Raising A Future Scientist
Professors Michael Baldea and Lydia Contreras launch a program to engage underrepresented middle schoolers in STEM education.
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Top-Ranked Graduate Programs
The department’s graduate program maintained its No.6 spot in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings, while the Cockrell School rose to No. 10.
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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.
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Peppas Elected to the Academy of Athens
In recognition of his scientific contributions, Prof. Peppas has been inducted to the Academy of Athens. He is one of three UT Austin professors to have ever received this honor.
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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.
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Did you know?
- The department has 30 graduate supervising faculty
- The department has two National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureates
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta undergraduate program No. 9
- The average starting salary for Ph.D. graduates is $95,423
- Average starting salary for B.S. graduates is $72,800
- The department has a network of more than 6,000 alumni world-wide
- Department faculty were awarded the highest number of patents at UT Austin in 2010-2011
- Faculty have produced six successful start-up companies
- The department has more than 700 undergraduate students
- The department hosts nine National Academy of Engineering members
- Enhancing Visible Light Photo-oxidation of Water with TiO2 Nanowire Arrays via Cotreatment with H2 and NH3: Synergistic Effects between Ti3+ and N
- Revisiting the thermal relaxations of poly(vinyl alcohol)
- Creating New Types of Carbon-Based Membranes
- Nanohole-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Instruments with Improved Spectral Resolution Quantify a Broad Range of Antibody-Ligand Binding Kinetics
- Force-matching-based parameterization of the Stillinger-Weber potential for thermal conduction in silicon
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Meet our Faculty
Gary Rochelle
Professor Rochelle works in Energy; Environmental Engineering and Sciences; Separations with specific interests in CO2 capture from coal-fired power plants by aqueous amine scrubbing; mass transfer with fast reaction in the boundary layer.