Catherine Masoud and Bill Wheatle have jointly won TA of the Year and will each be awarded the Paige H. and J. Jeff Weidner Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Chemical Engineering for their outstanding work in the past year.
Catherine was the TA for CHE 348, Numerical Methods with Dr. Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz for both Fall … Read the rest »
Venkat Ganesan, the Kenneth A. Kobe Professor in Chemical Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for “contributions to innovative computer simulation approaches and analysis of equilibrium and dynamic properties of multicomponent polymeric materials and nanocomposites.”
“Venkat is a real pioneer in the modeling of a variety of polymer based … Read the rest »
Graduate student Yong-Mao Lin has received one of the most prestigious fellowships given by The University of Texas at Austin: The William C. Powers Graduate Fellowship.
Students awarded these fellowships are considered to be among the most academically competitive scholars on campus. It includes a financial package totaling $36,000 over a twelve-month period to support … Read the rest »
Jackson Stolle, Jeff Thompson and Wesley Cole have each been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships.
The award includes a $30,000 stipend per year for the next three years, a $10,500 educational allowance and supercomputer access.
“We’re really pleased to add three more fellows to our department,” said Professor Isaac … Read the rest »