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Nov 15

Carnegie Mellon students take home first place in annual ChemE Cube competition

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering students took home first place in the 2022 RAPID Manufacturing Institute's ChemE Cube competition for their invention, the "Water-Mellon."

Nov 11

Watch: The 3rd annual John L. Anderson Distinguished Lecture

The third annual John L. Anderson Distinguished Lecture Series in Chemical Engineering featured Kathleen J. Stebe, the Richer and Elizabeth Goodwin Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, who presented "Physically Intelligent Colloidal Systems."

Nov 01

Decarbonizing industry with 3D-printed stacked columns Opens in new window

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are exploring ways to reduce emissions from power plants using post-combustion carbon capture via absorption through additively manufactured stacked columns.

Oct 11

Microneedles unlock curcumin’s therapeutic potential Opens in new window

Researchers engineer a hybrid system that stabilizes curcumin to target skin diseases.

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Oct 07

Donahue receives AAAR David Sinclair Award

Carnegie Mellon University’s Neil Donahue, the Thomas Lord Professor in Chemical Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy, and Chemistry Director of the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research, has been named the American Association for Aerosol Research’s (AAAR) 2022 David Sinclair Award recipient.

Oct 05

Undergraduates earn research experience through ChemE’s ChESS Program

Carnegie Mellon’s Chemical Engineering Summer Scholars Program (ChESS) provides rising juniors and seniors an opportunity to gain hands-on research experience.

Sep 06

Research offers experience to undergraduate students Opens in new window

Engineering students at Carnegie Mellon are often involved in research labs with faculty, post-doctoral researchers, and graduate students. But Marcus Yu had the unique experience of working in a lab that included researchers who were entirely undergraduate students.

Sep 05

Donahue to receive American Chemical Society Award

Neil Donahue will receive the American Chemical Society (ACS) Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science at the ACS Spring 2023 meeting in Indianapolis.

Sep 02

Dean’s Early Career Fellows announced Opens in new window

Five College of Engineering faculty members have been awarded the Dean’s Early Career Fellowship in recognition of their exemplary contributions to their respective fields.

Aug 23

Order of the May alumni show lifetime dedication to giving back Opens in new window

Three Engineering alumni recognized this year for a quarter-century of consistent generosity began their philanthropic journeys in their early 20s.

Aug 17

Jackman engineers solutions to biology problems

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Postdoc, Corine Jackman, is using her interdisciplinary toolbox to engineer the future of medicine.

Jul 28

Making sense of too much data

With hundreds of research papers published each day, synthesizing all of the available information for literature reviews has become increasingly difficult. Now, professors and librarians at Carnegie Mellon University are teaming up to find and teach unique techniques to uncover pertinent information for academic studies.

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Jul 15

Khair earns AES Electrophoresis Society Mid-Career Award

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Professor Aditya Khair will be awarded this year’s AES Electrophoresis Society Mid-Career Award at the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies’ 2022 SciX Conference.

Jul 01

Mother’s milk cells key to novel infant disease therapy Opens in new window

Kathryn Whitehead is exploring ways to utilize the unique properties of breast milk to develop a novel approach to infant disease therapy.

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Jun 14

Annette Jacobson to retire after 34 years at Carnegie Mellon Opens in new window

During her exceptionally productive career, Jacobson served as a teaching professor in chemical engineering; associate dean for undergraduate studies, director of the Colloids, Polymers, and Surfaces program; and championed K-12 STEM outreach programs.

May 24

Alumni Spotlight: Preeti Kamakoti

In our latest alumni spotlight, Dr. Preeti Kamakoti ('05) explains how genuine curiosity and a willingness to try new things paved the way to a career path she never expected.

May 18

Discovery uncovers need for ammonia emission regulations Opens in new window

A new discovery sheds light on one way new particles are forming in the upper troposphere. Published in Nature, the study’s findings suggest that in addition to carbon dioxide, there are other compounds in need of immediate attention and regulation.

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Apr 19

New data set accelerates search for renewable energy sources

As part of the Open Catalyst Project collaboration, Meta AI and Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) Department of Chemical Engineering have announced an entirely new data set focused on oxide catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER), a critical chemical reaction used in green hydrogen fuel production via wind and solar energy.

Mar 07

Kitchin develops STEM-focused Python course

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Professor, John Kitchin, is carving out a path for scientists and engineers to learn the computer programming language, Python. His new nine-booklet series combines over 20 years of knowledge with an easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach.

Mar 01

Alumni spotlight: Muge Erdirik Dogan

Carnegie Mellon alumna, Muge Erdirik Dogan, explains how pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering led to a unique career path that resulted in her becoming the President of Amazon Fashion.

Feb 28

Whitehead featured on CBS Evening News

On Sunday, February 28th, CBS Evening News featured Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Professor Kathryn Whitehead, who sat down with CBS’s Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Jon LaPook, to discuss the future of mRNA drug delivery.

Feb 25

Robinson earns ACS BIOT’s highest honor

Anne Robinson, head of Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Chemical Engineering, will receive the Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology at this year’s American Chemical Society spring meeting. Established in 1978, the award is the highest honor given by the American Chemical Society Biochemical Technology Division (BIOT) and recognizes outstanding research contributions toward microbial and biochemical technology.

Feb 23

Managing the clock

For Carnegie Mellon women's basketball players and chemical engineering undergraduates Jamie Joseph, Anna Iacocca, and Samantha Glowasky, time management is a critical skill both on the court and in the classroom.

Feb 15

Biegler awarded 2022 Sargent Medal

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Covestro University Professor, Lorenz T. (Larry) Biegler, was recently awarded the 2022 Sargent Medal by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).

Feb 14

Turning waste to wellness

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering alumna, Michelle Ruiz, is changing the way people think about food waste and fungi, using their unique properties to combat greenhouse gases and create healthier, more sustainable food.

Feb 09

Guiding the future of chemical engineering

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine outlines an ambitious vision to guide the field of chemical engineering over the next 30 years. The report’s committee comprises experts from academia, industry, and government, including Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Department Head, Anne Robinson.

Feb 03

Congratulations to our 2022 Presidential and Graduate Fellowship awardees

The Department of Chemical Engineering is proud to announce our 2022 Presidential and Graduate Fellows!

Jan 20

A cure for Alzheimer’s is taking longer than expected; here’s why

Anne Robinson, Head of Carnegie Mellon's Department of Chemical Engineering, explains why understanding the progression of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease, and its eventual treatment, is much more complex than researchers have previously thought.

Jan 18

Alumni spotlight: Rebecca Liebert

In the first installment of our alumni spotlight series, we sat down with the Executive Vice President of PPG Industries, Rebecca Liebert, to find out how she became interested in the field of engineering, talk about her experience at Carnegie Mellon and discuss the future of ChemE.

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Jen discusses record amount of sargassum seaweed

ChemE’s Coty Jen spoke with ABC News about the record amount of seaweed in the Caribbean.

Martinez Vasquez selected as GEM Employer Fellow

ChemE Ph.D. student Shakira Martinez Vasquez was selected as a 2025 GEM Employer Fellow, sponsored by EMD Serono and Carnegie Mellon University. Martinez Vasquez works with ChemE/BME's Tagbo Niepa.

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Gomes’ predictive platform for biocatalysts spotlighted

An app created by ChemE’s Gabe Gomes that predicts the compatibility of biocatalysts with organic molecules was featured in Chemical & Engineering News.

Liu wins Professional Promise Award

ChemE student Linda Liu received the Professional Promise Award from the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

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