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 average starting salary for Ph.D. graduates is $95,423
- Faculty have won 20 percent of major awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in recent years
- Five faculty members are among the top 25 most cited chemical engineers in the world
- U.S. News & World Report ranks the McKetta undergraduate program No. 9
- 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 $72,800
- The department has a network of more than 6,000 alumni world-wide
- The department has approximately 190 graduate students
- Faculty have produced six successful start-up companies
- A bioinspired fouling-resistant surface modification for water purification membranes
- Mixed-Valence Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as Electrochemical Half-Cells: Substituting the Ag/AgCl of Reference Electrodes by CeO2–x Nanoparticles
- Industrial Flare Performance at Low Flow Conditions. 1. Study Overview
- Polarity-Switching Top Coats Enable Orientation of Sub–10-nm Block Copolymer Domains
- Designing Biomaterials To Direct Stem Cell Fate
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Meet our Faculty
Gary Rochelle
Professor Rochelle works in Energy; Environmental Engineering and Sciences; Separations with specific interests in CO2 capture from coal-fired power plants by aqueous amine scrubbing; mass transfer with fast reaction in the boundary layer.