidad Oil Co. and taught chemical engineering at <a href="/facts/University_of_West_Indies/EELUsgs9">University of West Indies</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jack_Richardson_(chemical_engineer)/ThDqjbf7">Jack Richardson</a> (1920–2011)</td><td>Co-wrote the textbook which became UK standard <i>Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Swansea_University/l4bJFYsq">Swansea University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Norbert_Rillieux/qlIrvEog">Norbert Rillieux</a> (1806–1894)</td><td>Inventor who is most noted for developing the process that turned sugar from a luxury to a common commodity</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Margaret_Hutchinson_Rousseau/Dz8Hx9lo">Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau</a> (1911–2000)</td><td>designed the first commercial <a href="/facts/Penicillin/Abo8VQ3p">penicillin</a> production plant</td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="s">S</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Albert_Sacco/sytYHJTq">Albert Sacco</a> (born 1949)</td><td>US astronaut</td><td><a href="/facts/Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute/0o5XxzDe">Worcester Polytechnic Institute</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Satcher/d7KjasBT">Robert Satcher</a> (born 1965)</td><td>US astronaut</td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lanny_Schmidt/rYMauu7Q">Lanny Schmidt</a> (1938–2020)</td><td>Surface science and detailed chemistry</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Minnesota/vN1uQvP5">University of Minnesota</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Man_Mohan_Sharma/5g3FuGtV">Man Mohan Sharma</a> (born 1937)</td><td>Eminent Indian chemical engineering scientist and first Indian engineer to be elected as a Fellow of <a href="/facts/Royal_Society/KI5yXCuV">Royal Society</a>, UK</td><td>Former director of <a href="/facts/Institute_of_Chemical_Technology/RRRgJNUG">Institute of Chemical Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Waldo_L._Semon/Ic02lVRm">Waldo L. Semon</a> (1898–1999)</td><td>Inventor who patented more than 116 inventions, including <a href="/facts/Polyvinyl_chloride/9VkegJvr">polyvinyl chloride</a> (PVC)</td><td><a href="/facts/Goodrich_Corporation/D2EdB4xB">BF Goodrich</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/L._Douglas_Smoot/Nqv58Gub">L. Douglas Smoot</a> (born 1934)</td><td>Research on aerospace and rocket fuel propulsion</td><td><a href="/facts/Brigham_Young_University/aYaXLWt2">Brigham Young University</a>, <a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a>, <a href="/facts/Lockheed_Propulsion_Company/z6Nj6RRV">Lockheed Propulsion Company</a>, Scientific Research Society of America</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="t">T</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Edward_Teller/9g3Mr9Mp">Edward Teller</a> (1908–2003)</td><td>Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist and "father of the hydrogen bomb"</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_G%25C3%25B6ttingen/UTUodvX1">University of Göttingen</a><p><a href="/facts/Bohr_Institute/UX753VqM">Bohr Institute</a><a href="/facts/University_College_London/7dmHhCf5">University College London</a><a href="/facts/George_Washington_University/RBAg9f0r">George Washington University</a><a href="/facts/Manhattan_Project/gtg8yRK2">Manhattan Project</a><a href="/facts/University_of_Chicago/z6zRMUmV">University of Chicago</a><a href="/facts/UC_Davis/LTCyhaP5">UC Davis</a><a href="/facts/UC_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">UC Berkeley</a><a href="/facts/Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory/WuXIbIKz">Lawrence Livermore</a><a href="/facts/Hoover_Institution/TLMKp8LW">Hoover Institution</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gautam_Thapar/KNtEhaxQ">Gautam Thapar</a> (born 1960)</td><td>CEO of Indian conglomerate <a href="/facts/Avantha_Group/5TtSbIhe">Avantha Group</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Avantha_Group/5TtSbIhe">Avantha Group</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Martha_J._B._Thomas/GIGlkNfU">Martha J. B. Thomas</a> (1926–2006)</td><td>American chemical engineer who worked on fluorescent lighting and phosphorus</td><td><a href="/facts/Radcliffe_College/kBmjyYHq">Radcliffe College</a>, <a href="/facts/Boston_University/Vcyr2qAh">Boston University</a>, <a href="/facts/Sylvania_Electric_Products/KBbzfIhY">Sylvania Electric Products</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Zehev_Tadmor/L04N019t">Zehev Tadmor</a> (born 1937)</td><td>former President of <a href="/facts/Technion-Israel_Institute_of_Technology/BXIHd5sP">Technion-Israel Institute of Technology</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Technion-Israel_Institute_of_Technology/BXIHd5sP">Technion-Israel Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="u">U</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lewis_Urry/m57PTm5R">Lewis