2023

Dec 20

Gabe Gomes and two students look at a computer screen

AI Coscientist automates scientific discovery Opens in new window

Coscientist is a copilot for science, making experimentation faster and more accurate.

Dec 15

Priyanka Vaddi

Alum spotlight: Priyanka Vaddi

With a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Priyanka Vaddi (‘04) is uniquely prepared for her career as a pediatric dentist.

Dec 06

Chetan Chilkunda in front of his research poster.

Student spotlight: Chetan Chilkunda

After years of hearing that his generation will have to fix our planet, undergraduate Chetan Chilkunda chose chemical engineering as the best preparation to do something meaningful.

Nov 30

Lenny An standing outside with the CMU quad in the background

Alum spotlight: Lenny An

Alumni Association Board member Lenny An (ENG’11,’12) applies the systems thinking and team-based approaches he learned in chemical engineering to his work at Citigroup.

Nov 20

three charts

Predicting air pollution effects on the weather

Researchers designed a setup of the global climate model that adds the capability to simulate air pollutants in simulations like weather forecasts.

Nov 09

Ruby Perez-Fry

Student spotlight: Ruby Perez-Fry

Undergraduate Ruby Perez-Fry is preparing to work in the consumer goods industry, on products that billions of people around the world use every day.

Oct 31

Tal Dassau

Two ChemE seniors selected as Andrew Carnegie Society Scholars

Tal Dassau and Anais Del Rosario Martinez are recognized for leadership, service, and academic success.

Oct 25

Ian Gimino

Student spotlight: Ian Gimino

From Lab I to his undergraduate research with a nanobioelectronics group, Ian Gimino is learning to solve problems.

Oct 23

Close grouping of multicolored circles on one side with the circles expanding on the other

Curing cancer is not enough Opens in new window

Colette Bilynsky pursues both cancer research and health policy to ensure that potential cures are affordable and accessible to all.

Oct 19

Aditya Khair

Khair elected to APS Fellows

Peers in the American Physical Society recognize Aditya Khair for exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise.

Oct 13

Mariah Arral

Arral honored as one of AIChE’s 35 Under 35

Ph.D. student Mariah L. Arral is honored in the education and outreach category of AIChE’s 35 Under 35.

Oct 06

Christos Maravelias

Alum Christos Maravelias to give keynote address at ChEGSA Symposium

Before returning to campus, Christos Maravelias (‘04) reminisces about his time at CMU and discusses the future of chemical engineering.

Media Mentions


Sahinidis earns 2026 Khachiyan Prize

Nikolaos Sahinidis ('90), an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering, earned the 2026 Khachiyan Prize from the INFORMS Optimization Society for his lifetime achievements in the area of optimization.

INFORMS

Grossmann awarded 2026 Saul Gass Award for Expository Writing

ChemE’s Ignacio Grossmann was recently selected to receive the 2026 INFORMS Saul Gass Award for Expository Writing. In San Francisco this November, the INFORMS Annual Meeting will be held where then award will be formally bestowed.

Jalopnik

Research from Anna and Walker informs oil spill cleanup

ChemE’s Shelley Anna and Lynn Walker joined Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative’s (GoMRI) effort to understand and limit the impact of the Deepwater Horizon spill, and their research from that effort was recently referenced in Jalopnik.

Chemical Engineering

Niepa hosts Bugs as Materials internship program

ChemE’s Tagbo Niepa led the Bugs as Materials summer internship program, a hands-on experience for high school students to explore the role of microbes in creating sustainable materials.

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