News
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.
Fri, 03/29/2024 | UW Foster School of Business
Waste Reduction Shines at 2024 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge
Carothers Lab team C-1 Bio among winners for their technology that sustainably converts CO2 emissions from industrial waste into valuable chemicals.
Fri, 03/29/2024
Recruiting robots for materials discovery
Chemical engineers in the Pozzo Research Group are using open-source tools to build modular robots that can run multiple functions of complex experiments.
Fri, 03/15/2024 | UW Medicine | Newsroom
Protein gel enhances cell injection and engraftment
Cole DeForest, a UW associate professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering and faculty member of the UW Institute of Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, led the project.
Tue, 02/20/2024
Remembering Charles Sleicher: Vintner, photographer and ChemE professor
Charles Sleicher, former chemical engineering professor and department chair as well as influential Washington vintner and nature photographer, passed away at the age of 99.
Tue, 01/30/2024 | UW Today
Using computers to design proteins allows researchers to make tunable hydrogels that can form both inside and outside of cells
New research led by the University of Washington demonstrates hydrogels can form inside cells, providing researchers with a new tool to group proteins together inside of cells.
Mon, 01/29/2024 | UW College of Engineering
A mission to mitigate methane
Mary Lidstrom, Professor Emeritus of chemical engineering, returns to her lab to work on reducing methane emissions.