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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Resources
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Peppas Named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
The UK’s top professional body for chemical scientists recognized Prof. Nicholas Peppas for his outstanding contributions to chemistry.
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Bob Schechter’s Memorial Resolution
A faculty committee recently completed a memorial resolution to recognize Prof. Emeritus Robert Schechter’s achievements and contributions to UT Austin.
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Sai Gourisankar Named Rhodes Scholar
The ChE senior is one of 32 students nationwide being recognized for outstanding intellect, character, leadership and commitment to service.
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Did you know?
- Faculty have won 20 percent of major awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in recent years
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta graduate program No.6
- The department has 30 graduate supervising faculty
- The department has two National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureates
- The department has more than 700 undergraduate students
- Average starting salary for B.S. graduates is $73,938
- The department generates $20 million in annual research funding
- The department has two Institute of Medicine members
- The department has 23 full-time faculty
- The average starting salary for Ph.D. graduates is $95,423
- Specific ion effects on membrane potential and the permselectivity of ion exchange membranes
- A General Power Modeling Framework for Individual Building Demand Management
- Characterization of Aluminum-Neutralized Sulfonated Styrenic Pentablock Copolymer Films
- Systematic and evolutionary engineering of a xylose isomerase-based pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for efficient conversion yields
- Thermal Degradation of Aqueous Piperazine for CO2 Capture. 1. Effect of Process Conditions and Comparison of Thermal Stability of CO2 Capture Amines
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Hal Alper
Assistant Professor Alper works in Bioengineering; Energy with specific interests in Metabolic Engineering; Synthetic Biology; Systems Biology; Biofuels production using microbial and fungal sources; Mammalian cell culture engineering; Pathway engineering for the production of novel biofuels and biochemicals; Protein engineering and evolution strategies applied to cellular engineering; Value-added products and bioactive molecules in eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems; Novel molecular biology tools for gene expression and regulation.