UConn CMBE

11/23/2012

http://www.cheg.engr.uconn.edu/uconn-student-wins-prestigious-marshall-scholarship.php

Ethan Butler, a 2012 chemical engineering graduate and past president of the UConn chapter of Engineers Without Borders, will spend the next two years in the United Kingdom pursuing his graduate studies at one, and possibly two, of Britain’s finest academic and research institutions.

11/16/2012

UConn Partners with Penn State Altoona in Groundbreaking Project on Solar Power Technology
http://www.cheg.engr.uconn.edu/uconn-partners-with-penn-state-altoona-in-groundbreaking-project-on-solar-power-technology.php

The University of Connecticut has partnered with Penn State Altoona in a collaborative research initiative, supported by a three-year, $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The project is entitled “Electro-optical studies of nanoscale, geometrically asymmetric tunnel junctions for co...

11/12/2012

Professor Ma Received the “Distinguished Young Rheologist Award”
http://www.cheg.engr.uconn.edu/professor-ma-received-the-distinguished-young-rheologist-award-from-ta-instruments.php

Dr. Anson Ma of the Chemical Engineering Program has been chosen to receive the “Distinguished Young Rheologist Award” from TA Instruments. The decision was made by a panel comprising some of the most established and respected scientists in the field of rheology. Dr. Ma and his research team will re...

11/12/2012

UConn Engineering: Outstanding Environment for Grad Studies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yS-KXNOVcM&feature=share&list=PL0FAA01BBAF4B5111

In the University of Connecticut School of Engineering, graduate students enjoy an outstanding combination of academic excellence, student resources, a vibra...

11/05/2012

http://www.cheg.engr.uconn.edu/chemical-engineering-well-represented-at-annual-aiche-meeting-2012.php

The annual AIChE meeting was held in Pittsburgh this year, between Friday October 26th and Friday November 2nd. With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on the eastern seaboard, it was challenging to get everyone out to the conference in advance of the storm, and some faculty and students weren’t able to a...

10/31/2012

Undergraduates Attend Materials Science & Technology Conference 2012
http://www.mse.engr.uconn.edu/undergraduates-attend-ms-t12.php

10/03/2012

09/26/2012

New Bioreactor Experiment Debuts in Chemical Engineering Senior Lab | Chemical Engineering
http://www.cheg.engr.uconn.edu/new-bioreactor-experiment-debuts-in-chemical-engineering-senior-lab.php

Chemical engineering senior Chris Hawxhurst loads media into the new bioreactor in preparation for the day’s experiment.

09/10/2012

CMBE Professor Yong Wang Receives NSF CREATIV Award
http://www.cheg.engr.uconn.edu/cmbe-professor-yong-wang-receives-nsf-creativ-award.php

Dr. Yong Wang of CMBE was recently awarded a competitive National Science Foundation CREATIV (Creative Research Awards for Transformative Interdisciplinary Ventures) grant. CREATIV, a pilot grant system part of the INSPIRE (Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education) ...

09/10/2012

Hom Sharma is awarded the 2012 Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results (EPA-STAR) Graduate Fellowship
http://www.cheg.engr.uconn.edu/hom-sharma-is-awarded-the-2012-environmental-protection-agency-science-to-achieve-results-epa-star-graduate-fellowship.php

Hom Sharma, a Ph.D. candidate from the CMBE department, has received a highly competitive and prestigious Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship from The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This federal government award is limited to the country’s most outstanding graduate students in enviro...

08/29/2012

CHEG Senior Participated in UConn's first U21 Study Abroad Program
http://www.cmbe.engr.uconn.edu/news2012/U21-Emily-Anderson2012.html

In the following article, Chemical Engineering Senior Emily Anderson describes her U21 study abroad experience in Guatemala, and how she saw engineering knowledge being used to tackle social and economic problems. Students and alumni are always welcome to share their professional experiences by subm...

08/16/2012

Brown Grease to Biodiesel
http://www.cmbe.engr.uconn.edu/news2012/brown-grease-to-biodiesel2012.html

UConn Chemical Engineering Professor Richard Parnas is co-founder and CTO of RPM Sustainable Technologies (RPM ST), a local biofuel and chemical engineering service company whose mission is to supply process technology to the biofuels and chemistry industries. Aided by research conducted at UConn’s ...