News

Thu, 03/10/2016 | Chemical Engineering

UW Chemical Engineering is making waves in the nation's capital. Last week, Prof. Venkat Subramanian traveled to Washington D.C. to present his ARPA-E project in a Congressional Showcase during the Energy Innovation Summit. 

Wed, 03/02/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Prof. Jonathan Posner has been appointed as Joint Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering.

Tue, 03/01/2016 | Chemical Engineering

Two ChemE Entrepreneurial Design teams will be competing at 2016 UW Health Innovation Challenge on March 3.  The two teams are among the 18 that made the cut, out of the 34 teams who applied to compete at this inaugural competition. 

Thu, 02/04/2016 | Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ChemE Assistant Professor James Carothers was selected as the 2016 Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Emerging Scholar. 

Tue, 01/19/2016 | UW Today

ChemE Profs. Sam Jenekhe and Guozhong Cao are listed among the "World's Most Influential Scientific Minds" by Thomson Reuters for their contribution to the materials science field.  Twenty-seven UW researchers made the list.  

Mon, 01/11/2016 | Chemical Engineering

One of the highlights of 2015 was our annual Graduate Student Awards Day held on November 23 to honor the outstanding achievements of our graduate students in several areas. 

Thu, 01/07/2016 | ACS Journal of Physical Chemistry

Article published by Prof. Jim Pfaendtner's group, "New Approach for Investigating Reaction Dynamics and Rates with Ab Initio Calculations" is featured as today's ACS Editors' Choice (1/7/16). 

Tue, 12/22/2015 | Chemical Engineering

Happy holidays from Chair François Baneyx and the UW ChemE 

Tue, 12/22/2015 | Xconomy

ChemE Professor and the CEI Director Dan Schwartz explains how connecting patient funds with impatient researchers accelerates our clean energy future. 

Tue, 12/22/2015 | Chemical Engineering

Modumetal, one of Seattle's hottest start-ups, had an extra special holiday party after having closed a $33.5 million round of financing this past summer. It was co-founded by UW alumni John Whitaker and Christina Lomasney, both of whom worked in Prof. Dan Schwartz' research labs.

Wed, 11/18/2015 | UW Today

Refrigerating liquids with a laser - Pauzauskie Group (MSE) with ChemE doctoral student Matthew Crane became the first one to do it. 

Thu, 11/12/2015 | Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Prof. Sam Jenekhe has been selected as one of two Scientific Editors for Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, a new Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) journal edited by Juan de Pablo that will launch next year. 

Thu, 11/05/2015 | Chemical Engineering

Congratulations to Group Apollo for winning the 2015 Bowen Design Award, established by former UW Dean of Engineering and ChemE Prof. J. Ray Bowen to recognize outstanding senior design projects. 

Sun, 11/01/2015 | Chemical Engineering

ChemE graduate student Jessica Soto-Rodriguez (Advisor: Baneyx) received the Best Paper Award in Applied Physics / Electrical and Computer Engineering at the 2015 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers RISE Symposia.  

Fri, 10/23/2015 | Electrochemical Society

During its 228th international meeting in Phoenix, AZ last week, the Electrochemical Society (ECS) announced the selection of Prof. Dan Schwartz as the winner of the 2015 Electrodeposition Division Research Award. Established in 1979, the award recognizes outstanding research contributions to the field of electrodeposition.

Wed, 10/21/2015 | Chemical Engineering

ACES Professional Development Chair, Jared Shadish, reports on the recently held 8th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, organized by grads for grads.

Thu, 10/01/2015 | Chemical Engineering

We transformed an outdated undergrad computer lab in Benson 125 into a vibrant environment that will enhance the undergraduate experience, improve learning and be more conducive to teaming and collaborations. The renovated space boasts a conference room and interaction space for group projects.

Mon, 09/28/2015 | Chemical Engineering

The 2014-15 recruiting season brought a huge win for ChemE with the hiring of Dr. Elizabeth Nance who started in the Fall as the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering. For the past two years, she was a Hartwell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (10 granted in the U.S.) in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins.  Dr. Nance is a recipient of the highly competitive Burroughs Wellcome Career Award and was recently named one of the 2015 Forbes 30 under 30 in Science and Medicine as one of the "most disruptive, game-changing and innovating young personalities in science." 

Fri, 09/25/2015 | The Whole U

It’s like a magic trick. With the flick of a switch, Cole DeForest and his lab can transform human cells. It starts with a group of stem cells that have the potential to become any other type of cell found in the human body. Most labs manipulate these cells with temperature, pH, or chemical factors, but DeForest and his team use light-based chemistry... 

Tue, 09/15/2015 | National Association of Professional Women

The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) announced the induction of ChemE alumna Brigette Rosendall (Ph.D. '96) into its VIP Woman of the Year Circle. Dr. Rosendall is Principal Engineer (P.E.) and Bechtel Distinguished Scientist for Bechtel National, Inc. and played significant roles in its major engineering projects, including the cleanup and containment at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant in Washington State and the construction of the second span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. 

Mon, 09/14/2015 | PNAS / Chemical Engineering News

In the September 14 issue of PNAS, Prof. Jiang and his team describe a zwitterionic gel encapsulation strategy that improves the stability, enhances the pharmacokinetics and most importantly reduce the immunogenicity of therapeutic proteins. The new technology which was highlighted in the Chemical Engineering News could give PEGylation a run for its money. 

Tue, 09/08/2015 | UW Today

The UW Clean Energy Institute, directed by ChemE Prof. Dan Schwartz, will bring together Pacific Northwest energy storage stakeholders for Transforming the Future: A Symposium on the Science and Technology of Energy Storage in the Pacific Northwest. "No matter where you fit in the landscape of translating energy from molecules to markets, you'll be able to get that 360-degree perspective," said Schwartz. Read the full article on UW Today. 

Wed, 09/02/2015 | Chemical Engineering

Sam Landsman, who graduated from UW ChemE with his bachelor's degree this year, released a jazz album, Transport, with eleven of his compositions, and Sam at the tenor saxophone. We can now listen to the heat transfer process and tap our feet to its rhythm.  

Tue, 08/25/2015 | The Seattle Times

Modumetal, co-founded by ChemE Alum John Whitaker (Ph.D. '03, Advisor: Dan Schwartz), raised $33M in financing to manufacture a metal that can last longer than steel and aluminum. Read the full story on The Seattle Times. 

Wed, 08/19/2015 | CoMSEF

ChemE graduate student Kayla Sprenger (Advisor: Jim Pfaendtner) won the 2015 CoMSEF Conference Presentation Award, which recognizes significant contributions of young researchers to research in computational molecular science and engineering.  Kayla was simultaneously selected at the conference as the PCCP Journal Poster Prize winner.