Rigoberto Advincula received the Frank Tiller Award from the American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) for his leadership in engineering and education.

Carson Meredith has been selected as the new department head of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Meredith joins the University of Tennessee from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Professor Cong Trinh has received a Chancellor’s Innovation Fund award for projects involving the biomanufacturing of natural butyl acetate.

Gila Stein and Samuel Adotey discovered how to increase conductivity in a promising type of electrolytes called polymeric ionic liquid (PIL) block copolymers.

PhD students in Art Ragauskas’ research group are at the forefront of innovation and gained access to world-class equipment while working collaboratively at ORNL. 

Rigoberto Advincula has received the 2026 Roy W. Tess Award, presented by the Division of Polymer Materials: Science and Engineering.

Belinda Akpa is involved in a multi-million-dollar collaborative initiative using predictive modeling and machine learning tools to design proteins that act against health threats. 

Rigoberto Advincula has been named the winner of the 2026 George Stafford Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research.

Rigoberto Advincula will be speaking at the Society of Plastics Engineers International Polyolefins Conference and at a virtual webinar for the NAE.

Nikki Johnson knew she wanted to pursue a career involving chemical engineering, but she wasn’t sure what area would fit […]