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?
- Our faculty publish an average of 250 papers per year
- The department has more than 700 undergraduate students
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta graduate program No.6
- We have 19 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellows
- UT Austin has the lowest cost of living compared to other Top 10 ChE programs
- The department has 30 graduate supervising faculty
- The department hosts nine National Academy of Engineering members
- In the past 5 years, faculty have been issued 84 patents across 35 unique technologies
- The department has 23 full-time faculty
- The department has approximately 190 graduate students
- Pulsed Laser Deposition of Epitaxial and Polycrystalline Bismuth Vanadate Thin Films
- A bioinspired fouling-resistant surface modification for water purification membranes
- Optimal Design of Air Separation Plants with Variable Electricity Pricing
- SCHEMA-Designed Variants of Human Arginase I and II Reveal Sequence Elements Important to Stability and Catalysis
- 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.