NECZA President

Michael A. Smith, PhD, ’99 MSChE, associate professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was elected president of the Northeast Corridor Zeolite Association; he will serve a three-year term. The professional organization unites experts from academia and industry who specialize in the use of zeolites, or minerals composed of silicon and aluminum atoms linked by oxygen bridges in a relatively open, 3D framework. An expert in nanostructured materials, Dr. Smith is director of the Catalytic Reaction and Catalyst Characterization Laboratory at Villanova.