Resources
Time to Reflect
A Cockrell School video features a few of the people behind the incredible teaching and research that helped transform our lives in 2011. Chemical engineering faculty members Dr. Johnston, Dr. Ekerdt and Dr. Arumugam make an appearance.
Heller Recognized as a World-Changing Inventor
Professor Adam Heller was recently honored at the 2011 Inventor of the Year Awards for his innovations in healthcare that have made world-wide impact. Watch a video about this year’s award recipients.
Dr. Contreras Settles in Nicely
Since joining the faculty, Dr. Contreras has already been recognized as one of the nation’s most innovative, young engineering educators and won a Defense Threat Reduction Agency Young Investigator Award. Find out more about the Dominican Republic native’s fascinating work.
The Man in Orange
95-year-old Professor Emeritus John J. McKetta has shown he is a die-hard Longhorn fan through years of service, generous philanthropy and his wardrobe. Find out more about “The Man in Orange” and how to support a fundraising venture to rename the department in his honor.
Welcome
What Starts Here Changes the World—the motto of The University of Texas at Austin is realized every day in the Department of Chemical Engineering, ranked among the top five by US News & World Report and the National Research Council.
We graduate over 100 B.S. and 30 Ph.D. chemical engineers annually who become researchers, leaders and builders of tomorrow in academia, government laboratories and the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, microelectronics, biomedical and environmental industries. They are trained by world-class faculty engaged in research addressing major societal challenges in energy, human health, manufacturing and sustainability-research that is used in practice and creates start-up companies and jobs.
As part of the one of the largest and most prestigious public universities in thriving Austin, Texas, UT Austin Chemical Engineering is a great place to be, to grow, and to learn skills that make the world better.
Roger T. Bonnecaze
T. Brockett Hudson Professor and
Bill L. Stanley Endowed Leadership Chair
