News
Mar 11, 2013
Webster is Keynote Speaker
Chemical Engineering professor & chair of department Thomas Webster will be the keynote speaker at the NSF sponsored Columbia-US workshop on Nanotechnology in Energy and Medical Applications. The objectives of the […]
Feb 15, 2013
Webster Named AIMBE Fellow
Chemical Engineering chair Thomas Webster was selected to be a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) is […]
Jan 25, 2013
Awarded for Health & Safety
Chemical Engineering Professor Ron Willey is the recipient of the Norton H. Walton/ Russell L. Miller Award in Safety/Loss Prevention which is the highest honor from the Safety and Health […]
Dec 05, 2012
Dainty flower is relentless cancer killer in disguise
When I was in high school I read a book called Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice that I thought was going to define the rest of my life (I’ve always been kind […]
Dec 03, 2012
A tiny electrode fuels smart bandage technology
Band-aid technology has made incremental improvements in the years since its commercial introduction in the late 1960s, the most important of which has been the incorporation of antibiotics into the […]
Nov 09, 2012
Recreating the Magnet
ChE Professor Laura Lewis was featured by NewScientist for her research in creating a non-rare earth magnet that are increasing needed in green technologies. Each week New Scientist reaches a […]
Oct 17, 2012
Using nanomaterials for tissue regeneration
Thomas Webster, the new chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering, keeps a titanium hip implant on his desk. “If you look at bone or any natural tissue in the body, […]
Oct 17, 2012
The Organization of Cells
ChE Associate Professor Anand Asthagiri’s research in determining the dynamics of how cells organize into multicellular communities or aggregates was featured in PLOS ONE. PLOS ONE features reports of original research from […]