News

Thu, 03/02/2017 | The Electrochemical Society

Prof. Venkat Subramanian discusses the potential for implementing bottom-up renewable grid control with microgrids for energy distribution. 

Thu, 02/23/2017 | WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

A new paper from Prof. Elizabeth Nance is on the cover of the WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology.

Tue, 02/21/2017 | Chemical Engineering

Ionic Windows, a ChemE start-up, secured a NSF Small Business Innovative Research grant for $225,000 and an Amazon Catalyst grant for $100,000 to help translate their technology from university setting to commercialization.

Mon, 01/30/2017 | The Journal of The Electrochemical Society

The Journal of The Electrochemical Society recently interviewed Prof. Venkat Subramanian, who serves as its technical editor.

Mon, 01/23/2017 | College of Engineering

The College of Engineering announced the selection of Dr. Ashutosh Chilkoti ('91 PhD, ChemE) as the recipient of the 2017 Diamond Award for Distinguished Achievement in Academia. Dr. Chilkoti is one of the world's leading biomolecular engineering researchers focused on cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Tue, 01/17/2017 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

New research by Mary Lidstrom and David Beck uses bacteria isolated from Lake Washington sediment to reveal how different species interact and alter their behavior in response to the presence of a heterogeneous community of microbes. These microbes are important to biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nitrogen in the environment and shed light on processes that may be relevant to complex biological systems for industrial microbiology.

Wed, 01/11/2017 | Chemical Engineering

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on Monday that Assistant Professor Cole DeForest was one of the recipients of the 2017 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. The prestigious award recognizes teacher-scholars for outstanding research and a dedication to the integration of educational and research activities. 

Thu, 12/15/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Holiday message from ChemE Chair François Baneyx.

Wed, 12/14/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Alaska Airlines recently made history, flying the first commercial flight using fuel made from forest residuals. As part of the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA), ChemE staff Laurel James, who worked with Prof. Dan Schwartz on the grant, was among the passengers of the first flight. 

Tue, 12/13/2016 | Chemical Engineering

The Chemical Engineering community recently gathered for a very special event: the installation of not one, but two endowed professorships.

Wed, 12/07/2016 | Royal Society of Chemistry

New research from Prof. Jim Pfaendtner is on the cover of the Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, a publication of the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry.

Wed, 12/07/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Meet our undergraduate and graduate students and learn why they chose to study ChemE at the UW.

Tue, 12/06/2016 | Chemical Engineering

We gathered for the Grad Awards Day on November 28th to honor the achievements of outstanding graduate students in the areas of teaching, research, and scholarship

Mon, 12/05/2016 | Chemical Engineering

ChemE students and faculty connected with our Bay area alumni in Berkeley in conjunction with the November AIChE meeting.

Thu, 12/01/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Check out the video journey of the UW ChemE car. Team won 2nd place in poster competition at AIChE meeting in November.

Mon, 10/24/2016 | University of Washington

ChemE's own Austin Wright-Pettibone shares his Husky experience as one of six students featured. 

Mon, 10/17/2016 | Clean Energy Institute

U.S. Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernest Moniz, visited the Hillhouse laboratory to see their innovations on photovoltaic materials and solution processed solar cells. 

Tue, 09/13/2016 | UW Today

Led by Prof. Pfaendtner, the $3M NSF-NRT grant brings "Big Data" to graduate education in clean energy research at UW.

Fri, 08/19/2016 | GeekWire

Vie Diagnostics, co-founded by ChemE alums & Prof. Posner, wins $225,000 NSF Small Business Technology Transfer grant. 

Tue, 08/02/2016 | Acta Biomaterialia

Edited by Prof. Jiang, a special issue of Acta Biomaterialia on zwitterionic materials is now released. The issue contains a selection of papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Bioinspired and Zwitterionic Materials Jiang organized in 2015.

Mon, 08/01/2016 | UW Today

Profs. Baneyx and Schwartz were elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for "their outstanding record of scientific achievement and willingness to work on behalf of the academy in bringing the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington."

Fri, 07/15/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Science and engineering are not just that - a research image can captivate us and tingle our imagination.

Tue, 07/12/2016 | The Electrochemical Society

The Journal of Electrochemical Society selected Prof. Venkat Subramanian to join its expert group of Technical Editors.

Thu, 07/07/2016 | Chemical Engineering

The J. Ray and Priscilla J. Bowen Endowment was established by former UW Dean of Engineering and Chemical Engineering Faculty member, J. Ray Bowen, to recognize outstanding student performance in senior design projects. 

Mon, 06/27/2016 | Chemical Engineering

We hosted the first-ever 50th reunion and welcomed back the class of 1966 to the Benson Hall. The reunion was held on June 9 in conjunction with the Chemical Engineering Graduation.