Posts Tagged ‘McKetta’

Leading Biomolecular Engineers Meet Locally

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Special Blog Post by Tom Truskett

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Special Blog Post by Tom Truskett

Special Blog Post by Tom Truskett: Building a Culture of Discovery and Innovation

Prof. Tom Truskett recently contributed to a special blog series for The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST). The series highlights O’Donnell Award recipients.

TAMEST named Truskett the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award recipient in engineering for 2014.He was … Read the rest »

Bob Schechter’s Memorial Resolution

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Bob Schechter’s Memorial Resolution

Robert S. Schechter was a brilliant teacher, scholar, researcher, mentor and leader. He was a world renowned chemical and petroleum engineer with great accomplishments in both disciplines.  He made major contributions to the areas of fluid mechanics, transport phenomena, surface phenomena, optimization, variational principles, oil-well stimulation and enhanced oil recovery. He inspired countless others to … Read the rest »

Department Partners with Industry to Promote Safety Culture

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Department Partners with Industry to Promote Safety Culture

The department has teamed up with key industry partners to roll out new initiatives to share best practices and keep safety at the forefront of day-to-day operations. The partnership has established lab safety visits and increased safety seminars.

“The primary objective is to raise awareness and foster a safety culture,” said Gary Rochelle, chemical … Read the rest »

Undergraduate Student Hanbi Liu Wins AIChE Separations Poster Competition

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Undergraduate Student Hanbi Liu Wins AIChE Separations Poster Competition

Hanbi Liu, senior undergraduate student, recently won first place in the Division 1 Separations Poster Competition at the annual American Institute of Chemical Engineer’s meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

Liu’s poster, entitled, “Oxidative Degradation of Aqueous Amine Solvents for CO₂ Capture”, presents her research in Professor Gary Rochelle’s lab, studying the relationship between amine structure … Read the rest »

Keith Friedman Promoted to Senior Lecturer

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Keith Friedman Promoted to Senior Lecturer

Lecturer Keith Friedman has been promoted to senior lecturer effective September 1, 2015.

Since joining the department in 2007, Freidman has made practical and pedagogical improvements to experiments and online content for required undergraduate teaching labs. He has improved safety training and specific safety procedures for laboratories, provided excellent teaching, and served on key curricular … Read the rest »

Undergraduate Alex Prybutok’s Whooping Cough Vaccine Poster Places Second At AIChE

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Undergraduate Alex Prybutok’s Whooping Cough Vaccine Poster Places Second At AIChE

Undergraduate Alex Prybutok won second place in the Division of Food, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotechnology Poster Competition at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting in Atlanta.

Alex’s winning poster featured research she is conducting in Dr. Jennifer Maynard’s labto improve therapeutics to fight pertussis, more commonly known as Whooping Cough. Each year … Read the rest »

Undergraduate Research Poster Competition Winners

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Undergraduate Research Poster Competition Winners

The department is pleased to announce winners of the fall 2014 Undergraduate Research Poster Competition:

First Place

Bijal Patel (Johnston Group)
Turning the Electrocatalytic Activity of Perovskite Oxides through Support Interactions
$100 prize

Bijal’s research focuses on improving the performance of perovskite oxides for electrocatalysis. Perovskite-Carbon composites offer a cheap, earth-abundant alternative to current industry-standard Read the rest »

George Georgiou Receives $1.7M Grant To Help The Immune System Eliminate Cancer Cells

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Alumna Dana Sellers To Deliver Engineering Commencement Speech

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Alumna Dana Sellers To Deliver Engineering Commencement Speech

Dana Sellers, chief executive officer of Encore, A Quintiles Company, and B.S. ChE ’75, will deliver the keynote speech at the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Commencement Ceremony Saturday, December 6 at the Frank Erwin Center at 9am.

Encore is a Houston-based health care IT consulting firm serving clients nationwide. In June of this year, Sellers … Read the rest »