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:
Jackson Stolle (Korgel Lab)
Photonic Curing of CuInSe2 Nanocrystals for Inexpensive Solar Cells
Jackson’s research uses semiconductor nanocrystal “solar inks” and low-temperature processing to fabricate inexpensive, highly-efficient … Read the rest »
The AIChE student chapter hosted it’s favorite event of the semester Saturday, April 13-McKetta’s Picnic. The traditional biannual gathering was held at Eastwood’s Park where students met for a fun time.
There was ample delicious food, including fajitas and veggie burgers grilled by super-chefs Brian O’Connor, AIChE vice-president-external, and Matt Ferris, AIChE president. Guacamole made … Read the rest »
Sophomore Sai Gourisankar was recently awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious undergraduate award that encourages outstanding students to pursue careers and advanced degrees in engineering, mathematics and natural sciences.
Gourisankar was one of 271 recipients selected on academic merit from more than 1,100 applicants nationwide. The one-and two-year scholarships are awarded annually … Read the rest »
Assistant Professor Lydia Contreras recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for her proposal titled “Mapping Regulatory Networks in Extremophiles,” which could help determine how cells respond to environmental changes and survive high-stress conditions.
The grant will further Contreras’ research to characterize and understand large-scale networks within a cell. Her work looks at … Read the rest »
Professor Michael Poehl has been named director of Process Industry Practices (PIP), a consortium of process industry owners and engineering construction contractors at The University of Texas at Austin. PIP, a sub-unit of the Construction Industry Institute (CII), harmonizes member companies’ internal standards for design, procurement, construction, and maintenance into a set of industry-wide practices … Read the rest »
Assistant Professor Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz was interviewed as an air quality expert in YNN’s coverage of the recent compost fire at the Hornsby Bend bio-solids plant in Austin, Texas. She commented on possible adverse effects in humans from smoke particles produced by the fire.
Jimmy L. Humphrey, Ph.D. ChE ‘67, recently received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Separations Division Service Award. Humphrey and Dr. C. Judson King received the award for founding the highly successful AIChE Separations Division in 1990.
“The early support from a large number of prospective division members made establishment of the division an … Read the rest »
More than 125 couples have fallen in love and gotten married from the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering. A few ChE couples share their story in celebration of Valentine's Day