Richard Lunt has been appointed to the Johansen Crosby Professorship of Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University.
“Receiving the Johansen Crosby endowed chair in chemical engineering is an incredible honor that will help advance our research on energy-related materials, technologies and education,” said Lunt, an assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science. “I am excited to carry on the legacy of academic excellence exemplified in Professor Edwin Johansen Crosby’s career.”
Lunt is known for his role in the development of a solar concentrator that when placed over a window creates solar energy while allowing people to see through it.
Lunt is the recipient of numerous other awards, including an NSF CAREER Award, the DuPont Young Professor Award and the MSU Innovation of the Year Award, among others.
The Johansen Crosby Professorship is part of the educational initiatives of the Johansen Crosby Endowment at MSU and honors the parents of Edwin Johansen Crosby. His father, Edwin Rallard Crosby, owned an electric supply company in Flint, and his mother, Thora Anne Johansen Crosby, was an ardent horticulturist and volunteer for the MSU Cooperative Extension in Flint.
Johansen Crosby received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from MSU in 1950 and continued his studies in Wisconsin, where he served on the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering.
To read more on the Johansen Crosby Endowment, visit http://www.chems.msu.edu/alumni/jcendowment.