Texas ChE offered a new course this semester, ChE 379 Entrepreneurship, led by alumnus and established entrepreneur Michael Piana.
The elective introduces upperclassmen and graduate students to the basic concepts of entrepreneurship and the practical approaches of taking a business idea and monetizing it. Students of the course explore the keys to understanding the business … Read the rest »
Previously published on the Undergraduate Research Journal for The University of Texas at Austin as “UT Alumni: An Interview with Caitlin Spofford” by Venkat Tirumala, Assistant Editor of Natural Sciences.
Caitlin Spofford graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelors degree from the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering on December … Read the rest »
Dr. Buddie Mullins has been named the 2016 Best ChE Professor by the Student Engineering Council. Mullins received the award at the Cockrell School of Engineering Distinguished Awards Banquet.
Engineering students nominated multiple professors from each Cockrell School department during this year’s E-Week in February. Mullins was then selected as Best ChE Professor after … Read the rest »
The McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering extends a Texas-size thank you to everyone for celebrating our centennial!
Included is a video of the centennial gala finale where Texas ChE students and the Longhorn Band announced the grand total raised for the Challenge for McKetta Campaign: $27,849,878. This exceeds the campaign’s $25 million goal to ensure … Read the rest »
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, including Texas ChE’s Dr. George Georgiou and Dr. Jennifer Maynard, successfully culminated years of work when a drug they engineered for the treatment and prevention of inhalational anthrax — the anthrax antitoxin obiltoxaximab — received approval March 21 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Part … Read the rest »
Eight students from the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering have been named 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows. The Cockrell School of Engineering has a total of 11 NSF Graduate Research Fellows this year, more than any other college within the university.
NSF chose 2,000 individuals from nearly 17,000 applicants as this … Read the rest »
Senior IT manager Randy Rife has been awarded the latest ChE Staff Spotlight Award.
Since joining the staff in 2000, Rife’s contributions to our program and the university have been tremendous. Nominators described him as accessible, accurate and persistent when addressing the computing and IT needs that are critical to our department.
“It is clear … Read the rest »
A memorial service will be held 3:30 PM on March 19, 2016 at St. Matthews Episcopal Church located at 8134 Mesa Drive in Austin, TX. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, charitable contributions be made to The Lakes Area Music Festival in Brainerd, Minnesota.
Cyril Durrenberger, senior lecturer in the McKetta Department of … Read the rest »
Written by Maureen Balleza and originally published on The University of Texas at Austin Office of the Vice President for Research website.
The University of Texas formed the department of chemical engineering in 1915 and in 2012, it was named in honor of John J. McKetta, Jr. He was an international authority on thermodynamic properties … Read the rest »
