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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Resources
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Peppas Named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
The UK’s top professional body for chemical scientists recognized Prof. Nicholas Peppas for his outstanding contributions to chemistry.
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Bob Schechter’s Memorial Resolution
A faculty committee recently completed a memorial resolution to recognize Prof. Emeritus Robert Schechter’s achievements and contributions to UT Austin.
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Sai Gourisankar Named Rhodes Scholar
The ChE senior is one of 32 students nationwide being recognized for outstanding intellect, character, leadership and commitment to service.
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Did you know?
- The department hosts nine National Academy of Engineering members
- The department has 30 graduate supervising faculty
- Average starting salary for B.S. graduates is $73,938
- Faculty have produced six successful start-up companies
- The department has 23 full-time faculty
- Five faculty members are among the top 25 most cited chemical engineers in the world
- Department faculty were awarded the highest number of patents at UT Austin in 2010-2011
- The department generates $20 million in annual research funding
- The department has two Institute of Medicine members
- Faculty have won 20 percent of major awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in recent years
- Cryogenic Process to Elaborate Poly(ethylene glycol) Scaffolds. Experimental and Simulation Studies
- Small Angle Neutron Scattering Study of Complex Coacervate Micelles and Hydrogels Formed from Ionic Diblock and Triblock Copolymers
- Water’s place in Au catalysis
- Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for itaconic acid production
- Genome-wide analysis in bacteria show small RNA enrichment for long and conserved intergenic regions
Recent Publications
Meet our Faculty
Lydia Contreras
Assistant Professor Contreras works in Bioengineering with specific interests in RNA-protein interactions, RNA-protein folding; Novel molecular tools for intracellular studies of RNA-metabolism; Protein engineering for novel mechanisms of molecular recognition; Diagnostics for RNA-related diseases; Discovery of drugs targeting RNAs; Optimization strategies for therapeutic RNA/protein expression.