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 two Institute of Medicine members
- The department has 22.75 full-time faculty
- Faculty have produced six successful start-up companies
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta graduate program No.6
- The department generates $14.5 million in annual research funding
- 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
- The department has approximately 190 graduate students
- The department has more than 700 undergraduate students
- Average starting salary for B.S. graduates is $72,800
- A Computational Study of the Interfacial Structure and Capacitance of Graphene in [BMIM][PF6] Ionic Liquid
- Designing Biomaterials To Direct Stem Cell Fate
- Nanohole-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Instruments with Improved Spectral Resolution Quantify a Broad Range of Antibody-Ligand Binding Kinetics
- Atomic Ensemble and Electronic Effects in Ag-Rich AgPd Nanoalloy Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Alkaline Media
- High-throughput sequencing of the paired human immunoglobulin heavy and light chain repertoire
Recent Publications
Meet our Faculty
Isaac Sanchez
Professor Sanchez works in Advanced Materials; Modeling, Simulation & Theory; Polymers; Separations; Surface & Interface Science with specific interests in Statistical thermodynamics of bulk and interfacial phenomena in polymers; Solubility of fluids in polymers; Computer simulations of polymer properties.