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

Professor Gary T. Rochelle has been recognized for his fundamental work in carbon capture with the 2012 Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).  Technology developed by Rochelle could play a major role in reducing the world’s carbon footprint and global warming.

The award recognizes Rochelle’s … Read the rest »

Professor Brian Korgel has been awarded the 2012 Professional Progress Award for Outstanding Progress in Chemical Engineering by the American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

The award, sponsored by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., recognizes Korgel’s leading research in nanoparticle and nanowire synthesis and characterization.  The accolade is one of the highest honors presented … Read the rest »

Graduate student Amanda Lanza recently won Top Overall Poster in the Student/ Young Investigator Poster Award Competition sponsored by the journal Metabolic Engineering at the Metabolic Engineering IX Conference in Biarritz, France.

Lanza’s poster, A quantitative, graded dominant mutant approach for probing protein function and gene regulation, won the honor out of 213 submissions and … Read the rest »

The International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE) has elected Professor Christine Schmidt a 2012 Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE). Professor Schmidt has been recognized with the honor for her contributions to cellular and tissue engineering, including the design of biomaterials to stimulate nerve regeneration.

Fellows are recognized as accomplished … Read the rest »

John Ekerdt, Associate Dean of Research in Engineering and Dick Rothwell Endowed Chair, has been awarded the 2012 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Lectureship Award, sponsored by Chemstations, Inc.

“I was fortunate to study under Professor Ekerdt as both an undergraduate and graduate student,” said Clayton Wheeler, a former student of Ekerdt’s … Read the rest »

Sichuan University has recognized the scientific and technological achievements of Professor Nicholas A. Peppas, chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmacy, by conferring him with the title of Honorary Professor.

As one of China’s key universities directly under the State Ministry of Education, Sichuan University is … Read the rest »

Roger T. Bonnecaze, T. Brockett Hudson Professor and Bill L. Stanley Leadership Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, was recently named fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

“Election to AIChE Fellow is an honor that testifies the high esteem in which Roger is held … Read the rest »

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 »