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 »
Chemical engineering researchers Taylor Harvey and Aaron Chockla will represent The University of Texas at Austin to compete against some of the world’s top universities for more than $1 million in prizes at the 15th annual Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice University in Houston, Texas April 16-18.
Harvey and Chockla will pitch product information … Read the rest »
Graduate student Zhenpeng Li won third place in the Procter & Gamble Poster Competition recently hosted by The University of Texas at Austin.
Li’s winning poster, entitled “Liquid Crystalline Polymer Multilayer Films for High Barrier Materials,” showcases his work in utilizing liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) as an alternative to conventional polymers to boost productivity and … Read the rest »
The department is pleased to announce top presenters for this year’s Graduate Student Seminar Series, as voted by attending first-year and third-year Ph.D. students:
Jackson Stolle (Korgel Lab)
Photonic Curing of CuInSe2 Nanocrystals for Inexpensive Solar Cells
Jackson’s research uses semiconductor nanocrystal “solar inks” and low-temperature processing to fabricate inexpensive, highly-efficient … Read the rest »
Chemical engineering was mentioned in four of the Cockrell School’s Top 10 stories of 2012
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 »
What if we could harness sunlight by converting it into usable electric power for a price that’s competitive with fossil fuels? Unlike the traditionally bulky and expensive solar panels available now, solar cells would be flexible, mass-produced and printed like newspapers. Such a scenario would lead to an energy source that’s not only green – … Read the rest »
Jackson Stolle, Jeff Thompson and Wesley Cole have each been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships.
The award includes a $30,000 stipend per year for the next three years, a $10,500 educational allowance and supercomputer access.
“We’re really pleased to add three more fellows to our department,” said Professor Isaac … Read the rest »
