Professor emeritus Patrick Gane awarded by TAPPI as “Outstanding Educator”
Professor Emeritus from the School of Chemical Engineering Patrick Gane was awarded as “Outstanding Educator” at the 2022 TAPPICon in USA on 1st May 2022. TAPPICon is an event for professionals from around the world to discuss top issues, new advancements/technologies and future strategies to help drive the industry forward. This year’s key segments were paper, tissue, nonwovens, reliability & maintenance, recycled paperboard and women in industry.
Mr Gane worked as Professor at the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems during 2006-2021. His research focus areas include interaction of liquids and heat with complex porous network media, including nanoscale phenomena applied to printing, environmental sciences and composite biomaterials. Credited with more than 400 scientific publications and named inventor on over 300 corporate patents. Mr Gane is also an active guest speaker in many events.