Olaf A. Hougen was one of the founders of the modern chemical engineering profession. He had a keen sense of responsibility, and believed that leading research departments have an obligation to the profession and to society to work actively to strengthen the crucial link between the generation and dissemination of new knowledge. In this spirit, the following programs are intended to honor Professor Hougen. They are made possible through the outstanding generosity of the alumni and friends of the department who have contributed over many years to the endowed Hougen Professorship Fund through the University of Wisconsin Foundation.
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Programs in honor of Professor Hougen
Hougen Lectureship

The Olaf A. Hougen Professorship
Hougen Scholars Program
Hougen Symposium
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Chemical and Biological Engineering

Hougen Symposium

Also inaugurated in 2003, the Hougen Symposium is an annual event intended to bring together a group of research leaders in chemical and biological engineering to exchange ideas and share with the public information on a topic of current interest to the profession and society generally.

Hougen Symposium, 2017-2018, The Changing Landscape of Heterogeneous Catalysts: Single Metal Atoms as Game-Changers and Design of Single Atom Metal Catalysts on Various Supports

Hougen Symposium 2016-2017, Role of Process Systems Engineering in Chemical Engineering and Recent Advances in Computational Models for the Discrete and Continuous Models of Industrial Process Systems

Hougen Symposium 2011 - 2012, Engineering Microbes for the Chemical Industry

Hougen Symposium, 2008–2009, Frontiers of Liquid Crystals

Hougen Symposium, 2005–2006, On Wisconsin Biotechnology: Honoring Edwin N. Lightfoot

Hougen Symposium, 2004–2005, Engineering Biology from Molecules to Organisms

Hougen Symposium, 2003, Advances in Fuel Cell Science and Technology