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National Award for Student Paper Presentation Ali Moshfeghian

Ali Moshfeghian, now a graduate student in the School of Chemical Engineering, won Second Place nationally in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Student Paper Contest at the AIChE Annual Meeting held in San Francisco, September 2003.  In the path to qualify for national competition, as a senior ChE student, Ali won First Place at the AIChE regional competition in Lawrence, Kansas.  His paper detailed his work, under the guidance of Dr. Sundar Madihally, on developing techniques to form novel blends of polymers with unique biomechanical properties.  

Judging criteria include oral presentation style, technical content, and ability to satisfy technical questions from the judges.  Notably, for the past several years our students have taken regional and national honors for their presentation of technical work, which frequently becomes accepted for written publication in refereed media.  Ali is sustaining our tradition of student performance at the national level.   

The photo shows Ali with his First Place award after the regional competition.  

Notable: Ali’s father earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering at OSU.  Quite a family heritage!

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