Stuart Cooper honored with AIChE Founders Award

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Stuart Cooper
Stuart Cooper, chair of the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the recipient of the 2014 Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical Engineering from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). 

The award recognizes exceptional contribution to the profession by an AIChE member through technical and professional activities that have advanced the profession and made a significant impact on the field of chemical engineering.

Cooper is known worldwide for his fundamental work on phase separation in block polymers, which are responsible for the good mechanical properties of many widely-used polymers such as the polyurethanes used in the high-performance thermoplastic elastomer industry. In 2013, he received the Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award from the American Chemical Society’s Rubber Division, which recognizes innovations that have yielded significant new commercial or patentable materials.

He also leads the field in defining biomedical polyurethanes from both a chemical and physical perspective, and wrote two major books published in these topics. His early research integrating chemical engineering with the then-emerging discipline of biomedical engineering has greatly advanced polymer blood compatibility and biocompatibility. In 2009 he received the Founders Award from the Society for Biomaterials, and in 1997, the International Award for Achievement in Biomaterials from the Japanese Society for Biomaterials.

Cooper has served as member of the National Academy of Engineering, former president of the Society for Biomaterials, and since 1988 has been a founding co-editor of the Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition.

The award will be presented at the institute’s Honors Ceremony, held during the AIChE Annual Meeting on November 16, 2014 in Atlanta.

AIChE is a professional society of nearly 45,000 chemical engineers in 100 countries. Its members work in corporations, universities and government using their knowledge of chemical processes to develop safe and useful products for the benefit of society. 

 

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