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 »
Roger T. Bonnecaze, the William and Bettye Nowlin Chair in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
AAAS fellows are chosen annually by their peers to recognize their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
Bonnecaze … Read the rest »
Van N. Truskett, B.S. ChE ‘96 and jetting technology manager at Canon Nanotechnologies, Inc., has been awarded the 2014 Industrial Research & Development Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
The award honors individuals or teams working in industries served by chemical engineers for innovation that has resulted in the successful commercialization of … Read the rest »
Adam Heller, a research professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the 2014 Service to Society Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
The award recognizes outstanding contributions by a chemical engineer to community service and to the solution of socially oriented problems. Heller is being honored for … Read the rest »
The Nature Index, a new ranking from the prestigious journal Nature, rates The University of Texas at Austin No. 26 among the world’s most productive scientific research institutions.
UT Austin ranks No. 15 among all U.S. universities and No. 7 among public universities.
The ranking, which includes nonacademic institutions, is based on research … Read the rest »
Ph.D. candidate Cara Touretzky has been awarded a highly competitive Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to further her work to improve energy efficiency in residential and commercial buildings.
Touretzky was one of 105 recipients recognized nationwide for cutting-edge research in environmental science. She will receive research funding … Read the rest »
The beloved professor emeritus taught engineering at UT Austin for 41 years.
Sai P. Gourisankar, junior and undergraduate researcher in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded an Astronaut Scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
He is one of 28 students nationwide to receive the $10,000 scholarship, which is given to “outstanding students who exhibit motivation, imagination and exceptional performance in the fields of … Read the rest »
Five science-minded high school students were mentored by chemical engineering and biomedical engineering graduate students this summer to learn about oral drug delivery research in a university lab setting.
Sofia Kennedy a senior at Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin and Kevin Lee, Frank Muehleman, Sam Norwood, and John Sullivan, all students at St. … Read the rest »
In 1903, a 14-year-old Ukrainian boy named John McKetta packed a suitcase and headed for Pennsylvania for $25, ($15 of which he gave to his father), a job in the coal mines, and a place to live.
That youngster had a lot on his mind – mainly … Read the rest »