Kathleen J. Stebe, a former professor and chair in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is one of 15 men and women t inducted into the university’s Society of Scholars on Monday.
Stebe is the Richer and Elizabeth M. Goodwin Professor of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where she also serves as deputy dean for research in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. A respected researcher, Stebe focuses on capillary phenomena, assembly at interfaces and within complex fluids, and interfacial flows, with particular emphasis on how surfactants can be used to direct stresses at interfaces and to alter drop breakup modes. Following completion of her PhD in chemical engineering at the Levich Institute and a postdoctoral year at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Stebe joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Johns Hopkins, where she rose through the ranks to become a professor and department chair and received a Robert S. Pond Excellence in Teaching Award. She moved to the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. Stebe has been a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, was named a fellow of the American Physical Society, and received the Frenkiel Award from the APS’ Division of Fluid Dynamics.
Excerpted from The Hub.