The award honors Heller’s work on ground-breaking diabetes management products that have improved the quality of life of millions.
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Adam Heller Awarded Torbern Bergman Medal in Analytical Chemistry
The award honors Heller’s work on ground-breaking diabetes management products that have improved the quality of life of millions.
Professor Emeritus Howard F. Rase Passes Away
A devoted faculty member and professor emeritus for more than 50 years, the department is sad to announce Dr. Rase's passing.
Michael Baldea Wins Grand Challenge Award
Assistant Professor Michael Baldea has received a W. A. “Tex” Moncrief Grand Challenge Award for his research addressing some of society’s biggest challenges using computational engineering and science.
Baldea was one of four recipients this year alongside Tan Bui-Thanh, assistant professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics; Thomas J. R. Hughes, professor of aerospace engineering … Read the rest »
Top-Ranked Graduate Programs
The department’s graduate program maintained its No.6 spot in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings, while the Cockrell School rose to No. 10.
Revolutionizing Medicine With At-home Therapeutic Treatments
Thomas Truskett and a team of colleagues and graduate students in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering are breaking barriers to discover ways to create injectable, liquid-form therapeutic proteins that can be used for at-home treatments for diseases.
In his recent lecture at The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST) … Read the rest »
Alum Jeetain Mittal Named 2014 Sloan Research Fellow
Jeetain Mittal, Ph.D. ChE 2007, has been named a 2014 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry.
Mittal is one of 126 scholars in the United States and Canada to receive the award, which recognizes the most promising scientific researchers working today. Recipients’ achievements and potential identify them as rising stars and place them … Read the rest »
Converting Yeast Cells into ‘Sweet Crude’ Biofuel
Assistant professor Hal Alper and his team of students have developed a new source of renewable energy, a biofuel from genetically engineered yeast cells and ordinary table sugar. This yeast produces oils and fats, known as lipids, that can be used in place of petroleum-derived products.
Given that the yeast cells grow on sugars, Alper … Read the rest »
Professor Doug Lloyd Retires
Doug Lloyd, the Henry Beckman Professor in Chemical Engineering, retired January 15, 2014 after 33 years of teaching and service to the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering.
After joining the department in 1981, Lloyd served as associate chairman and undergraduate advisor in addition to serving the Cockrell School of Engineering as associate dean. He … Read the rest »
Using Yeast To Make Fuels And Chemicals
A new study led by Hal Alper, assistant professor and Fellow of the Paul D. & Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professorship, along with a team of graduate and undergraduate students was recently published on advances in efficient conversion of renewable plant material into fuels and chemicals.
The study, “Rewiring yeast sugar transporter preference … Read the rest »
Senior Anny Pan Wins AIChE Poster Award
Senior Anny Pan recently won first place in the Food, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology division Poster Session at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Anny’s poster, “Metabolic Engineering of the Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, for Itaconic Acid Production,” describes metabolic engineering efforts to produce a monomer, itaconic acid, from sugar using Baker’s yeast.… Read the rest »