Advertisement

If you have an ACS member number, please enter it here so we can link this account to your membership. (optional)

ACS values your privacy. By submitting your information, you are gaining access to C&EN and subscribing to our weekly newsletter. We use the information you provide to make your reading experience better, and we will never sell your data to third party members.

ENJOY UNLIMITED ACCES TO C&EN

Materials

ACS Award In Industrial Chemistry: Ted C. Germroth

by Linda Wang
January 4, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 1

Sponsor: ACS Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry

Citation: For significant innovative achievement that has resulted in important commercial application in copolyester, polyolefin, cellulosic, and specialty polymer products and processes.

Current position: senior technology fellow, Special Products Technology, Eastman Chemical

Education: B.S., chemistry, College of William & Mary; Ph.D., chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Germroth on what gets him inspired: “When I see a production plant that can produce products that people want but it is not running ‘right’—or the product it is producing is not as good as it used to be, could be, or as a competitor’s is—then I want to get involved. I want to understand the macroscopic situation that is generally referred to as engineering (things like heat and mass transfer in the various reactors, pipe, or pumps) and then, with that awareness, dive down to the molecular level.”

What his colleagues say: “His contributions to chemical research in the industrial context are creative and significant, and include all aspects of the field from discovery and invention through commercialization and improvement.”—Gregory W. Nelson, Eastman Chemical

Article:

This article has been sent to the following recipient:

0 /1 FREE ARTICLES LEFT THIS MONTH Remaining
Chemistry matters. Join us to get the news you need.