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Cole DeForest

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.

Gabriel Lopez

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.

STEM pitch night

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. 

Nada Naser

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.

A group of students standing in the front of a classroom

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.

A group of people posing for a photo in front of a gray staircase

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.

ChemE professor Sam Jenekhe presents Early Career Award to Felix Kim

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.

UW ChemE alumna Kristan Soto

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.

Rendering of researchers standing around new battery equipment at the Clean Energy Institute

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

Kristin Bennett in the lab

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