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

Arumugam Manthiram, director of the Texas Materials Institute and the Joe C. Walter Chair in Engineering, was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award by The University of Texas at Austin’s Graduate School.

The award is given to only one faculty member at the university and is part of a series of professional awards granted annually by The … Read the rest »

Doctoral candidate Bill Liechty won the $10,000 Michael H. Granof Outstanding Graduate Student Award at the Graduate School/University Co-op Awards for Excellence in Graduate Education.

The Excellence in Graduate Education Awards recognize and reward outstanding graduate students for distinguished scholarship, research, writing, service and teaching.

“I am tremendously honored to receive this recognition from the university,” said … Read the rest »

Senior Brian Wilson was recently awarded a Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award of its type in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering.

The one- and two-year scholarships, awarded annually to outstanding second- and third-year college students, will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 … Read the rest »

Lavanya Mohan, a graduate researcher advised by Professor and Department Chair Roger T. Bonnecaze, has been awarded the Chateaubriand Fellowship and Eiffel Fellowship to fund a 6-month study at the ESPCI ParisTech research center in Paris, France.  Lavanya will be performing experiments on advanced rheological additives-substances that modify the flow behavior of materials.

“This will be my … Read the rest »

Graduate student Amanda Lanza recently accepted the 2012 Jeff Byers Memorial Graduate Award in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. 

Lanza was nominated by her advisor, Professor Hal Alper. A committee from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Department of Chemical Engineering reviewed nominations and selected Lanza as this year’s top candidate … Read the rest »

Senior Nick Davy won first place in last week’s Undergraduate Research Poster Competition held in the T Room of the Engineering Teaching Center.

Davy’s poster, “Improvement of Li-ion Battery Anode Stability using Novel Electrolytes”, illustrates that an improved understanding of the surface chemistry involved in anode lithiation can enable major improvements in anode performance. Understanding … Read the rest »

ChE Systems Administrator Patrick Danielewski received his third recent staff excellence award by accepting the 2012 University of Texas at Austin Outstanding Staff Award May 4 in the Lyndon B. Johnson Auditorium.

Danielewski and 29 other selected staff members from across campus were given a $1,500 prize and certificate presented by University President Bill Powers. The … Read the rest »

Graduate student Yong-Mao Lin has received one of the most prestigious fellowships given by The University of Texas at Austin: The William C. Powers Graduate Fellowship.

Students awarded these fellowships are considered to be among the most academically competitive scholars on campus.  It includes a financial package totaling $36,000 over a twelve-month period to support students … Read the rest »

Professor Nicholas A. Peppas has been elected a Corresponding Member of the Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia (Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Spain).

Established in 1737 by King Philip V, the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Spain is one of the Royal Academies belonging to the Institute of Spain under the reigning King of Spain, … Read the rest »

ChE undergraduates Nick Davy, Frankie Pelaez and Dmitriy Zhukov have been awarded Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support their higher education and further research-including projects that could lower fuel prices, improve cancer research and fight infectious diseases.

The highly competitive fellowships provide support for three years that includes annual stipends … Read the rest »