News

Mon, 06/27/2016 | UW Today

CEI led by ChemE Prof. Schwartz will participate in the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, according to an announcement on June 20 by the White House.

Thu, 06/23/2016 | Chemical Engineering

UW ChemE community gathered on June 9 to celebrate the class of 2016.

Fri, 06/17/2016 | Electrochemical Society

ChemE PhD candidate Trevor Braun (Advisor: Prof. Schwartz) was selected by the Electrochemical Society as this year's Norman Hackerman Young Author Awardee.

Mon, 06/13/2016 | Seattle Ignite

Alum Charlie Corredor spoke at the Ignite Seattle #30, an event where speakers share their passion in 5 minutes.

Thu, 06/09/2016 | UW Today

Prof. Cole DeForest, the Distinguished Teaching Award recipient, was honored by President Cauce and Provost Baldasty at the 46th UW Awards of Excellence ceremony. 

Mon, 06/06/2016 | Journal of Applied Physics

A new technique co-developed by Prof. Stu Adler may provide cues on how to design better batteries. The paper was featured on the cover of the May 28 issue of the Journal of Applied Physics.

Thu, 06/02/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Governor Jay Inslee named Chemical Engineering student Austin Wright-Pettibone as the new student member of the University of Washington Board of Regents for 2016-17. This is by far the most distinguished honor for a UW student. The appointment is even more remarkable considering that Austin becomes the first undergraduate since 2008 and the first ever engineering student to serve as the UW student regent. 

Fri, 05/27/2016 | Chemical Engineering

All three ChemE teams brought home prizes at this year's UW Business Plan Competition, including Decaf Style winning the Second Place Prize. 

Thu, 05/26/2016 | ACS Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering Division

Prof. DeForest was named a 2017 PMSE Young Investigator by the Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering division of American Chemical Society. 

Fri, 05/20/2016 | Chemical Engineering

We were honored to have Prof. Edward L. Cussler, Distinguished Institute Professor at the University of Minnesota, as the 2016 Finlayson Lecturer this week. 

Mon, 05/09/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Innovation & entrepreneurship, student internships, Benson Hall renovation, distinguished alum, "in their own words" with new professors and more.

Thu, 05/05/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Prof. John Berg was honored at the University of Florida as the 2016 D.O. Shah Annual Lecturer. 

Thu, 04/28/2016 | Chemical Engineering

All 3 ChemE teams, out of original 96, made the sweet 16 at the UW Business Plan Competition and will compete for the top prize on May 26.

Tue, 04/26/2016 | Chemical Engineering

The Benson Hall was filled with elementary and middle school visitors on Friday and high school students on Saturday for the annual Engineering Discovery Days on April 22 and 23. 

Fri, 04/22/2016 | Chemical Engineering

The UW Chemical Engineering AIChE Student Chapter hosted the 2016 Pacific Northwest AIChE Student Chapter Conference on April 15-16 and excelled in the competitions. 

Wed, 04/20/2016 | College of Engineering

ChemE senior Thao Nguyen was selected one of two recipients of the 2016 Dean's Medal and became the fourth ChemE winner in the last six years. 

Tue, 04/19/2016 | College of Engineering

College of Engineering announced ChemE Assistant Prof. James Carothers as the winner of the Junior Faculty Award. Winners will be honored at the May 12 award ceremony. 

Mon, 04/18/2016 | AIChE Journal

The May cover of AIChE Journal features David Beck's research "Data Science: Accelerating innovation and discovery in chemical engineering"

Fri, 04/15/2016 | Bioengineering

Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering Emeritus Professor Allan Hoffman receives two awards - Controlled Release Society Award and Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal Award. 

Mon, 04/04/2016 | Chemical Engineering

At the Environmental Innovation Challenge, Ionic Windows took the 2nd place and the Clean Energy Prize and Battery Informatics won the "Judges Also Really Liked" award. 

Fri, 04/01/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Four ChemEs are inducted into the inaugural 2016 Class of Husky 100 for embodying the best of UW.

Thu, 03/31/2016 | Chemical Engineering

We are proud to announce that Prof. Cole DeForest is one of the recipients of the 2016 University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award. This award is the highest honor conferred to a faculty member for excellence in teaching and is a strong testimony to Prof. DeForest's extraordinary dedication to teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. Cole joins a very select group of master teachers that includes ChemE's very own Professors John Berg and Jim Pfaendtner.

Tue, 03/29/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Four ChemE teams are among the chosen 23, competing for the $15,000 Grand Prize at the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge. 

Wed, 03/16/2016 | Nature Biotechnology

Prof. Jiang's 2013 paper on using zwitterionic hydrogels to eliminate the foreign body response to implants was selected as one of eight major hits in 20 years of Nature Biotechnology biomedical research.

Fri, 03/11/2016 | Chemical Engineering

The two ChemE entrepreneurial design teams - 6ixS and Zwitterink - excelled at the inaugural Health Innovation Challenge on March 3.