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?
- Five faculty members are among the top 25 most cited chemical engineers in the world
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta graduate program No.6
- Department faculty were awarded the highest number of patents at UT Austin in 2010-2011
- The department has 30 graduate supervising faculty
- 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
- The department has approximately 190 graduate students
- Faculty have produced six successful start-up companies
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta undergraduate program No. 9
- The average starting salary for Ph.D. graduates is $95,423
- Force-matching-based parameterization of the Stillinger-Weber potential for thermal conduction in silicon
- A Computational Study of the Interfacial Structure and Capacitance of Graphene in [BMIM][PF6] Ionic Liquid
- Oligosaccharide/Silicon-Containing Block Copolymers with 5 nm Features for Lithographic Applications
- Restriction enzyme-free construction of random gene mutagenesis libraries in Escherichia coli
- High-throughput sequencing of the paired human immunoglobulin heavy and light chain repertoire
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Meet our Faculty
Donald Paul
Professor Paul works in Advanced Materials; Energy; Polymers; Separation with specific interests in Materials; Polymers; Membranes; Composites.