News
Jan 31, 2025
Inaugural College of Engineering Young Alumni Impact Award Recipients
The College of Engineering announces its inaugural Young Alumni Impact Award recipients. These six leaders in their fields were carefully selected from a pool of faculty nominations. With only one awardee for each engineering discipline, this is an elite achievement. The awards ceremony and “Career Paths to Impact” fireside chat hosted by Dean Gregory Abowd is Feb. 18, 2025 in Boston and virtual.
Jan 30, 2025
Faculty and Staff Awards 2025
Faculty and staff were recognized at the 27th Annual College of Engineering Faculty and Staff Awards for their exceptional service and dedication in support of students, the COE community, and the university during the 2024-2025 academic year.
Jan 21, 2025
ChE PhD Student Wins Best Poster Award at NECS
Chengyu Zhou, PhD’28, chemical engineering, won the NECS Best Poster Award for research into sustainable, low-carbon ammonia production.
Jan 09, 2025
Patent for Combining Drugs and Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji was awarded a patent for “Combination taxoid nanoemulsion with immunotherapy in cancer.”
Jan 08, 2025
Hashmi’s Research Featured on Cover of Physics of Fluids
The research paper co-authored by Barrett Smith, PhD’24, chemical engineering, and ChE Assistant Professor Sara Hashmi on “Diffusion-Driven Deposition Model Suggests Stiffer Gels Deposit More Efficiently in Microchannel Flows” was featured on the cover of Physics of Fluids.
Dec 23, 2024
NSF CAREER Award for Efficient, Environmentally Friendly Ammonia Production
ChE Assistant Professor Qing Zhao received a $618,100 NSF CAREER Award for “Computational Characterization of Reaction Mechanisms and Catalytic Microenvironments in Redox-Mediated Ammonia Electrosynthesis.” She is researching a more efficient and environmentally friendly ammonia production process; ammonia is a critical component of the production of fertilizer.
Dec 11, 2024
New Faculty Spotlight: Bryan James
Bryan James joins the chemical engineering department in January 2025 as an assistant professor.
Nov 22, 2024
Advancing Methane Conversion Catalyst Research
ChE Assistant Professor Qing Zhao received a $110,000 American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Award for “First-Principles Discovery of Single-Atom Alloys as Coke-Resistant Catalysts for Direct Methane Activation.” Using electronic structure theory, Zhao is designing catalysts at the atomic level to convert earth-abundant methane into value-added multi-carbon hydrocarbons.