Adam Heller Awarded Torbern Bergman Medal in Analytical Chemistry
The award honors Heller’s work on ground-breaking diabetes management products that have improved the quality of life of millions.
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Tower Lighting Honors Grant Willson
The UT Tower was recently lit to honor ChE Professor Grant Willson for winning the Japan Prize, an international award similar to the Nobel Prize.
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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?
- The department has two Institute of Medicine members
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta graduate program No.6
- The average starting salary for Ph.D. graduates is $95,423
- Department faculty were awarded the highest number of patents at UT Austin in 2010-2011
- Five faculty members are among the top 25 most cited chemical engineers in the world
- The department has more than 700 undergraduate students
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta undergraduate program No. 9
- The department generates $14.5 million in annual research funding
- Faculty have won 20 percent of major awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in recent years
- The department has a network of more than 6,000 alumni world-wide
- High-throughput sequencing of the paired human immunoglobulin heavy and light chain repertoire
- Microporous membranes of PLLA/PCL blends for periosteal tissue scaffold
- Oligosaccharide/Silicon-Containing Block Copolymers with 5 nm Features for Lithographic Applications
- Thermal Degradation of Aqueous Piperazine for CO2 Capture. 1. Effect of Process Conditions and Comparison of Thermal Stability of CO2 Capture Amines
- Industrial Flare Performance at Low Flow Conditions. 1. Study Overview
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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.