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I received a B.E. degree in Chemical Engineering from Youngstown State in Youngstown, Ohio and a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. I joined the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky in 1987 and served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering from 1996-1999. The most exciting aspect of my career is working with students both in the classroom and in the laboratory. My research focuses on using chemical engineering principles to study biological systems and I enjoy teaching students about this unique and exciting area. The toughest barrier that I had to overcome was dealing with being the only woman in a man's field. At the time when I decided to pursue engineering, there were very few women in this field. I was the only woman in my first engineering course and was also the first woman faculty member hired into the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky. Many times, I felt like I didn't belong simply because I was a woman. While women students now constitute over 30% of our chemical engineering classes, we still have a long way to go in attracting more female students to this area.
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