Texas ChE is pleased to announce winners of the spring 2018 Undergraduate Research Poster Competition. Nearly 60 undergraduates presented research posters at the competition, held on Thursday, May 3. Graduate student judges selected five students to compete in the final round. The three winners of the competition are guaranteed a spot as a presenter during … Read the rest »
The department is pleased to announce winners of the spring 2016 Undergraduate Research Poster Competition. 65 undergraduates presented research posters at the competition on May 4. Judges selected six posters to compete in the final round. Winners Bobi Simonsen and Eric Wei will present their posters at the AIChE Annual Meeting this fall in San … Read the rest »
The department is pleased to announce winners of the fall 2015 Undergraduate Research Poster Competition:
Nayan Mukherjee (Johnston Group)
Surfactants for Enhanced Oil Recovery
$100 prize
Nayan’s research focuses on studying the interfacial chemistry of surfactants used to generate foams for Enhanced Oil Recovery. The goals are to increase the volume … Read the rest »
The department is pleased to announce winners of the spring 2013 Undergraduate Research Poster Competition:
Annie Pan (Alper Group)
Itaconic Acid Production in S. Cerevisiae
$150 prize
Annie works with biological systems to produce biomolecular monomers used in the plastics industry-she engineers microorganisms to make plastic monomers as a biomolecular byproduct. Biomolecular monomers … Read the rest »
Senior Nick Davy won first place in last week’s Undergraduate Research Poster Competition held in the T Room of the Engineering Teaching Center.
Davy’s poster, “Improvement of Li-ion Battery Anode Stability using Novel Electrolytes”, illustrates that an improved understanding of the surface chemistry involved in anode lithiation can enable major improvements in anode … Read the rest »