News
Mon, 02/24/2025
ChemE data science courses open doors
University of Washington alumnus Gregory Moore gives credit to ChemE’s data science courses for landing his early career dream job.
Wed, 02/19/2025 | Society for Biomaterials
Society for Biomaterials award
Weyerhaeuser Endowed Professor Cole Deforest received the 2025 Mid-Career Award from the Society for Biomaterials.
Wed, 02/05/2025 | UW College of Engineering
2025 Diamond Awards
Gabriel P. López (Ph.D. '91) has received the 2025 Diamond Award in the category for Creating a Healthier and More Just World.
Tue, 02/04/2025
ChemE at STEM Pitch Night
Engage’s STEM Pitch Night challenges UW graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors to condense their research into three-minute talks geared toward a general audience.
Mon, 01/13/2025
Meet our new faculty
In December 2024, the UW Department of Chemical Engineering welcomed Nada Naser, Catherine M. and Scott C. Roberts Faculty Fellow.
Mon, 01/06/2025 | UW News
Q&A: How a UW teaching professor adds the context behind the science in her chemical engineering courses
Alex Prybutok, University of Washington assistant teaching professor of chemical engineering, studies anti-racism, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in engineering education.
Thu, 12/05/2024
New undergraduate research fund honors John Berg
The Gregory and Kimberly Ogden Endowment Fund in Undergraduate Research will support new opportunities for ChemE undergraduate students to work in labs.
Mon, 12/02/2024
Bridging the gap
UW ChemE has taken on the task of developing new professional certificate programs that will help working engineers fill critical knowledge gaps amidst new emerging industries and accelerating technologies.
Tue, 10/22/2024
2024 Early Career Impact Award
Felix Kim (Ph.D. '12) conducts research in sustainable electronics and neuromorphic computing systems enabled by chemical engineering.
Fri, 10/11/2024 | Society for Women Engineers
Society for Women Engineers 2024 APEX Awards
UW alumna Kristan Soto (ChemE B.S. '96) received the Advocating Women in Engineering Award from the Society for Women Engineers.
Fri, 10/11/2024 | UW Clean Energy Institute
New open-access battery lab aims to boost U.S. manufacturing and workforce development for electric vehicles and beyond
Expansion of Washington Clean Energy Testbeds will enable fabrication of pouch cells to accelerate the next generation of faster-charging, higher-energy-density, and earth-friendly batteries
Mon, 09/30/2024 | UW Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Navy to neuroscience
Undergraduate and Navy veteran Kristin Bennett brings her firsthand experience with traumatic brain injuries into the lab
Mon, 09/30/2024
Cole DeForest named new Director of Education at UW Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute
Cole DeForest, Weyerhaeuser Endowed Professor and associate chair for graduate studies in chemical engineering, is the new Director of Education at the Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute (MolES).
Thu, 08/08/2024 | UW Clean Energy Institute
Maria Politi, George Fennell, Antonio Vasquez win 2024 CEI student awards
Maria Politi received the Clean Energy Scientific Achievement Award for accelerating the UW’s adoption of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) for the optimization of clean energy materials.
Wed, 08/07/2024
ChemE paper on classroom accessibility receives two awards
A publication co-authored by ChemE students, faculty and staff of the department's DEIA committee received two awards at the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference.
Wed, 07/31/2024
Advancing microelectronics atom by atom
A new multi-chamber reactor will accelerate materials experiments for the rapidly advancing field of microelectronics.
Tue, 07/23/2024
Award spotlights decade-long mentorship
Chemical engineering Ph.D. student Sydney Floryanzia and Associate Professor Elizabeth Nance were recently named among the 2024 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship student-adviser pairs.
Mon, 07/08/2024
Julie Rorrer awarded IGNIITE 2024 grant for energy research
ChemE assistant professor Julie Rorrer was selected as one of 23 early-career scientists and engineers to receive $500,000 in funding from a new program by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
Mon, 07/08/2024
Elizabeth Nance named CRS Fellow
Associate Professor Elizabeth Nance was named among the 2024 Controlled Release Society College of Fellows.
Tue, 06/18/2024 | UW News
UW ChemE graduate program ranks 25th
The UW College of Engineering graduate program was recently ranked No. 21 overall, and ChemE was among the subdisciplines ranked in the top 35.
Tue, 06/11/2024
2024 Moulton Distinguished Alumnus
Camillo Cheng (B.S. ‘76) is recognized for his entrepreneurial spirit in the world of Asian food manufacturing.
Tue, 06/04/2024
Q&A with a graduating ChemE senior
Graduating senior Sarina Vafa (B.S. ‘24) reflected on her academic experiences leading up to and during her time as a chemical engineering student at the University of Washington, and shares some exciting plans for her ChemE career.
Thu, 05/09/2024 | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Designer peptoids mimic nature’s helices
UW ChemE-affiliated researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have learned to control peptoid “handedness,” one key to precision drug delivery and diagnostics.
Tue, 05/07/2024 | UW Today
ChemE among 2024 Goldwater Scholars
ChemE junior Annabella Li, a double major in chemical engineering and biochemistry, was honored as one of the 2024 Goldwater Scholars. Li has researched the design, production and testing of new protein-based systems in the Deforest Lab.
Mon, 04/29/2024 | UW News
Husky 100
Chemical engineering Ph.D. student Nada Naser is among the the Husky 100 2024 cohort. Naser credits her UW experience for empowering her to connect engineering training with her passion for making STEM education accessible.