UW Chemical Engineering alumnus Philip Harding (PhD, 1997) started in September 2007 as the Linus Pauling Chair in the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University (OSU).
The position is an endowed, five-year appointment (non-tenure track) intended to bring an individual with broad industrial experience into the department with the objective of improving the workforce readiness of graduating seniors.
Harding is responsible for the capstone senior lab courses and preparing students for OSU’s annual Technology Fair in May. He received his PhD in work with John Berg, UW Rehnberg Professor of Chemical Engineering. He has been working with the Hewlett-Packard Corporation in Corvallis, Ore., since completing his doctorate in 1997. He says his new position with OSU is “a dream come true."