Category Archives: Faculty
Trinh Lab’s New Yeast Strain Upcycles Stubborn Plastics
Professor Trinh has helped develop a yeast strain that can upcycle polyolefin plastic, a major pollutant, into useful biochemicals and biodegradable plastics.
Ragauskas Publication Selected as a 2023 Green Chemistry Hot Article
Arthur Ragauskas’ research publication addressing one of the most urgent challenges in biorefining, has been selected as a 2023 Green Chemistry Hot Article.
Khomami Honored with Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Bamin Khomami is being honored with a 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Edwards Gathers Thermodynamics Achievements for New Edition of Book
Professor Brian Edwards will use time on sabbatical in the 2023 fall semester to update his book, Thermodynamics of Flowing Systems.
Ragauskas Named Acting Department Head
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Biorefining Art Ragauskas has been selected to lead the department, where he will serve a two year term as the interim department head.
Advincula receives Netzsch NATAS Fellows Award
Governor’s Chair of Advanced and Nanostructured Materials Rigoberto Advincula has won the 2023 Netzsch North American Thermal Analysis Society Fellows Award.
Trinh Part of ORNL-Led Center Focused on Biofuels Receiving Funding Renewal
UT Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Cong Trinh is part of an ORNL-led biofuel center that received renewed funding.
Advincula Selected as Symposium X Panelist at Materials Research Society’s Annual Meeting
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Rigoberto Advincula has been chosen to lead a panel at the Materials Research Society’s 50th Annual meeting.
Advincula Named Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Rigoberto Advincula has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Frymier takes over as Interim Department Head
Professor Paul Frymier has begun his role as interim CBE department head while remaining Tickle College of Engineering associate dean […]