CATHERINE T. "Katie" HUNT, Ph.D. was the Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor in Engineering at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Dr. Hunt was drawn out of retirement by the opportunity to teach ENGR 4880, lessons learned during her nearly 30-year career in industry. As the R&D Director of Innovation Sourcing & Sustainable Technologies at Dow, she championed multimillion-dollar technology partnerships across academia, industry, national labs, and government agencies. Dr. Hunt is a past president of the American Chemical Society (ACS), an ACS and AAAS Fellow, and current chair of the NSF MPS AC (Math and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee).