Alumnus David McKinney (BS ’84), current president of ISOFlex Packaging and founder of Coldpack, was inducted into the department’s Hall of Fame.

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

Senior Research Associate Gabriel Goenaga won a Faculty Research Mentor Award and Kelsey Uselton won an OURF Bronze Award and second place in the research category at EURēCA.

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

James Buchanan, Marie Franzen, and Ben Koester received UT’s Volunteer of Distinction 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.

Financial Specialist Amber Tipton received the Tickle College of Engineering’s Emerging Leader Award.

Naijia Hao (PhD ’20) received the 2020 Jim and Sändra McKinley Outstanding Graduate Student Award for demonstrating a high degree of effort in the classroom and excellent leadership in the lab.

Nicholas Ross received a 2020 Torchbearer Award, the highest award given to undergraduates by the University of Tennessee.