Arthur Ragauskas, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair in Biorefining, has received the prestigious Program Committee's Professional Achievement Award for Innovations in Green Process Engineering from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
AIChE cited Arthur for his "outstanding professional achievement in advancing Green Process Engineering" and his "distinguished contribution as an educator."
Arthur is a researcher in ORNL's Biosciences Division and a member of the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center. He is also affiliated with the University of Tennessee's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the UT Institute of Agriculture's Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries.
Arthur will receive the award in October at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis.