Each year the Executive Board of the National Program Committee invites a distinguished member to present a comprehensive authoritative review of the chemical engineering science in his or her field of specialization at the AIChE Annual Meeting. This year’s Institute Lecture will be presented by: DR. CAROL K. HALL, Alcoa Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State, who was named to National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in Feb of 2005.