Alumni News Briefs - Spring 2021 Roundup
Alumna Assumes Presidency
Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP), a global leader in infection prevention and a wholly-owned operating company of Fortive Corporation (NYSE: FTV), named former Medtronic and Philips executive Aisha Barry (’95) as president of the company.
Previously, she was vice president and general manager for the Patient Monitoring category at Philips. Before that, she was vice president and general manager of Patient Management Software for Medtronic.
Earlier this year, Barry was appointed to the Kaman Corporation Board of Directors.
Crucial Work at a Critical Time
Biopharmaceutical cold chain engineering firm Modality Solutions, owned by Dan Littlefield (‘86, ‘88) and recently featured on the Today Show, has worked over the last six months to support the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and therapies, conducting transport simulation testing on almost one-half of these life-saving drugs.
“I was happy and honored to be one of the many people working hard to ensure safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine distribution,” said Kelsey Crawford (‘18).
Other Ohio State CBE alumni employees include Robert Battista (‘16), Rachel Sawyer (‘19), and Andrew Larrigan (‘16).
AIChE’s “35 Under 35”
Outcomes are better when people with diverse expertise, backgrounds and perspectives are brought to problem-solving. AIChE has recognized the work of Bucknell University’s Assistant Professor Elif Miskioglu (’15 MS/PhD) in this regard by naming her to its “2020 35 Under 35” list.
Professor Miskioglu works to help future engineers surmount societal challenges in science and engineering, promoting greater inclusivity.
Her research focuses on studying the development of engineering expertise, with a specific focus on 1) the construct of intuition and its role in on-the-job judgements and 2) evidence-based methods for improving the support structures of underrepresented minorities in STEM.
Fortune’s ”Most Admired”
LyondellBasell, one of the world’s largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies and led by CEO and Chairman Bob Patel (‘88), was named to Fortune Magazine’s list of “World’s Most Admired Companies®” for the 4th year in a row.
“This type of recognition is a direct reflection of the quality of our team,” said Patel.
Included in that group of employees are other CBE alumni Dr. Hrishikesh (Rishi) Munj (‘12 MS, ‘14 PhD), LB’s Global AD/TS Specialist; Nicholas Braun (‘16), Process Engineer; Brennan Muha (‘20), Assoc. Engineer; Rick Watson (‘01 PhD), Research Engineer; and Bradley Wooledge (‘95).
In February, Halliburton named Patel to its board of directors.
Young Achievement Award
Jess Tufts (‘12) won the Young Pipeliners International John Tiratsoo Award for Young Achievement.
Tufts is Operations Superintendent of Gray Oak Pipeline, Phillips 66’s largest crude oil pipeline running 1MM BPD. She has served in multiple engineering roles in Phillip 66’s Midstream Operations, receiving promotions following her success in managing multiple engineers and large capital projects.
She was also part of the management team working to recover and restore operations during Hurricane Harvey and served as the Incident Commander to restore Midstream Operations in Lake Charles, LA after Hurricane Laura.
A Four-Time Fellow
Columbia University’s Ah-Hyung Alissa Park (‘05 PhD), the Director of Columbia’s Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Department Chair of the Earth and Environmental Engineering, and a former member of the Fan Group, was selected as an AIChE Fellow. She was named a fellow of AAAS, ACS and RSC last year.
Dr. Park is a world leader on CO2 emission control who studies carbon capture, utilization and storage, sustainable energy conversion systems, particle technology and multiphase flows.
She has received many other awards, including the U.S. C3E Research Award, the AIChE PSRI Lectureship Award, and the ACS ENFL Emerging Researcher Award, all in 2018. She got the NSF CAREER Award in 2009.
