The department is pleased to announce top presenters for this year’s Graduate Student Seminar Series, as voted by attending first-year and third-year Ph.D. students:
Top Presenter
Ben Wendel (Georgiou Group)
A System Immunology Approach to the Development of Natural Immunity to Malaria
Ben’s research explores the progression of the immune system with age … Read the rest »
Associate Professor Chris Ellison was selected by the National Academy of Engineering as one of 60 engineers to attend the 2015 China-America
Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in Irvine, Calif., June 1-3.
The chosen attendees represented 60 of the most promising engineering talent under the age of 45 from China and the United States. Ellison was … Read the rest »
Yichen Fang, graduate student and research assistant, recently won first place in the Area 8A Poster Competition for polymer research at the American Institute of Chemical Engineer’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
The award recognized the best poster presentation on polymer research out of more than 70 competitors. Fang’s winning poster, entitled “High Performance Nanofiber … Read the rest »
The third annual Texas Soft Matter Meeting is taking place at The University of Texas at Austin Friday, August 22, 2014 from 7am-5:30pm in the Norman Hackerman Building (room 1.720); registration is now open to the public and costs $18.00.
The goal of the Texas Soft Matter Meeting is to encourage collaboration among researchers from … Read the rest »
Chris Ellison, assistant professor, Frank A. Liddell, Jr. Centennial Fellow, and William H. Tonn Professorial Fellow in Chemical Engineering, has been selected for the 2014 Owens Corning Early Career Award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
The award, presented annually by AIChE’s Materials, Engineering, & Sciences Division, recognizes outstanding independent contributions to … Read the rest »
Austin-area alumni attended the McKetta Seminar Series at the J.J. Pickle Research Center on June 4. Department Chair Roger T. Bonnecaze gave an update on the department before introducing Texas ChE Professor Chris Ellison as the keynote speaker.
“It was great to see everyone,” said John J. McKetta, 96-year-old professor emeritus and event host. “The … Read the rest »
