Leading experts in biomolecular engineering recently attended the 5th International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering (ICBE) at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines near Austin, Texas.
This event was co-chaired by Hal Alper, associate professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at UT Austin, and Mattheos Koffas, professor from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.… Read the rest »
Thomas Truskett, department chair and the Les and Sherri Stuewer Endowed Professor, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Nominated by their peers, Fellows represent the top two percent of the most accomplished medical and biological engineers leading medical discovery and innovation.
Truskett was recognized for … Read the rest »
Nicholas Peppas, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and the College of Pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
The Royal Society of Chemistry, founded in 1841, is the United … Read the rest »
The department has teamed up with key industry partners to roll out new initiatives to share best practices and keep safety at the forefront of day-to-day operations. The partnership has established lab safety visits and increased safety seminars.
“The primary objective is to raise awareness and foster a safety culture,” said Gary Rochelle, chemical … Read the rest »
Undergraduate Alex Prybutok won second place in the Division of Food, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotechnology Poster Competition at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
Alex’s winning poster featured research she is conducting in Dr. Jennifer Maynard’s labto improve therapeutics to fight pertussis, more commonly known as Whooping Cough. Each year … Read the rest »
Dana Sellers, chief executive officer of Encore, A Quintiles Company, and B.S. ChE ’75, will deliver the keynote speech at the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Commencement Ceremony Saturday, December 6 at the Frank Erwin Center at 9am.
Encore is a Houston-based health care IT consulting firm serving clients nationwide. In June of this year, Sellers … Read the rest »
Rebekah Scheuerle (B.S. ChE ‘13), the newly elected President of the Gates Cambridge Scholars Council, has won a National Instruments (NI) Engineering Impact Award in the Biomedical category for her use of LabVIEW and NI DAQ hardware to verify devices that prevent HIV transmission between mother and child during breastfeeding.
According to the World Health … Read the rest »
U.S. News & World Report has ranked UT Austin No. 30 in the world in its first-ever Global University Rankings.
Known as an industry leader and a true family man, the department remembers Richard “Dick” Rothwell as a former active student with superior academic skills and a generous heart
The Engineering Chamber Orchestra allows busy engineering students flexibility to play music on their own terms