ChemE’s Taryn Bayles Named American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellow
PITTSBURGH, PA (May 10, 2017) … The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has elected Taryn Bayles, professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, as a Fellow. Fellow is the highest grade of membership with AIChE. It requires 25 years of excellence in chemical engineering practice, at least 10 years of membership and participation with AIChE, and Senior Membership at the time of election.
“This is a tremendous accolade for Taryn, and our department couldn’t be more proud,” noted Steven R. Little, the William Kepler Whiteford Professor and Chair of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. “Taryn is one of the nation’s most noted experts in engineering education, and literally wrote the book (with a co-author) on engaging high school students in engineering. Her contributions to the department are exceeded only by the passion for engineering that she encourages in our student body.”
Dr. Bayles is the fourth professor at the University of Pittsburgh to become an AIChE Fellow, including Karl Johnson, George Klinzing, and Dean Gerald Holder.
The AIChE limits the number of Fellows at any time to five percent of the sum of Fellows, Senior Members, and Members. Fellows must be nominated by a member of AIChE, and the grade of Fellow is intended to honor and reward AIChE members for their accomplishments and service.
About Dr. Bayles
Taryn M. Bayles is a non-tenure stream (NTS) Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and serves as the Chair of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Education Division. She has spent part of her career working in industry with Exxon, Westinghouse, and Phillips Petroleum. Her industrial experience has included process engineering, computer modeling and control, process design and testing, and engineering management. She has also spent over 20 years teaching Chemical Engineering at the University of Nevada Reno, University of Pittsburgh, University of Maryland College Park, and University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Dr. Bayles research focuses on Engineering Education and Outreach to increase awareness of and interest in pursuing engineering as a career, as well as to understand what factors help students be successful once they have chosen engineering as a major. She is the co-author of the INSPIRES (INcreasing Student Participation, Interest and Recruitment in Engineering & Science) curriculum, which introduce high school students to engineering design through hands-on experiences and inquiry-based learning with real world engineering design challenges. This curriculum targets the International Technology and Engineering Education Association Standards as well as National Next Generation Science Standards and aligns with the Framework for K-12 Science Education.
About AIChE
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals with more than 50,000 members from over 100 countries. AIChE has the breadth of resources and expertise from core process industries to emerging areas, such as translational medicine.
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