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Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr. (M.S. '92 and Ph.D. '95) has been named a new member of BB&T's (Branch Banking and Trust Company's) Salsbury, Md.-area advisory board. Forsythe is vice president of technology and commercialization at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Kimberly Brown (M.S. '98 and Ph.D. '05), has moved her company, Amethyst Technologies, into bwtech@UMBC, a technology incubator community at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Amethyst specializes in management, implementation, and execution of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) compliance systems services for life science companies and research organizations. Brown's growth of the company and as a businesswoman was recently profiled in a UMBC press release and an article in the Maryland Gazette.

Naveen Bhat (Ph.D. '91) has been appointed the new vice president of Asia-Pacific sales for Ixia, a global provider of performance test systems for IP-based voice, video, data and network services. More»

Brenda Cornish-Freeman (B.S. '87) has been named to the newly created position of chief marketing officer for Turner Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media, part of the Turner Broadcasting System. She will provide overall vision and leadership to all areas of marketing, on-air and trade creative services that support the cable television networks Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, along with their on-line businesses, and the digital enterprises GameTap and Super Deluxe. More»

Matthew DeLisa (Ph.D. '00), Ryan Gill (Ph.D. '99), and Andy Hu (Ph.D. '99) have all earned faculty positions at major universities as well as recent international awards for their achievements. More»

Alan Rosenberg (B.S. '83) has been hired by Business Only Broadband (BOB), a carrier-class wireless provider for the financial sector and other large enterprise clients. He will serve as the company's president as it expands into the New York City market.  He was selected for the position for his extensive experience in start-up, global sales, and developing financial extranets for Fortune 1000 companies including those in the brokerage, healthcare, pharmaceutical, market data, and manufacturing sectors. More»

Anh Duong (B.S. '82) was featured in Newsweek magazine's column The Last Word, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author George F. Will. The column, titled "Anh Duong, Out Of Debt" describes her desire to give back to her adopted country by helping to fight the War on Terror. More»

Rich Clements (B.S. '81) is the new Sales Manager of Paratherm, a company that provides consulting, products, and analysis for thermal fluid systems and heat transfer fluids for the food and plastics industries. According to a recent press release, Paratherm chose Clements for his "over twenty years of executive level sales management experience, much of it with a Fortune 500 company in industrial (chemical related) sales", as well as his prior experience as a product director, plant manager, and plant engineer. More»

Bennett Wise (B.S. '97) has been appointed to the position of Manager of South East Operations at JM Hyde Consulting, Inc. The Boulder, Co. company provides engineering, compliance and validation services to biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Wise specializes in biotechnology process engineering, GMP facility design, and project management; and is known for implementing cost- and time-saving solutions that still maintain a high level of compliance.

James P. Byers (B.S. '84) died September 27, 2007 at the age of 46 in Toledo, Ohio. Byers was an associate professor of pharmacology at the University of Toledo, where he had been on the faculty for eight years. He was known for his work in pharmacokinetics, the study of how the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes drugs; and also his research on diabetes and gene therapy. Byers was considered a demanding but exceptional teacher by his colleagues and students. More»

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Chan Mo Park, M.S. '64, Ph.D. '69, President of POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) in Korea, recalled his experience at Maryland with The Korea Herald: "I couldn't resist falling madly in love with the computer. I spent every night working and sleeping in front of the computer in the school's computer lab." He went on to tell the Herald that he was "married twice—first with his IBM 1620 computer in 1961 and then with his wife in 1963."

Hsu-Wei Fang, M.S. '96, Ph.D. '03, has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan.

Former adjunct professor William N. Died, 60, died March 25, 2007. Died was a microbiologist and blood specialist remembered for his commitment to improving blood safety, treating blood-related disorders, investigation of mad cow disease, and development of novel bandages to stem hemorrhage. He held positions with the National Cancer Institute, the American Red Cross, STB Ltd., Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals Inc., and Clearant Inc. He was also a Professor in the Graduate Program of the Department of Genetics at George Washington University.

Alumnus Joins Board of Dallas Design Firm
Harold "Hal" Brierley '65, was recently elected to the Board of Directors of Reese Associates, Inc. More»

In Memoriam: Dr. Dick Duffy
Alumnus and former professor established nuclear engineering program. More»

Sungs Establish Two ChBE Professorships
$1.5 million gift aids Great Expectations campaign. More»

Wang, Alumnus Publish Work on Enzyme-Immobilization
Enhanced process could improve biotransformation reactions. More»

Alumnus Publishes Work On Artificial Organs
Chong W. Yung demonstrates new genetic engineering techniques to improve implantable medical devices. More»

Department Mourns Passing of Alumna
Alice Gillette Forman, 30, process engineer. More»

 

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