Urry</a> (1927–2004)</td><td>Invention of long-lasting alkaline <a href="/facts/Battery_(electricity)/bqEpm4ue">batteries</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Energizer_Holdings/Rf40lj73">Eveready Battery Co</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="v">V</h2></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="w">W</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bill_Wakeham/4LwyUWFg">Bill Wakeham</a> (born 1944)</td><td>Vice-Chancellor of the <a href="/facts/University_of_Southampton/PVb6rV2E">University of Southampton</a> (2001–2009) and president of <a href="/facts/Institution_of_Chemical_Engineers/Ut7uXtfI">Institution of Chemical Engineers</a></td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Southampton/PVb6rV2E">University of Southampton</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/William_Hultz_Walker/Xg8sWbXb">William Hultz Walker</a> (1869–1934)</td><td>Pioneer in teaching chemical engineering. Co-authored, with W. K. Lewis and W. H. McAdams, the first American textbook of chemical engineering, <i>Principles of Chemical Engineering</i>, published in 1924.</td><td><a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jack_Welch/Pngnj99x">Jack Welch</a> (1935–2020)</td><td>Former chairman and chief executive officer of <a href="/facts/General_Electric/bBm5CzVY">General Electric</a></td><td><a href="/facts/General_Electric/bBm5CzVY">General Electric</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/David_W._Wood/LEtfbYqH">David W. Wood</a> (born 1967)</td><td><a href="/facts/Ohio_State_University/jfSr6u6u">Ohio State University</a> professor known for work on self-removing affinity tag methods</td><td><a href="/facts/Ohio_State_University/jfSr6u6u">Ohio State University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nathaniel_Wyeth_(inventor)/5IhDr7k6">Nathaniel C. Wyeth</a> (1911–1990)</td><td>Inventor of <a href="/facts/Polyethylene_terephthalate/Sc5UhmCB">PET</a> plastic bottles</td><td><a href="/facts/DuPont/kCUfkJzE">DuPont</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="x">X</h2></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="y">Y</h2></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Andrew_Yakuba/k08M3411">Andrew Yakuba</a></td><td>Former Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer</td><td><a href="/facts/Nigerian_National_Petroleum_Corporation/pdoMoDJ2">Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Yeo_Bee_Yin/q7qS4Jod">Yeo Bee Yin</a> (born 1983)</td><td>Malaysian Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change. Started her career as a field engineer in the petroleum industry</td><td><a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Energy%2c_Science%2c_Technology%2c_Environment_and_Climate_Change_(Malaysia)/yCc3GyyK">Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (Malaysia)</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><h2 id="z">Z</h2></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="chemical-engineers-who-became-notable-for-other-activities">Chemical engineers who became notable for other activities</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ramani_Ayer/HXNHeT98">Ramani Ayer</a>, CEO of <a href="/facts/The_Hartford/fWDYT5vv">The Hartford</a>, earned a master's and PhD in chemical engineering from <a href="/facts/Drexel_University/t1CjDDmE">Drexel University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rajeev_Bajaj/Xz38m9oB">Rajeev Bajaj</a>, self-published the educational <a href="/facts/Geek_rap/2QEcahbI">geek rap</a> album <i><a href="/facts/Geek_Rhythms/Xz38m9oB">Geek Rhythms</a></i> in 2004</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jacques_Bergier/kdvuWCvC">Jacques Bergier</a>, French writer, graduated in chemical engineering from <a href="/facts/Chimie_ParisTech/YSecLlHk">Chimie ParisTech</a> and worked on early nuclear engineering</li> <li><a href="/facts/Garry_Betty/q5XeV3Nu">Garry Betty</a>, contributor to the design of the original personal computer; earned a chemical engineering degree at <a href="/facts/Georgia_Tech/HKtrUSao">Georgia Tech</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Harsha_Bhogle/ccjB3VbY">Harsha Bhogle</a>, <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">Indian</a> international <a href="/facts/Cricket/tjuTASkU">cricket</a> <a href="/facts/Sports_commentator/ULN8RnUC">commentator</a>, chemical engineering degree from <a href="/facts/Osmania_University/867JFTPs">Osmania University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jerzy_Buzek/4VaLKYn6">Jerzy Buzek</a>, former <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Poland/S4to6xja">Prime Minister of Poland</a> and <a href="/facts/President_of_the_European_Parliament/QDs3D0Jn">President of the European Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frank_Capra/AvK6jGmg">Frank Capra</a>, movie director, earned a chemical engineering degree at <a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ray_Davis_(general)/ts5y7tWn">Ray Davis</a>, U.S. General and recipient of the U.S. Medal of Honor, graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from <a href="/facts/Georgia_School_of_Technology/HKtrUSao">Georgia School of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thierry_Dusautoir/Sd2PDHGA">Thierry Dusautoir</a>, captain of the <a href="/facts/France_national_rugby_union_team/dyTHRyeu">French National Rugby Union team</a>, studied chemical engineering at the <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589cole_nationale_sup%25C3%25A9rieure_d%25E2%2580%2599%25C3%25A9lectronique%2c_informatique%2c_t%25C3%25A9l%25C3%25A9communications%2c_math%25C3%25A9matique_et_m%25C3%25A9canique_de_Bordeaux/8kJsfmYd">École Nationale Supérieure in Bordeaux</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Vilma_Espin/wF06jS4p">Vilma Espin</a>, Cuban revolutionary and former wife of <a href="/facts/Raul_Castro/9EsqhdpI">Raúl Castro</a>, studied chemical engineering at the <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gallagher_(comedian)/q9WRarDw">Gallagher</a>, standup comedian, earned a chemical engineering degree at the <a href="/facts/University_of_South_Florida/AbTxgUXq">University of South Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kevin_Greening/0wQ4Vlof">Kevin Greening</a>, science presenter on <a href="/facts/BBC_Radio_5_Live/rveJ2X5B">BBC Radio 5 Live</a> (UK), studied chemical engineering at <a href="/facts/St_Catharine%2527s_College%2c_Cambridge/F91DwoY6">St Catharine's College, Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hu_Tsu_Tau_Richard/he5hqKT2">Hu Tsu Tau Richard</a>, former <a href="/facts/Minister_for_Finance_(Singapore)/kV8X6o7T">Minister for Finance (Singapore)</a> (1985–2001)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pat_Kenny/IwMPgCr1">Pat Kenny</a>, broadcaster, earned a chemical engineering degree from <a href="/facts/University_College_Dublin/RN0ffSeS">University College Dublin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bill_Koch_(businessman)/VH4ynUb6">Bill Koch</a>, businessman and skipper of 1992 <a href="/facts/America%2527s_Cup/DYpkBCmq">America's Cup</a> winning yacht</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ashok_Kumar_(British_politician)/7BfN4DaU">Ashok Kumar</a>, Indian-born British Labour politician, BSc, MSc, PhD in chemical engineering at <a href="/facts/Aston_University/gnCgECoY">Aston University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dolph_Lundgren/uV7bzU9h">Dolph Lundgren</a>, actor and karateka, earned an undergraduate chemical engineering degree from the <a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_Technology/VM9jmsXQ">Royal Institute of Technology</a> and a master's degree in chemical engineering from the <a href="/facts/University_of_Sydney/AzENnAra">University of Sydney</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Khalid_Masud/DqnCtggo">Khalid Masud</a>, Muslim scholar from Pakistan, obtained a master's degree in chemistry from the <a href="/facts/University_of_the_Punjab/RFIujKPH">University of the Punjab</a> and a chemical engineering diploma from <a href="/facts/King%2527s_College%2c_Cambridge/lMWG5JhK">King's College, Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_von_Neumann/aUk6urof">John von Neumann</a>, mathematician and physicist, studied chemical engineering at <a href="/facts/ETH-Zurich/IxHAFGUU">ETH-Zurich</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nitin_Nohria/tcczmeoB">Nitin Nohria</a>, Dean of <a href="/facts/Harvard_Business_School/QjAtYfwj">Harvard Business School</a>, gained BTech in chemical engineering from the <a href="/facts/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Bombay/doqFmgM1">Indian Institute of Technology Bombay</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Seyi_Olofinjana/4RjvQvrm">Seyi Olofinjana</a>, Nigerian international footballer, earned degree in chemical engineering from <a href="/facts/Ladoke_Akintola_University_of_Technology/M0HMgq0d">Ladoke Akintola University of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Ruffin/LvQb6yRJ">Michael Ruffin</a>, American professional basketball player, earned degree in chemical engineering from <a href="/facts/University_of_Tulsa/kfkvPpwV">University of Tulsa</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tuanku_Zara_Salim/m9Xsgawt">Tuanku Zara Salim</a>, Queen of Perak, degree in chemical engineering from the <a href="/facts/University_of_Nottingham/PR8osn19">University of Nottingham</a> and worked for <a href="/facts/Petrona/9r3mfA3d">Petrona</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/E._E._Smith/szJaQwEV">E. E. Smith</a>, <a href="/facts/Science_fiction_author/RFJcaejD">science