Hal Alper has won the 2013 Biotechnology and Bioengineering Daniel I.C. Wang Award for his research in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. The award is presented by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering. The award recognizes a young member of the biotechnology/bioengineering academic community for commitment to the journal and … Read the rest »
Graduate student Amanda Lanza recently won Top Overall Poster in the Student/ Young Investigator Poster Award Competition sponsored by the journal Metabolic Engineering at the Metabolic Engineering IX Conference in Biarritz, France.
Lanza’s poster, A quantitative, graded dominant mutant approach for probing protein function and gene regulation, won the honor out of 213 submissions and … Read the rest »
Lavanya Mohan, a graduate researcher advised by Professor and Department Chair Roger T. Bonnecaze, has been awarded the Chateaubriand Fellowship and Eiffel Fellowship to fund a 6-month study at the ESPCI ParisTech research center in Paris, France. Lavanya will be performing experiments on advanced rheological additives-substances that modify the flow behavior of materials.
“This … 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 »
Alumna Joan Brennecke, B.S. ChE ’84, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineers (NAE) for innovation in the use of ionic liquids and supercritical fluids for environmentally benign chemical processing-particularly stripping carbon dioxide from power plant gasses.
Brennecke currently works at the University of Notre Dame as the Keating-Crawford Professor in … Read the rest »
From exploding soda cans to comparing dead end filtration to a vacuum cleaner, Chemical Engineering Professor Jennifer Maynard has a knack for bringing lecture material to life, but it is her effort outside the classroom that really inspired students to grant her a 2012 Texas Exes Teaching Award.
“Words cannot express the extent to which … Read the rest »
The ChE Over 65s met for their bi-annual luncheon at the Austin Women’s Club on Monday where Professor Buddie Mullins’ presented his research to improve lithium-ion batteries.
The group, all ChE alums over the age of 65, enjoyed a clever chemical engineering rendition of “Let it Snow” performed a cappella by Teresa Sipes Hurley, B.S. … Read the rest »
ChE alumni turned out to watch the Longhorns beat the Texas Tech Red Raiders at the annual tailgate party and celebrated the Challenge for McKetta campaign reaching an important milestone – $10 million raised towards the $25 million goal.
“We enjoyed the celebration and the game,” said Darrell Jacob, B.S. ChE ‘75. “It was a … Read the rest »
Dr. Christine Schmidt, professor of biomedical engineering and chemical engineering, and graduate student Sarah Mays were featured on Fox 7’s “Good Day Austin” for their ground-breaking work on regenerating body tissue.
“This is something I feel like I would read out of a science fiction book,” said Reporter Keri Bellacosa. “This research is amazing.”… Read the rest »