Graduate Program: Donors and Sponsors

The department receives financial support from various sources, including the University endowment, foundations, corporations, government agencies, and alumni. Funds may be received as unrestricted grants or donations for general educational purposes, or in the form of contracts to perform specific research. As supplements to the University's financial support, these funds purchase equipment and supplies, cover student fellowships and tuition, provide honoraria for speakers at departmental seminars, and support student travel to scientific and technical meetings.

Over the years, alumni and friends have contributed generously towards enriching the quality of student life, sustaining a vibrant intellectual climate in the department, attracting the best faculty, and ensuring the highest level of teaching in the classroom and the laboratory. Some examples include:

  • The Chemical Engineering Fund, made possible through the generosity of graduate alumni.
  • The Joseph C. Elgin Memorial Fund, together with the generous support from his family, has allowed the construction of the modern and elegant Joseph Clifton Elgin Seminar Room.
  • The Undergraduate Laboratory is supported in part through a generous gift from Timothy G. Ewing '82.
  • The Michelle Goudie '93 Senior Thesis Award was established in memory of Michelle Goudie by the DuPont Company.
  • A generous gift from Elbert E. Husted III '42 and Thalia Barbara Husted supports the research of new faculty members and the Undergraduate Laboratory.
  • The Ernest F. Johnson Undergraduate Lounge was made possible through a generous gift from Henry S.P. Kao *73.
  • The William R. Schowalter Travel Fund, endowed by one graduate alumnus, with contributions from other alumni, supports graduate student travel to technical meetings.
  • The Richard K. Toner Memorial Fund was established through the support of alumni, friends, colleagues, and family members of Professor Toner.
  • The George R. Webster '36 Fund was established through the George R. Webster '36 Charitable Remainder Trust.
  • The Richard H. Wilhelm Lectureship was established through the generosity of colleagues, friends and students of Professor Wilhelm.

The support from these friends makes it possible for the department to continue to fulfill its educational and research missions at the highest level of excellence. Their generosity is gratefully acknowledged.

The department is equally grateful to the many companies, foundations, and government agencies listed below, whose sponsorship enables its various research and teaching programs:

Fellowships and Grants

  • Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Central Jersey Section
  • Aspen Technology, Inc.
  • Bristol Myers-Squibb Company
  • ExxonMobil Corporation
  • Halliburton Company
  • Merck and Company, Inc.
  • Millenium Inorganic Chemical
  • Shell Oil Company Foundation
  • Ticona
  • Unilever Research , U.S.

Research Support

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • American Chemical Society
  • Atofina
  • Celator Technologies, Inc.
  • Conrad Program
  • Consortium for Plasma Science
  • Department of Energy
  • Dow Chemical Company
  • Dowell Schlumberger
  • Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
  • E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
  • ExxonMobil Global Services Company
  • ExxonMobil Research and Development Corporation
  • Halliburton Company
  • Invitrogen Life Technologies
  • Max Kade Foundation, Inc.
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Science Foundation
  • National Starch and Chemical Company
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Procter and Gamble Company
  • Rhodia Inc.
  • Sandia National Laboratories