Ha Selected for Advanced Undergraduate Research Activity Program
Senior Khanh Ha was selected for the Advanced Undergraduate Research Activity (AURA) program, which promotes research for undergraduate students at UT.
Ragauskas Honored by Royal Society of Chemistry with Environment Prize
The Royal Society of Chemistry awarded UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Art Ragauskas its 2022 Environment Prize for his role in the development and refinement of plant-based fuels.
Student Awards Round-Up
CBE students have been recognized with numerous awards distributed across the university this spring.
Tasimba Jonga Graduates as Torchbearer
Tasimba Jonga earned the Torchbearer award, the university’s highest student honor, for his senior year at UT.
CBE Grad Goes Coast-to-Coast as Knight-Hennessy Scholar
Senior Tasimba Jonga will move forward into graduate studies as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University.
Department Announces 2022 Awards
CBE recognized several students, faculty, and staff with its annual department awards.
ORNL Highlights Advincula’s Research
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.
Trinh’s DOE-Supported Research Could Bring Big Changes to Biofuels
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.
New and Unknown
Alumnus David McKinney (BS ’84), current president of ISOFlex Packaging and founder of Coldpack, was inducted into the department’s Hall of Fame.
A Universe of Knowledge
After alumnus Erick Ribeiro (PhD ’20) built an innovative energy storage device printed on a 3D printer, NASA began scaling them to use on a Mars rover.