Biography

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Delaware Valley Section	Biography

January 20, 2004
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Dianne Dorland

Since 2000, Dr. Dorland has served as Dean of the College of Engineering at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. Dr. Dorland has been active in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers throughout her career, serving as the President of AIChE for 2003.

Born and raised in Belle Fourche, SD. Dr. Dorland received her B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Beginning in 1970, she worked for Union Carbide Research and Development in South Charleston, WV and then as a process engineer for Dupont at Belle until her children were born.

Dr. Dorland taught at West Virginia Institute of Technology in 1981-82 as an Assistant Professor before receiving her PhD in 1985 from West Virginia University. She moved to the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 1986 and served as Chair of that department from 1990 to 2000.

Her areas of research focused on pollution prevention and hazardous waste management. She served on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Great Lakes Initiative Advisory Committee, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Taconite Enhancement Committee, and the Governor's Task Force on Mining and Minerals for Northeastern Minnesota. She was inducted into the WVU Academy of Chemical Engineers in 2002.

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