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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Edgar Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Four UT Austin professors were recently elected to the NAE, the most of any university nationwide this year.
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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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Meet The OXE Officers
Find out more about the students leading Omega Chi Epsilon, the national chemical engineering honor society student chapter.
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A Journey To Greatness Started In A Coal Mine
Reporter Forrest Preece recently wrote about John McKetta's life for West Austin News.
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Did you know?
- The department has 22.75 full-time faculty
- The department has 30 graduate supervising faculty
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta graduate program No.6
- Five faculty members are among the top 25 most cited chemical engineers in the world
- The department has two Institute of Medicine members
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta undergraduate program No. 9
- The department hosts nine National Academy of Engineering members
- The department generates $14.5 million in annual research funding
- Faculty have produced six successful start-up companies
- The department has approximately 190 graduate students
- Analysis of DNA-Guided Self-Assembly of Microspheres Using Imaging Flow Cytometry
- 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
- Atomic Ensemble and Electronic Effects in Ag-Rich AgPd Nanoalloy Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Alkaline Media
- High-throughput sequencing of the paired human immunoglobulin heavy and light chain repertoire
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Brian Korgel
Professor Korgel works in Advanced Materials; Bioengineering; Energy; Microelectronics; Surface & Interface Science; Nanotechnology; with specific interests in Nanostructure assembly and organizational strategies; Development of new approaches for nanoscale material synthesis and applications, including photovoltaics, thin film transistors, lithium ion batteries and medicine.