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Sep 01, 2016
New Faculty Spotlight: Debra Auguste
Debra Auguste joins the Chemical Engineering department in Fall 2016 as a Professor.
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Sep 01, 2016
New Faculty Spotlight: Sidi Bencherif
Sidi Bencherif joins the Chemical Engineering department in Fall 2016 as an Assistant Professor.
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Sep 01, 2016
New Faculty Spotlight: Francisco Hung
Francisco Hung joins the Chemical Engineering department in Fall 2016 as an Associate Professor.
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Sep 01, 2016
New Faculty Spotlight: Steve Lustig
Steve Lustig joins the Chemical Engineering department in Fall 2016 as an Associate Professor.
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Aug 31, 2016
Lewis to Give Plenary Speech at Thermag VII
ChE & MIE Professor Laura Lewis will give a plenary speech on “Multivariable tuning and optimization in selected magnetostructural systems” at the 7th International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature.
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Aug 24, 2016
Exploring Lower Vertebrate Retina Regeneration
ChE Associate Professor Rebecca Carrier was awarded a $450K NSF grant for "Uncovering Regeneration-Permissive Cues in Lower Vertebrate Retina to Inform Retinal Regenerative Medicine". Abstract Source: NSF Retinal degeneration, particularly associated with aging, is a widespread and increasing health problem currently affecting 2.1 million people in the U.S. and imposing a substantial burden on the […]
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Aug 22, 2016
Su Awarded NSF Grant for Enhanced Adsorption Cooling
ChE Associate Professor Ming Su was awarded an $160K NSF grant for "Enhanced Adsorption Cooling with Monolithic Nanoporous Adsorbents".
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Aug 18, 2016
Kinetic Models of Combustion
ChE Assistant Professor Richard West was awarded a $260K NSF grant for "Resolving discrepancies in detailed kinetic models of combustion via automated transition state theory calculations".