News
Sep 07, 2010
Cancer Fighting Flowers
ChE Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons is using a $550K NSF grant to develop a method to boost the production of anti-cancer drugs that are produced by the Madagascar periwinkle plant.
Sep 01, 2010
New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Edgar Goluch
DiPietro Assistant ProfessorThe Department of Chemical Engineering welcomes Dr. Edgar Goluch, the newest faculty member, who will be joining us in the fall 2010 semester. Dr. Goluch was attracted to the Department due to its focus on interdisciplinary research and its eagerness towards expansion. Dr. Edgar Goluch received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the […]
Aug 30, 2010
Murthy Selected as Emerging Investigator
ChE Assistant Professor Shashi Murthy was selected for publication in a special edition of Lab on a Chip which features the top 22 Emerging Investigators of 2010 in the field of microsystems and microfluidics.
Jul 19, 2010
Extracting the Cure from Flowers
ChE Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons has received a $550K NSF grant to increase the production of highly-valued medicinal alkaloids from the Madagascar periwinkle plant.
May 27, 2010
Trying to Save the Forest
The Gordon Engineering Leadership Program has provided ChE Freshman Kassi Stein an opportunity to create a sensor that would identify the presence of the destructive Asian longhorn beetle in trees.
Apr 28, 2010
Congratulations Alex Avekians
ChE graduate student Alex Avekians won the first place student poster award at the recent Electrochemical Society conference for the paper “Enhancement of ORR by Electrodeposited CoFePt Multilayered Alloys”.
Apr 23, 2010
Sacco Awarded Distinguished Chemist
Professor Albert Sacco, Jr. has received the 2010 Distinguished Chemist Award by the New England Institute of Chemists.
Apr 22, 2010
Congratulations Katherine Ziemer
Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Katherine Ziemer received the Vice President’s Award for Outstanding Advisor Involvement for her work with the AIChE student group.