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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

Cole DeForest in his 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).

Maria Politi receives her certificate, along with ChemE professors Lilo Pozzo and Dan Schwartz

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.

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.