A Message from the Department Head
The department has never been stronger, with the largest student body in CBE’s history and research expenditures and productivity are near all-time highs.
It’s a Soft Materials World
Overview of the soft materials research being performed within the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Department Inducts New Members to Hall of Fame
The department welcomes alumni Michael Harris and James Porter Jr. as Hall of Fame inductees for 2017.
Back to the Future of Energy: 2017 Trotter Distinguished Lecture
University of Minnesota’s Matthew Neurock spoke about sustainable energy conversion as part of the department’s 2017 Troy C. Trotter Distinguished Lecture.
Trinh Earns DARPA Award
Ferguson Faculty Fellow Cong Trinh received the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award for 2017 for his research ViPaRe.
Ragauskas receives AIChE Achievement Award
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Art Ragauskas received AIChE’s prestigious “Program Committee’s Professional Achievement Award for Innovations in Green Process Engineering.”
Nature publishes CBE post-doctoral researcher’s work
Recent research by post-doctoral researcher Hanieh Niroomand was published in Nature‘s highly regarded Scientific Reports.
Goenaga Receives the 2017 TLSAMP Champion Award
Senior Research Associate Gabriel Goenaga received the 2017 TLSAMPE Champion Award.
Christopher Neal Named 2017-2018 Goldwater Scholar
CBE junior Christopher Neal was named a 2017-18 Goldwater Scholar, one of the nation’s highest, most selective awards for undergraduate students.
Charles Moore Inducted to Control’s 2017 Process Automation Hall of Fame
Charles Moore was inducted into Control’s Hall of Fame for his willingness to share, promote, and disseminate knowledge and contributions to society.