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ChemE undergraduate student Kristin Bennett gives a presentation at the ASEE conference

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.

Bergsman lab reactor

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.

Sydney Floryanzia and Elizabeth Nance

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.

hydrogen storage illustration

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).

Elizabeth Nance fellowship announcement

Mon, 07/08/2024

Elizabeth Nance named CRS Fellow

Associate Professor Elizabeth Nance was named among the 2024 Controlled Release Society College of Fellows.

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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.

Camillo Cheng visiting UW campus

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.

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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.

Right-handed and left-handed peptoids

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.

Annabella Li

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.