ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: LINDA BROADBELT Renowned for kinetic modeling expertise, this Northwestern University professor got her start in research at UD
From research on biofuels to studies of polymer and nanocomposite materials, Linda Broadbelt has made a big impact on the world through chemical engineering. Broadbelt, the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Associate Dean for Research at Northwestern University, received her doctoral degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware in 1994. As doctoral student at UD, Broadbelt was advised by Michael Klein, now the Unidel Dan Rich Chair in Energy, and she developed expertise in kinetic modeling, which is used to understand the behavior of complex chemical systems. Now, Broadbelt is one of America’s most distinguished engineers in the field of kinetic modeling. In October 2019, Broadbelt was inducted as a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), a nonprofit institution whose membership includes about 2,000 of the most accomplished and influential engineers in America. She was selected “for contributions to complex kinetic modeling, particularly for understanding the pathways by which hydrocarbons and polymers undergo pyrolysis,” according to the NAE.
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Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
