Jeong wins Celanese award for teaching

December 15th, 2009 at 10:14 am |

Hae-Kwon Jeong, assistant professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named this year’s recipient of the Celanese Excellence in Teaching Award.

Dr. Hae-Kwon Jeong

The award recognizes Jeong for his dedication and outstanding contributions to the education and professional development of chemical engineering students at Texas A&M.

“Dr. Jeong has done an outstanding job in the short time he has been with us, and he has shown himself to be a truly outstanding teacher and mentor,” said Department Head and Charles D. Holland ’53 Professor Michael V. Pishko.

This semester Jeong teaches chemical engineering kinetics, which introduces the basic concepts of chemical kinetics and chemical reactor design and analysis.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Jeong conducts research focusing on the development of novel methodologies to design, modify, deposit and microfabricate nanostructured materials and to build them into hierarchical structures and complex forms for wide ranges of applications including separation membranes, selective catalysts, adsorbents as well as micro systems, fuel cells, bio-separation and micro photonics.

Jeong was presented the award in conjunction with the announcement of the winners of this semester’s student plant design competition, part of an intense senior-level capstone chemical engineering course taught by John Baldwin, senior lecturer and assistant head for lower division programs in the department, and sponsored by Celanese Corporation.

Celanese Corporation, which is based in Dallas and employs approximately 8,900 employees worldwide, is a global leader in the chemicals industry. The company manufactures acetyl products, including acetic acid, vinyl acetate monomer and polyacetal products. Celanese also is a world leader in the production of high-performance engineered polymers used in consumer and industrial products.

Written by Ryan Garcia, ryan.garcia99@tamu.edu