For the second year in a row, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers student chapter has been crowned champions of Engineering Week.
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AIChE Retains E-Week Title
For the second year in a row, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers student chapter has been crowned champions of Engineering Week.
Edgar Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Thomas F. Edgar, professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and director of UT Austin’s Energy Institute, is one of four professors from the Cockrell School of Engineering to be elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE) this year.
The academy also elected Gregory L. Fenves, executive vice president and … Read the rest »
AIChE Interviews Brian Korgel About His Professional Progress Award
AIChE talked with Brian Korgel about his Professional Progress Award lecture entitled “At Least 1,000X Thinner Than a Human Hair.” The presentation discussed how advances in nanomaterials synthesis and processing are creating new opportunities, as well as new challenges, for chemical engineers. His talk also described what is unique about these “products of … Read the rest »
Seniors Start A Legacy
Six seniors have each pledged $5,000 over five years to create a Senior Class Endowment that will fund undergraduate research opportunities and teaching incentives. They hope others give, too.
Peppas Presents AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Lecture
As the 2013 AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (NSEF) Award winner, Professor Nicholas Peppas will give a lecture at a dedicated plenary session Monday, November 4, 2013 at 3:15pm in the Continental 2 Room at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square.
Peppas’ presentation entitled, Emerging Frontiers in Rational Design and Application of Nanotechnology in … Read the rest »
Engineering Education and Research Center Moves Closer to Reality
The University of Texas at Austin has cleared a major hurdle in its effort to build the new Engineering Education and Research Center, with the UT System Board of Regents approving a $310 million funding plan for the building.
The new center will provide Cockrell School of Engineering students and faculty members with state-of-the-art … Read the rest »
Graduate Student Sarena Horava Helps High School Students Discover Research
The fall is fast approaching with school about to start once again. For some ambitious science-minded Austin-area high school students, the summer was less about taking a break and more about gaining a solid research foundation for the future.
Lucia Brunel, Crystal Mountain, Mattie Mouton-Johnson, and Deepak Subramanian are about to enter their senior years … Read the rest »
Smart Windows Innovator To Join Department Faculty
Delia Milliron, a ground-breaking scientist developing new materials used to create smart windows that could lead to big cost and energy savings for commercial buildings and homeowners, has accepted an associate professor position with the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Milliron will join the faculty with a courtesy appointment starting in September 2013. … Read the rest »
Graduate Student Yongjin Lee Awarded Donald D. Harrington Dissertation Fellowship
Graduate student Yongjin Lee has been awarded the Donald D. Harrington Dissertation Fellowship, the highest award that can be made to a continuing student at The University of Texas at Austin.
The fellowship will support Lee’s work in renewable energy to develop and identify high-performance thermoelectric (TE) materials with Professor Gyeong Hwang. TE … Read the rest »
Big Thinkers and Doers
Recent ChE graduates Rebekah Scheuerle and Leon Dean were featured by the university as some of the big thinkers and doers of the class of 2013