Posts Tagged ‘UT Austin’

Grad Students Place 1st, 2nd in UT Energy Week Research Contest

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Grad Students Place 1st, 2nd in UT Energy Week Research Contest

Four Texas ChE graduate students placed among the top two in their respective categories at the 2016 UT Energy Week Student Research Contest, held Feb. 18 in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center at the UT Austin campus.

The research contest, hosted by the Longhorn Energy Club, was divided into four competition categories: environmental and … Read the rest »

Chris Ellison Announced as 2016 Norman Hackerman Award Recipient

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Chris Ellison Announced as 2016 Norman Hackerman Award Recipient The Welch Foundation announces that Dr. Christopher J. Ellison is the 2016 recipient of the Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research.

Delia Milliron Wins Prestigious Sloan Fellowship

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Delia Milliron Wins Prestigious Sloan Fellowship

Delia Milliron, associate professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, joins three other trailblazing faculty members from the Cockrell School of Engineering and the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin who have been awarded 2016 Sloan Research Fellowships.

The prestigious fellowships are awarded every year by the Alfred Read the rest »

Alumna Named Distinguished Graduate of Longview High School

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Alumna Named Distinguished Graduate of Longview High School

Alumna Shannon Cohn, M.D. will be recognized as a Distinguished Graduate of Longview High School in Longview, Texas, May 13.

Valedictorian of the Longview High School Class of 2001, Cohn received her bachelors degree in chemical engineering from Texas ChE in 2005 and then continued her education at the Baylor College of Medicine, graduating in … Read the rest »

Dave Allen helps secure $2M to expand ‘Engineer Your World’ program

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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.

Texas ChE Faculty Present in UT Energy Week 2016

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Texas ChE Faculty Present in UT Energy Week 2016 Drs. Chelikowsky, Baldea and Allen discuss vital energy issues in the second annual UT Energy Week.

Memories of Howard Rase

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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

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Texas ChEs Compete in SpaceX Hyperloop Competition

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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

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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 »