The Department of Chemical Engineering Advisory Council was instituted in Fall 2004 by Department Chair Arijit Bose. The Advisory Council will have many roles, including providing feedback to the department about its programs and acting as an advocate on its behalf.

The Advisory Council members are

• Dr. John Nystrom ('67, B.S. Chem. Eng.; '74, Ph.D. Chem. Eng.), VP of Pharmaceutical Operations, Millennium Pharmaceuticals (see press release), - Chair
• David am Ende, Ph.D., Associate Research Fellow, Chemical R&D, Pfizer Inc.
• Dr. Robert Andren ('66, B.S. Chem. Eng.; '72, Ph.D., Chem. Eng.), Senior VP Operations (Retired), Amgen Inc.
• Dr. John Andries, Senior VP Technology, Teknor Apex Company
• Ken Chang, Director of Product Development, Torayfan Division, Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
• Dr. Frank Csillag, Director Research & Development, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
• Dr. Elizabeth Dussan, Corporate Advisor, Schlumberger-Doll Research
• Diana A. Hayes ('79, B.S. Chem. Eng.), Dupont Imaging Technologies
• Dr. Sourav Kundu, Associate Director, Process Development, Amgen Inc.
• Dr. Yakov Kutsovsky, VP of Research and Development, Cabot Corp.
• Professor Lisa Pruitt ('88, B.S. Chem. and Ocean Eng., Materials Eng.), Chancellor's Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• Jeffrey C. Wilson, ('74 B.S. Chem. Eng.), Global Product Manager, DuPont Aramids Intermediates

The most recent meeting of the Advisory Council was on October 6, 2007.