Alumni & Friends

The University of Tennessee Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering values the backing of our loyal alumni and friends and encourages campus visits and participation in college and university activities.

Here are some examples of who our CBE alumni are, where they are, and what they are doing:

Bivens, Donald B. ('62)
Donald B. Bivens (lindonbiv@prodigy.net) joined DuPont Company in 1966; now senior technology fellow in DuPont Fluoroproducts, Wilmington, DE. Received the 1999 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute Schulze Award for distinguished service to the industry. (posted 12/07)

Bouffard, Leif
Leif Bouffard (BS/ChE ’73) was named Engineer of the Year by the Central Florida Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers at the 32nd Annual Technical Conference in Clearwater, FL, June 2008. Mr. Bouffard is currently with Mosaic Fertilizer LLC as Energy and Strategy Engineering Supervisor. (posted 8/08)

Jenkins, Leonard (BS/ChE '89)
Leonard Jenkins is currently Director of Technical Guidance Research for Coca Cola North America's Innovation Organization. He has received International patents for Improved Beverage Microbial Stability (P&G '96) and for Improved PET Barrier Performance (TCCC '07). Leonard resides in Atlanta, Georgia. (posted 12/07)

Lawrence, Bill ('98)
Bill Lawrence (blawrence@mmm.com) of 3M Corporation tranferred to the Decatur, AL, facilities. He will be working with polyester coextrusion technology making multi-layer optical films. (posted 12/07)

Melosh, Michael (BS/ChE '94)
Michael Melosh graduated from the University of Phoenix in November of 2006 with a Master of Arts in Education. He is now a fully licensed teacher in the state of Colorado. As of November 2008, Michael teaches physics and mathematics at the Florence Crittenton School in Denver, CO. (posted 12/07; updated 10/09)

To submit information, please send your email to Lori Daniels at lori.daniels@utk.edu.

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If you wish, you can view our previous alumni newsletters.