David Allen Named Chair of the Institute for Sustainability
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers has selected Prof. Allen to lead interdisciplinary efforts in sustainable and green engineering.
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Leading Biomolecular Engineers Meet Locally
Associate Prof. Hal Alper recently co-chaired the 5th International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering at the Lost Pines Resort near Austin.
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Did you know?
- The average starting salary for Ph.D. graduates is $95,423
- In the past 5 years, faculty have been issued 84 patents across 35 unique technologies
- Our faculty publish an average of 250 papers per year
- The department generates $20 million in annual research funding
- UT Austin has the lowest cost of living compared to other Top 10 ChE programs
- The department has two National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureates
- UT Austin ranks #28 in the world’s top universities, according to Times Higher Education
- The department has approximately 190 graduate students
- The department has more than 700 undergraduate students
- The department has a network of more than 6,500 alumni world-wide
- Coarse-graining in simulations of multicomponent polymer systems
- Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for itaconic acid production
- Restriction enzyme-free construction of random gene mutagenesis libraries in Escherichia coli
- Atmospheric emissions and air quality impacts from natural gas production and use
- Optimal scheduling of combined heat and power plants using mixed-integer nonlinear programming
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Adam Heller
Professor Heller works in Bioengineering with specific interests in Bioelectrochemistry; Bioelectrocatalysis; Instrumentation for diabetes management; Diagnostic instrumentation.