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 »
Nicholas A. Peppas, chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmacy, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Ljubljana Dec. 4 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Attendees of the official ceremony included the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Danilo Türk, the President of the Slovenian … Read the rest »
Undergraduate Julie Fogarty won the Commended Synthetic Biology Presentation Award at Rice University’s Regional Undergraduate Chemistry and Biochemistry & Cell Biology Symposium. Her winning presentation was titled “Engineering Low Affinity Protein-Protein Interactions by Functional Presentation on the Phage Coat Protein P8.”
“I am extremely honored to win this award,” said Fogarty. “This was my first … Read the rest »
ChE graduate students Amanda Lanza and Lavanya Mohan recently won first and second place in the 2012 Proctor & Gamble (P&G) Seminar Competition at UT Austin, respectively.
Lanza won first place for her seminar entitled, “Developing New Biotechnology Tools for Understanding and Engineering Cellular Hosts.” She was also awarded a $1,000 prize and a trophy. … Read the rest »
Professor Jim Chelikowsky has won the American Physical Society’s (APS) highest award in the field of computational physics, the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics.
As the director of the Center of Computational Materials, Chelikowsky develops software to design and discover materials for low-cost energy applications. Potential uses include economical battery materials to … Read the rest »
Professor Brian Korgel has been awarded the 2012 Professional Progress Award for Outstanding Progress in Chemical Engineering by the American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
The award, sponsored by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., recognizes Korgel’s leading research in nanoparticle and nanowire synthesis and characterization. The accolade is one of the highest honors presented … Read the rest »
The International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE) has elected Professor Christine Schmidt a 2012 Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE). Professor Schmidt has been recognized with the honor for her contributions to cellular and tissue engineering, including the design of biomaterials to stimulate nerve regeneration.
Fellows are recognized as accomplished … Read the rest »
Sichuan University has recognized the scientific and technological achievements of Professor Nicholas A. Peppas, chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmacy, by conferring him with the title of Honorary Professor.
As one of China’s key universities directly under the State Ministry of Education, Sichuan University … Read the rest »
Roger T. Bonnecaze, T. Brockett Hudson Professor and Bill L. Stanley Leadership Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, was recently named fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
“Election to AIChE Fellow is an honor that testifies the high esteem in which Roger is … Read the rest »
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced its Graduate Research Fellowship recipients for 2012 and The University of Texas Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering tied for second place for the highest number of fellows among top 10 engineering programs in the country.
The University Of California Berkeley College of Engineering received 45 of the fellowships, and … Read the rest »