Jennifer Maynard, associate professor and Laurence E. McMakin Jr. Centennial Fellow, has been awarded the prestigious title of Emerging Inventor of the Year by The University of Texas at Austin’s Office of Technology and Commercialization (OTC).
The Emerging Inventor of the Year award is a new award category within OTC’s 2015 Inventor of the … Read the rest »
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 »
This year’s international Science Award Electrochemistry from BASF, a centennial title corporate partner of Texas ChE, and Volkswagen was awarded to alumnus Dr. Bryan McCloskey (Ph.D. ’09).
The jury of representatives from BASF, Volkswagen and from academia selected McCloskey for his outstanding research results in the area of lithium-oxygen batteries. He has analyzed the … Read the rest »
Students from the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering recently won the top three spots in the Procter & Gamble Poster Competition hosted by The University of Texas at Austin.
Jessica Hung (Johnston Group) placed first and received a $1,000 cash prize for her poster, “Formation of Stable Low-Viscosity, High Concentration Protein Dispersions with Molecular … Read the rest »
Delia Milliron, associate professor and fellow of the Henry Beckman Professorship, has been appointed as an associate editor for Nano Letters, an American Chemical Society (ACS) publication.
ACS began the publication of chemical research with the Journal of the American Chemical Society in 1879. Today, ACS publishes nearly 50 peer-reviewed journals with cutting-edge … Read the rest »
Adam Heller, chemical engineering research professor and professor emeritus in the Cockrell School of Engineering, has been named the 78th Honorary Member of the Electrochemical Society (ECS). This prestigious recognition is only bestowed upon long-standing ECS members who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of electrochemistry and allied disciplines.
Heller’s work in … 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 »
In the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, there are endless opportunities for you to learn, invent, inspire and lead.
Thomas Truskett, professor and chair of the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Nominated by the Topical Group on Soft Matter, Truskett was cited for “pioneering work elucidating how nanoscale interfaces impact the structure, dynamics and self-assembly of complex fluids and biomolecular systems.”… 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 »
