News
Wed, 10/28/2020 | Seattle Times
A formula for more-protective face masks
ChemE spinoff Membrion is developing a sprayable treatment for cloth masks that electrostatically adsorbs the coronavirus and could keep the wearer safer
Fri, 10/16/2020
Introducing C-HACK 2021: a hackathon for ChemE students
Over two weeks in January, undergrads will complete a Python tutorial and team up to solve a chemical engineering problem with code
Thu, 10/15/2020
A legacy of student support and research excellence
ChemE launches the Berg Endowed Fellowship
Mon, 10/12/2020
How to build a network of pharmaceutical biofactories
Advances in synthetic biology and biomaterials open up exciting prospects for distributed manufacturing of drugs, food products, and other commodities
Wed, 10/07/2020 | American Physical Society
Jenekhe wins APS Polymer Physics Prize
Professor Sam Jenekhe is recognized for his influential work on semiconducting polymers for electronic and photovoltaic applications
Wed, 09/02/2020 | UW Mechanical Engineering
UW teams up with regional first responders on mask decontamination
ChemE's Jonathan Posner is part of a team building portable boxes that decontaminate N95 masks
Thu, 08/27/2020 | UW Medicine
Kidney dialysis innovation garners national prize
The Center for Dialysis Innovation earns a KidneyX award for a porous synthetic graft intended to make dialysis safer and more reliable
Wed, 08/05/2020 | UW Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute
ChemE faculty work on a new type of SARS-Cov-2 antibody test
ChemE professor James Carothers and adjunct professor Jesse Zalatan receive NSF award to develop a new type of SARS-CoV-2 antibody test
Tue, 06/23/2020 | UW News
Lasers that cool semiconductors
Cooling lasers could revolutionize fields ranging from bio-imaging to quantum communication
Wed, 06/03/2020
The 2020 Science & Engineering as Art Competition
Presenting beautiful, creative views of ChemE students' research
Mon, 05/18/2020 | UW Engineering
Quantum edge
Through the QuantumX initiative, guided by ChemE chair Jim Pfaendtner and multidisciplinary partners, the UW aims to be a leader in the coming quantum age
Fri, 05/15/2020 | The Daily
ChemE senior works to curb pharmaceutical pollution
Nathanael Ramos has been devising how to electrochemically degradate pharmaceutical compounds in wastewater before they can reach aquatic ecosystems
Mon, 05/04/2020
Four ChemE students among 2020 Husky 100
Two undergraduates and two graduate students are recognized for making the most of their time at UW
Fri, 04/03/2020 | UW Foster Blog
Student design team places 2nd in EIC
ElectroSolar Oxygen won the $10,000 second place prize in the (virtual) Environmental Innovation Challenge
Thu, 02/13/2020 | UW News
Immune cells consult with neighbors to make decisions
New research from UW and Northwestern University shows that immune cells ‘count’ how many of them have gathered to determine how much the immune system should react
Fri, 02/07/2020 | UW Clean Energy Institute
Powering the future of transportation
UW energy storage researchers are working with Nobel laureates to build a better battery for electric vehicles
Fri, 01/17/2020 | UW College of Engineering
ChemE alumni earn Diamond Awards
Greg Newbloom is honored for Entrepreneurial Excellence, and Scott and Catherine Roberts are recognized for Distinguished Service
Fri, 01/17/2020 | UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
Engineered capillaries propel malaria research
With a new microvessel fabrication technique, engineers and pathologists gain deeper understanding of infected blood cell circulation
Fri, 12/06/2019
Pioneers in Biomaterials
How visionary chemical engineers at the UW set the stage for decades of biomaterials innovation
Mon, 11/04/2019 | UW News
Light-based ‘tractor beam’ assembles materials at the nanoscale
ChemE researchers use highly focused lasers to assemble nanoscale semiconductor materials into larger structures
Tue, 09/24/2019 | National Academy of Engineering
DeForest selected for NAE symposium
Professor Cole DeForest will participate in the NAE Frontiers of Engineering symposium, which brings together early-career engineers to promote the transfer of new techniques and approaches across engineering disciplines.
Tue, 08/06/2019
ElectroSolar Oxygen: Just add sunlight, air, and water
An award-winning capstone design's simple formula for generating medical oxygen in underserved areas
Thu, 08/01/2019
New UW–PNNL project to illuminate design principles behind peptoid-generated plasmonic nanomaterials
By mimicking how organisms produce biominerals, engineers may be able to synthesize advanced composite materials