AIChE talked with Brian Korgel about his Professional Progress Award lecture entitled “At Least 1,000X Thinner Than a Human Hair.” The presentation discussed how advances in nanomaterials synthesis and processing are creating new opportunities, as well as new challenges, for chemical engineers. His talk also described what is unique about these “products of … Read the rest »
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AIChE Interviews Brian Korgel About His Professional Progress Award
Seniors Start A Legacy
Six seniors have each pledged $5,000 over five years to create a Senior Class Endowment that will fund undergraduate research opportunities and teaching incentives. They hope others give, too.
Meet The OXE Officers
Find out more about the students leading Omega Chi Epsilon, the national chemical engineering honor society student chapter.
The McKetta Tailgate: What a Success, Thanks Phillips 66!
More than 300 ChE students, alumni and friends tailgated with beloved Professor Emeritus John McKetta on the front lawn of the Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Building Saturday, September 21 before the Texas vs. Kansas State football game.
Slow-smoked barbeque was served with cold drinks and several tailgaters proudly put their horns up to pose for … Read the rest »
Alumnus Dennis Griffith Becomes AIChE Treasurer and ChE Donor
Alumnus Dennis Griffith, B.S. ChE ‘70, has been elected treasurer of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). As treasurer, he will be responsible for the overall financial health of AIChE and will monitor, review and report the organization’s financial activities.
Dennis is a Fellow of AIChE and a senior project manager at … Read the rest »
Double Vision
Meghali and Sonali Chopra are identical twins. They both have long dark hair, bright smiles, and have jointly agreed that Sonali will wear bangs and Meghali will not. They never went through that rebellious phase of forging their own paths.
In fact, they’ve been colleagues and collaborators as long as they can remember—ever since they … Read the rest »
Peppas Presents AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Lecture
As the 2013 AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (NSEF) Award winner, Professor Nicholas Peppas will give a lecture at a dedicated plenary session Monday, November 4, 2013 at 3:15pm in the Continental 2 Room at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square.
Peppas’ presentation entitled, Emerging Frontiers in Rational Design and Application of Nanotechnology in … Read the rest »
Engineering Education and Research Center Moves Closer to Reality
The University of Texas at Austin has cleared a major hurdle in its effort to build the new Engineering Education and Research Center, with the UT System Board of Regents approving a $310 million funding plan for the building.
The new center will provide Cockrell School of Engineering students and faculty members with state-of-the-art … Read the rest »
A Journey to Greatness Started in a Coal Mine
By Forrest Preece
West Austin News
Part 1
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 »
John J. McKetta Jr. Honored for Service to Local Senior Citizens
Professor Emeritus John J. McKetta Jr. received the Philanthropist of the Year Award for his outstanding service to local senior citizens from LeadingAge Texas, a non-profit servicing the needs of Texas retirees, at the organization’s 54th Annual Meeting and Trade Show in Austin, Texas.
LeadingAge knows John McKetta as the “man with a golden … Read the rest »