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?
- The department has 23 full-time faculty
- We have 19 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellows
- The department has two National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureates
- The department has 30 graduate supervising faculty
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the undergraduate program No. 6
- Our students received more National Science Foundation Fellowships than any other ChE department for 2013 and 2014
- The department has a network of more than 6,500 alumni world-wide
- The department generates $20 million in annual research funding
- Faculty have generated ~10 start-up companies
- Five faculty members are among the top 25 most cited chemical engineers in the world
- A free-standing, flexible lithium-ion anode formed from an air-dried slurry cast of high tap density SnO2, CMC polymer binder and Super-P Li
- Exploiting post-transcriptional regulation to probe RNA structures in vivo via fluorescence
- Understanding the Effect of Co3+ Substitution on the Electrochemical Properties of Lithium-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
- Oligosaccharide/Silicon-Containing Block Copolymers with 5 nm Features for Lithographic Applications
- Highly Stretchable Thermoset Fibers and Nonwovens Using Thiol-ene Photopolymerization
Recent Publications
Meet our Faculty
Benny Freeman
Professor Freeman works in Advanced Materials; Bioengineering; Energy; Environmental Engineering and Sciences; Polymers; Separations with specific interests in Gas separation materials; Gas-vapor barrier materials; Membranes for water purification; Membrane module modeling.