New faculty award established in honor of Professor Scott Fogler
With over 50 years of service to the U-M, Professor Fogler has made outstanding contributions to the field of chemical engineering through his teaching, textbooks and research.
The College of Engineering has established the H. Scott Fogler Award for Professional Leadership and Service in recognition of Professor Scott Fogler’s decades of service to the College and the field of chemical engineering.
With over 50 years of service to the U-M, Professor Fogler has made outstanding contributions to the field of chemical engineering through his teaching, textbooks and research. He is currently the Vennema Professor of Chemical Engineering and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor. During his tenure with the College, Professor Fogler authored a textbook, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering (5th Edition), that has been the dominant text worldwide for the last 27 years In addition, Professor Fogler has written 240 research publications, graduated 47 PhD students. In terms of national leadership, he has served as president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and he has chaired the Chemical Engineering Division of the American Society of Engineering Education.
In honor of Professor Fogler’s global contributions and achievements, the H. Scott Fogler Award for Professional Leadership and Service will recognize engineering faculty members with similar attributes and demonstrated successes.The Award will be given to a distinguished faculty member who has exhibited the following: (1) significant national or international impact within the field of engineering through leadership or service external to the College; (2) leadership and service with professional societies and organizations, governments, or other public or private non-governmental organizations, and/or the authoring of definitive texts within the field of engineering; and (3) impact of this service and leadership through confirmed outcomes and/or external recognition of contributions.
Scott says, “The synergism of being at one of the top academic institutions in the world, where you are surrounded by outstanding faculty and staff, where you can cheer for one of the top college athletic programs in the U.S. and attend incredible events at the prodigious School of Music’s Musical Theatre Program, has made living in Ann Arbor so enjoyable. I have been blessed to work with so many talented and personable undergraduate and graduate students during my 53 years in Ann Arbor. It has been an extremely rewarding experience to be a part of the University of Michigan all these years.”
This award will be presented alongside the other prestigious awards at the College’s annual faculty honors program.