Oak Ridge National Laboratory posted an article that included research highlights from Governor’s Chair of Advanced and Nanostructured Materials Rigoberto Advincula on creating a circular economy for plastics.

Ferguson Faculty Fellow Cong Trinh was awarded $1.1 million in funding from the US Department of Energy’s Office of Science for research aimed at producing the next generation of biofuels.

UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Biorefining Art Raguaskas was included on Clarivate’s 2021 list of highly cited researchers, identifying him as one of the top researchers in the field.

Joint Associate Professor Belinda Akpa is combining her love of mathematics and chemical engineering to improve medicines and medical treatments.

Research Assistant Professor Dibyendu Mukherjee has developed a new way of producing energetic nanomaterials and received a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program award.

UT–ORNL Governor’s Chair for Biorefining Art Ragauskas and team are investigating new methods for reclaiming and reusing plastic waste.

Associate Professor Joshua Sangoro and his team have made some of the first observations of a new, but previously theorized, form of matter that exists between liquid and solid.

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering recognized several faculty, staff, students, and alumni with its annual awards.

Paul Frymier, associate dean for faculty affairs and engagement and CBE professor, was recognized as the 2021 Outstanding Campus Representative by the American Society for Engineering Education.

Associate Professor Joshua Sangoro, Senior Advisor Kerri Cline, and several students were recognized at the 2021 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet.