The program that better prepares high school students for college engineering programs now reaches 105 schools and 5,000 students in 15 states.
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Dave Allen helps secure $2M to expand ‘Engineer Your World’ program
The program that better prepares high school students for college engineering programs now reaches 105 schools and 5,000 students in 15 states.
Memories of Howard Rase
In honor of our centennial, Professor Don Paul shares memories of his dear friend and former colleague Howard Rase whom we lost in May 2014.
Adam Heller Featured in ECS Masters Series
The Electrochemical Society sat down with Professor Emeritus Adam Heller as part of the ECS Masters video series, highlighting interviews with key figures in electrochemistry, solid state science and technology fields. The interview was filmed during the 228th ECS Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, as part of ECS’ recognition of Heller as the 78th Honorary Member … Read the rest »
Alumnus Jim Rawlings Elected to National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today that alumnus Jim Rawlings (B.S. ’79) has been elected to the prestigious academy.
Rawlings joins 80 new members and 22 new foreign members elected to the NAE in 2016. Election to the academy is among the highest professional distinctions bestowed upon an engineer.
Rawlings is a chemical … Read the rest »
Texas ChEs Compete in SpaceX Hyperloop Competition
Texas ChE undergrads compete in the SpaceX Hyperloop Design Weekend to create new method of high-speed, sustainable mass transit.
FDA Approves Hepatitis C Treatment Co-Invented by Texas ChE Ph.D. Student
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug product Zepatier for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1 and 4 infections in adult patients. Texas ChE Ph.D. student Angela Wagner of Professor Nicholas Peppas’ research group was one of the team of eight researchers to co-invent and patent Zepatier.
Hepatitis … Read the rest »
Contreras And Eldridge Win 2015 TEAChE Awards
Drs. Lydia Contreras and Bruce Eldridge were announced as the winners of the 2015 TEAChE Awards during the 2015 Fall Graduation Lucheon. Both professors were selected through votes made by students who have graduated within the past two years.
The award, given every other year, was established in honor of three outstanding professors emeriti: Dr. … Read the rest »
Alumna Joan Brennecke Receives $2 Million DOE Grant to Study C02 Capture
Alumna Joan Brennecke (B.S. ’84), the Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, is the recipient of a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant for research that could fundamentally change the way the country uses and produces energy.
Brennecke received the grant from the DOE’s Office of … Read the rest »
Kate Baird wins Ruth Crawford Excellence Award
Kate Baird, graduate program coordinator, received the 2015 Ruth Crawford Staff Excellence Award at the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering Annual Holiday Banquet, Dec. 21.
The annual award recognizes excellent staff contributions and is named after former senior staff member Ruth Crawford who devoted 30 years of exemplary service to the department working for … Read the rest »
Georgiou Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Texas ChE professor George Georgiou, the Laura Jennings Turner Chair in Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Election to NAI fellow status is a “professional distinction given to renowned academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made … Read the rest »