In the near future, hemophiliacs could be able to treat their disease by simply swallowing a capsule.
Thanks to a breakthrough led by researchers in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, treatment for hemophilia can now be administered via a biodegradable system, a capsule, giving people affected by … Read the rest »
A team of engineers and scientists from the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering is reporting new findings on how the influenza vaccine produces antibodies that protect against disease, research that suggests that the conventional flu vaccine can be improved. The findings were reported in the journal Nature Medicine on Nov. 7.
The UT Austin team … Read the rest »
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting is currently underway in San Francisco, California. The AIChE Annual Meeting is the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professional growth. From Nov. 13 through Nov. 18, academic and industry experts will cover wide range of topics relevant to cutting-edge research, new … Read the rest »
Hal Alper, associate professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious title of Emerging Inventor of the Year by The University of Texas at Austin’s Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC).
A relatively new award category, this is the second-ever Emerging Inventor of the Year award announced by OTC at … Read the rest »
Assistant Professor Lydia Contreras has won the 2017 Biotechnology and Bioengineering Daniel I.C. Wang Award for her research in biotechnology, modeling and simulation. The award is presented by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering and recognizes a young member of the biotechnology/bioengineering academic community for commitment to the journal and … Read the rest »
Originally published on the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s website.
Treatment of autoimmune disorders is most effective when they are diagnosed early. In Sjögren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease that affects the exocrine system, patients suffer from dry eye and dry mouth. Diagnosis is often delayed by six to ten years even after symptoms appear. Currently, … Read the rest »
Originally published on UC Santa Barbara’s The Current.
Imagine charging your cellphone anywhere without having to plug in. Or barely breaking a sweat outside in the middle of summer. How about using a high-performance personal computer that cools its own components?
These ideas, and many like them, may be the realities of the not-so-distant … Read the rest »
Financial Analyst Dyann Confer has been awarded the latest ChE Staff Spotlight Award.
Dyann joined the department in March 2015. From the beginning she has played an essential role in helping us to achieve excellence in our research and educational missions.
Dyann is responsible for analyzing accounts and overhead, maintaining records for endowment and gift … Read the rest »
Meet Dr. Keith Keitz, Texas ChE assistant professor and alumnus of the department (B.S. ’07). Keitz’s research focuses on the interface of synthetic chemistry and synthetic biology with the aim of using synthetic constructs to control biological processes involved in neurodegeneration, gene regulation and biological materials synthesis.
Prior to joining Texas ChE, Keitz was a
Nicholas Peppas, Texas ChE professor and a world-renowned expert in biomaterials and drug delivery systems, has been awarded the Biomedical Engineering Society’s (BMES) prestigious Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award for 2016.
The lectureship is the highest award given by BMES and recognizes one individual each year for his or her outstanding achievements … Read the rest »