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
Unprecedented Measurements Provide Better Understanding of Methane Emissions During Natural Gas Production
A new study led by David Allen, professor of chemical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, reports on extensive measurements of methane emissions — including the first measurements for methane emissions taken directly at the well pad — during completion operations for hydraulically fractured wells. A team of researchers from UT Austin’s … Read the rest »
Hildebrandt Ruiz Research Group Teams Up With NASA For Air Pollution Study
Assistant Professor Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz and her research team have joined forces with NASA and 30 other research groups to run an intense flight and ground-based air quality measurement campaign in Houston, Texas this September.
The campaign is part of a five-year, $30 million mission to improve the ability of satellites to monitor air quality … Read the rest »
Graduate Student Sarena Horava Helps High School Students Discover Research
The fall is fast approaching with school about to start once again. For some ambitious science-minded Austin-area high school students, the summer was less about taking a break and more about gaining a solid research foundation for the future.
Lucia Brunel, Crystal Mountain, Mattie Mouton-Johnson, and Deepak Subramanian are about to enter their senior years … Read the rest »
Smart Windows Innovator To Join Department Faculty
Delia Milliron, a ground-breaking scientist developing new materials used to create smart windows that could lead to big cost and energy savings for commercial buildings and homeowners, has accepted an associate professor position with the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Milliron will join the faculty with a courtesy appointment starting in September 2013. … Read the rest »
Improving Water Recycling at Hydraulic Fracturing Sites
Professor Benny Freeman and team have developed high-efficiency, durable filters to significantly reduce the amount of water and energy hydraulic fracturing requires
Alumnus Adam Ekenseair Joins Northeastern University Faculty
Adam Ekenseair, Ph.D. ChE ‘10 recently accepted a position as an assistant professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ekenseair is a former Ph.D. student of Nicholas Peppas, the Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair in Engineering, Chairman of the Biomedical Engineering Department, and Professor of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacy at … Read the rest »
Convening With Nobel Laureates
Zachary Smith is one of the nation’s top graduate students selected to mix and mingle with Nobel Laureates at the 63rd Annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany this summer
Alumna Dr. Laura Suggs’ Work to Combat Cancer
By Taylor Birk, B.S. biomedical engineering ’13
Courtesy of Vector, the student engineering magazine
Editors-in-Chief: Arnold Hechanova and Lucy Xie
The engineering stars are among us – many of the best and brightest engineers in the world are right here on The University of Texas at Austin campus. As students, we often overlook the incredible … Read the rest »
Graduate Student Yongjin Lee Receives Electrochemical Society Fellowship
Graduate student Yongjin Lee has received a Joseph W. Richards Summer Fellowship from The Electrochemical Society (ECS). Lee is one of only five researchers selected worldwide for this prestigious award.
Lee works in the area of renewable energy technologies under Professor Gyeong Hwang. He develops and utilizes computational tools to test and identify high-performance … Read the rest »