Dr. Christi Patton Luks, teaching professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, co-authored the 2022 best paper published in Chemical Engineering Education. She wrote the paper with:

• Tracy Carter, program coordinator of the communications lab for the College of Engineering at Northeastern University.
• Laura P. Ford, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Tulsa.
• Matt J. Kipper, professor of chemical and biological engineering at Colorado State University.
• Monica Lamm, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at Iowa State University.
• Daniel Lepek, professor of chemical engineering at The Cooper Union.
• Matthew W. Liberatore, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Toledo.
• Jennifer Pascal, associate professor in residence of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Connecticut.
• Neha Raikar, senior lecturer of chemical engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
• David L. Silverstein, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Kentucky, Paducah.
• Christy Wheeler West, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of South Alabama.
• Stephanie Butler Velegol, acting associate department head and teaching professor of chemical engineering at Penn State.
• Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Buffalo.
• Troy Vogel, teaching professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Notre Dame.

The authors received the Corcoran Award at the American Society for Engineering Education’s Chemical Engineering Division awards banquet in Baltimore. The paper is titled “AIChE Virtual Communities of Practice – Supporting Faculty During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The paper describes the creation, methods and affects of the five Virtual Communities of Practice (VCPs) that were formed during COVID-19 to allow faculty to share experiences and best practices.