fiction author</a> of the <a href="/facts/Lensman/BeV204Bo">Lensman</a> and <a href="/facts/Skylark/5FbkPeYo">Skylark</a> series fame; earned a <a href="/facts/PhD/paJumdN8">PhD</a> in chemical engineering from <a href="/facts/George_Washington_University/RBAg9f0r">George Washington University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Srinivas_(singer)/lyRshgQA">Srinivas</a>, Indian playback singer, earned degree in chemical engineering from <a href="/facts/University_of_Mumbai/rtIJ59cc">University of Mumbai</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Xi_Jinping/DTd5Yeh6">Xi Jinping</a>, current <a href="/facts/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China/pMmwwJwu">CPC General Secretary</a> and <a href="/facts/President_of_the_People%2527s_Republic_of_China/8dnGVbM4">President of China</a>, studied chemical engineering at <a href="/facts/Tsinghua_University/HNwjrEuU">Tsinghua University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Benjamin_Lee_Whorf/EVD3W0S4">Benjamin Lee Whorf</a>, American linguist, earned a degree in chemical engineering from <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Eugene_Wigner/HvWgw4KX">Eugene Wigner</a>, Nobel Prize in Physics for atomic theory, degree in chemical engineering from <a href="/facts/Technische_Universit%25C3%25A4t_Berlin/Ao7c79ru">Technische Universität Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nadhim_Zahawi/43tMc7Wg">Nadhim Zahawi</a>, UK politician and minister, has a BSc in chemical engineering from <a href="/facts/University_College_London/7dmHhCf5">University College London</a></li></ul> <h2 id="chemical-engineers-in-fiction">Chemical engineers in fiction</h2> <ul><li>In the <a href="/facts/Charlie_Chan/D5WhH7su">Charlie Chan</a> film <i><a href="/facts/The_Shanghai_Cobra/L2uTVrb4">The Shanghai Cobra</a></i> (1945), "H.R. Jarvis, Chemical Engineer" is stenciled on the laboratory door rented by the eponymous villain who had been using that alias while he schemed to steal radium from a nearby bank vault.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>In the CBS radio thriller <i>The House in Cypress Canyon</i>, which aired live on 5 December 1945, on "Suspense Radio," the character "James A. Woods, Chemical Engineer" was the perpetrator of a murder-suicide and was the narrator/protagonist of the supernatural yarn found in a shoebox, the basis of the story.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li>In a 1958 episode of <i>Alfred Hitchcock Presents</i>, "The Motive", character Tom Greer kills a man he finds in the phone book, who happens to be a chemical engineer.</li> <li>Captain Virgil "The Cooler King" Hilts, as portrayed by <a href="/facts/Steve_McQueen/1MFEUQUx">Steve McQueen</a> in the 1963 film <i><a href="/facts/The_Great_Escape_(film)/HIMVS3ae">The Great Escape</a></i></li> <li>Graeme Miller, played by <a href="/facts/Ewen_Bremner/gQPsNIxQ">Ewen Bremner</a> in the 2004 film <i><a href="/facts/Alien_vs._Predator_(film)/bNyvdB0t">AVP: Alien vs. Predator</a></i></li> <li>Stanley Goodspeed, played by <a href="/facts/Nicolas_Cage/4xSt3Max">Nicolas Cage</a> in <i><a href="/facts/The_Rock_(film)/xG05FzD6">The Rock</a></i></li> <li>Gunner Jensen, played by <a href="/facts/Dolph_Lundgren/uV7bzU9h">Dolph Lundgren</a> in the 2012 film <i><a href="/facts/The_Expendables_2/XRyvtSBl">The Expendables 2</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comic_Book_Guy/xC4JJcbc">Comic Book Guy</a> in <i><a href="/facts/The_Simpsons/2nvy6mx6">The Simpsons</a></i> has a degree in chemical engineering.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Engineer/ph4TnHnG">Lists of notable engineers by discipline</a> for lists of engineers by discipline.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Hyderabad scientist makes it to Forbes list". 7 April 2019. <a href="https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/070419/hyderabad-scientist-makes-it-to-forbes-list.html" target="_blank">https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/070419/hyderabad-scientist-makes-it-to-forbes-list.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Thierry Dusautoir: The gatecrasher". The Independent. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2011. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/thierry-dusautoir-the-gatecrasher-396754.html" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/thierry-dusautoir-the-gatecrasher-396754.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Charlie Chan Family Home The Shanghai Cobra <a href="http://charliechanfamily.tripod.com/id51.html" target="_blank">http://charliechanfamily.tripod.com/id51.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>emruf.webs.com The House in Cypress Canyon <a href="http://emruf.webs.com/suspense1.htm" target="_blank">http://emruf.webs.com/suspense1.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>