Jeff Ting, Texas ChE alumnus (B.S. ’11) and current University of Minnesota chemical engineering graduate student advised by Drs. Frank Bates and Theresa Reineke, is the recipient of the first annual American Institute of Chemical Engineers Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development and Manufacturing (PD2M) Student Award, sponsored by Pfizer. Ting was awarded a commemorative plaque and … Read the rest »
A team of Texas ChE graduate students won the Net Impact and ExxonMobil Energy Bowl, hosted for the first time by the McCombs School of Business on Oct. 22.
Chemical engineering students Abigail Ondeck, Krystian Perez and Sean Wood, along with geological sciences student Jonathan Major, placed first in the competition after answering a … Read the rest »
Inspired by a naturally occurring material found in marine mussels, researchers in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering have created a new flame retardant to replace commercial additives that are often toxic and can accumulate over time in the environment and living animals, including humans.
Flame retardants are added to foams found in mattresses, sofas, … Read the rest »
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), in consultation with Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), presented its University Research Award to professors from the University of Texas at Austin and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in recognition of their outstanding contributions to semiconductor research.
Dr. Grant Willson, professor of chemistry and chemical engineering and the Rashid … Read the rest »
Adam Heller, Texas ChE research professor, will be awarded the 2015 ECS Europe Section Heinz Gerischer Award at the 228th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona October 2015.
Heller’s work in electrochemical engineering has touched the lives of people across the globe. As the inventor of the painless diabetes blood monitor, his … Read the rest »
Nicholas Peppas, the Cockrell Family Regents Chair #6 in Engineering and professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmacy at UT Austin, recently received the 2015 International Award from the European Society for Biomaterials. The award was given at the 27th European Conference on Biomaterials in Krakow, Poland, Sept. 1.
The prestigious accolade … Read the rest »
The Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin is launching the university’s first health care engineering institute dedicated to developing technologies and treatments that will immediately improve patient quality of life.
Led by Nicholas Peppas, a professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, the College of Pharmacy, the Department … Read the rest »
Kyle Klavetter Wins Paper of the Year
Kyle Klavetter has been awarded the Graduate Student Paper of the Year Award and the James R. and Merle Fair Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Chemical Engineering worth $4,000, for his paper entitled “High tap density microparticles of selenium-doped germanium as a high efficiency, stable cycling lithium-ion battery … Read the rest »
Dr. Benny Freeman, Richard B. Curran Centennial Chair for the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, was honored with the American Chemical Society’s Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering 2015 Distinguished Service Award at the 250th ACS National Meeting and Exposition in Boston, Aug. 19.
The award honors the scientist who creates a … Read the rest »
