Raising A Future Scientist
Professors Michael Baldea and Lydia Contreras launch a program to engage underrepresented middle schoolers in STEM education.
» Read more
Resources
-
-
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.
» Read more -
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.
» Read more -
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.
» Read more -
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.
» Read more
Did you know?
- The department hosts nine National Academy of Engineering members
- The department has two Institute of Medicine members
- The average starting salary for Ph.D. graduates is $95,423
- The department generates $14.5 million in annual research funding
- Faculty have produced six successful start-up companies
- Five faculty members are among the top 25 most cited chemical engineers in the world
- The department has 30 graduate supervising faculty
- Average starting salary for B.S. graduates is $72,800
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta undergraduate program No. 9
- Faculty have won 20 percent of major awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in recent years
- Characterization of Aluminum-Neutralized Sulfonated Styrenic Pentablock Copolymer Films
- Communication: Self-assembly of semiflexible-flexible block copolymers
- Modeling and control of a solar thermal power plant with thermal energy storage
- Restriction enzyme-free construction of random gene mutagenesis libraries in Escherichia coli
- Improving the Stability of Nanostructured Silicon Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes through Their Controlled Oxidation
Recent Publications
Meet our Faculty
C. Buddie Mullins
Assistant Department Chair & Professor Mullins works in Advanced Materials, Energy, Surface and Interface Science with specific interests in Materials Chemistry for Energy studies regarding solar photoelectrocatalysis; Catalysis of nano-structured surfaces; Materials for lithium-ion battery electrodes.