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?
- Department faculty were awarded the highest number of patents at UT Austin in 2010-2011
- Faculty have won 20 percent of major awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in recent years
- Five faculty members are among the top 25 most cited chemical engineers in the world
- The department has 30 graduate supervising faculty
- The department has two Institute of Medicine members
- The department has 22.75 full-time faculty
- Average starting salary for B.S. graduates is $72,800
- The department has two National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureates
- Faculty have produced six successful start-up companies
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta graduate program No.6
- Restriction enzyme-free construction of random gene mutagenesis libraries in Escherichia coli
- Analysis of DNA-Guided Self-Assembly of Microspheres Using Imaging Flow Cytometry
- Improving the Stability of Nanostructured Silicon Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes through Their Controlled Oxidation
- 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
Recent Publications
Meet our Faculty
Hal Alper
Assistant Professor Alper works in Bioengineering; Energy with specific interests in Metabolic Engineering; Synthetic Biology; Systems Biology; Biofuels production using microbial and fungal sources; Mammalian cell culture engineering; Pathway engineering for the production of novel biofuels and biochemicals; Protein engineering and evolution strategies applied to cellular engineering; Value-added products and bioactive molecules in eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems; Novel molecular biology tools for gene expression and regulation.