THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN • COCKRELL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Professor Thomas F. Edgar, a chemical engineer with extensive teaching, administrative, research and industry experience, has been named interim director of the Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin.

Edgar’s appointment as interim director, effective Jan. 15, will be for a period of one year, during which time the university will determine … Read the rest »

Lydia Contreras has won a 2013 Air Force Young Investigator Award for her work on radiation-activated RNA switches for novel sensing technologies.  Contreras is one of 40 scientists and engineers selected in the $15 million dollar program for early career investigators that show exceptional ability and promise for conducting research.

“How to detect biological and … Read the rest »

Austin, Texas-Thomas Truskett, the Paul D. & Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professor, has been appointed chair of the John J. McKetta Jr. Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.

Truskett began his new position within the Cockrell School of Engineering Jan. 15.

“Tom has the vision to lead the Chemical Engineering … Read the rest »

Nicholas A. Peppas, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, will receive the Billy and Claude R. Hocott Distinguished Centennial Engineering Research Award, which is awarded to a faculty member whose documented research has significantly advanced the engineering profession.

He is the leading researcher in the … Read the rest »

UT Austin has been selected to host the 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies (GHGT-12) October 5-9 2014 at the Austin Convention Center.

Since its inception in 1997, the GHGT series has developed into the leading international conference on greenhouse gas technologies addressing climate change mitigation options. The conference is held every two years on … Read the rest »

Cara Touretzky has won the Directors’ Student Presentation Award from the Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

Touretzky’s paper,“Modeling and Model Predictive Control Strategies for Building Energy Management,” earned her the honor and was co-authored by her advisor, Professor Michael Baldea.  The paper presents a … Read the rest »

Department Financial Analyst Teri Sahba was awarded the 2012 Ruth Crawford Staff Excellence Award at the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering Holiday Banquet December 14 at the Headliners Club in Austin.

The annual award is named after former senior staff member Ruth Crawford who devoted thirty years of exemplary service to the department working for … Read the rest »

Associate Professor Jennifer Maynard, the Laurence E. McMakin, Jr. Centennial Faculty Fellow, has teamed up with biotech company Synthetic Biologics, Inc. to develop a monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy for the treatment of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough.

Whooping cough causes an estimated 294,000 deaths annually worldwide, primarily among young, unvaccinated children.  Recent reports … Read the rest »

Celebrate our Top 10 Achievements of 2012

Watch former dean of the College of Engineering and chemical engineering Professor Emeritus John J. McKetta Jr’s speech at the ceremony naming the department in his honor