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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the article on the first African American to receive a PhD in Chemical Engineering. And he was a BUCKEYE!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://cbe.osu.edu/news/2022/02/alumnus-was-black-engineering-pioneer">https://cbe.osu.edu/news/2022/02/alumnus-was-black-engineering-pioneer</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Umit S. Ozkan, Ph.D., P.E.</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0432FF">Distinguished University Professor<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0432FF">College of Engineering Distinguished Professor</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0432FF">Chair</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0432FF">William G. Lowrie Dept. of Chemical &Biomolecular Engineering</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">The Ohio State University</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="webextlink://151%20W.%20Woodruff%20Avenue,%20Columbus,%20OH%2043210"><span style="color:#0072C6">151 W. Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">614-292-6623 Office</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0432FF"><a href="mailto:ozkan.1@osu.edu"><span style="color:#0432FF">ozkan.1@osu.edu</span></a> <a href="https://cbe.osu.edu/hcrg">https://cbe.osu.edu/hcrg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C00000;background:white">Assistant: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;background:white">Shannon Aliff, aliff.15@osu.edu</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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