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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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Research Areas
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Advanced Materials, Polymers & Nanoengineering
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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Bioengineering
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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Process Engineering
Design, modeling, optimization, and control of petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and microelectronic processes
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Theory & Simulation
The development and application of multiscale models and high performance computational simulations spanning atomic to continuum time and length scales
Events
Thursday, April 16External Advisory Council Meeting All Day |
Thursday, April 16ChE Seminar Series: Texas Distinguished Faculty Lecture Title TBD 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
Thursday, April 16External Advisory Council Meeting All Day |
News
One-of-a-Kind Pilot Plant Research Facility
Just north of UT’s main campus sits the J.J. Pickle Research Campus—a sprawling 475-acre site dedicated to advancing research. It's also home to one of the most unique pilot plant facilities on any college campus, anywhere in the United States...
New Safety Certificate Program Launches
Texas ChE initiated the creation of a safety certificate program and teamed up with ExxonMobil to involve other universities. This fall, the department also sponsored the first student to receive a certificate.
Reviving the McKetta Picnic (and you're invited!)
Texas AIChE’s student chapter has been working to revive this longstanding tradition, and they want EVERYONE in the department to know they're invited to this year's picnic on April 17—especially alumni and faculty!
Engineering the Longhorn Band
Did you know our department’s founder, E.P. Schoch, also started the Longhorn Band? Here’s the story that links the band’s past to our present…
