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

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 »

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 »

Graduate student Bill Liechty co-authored a piece that won the Best Paper Award in the American Society of Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Biomedical Engineering Division (BMD).

The purpose of the competition was to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of biomedical engineering education.  Decisions were based on the extent to which the paper advanced … Read the rest »

Senior undergraduate student Brian Wilson received second place and $100 for his entry in the American Institute for Chemical Engineerings’ (AIChE) paper competition at the organization’s recent Southwest Regional Conference.

“The top three winners of the event were chosen based on the technical content as well as the delivery of their presentation,” said … Read the rest »

Graduate student Amanda Lanza has been given a Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O) Scholar Award, a $15,000 merit-based award for women pursuing doctoral degrees in the United States and Canada.

“I feel very honored to have been selected,” said Lanza. ”This is a very generous philanthropic organization with an admirable mission doing excellent work to support young women and … Read the rest »

John J. McKetta Jr., professor emeritus in chemical engineering and former dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, recently received the Donald L. Katz Award from the Gas Processors Association (GPA).

The award recognizes accomplishments in gas processing research and excellence in engineering education and was presented to … Read the rest »