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New Data Lab to Tackle Oil & Gas Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting
The University of Texas at Austin will be home to a new multidisciplinary research and education initiative based in its Cockrell School of Engineering – the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL) – that will address the growing need for accurate, timely, and clear accounting of greenhouse gas emissions across global oil and natural gas supply chains.

Energy Titans Collaborate With UT To Solve Most Pressing Global Energy Challenges
The Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin and four of the globe’s largest energy companies have launched a new membership program to advance science and create opportunities for energy community members and students.

Texas ChE-led Research Center Aims to Find Better Ways to Clean Water
With rising demand and dwindling supply, water is perhaps the earth’s most critical natural resource. Contaminated water from energy-related activities is both an enormous burden and an exciting untapped opportunity.

Plastic-eating Enzyme Could Eliminate Billions of Tons of Landfill Waste
An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-throttling plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days.
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Biotech senior research scientist and Texas ChE alum, Dr. Julie Fogarty, talks with Ph.D. student Dalton Towers.
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TexasChE Alum Toni "TJ" Crawford and student Oreoluwa Adetutu talk in our first Texas ChE-ck In
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Research Areas
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Advanced Materials, Polymers & Nanotechnology
Design and synthesis of inorganic and polymeric materials at the molecular level to achieve desirable properties for a wide range of applications
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Biotechnology
Applying chemical engineering principles for the development of biochemical processes and biomedical applications
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Energy
The development of photovoltaics, catalysts for fuels from sunlight, and electrical energy generation and storage systems engineering for energy efficiency
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Environmental Engineering
Programs to understand the fundamental science and engineering of air and water pollution, and to develop data for informed policy decisions. Process development for CO2 capture and sequestration
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Modeling & Simulation
The development and application of multiscale models and high performance computational simulations spanning atomic to continuum time and length scales
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Process Engineering
Design, modeling, optimization, and control of petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and microelectronic processes
Events
Tuesday, October 033:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
Tuesday, October 10CANCELED...Welch Foundation Visitors Series: TBA All Day |
Tuesday, October 17ChE Seminar Series - Autonomously Moving and Assembling Soft Matter Systems 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
News
Chevron has come on as 2023 McKetta Tailgate Sponsor

Exciting news! Chevron has come on as the 2023 McKetta Tailgate sponsor!
Poor Air Quality Deforms Our Cells; What Does It Mean for Their Health?

It's a well-known fact that air quality can impact our health...
Texas ChE Alums make cover of Texas Leader

UT graduates Van and Thomas Truskett are now staff and faculty, with a deep understanding of how donors make a difference to scholarly pursuits.
Accelerating Materials Science from Lab to Factory

The Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials recharged with funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation.