Rosemarie D. Wesson | 2013 Alumni Merit Award Winner: ChE
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Channel: Michigan Engineering · 2013 · Science & Technology
Rosemarie D. Wesson (MSE ChE '85, PhD '88) 2103 Alumni Merit Award Recipient -- Chemical Engineering After taking a leave in 2001 from Dow Chemical, Dr. Wesson joined the Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation as a Visiting Scientist/Engineer. Dr. Wesson is currently the Program Director for the Chemical and Biological Separations Program in the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Division. She is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Maryland. While at Dow, Dr. Wesson was a Senior Research Leader in Dow's Corporate Materials Science R&D area. With her background in chemical engineering, she was responsible for leadership and supervision in the firm's polymer rheology research arena. Prior to joining Dow, Dr. Wesson served on the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Louisiana State University. She has authored or co- authored numerous respected technical papers in the area of numerical analyses of polymer crystallization kinetics and finite-element analyses of polymeric flows, among other topics. Dr. Wesson is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
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