Team
(the brew crew - the mix masters)
Course Leader/Designer
Gilchrist drinking "kopi luwak" in Indonesia in 2016
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Polymer Science and Engineering
Expertise: Particle technology, suspensions, rheology, transport phenomena, mixing, interfacial science, coating technology
Prior courses taught: Material and Energy Balances (11), Graduate Mathematical Methods (10), Graduate Transport Processes (2), Rheology (2), Process Control (1), Fluid Mechanics (1), Unit Operations Laboratory (3), Engineering Applications of Chemistry (2)
Current TAs (Spring 2024)
Olivia
Cuff
Cuff
Adrianna
Grillo
Grillo
Haley
Griner
Griner
Brenna
Hastings
Hastings
James
Keaney
Keaney
Mia
Simon
Simon
Past TAs (Spring 2023)
Ellie Christman
Olivia
Cuff
Cuff
Nazrin Hasanova
Brenna
Hastings
Hastings
Dannah VanPraagh
Andrew Youwakim
Founding Course Developers
TAs for Spring 2021 highlighted in RED
Jess Barry
Ellie Christman
Michael Hill
Brenden Huegel
Grace Kuzwa
Veronica Meyer
Darsh Patel
Carly Roche
Dannah VanPraagh
Megan Walker
We are grateful to the following individuals who have guest lectured or given input into the class design
2024 Guest Lecturers and Contributors
Branden Marty, CEO of Veteran Roasters, and a guru of the coffee business came to our class in Spring 2021 and Fall 2022 to discuss his path toward the coffee industry and running a specialized coffee company.
Elizabeth Ocker, Lehigh ChBE Alumnae and Process Engineer for kdc/one will talk to us about her experience in entering the world of cosmetics and designing chemical engineering processes and product design. Welcome back Lizzie!
Dr. John Riley, an Associate Research Scientist for the Analytical Sciences, Core R&D at Dow will come to the classroom to discuss development of hair care products, surface science, and rheology.
Past Guest Lecturers and Contributors
Dr. William Hartt from Proctor and Gamble came to our class in March 2021 to discuss engineering and scale up of consumer products. Dr. Hartt is Technical Section Head for Global Engineering at the Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati OH and an expert on mixing and scale-up of complex fluid processes.
Dr. Ronni Weinkauf is Vice President of Applied Research and Research & Innovation at L'Oreal. Dr. Weinkauf met with our course developers in July 2020, helping guide development of the cosmetics half of this course. She (and/or her colleagues) may guest lecture in the future.
Dr. Xue Li is Research Investigator at International Flavors & Fragrances. A past group member of the Laboratory for Particle Mixing and Self-Organization, she was critical in setting up our Automated Langmuir Blodgett roll-to-roll particle coating apparatus. Dr. Li will guest lectured Spring 2021 and Fall 2022.
Professor Patrick Spicer at University of New South Wales in Sydney, AU is an expert on design of complex fluids and surface interactions to develop consumer products. Professor Spicer has collaborated with Dr. Gilchrist for years and was his awesome host in Sydney in Summer 2016. Professor Spicer met with our course developers in July 2020 to discuss his prior experience working at P&G and his research areas.
