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Simon named head of Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Sindee L. Simon, a recognized leader in the area of polymer physics and an experienced educational administrator, will succeed Peter Fedkiw as head of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering effective July 1, 2021.

Simon is a P.W. Horn Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University and served as the Whitacre Department Chair from 2012 to 2019.

Her research interests include the physics of the glass transition, cure and properties of thermosetting materials, and properties and reactivity at the nanoscale.

Her honors and recognitions include the International Award, as well as the Research / Engineering Technology Award, from the Society of Plastics Engineers; the Mettler Toledo Outstanding Achievement Award from the North American Thermal Analysis Society; and Fellowship in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Physical Society, the Society of Plastics Engineers and the North American Thermal Analysis Society.

With Simon as chair, the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech saw a near doubling of its undergraduate enrollment, a 50-percent increase in doctoral student enrollment and 50-percent growth in research expenditures. Simon earned a bachelor’s degree (cum laude) from Yale University and a Ph.D. from Princeton University, both in chemical engineering.

Prior to joining Texas Tech, she held a faculty position at the University of Pittsburgh and worked as a materials engineer with Beech Aircraft Corporation.


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