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ChemE capstone projects pair students with industry and academic partners

Vincent Holmberg is charting a new course in nanomaterials teaching and research

Pfaendtner, a leader in ChemE since 2009, will build on the department's success in his new role as chair

ChemE postdoctoral researcher David Li and professor Lilo Pozzo have developed a method for synthesizing nanodroplets that could unleash new potential for ultrasound imaging and therapies. They recently published their research in Nano Letters as part of a multidisciplinary UW team.

Cooking is an art and a science. It’s also the perfect window into a smorgasbord of engineering concepts.

This spring, UW ChemE Professor David Castner was awarded the American Vacuum Society’s highest honor “For leading advances in rigorous and state-of-the-art surface analysis methods applied to organic and biological samples." The Award is given in recognition of outstanding research in the fields of interest to AVS.

ChemE Professor Lilo Pozzo leads collaborative efforts to bring low cost and resilient energy systems to health clinics and residents in rural Puerto Rico.

UW ChemE start-up Battery Informatics wins (CEI) Clean Energy Prize at the 2018 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge

The DeForest Lab at UW ChemE is off to a remarkable start for 2018. In January, the group announced an exciting advancement in therapeutics delivery with the 11th most read paper ever published in the history of Nature Chemistry: "Engineered modular biomaterial logic gates for environmentally triggered therapeutic delivery". This ground-breaking research also received a write-up in Chemical & Engineering News (Jan 22, 2017), and a feature article in UW News. In February, the group's paper, "Photoresponsive biomaterials for targeted drug delivery and 4D cell culture" was featured on the cover of Nature Reviews Materials.  And now in March, the DeForest Lab's paper on "smart therapeutics" is featured on the cover of this month's edition of Nature Chemistry, and on the journal's home page.

Two New UW research centers ignite collaborative efforts. The secret ingredient? Chemical engineers.

The recent opening of the Molecular Engineering Materials Center (MEMC), a new Materials Science Research & Engineering Center (MRSEC), and of the Center for Dialysis Innovation (CDI), a joint venture between UW medicine and engineering, is accelerating the pace of cross-disciplinary research on campus.  Working at the interface of disciplines has always been a hallmark of Chemical Engineering and it is no surprise that our faculty are playing key roles in both efforts. 

Network of Synthetic Blood Microvessels Built
UW Medicine | Oct 4, 2017 | Barbara Rodriguez
To sustain engineered organs, the ability to generate vascular systems similar to parts of the body's own circulation will be critical. Researchers are reporting significant progress in generating a 3-dimensional network of blood vessels that can be grown and manipulated in a laboratory.  Building vascular support for stem-cell repaired tissues or replacement organs will be vital to such regenerative therapies. Read More
Advanced Materials - Read abstract of cover article | above - DeForest Lab's Advanced Materials magazine cover 

Imagine revolutionizing the renewable energy market with the silica gel packets you find in shoeboxes and snack bags. The research team behind Membrion is working to do just that. Developed by chemical engineering researchers Greg Newbloom (PhD ’14) and Weyerhaeuser Endowed Associate Professor Lilo Pozzo, the Membrion technology seeks to innovate battery storage with a lower cost, improved battery membrane that uses silica gel. And, the team says, they couldn’t be doing it without the support of partners on and off campus committed to advancing alternative energy research, innovation and commercialization.