Dec 20
Coscientist is a copilot for science, making experimentation faster and more accurate.
Dec 15
With a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Priyanka Vaddi (‘04) is uniquely prepared for her career as a pediatric dentist.
Dec 06
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
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
Researchers designed a setup of the global climate model that adds the capability to simulate air pollutants in simulations like weather forecasts.
Nov 09
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.
Nov 03
Current ChemE graduate students volunteer as mentors for prospective Ph.D.students. The program aims to remove barriers to educational opportunities and resources.
Oct 31
Tal Dassau and Anais Del Rosario Martinez are recognized for leadership, service, and academic success.
Oct 25
From Lab I to his undergraduate research with a nanobioelectronics group, Ian Gimino is learning to solve problems.
Oct 23
Colette Bilynsky pursues both cancer research and health policy to ensure that potential cures are affordable and accessible to all.
Oct 19
Peers in the American Physical Society recognize Aditya Khair for exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise.
Oct 13
Ph.D. student Mariah L. Arral is honored in the education and outreach category of AIChE’s 35 Under 35.
Oct 06
Before returning to campus, Christos Maravelias (‘04) reminisces about his time at CMU and discusses the future of chemical engineering.
Oct 03
At the Berg Symposium, undergraduates Tal Dassau and Linda Liu were selected as the top poster presenters.
Sep 25
Ph.D. student Huda Usman is applying her experience at the prestigious Marine Biological Laboratory to her research miniaturizing the culture system.
Sep 20
Albert Presto has been named the director of the Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies (CAPS) at Carnegie Mellon University.
Sep 19
To better understand how the velocity will scale, researchers used numerical computations to find the nonlinear behavior of the electrophoretic velocity as a function of the electric field.
Sep 13
At the University of Cantabria, Ignacio Grossmann will teach a graduate course, give a workshop and seminars, and collaborate with faculty on several research problems related to sustainability.
Sep 08
ACS recognizes Bob Tilton for outstanding scientific contributions to colloid chemistry.
Sep 07
Two local high school teachers spent a month as researchers in the Jen Lab, part of a pilot program to help increase atmospheric chemistry and climate change literacy.
Aug 29
Chemical engineering master’s and Ph.D. students interned in a variety of industries and labs across the country this summer.
Aug 21
Yunfei Niu shares how the MS in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering program is preparing her for job and research opportunities in both biological sciences and chemical engineering.
Aug 16
After 26 years, Lynn Walker is leaving Carnegie Mellon University to join the faculty at the University of Minnesota.
Jul 27
In his summer internship, master’s student Divyam Shah is optimizing and developing new formulations and drug delivery systems. He’s preparing for a career in pharmaceutical research and development.
Jul 21
Researchers are partnering with the PA Department of Environmental Protection to determine if emissions from harmful algal blooms could be unsafe to breathe.
Jul 10
AIChE recognizes John Kitchin for his impact on modern chemical engineering pedagogy and computational research.
Jul 06
Ashni Arun’s support system spans the globe. The close community within the MS in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering program is one part of it.
Jun 30
A team of CMU researchers is seeking an alternative to endoscopies for patients with gastrointestinal diseases with fewer risks and more convenience through digestible gelatin-based sensors.
Jun 08
Haichao Wu (‘15) received the 2023 Victor K. LaMer Award for Graduate Research in Colloid and Surface Chemistry. His career path was inspired by his advisors and research experience in the MS program.
May 30
Dennis Prieve left a legacy of rigorous research and generous mentorship that extends from the Department of Chemical Engineering through the colloidal and fluid mechanics communities.
May 26
By sharing how they are applying their chemical engineering degrees, alums are helping undergraduate and graduate students understand the current distribution of career opportunities.
May 25
David E. Bernal Neira (‘21) thinks that quantum computing is the future of process systems engineering.
May 19
In fall 2023, the Department of Chemical Engineering will welcome Tagbo H.R. Niepa as an associate professor.
May 18
Researchers show the potential to make active materials reconfigurable or adaptable in response to external stimuli, which would make industrial processing easier.
May 10
Daniil Boiko won the Russian school Olympics in chemistry and worked as a machine learning engineer for the second-largest Russian search engine. Now he is pursuing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering.
May 08
Shelley Anna, a professor of chemical engineering and associate dean for faculty and graduate affairs and strategic initiatives for the College of Engineering, has been selected as the next vice provost for faculty.
Apr 27
Researchers show that polymer/surfactant complexes significantly enhance diffusiophoretic transport of colloids. The findings advance the understanding of how ingredients interact.
Apr 14
Researchers invent an all-encompassing optimization framework to design green-hydrogen production processes.
Apr 07
Women’s basketball player makes time in the off-season to take on research.
Apr 06
Studying chemical engineering taught Greg Went (‘85) how to think things through and understand their fundamentals. A scientist, inventor, investor, and entrepreneur, he still refers to his textbooks.
Mar 24
Chemical Engineering sophomore Jing Lin researches how smoke particles released into the atmosphere by wildfires affect our respiratory and immune systems.
Mar 16
80 years ago, a ChemE alum filed a bouncing polymer patent prior to the inventor of Silly Putty.
Mar 10
Chemical Engineering senior Christian Deem was awarded the 2023 George Washington Prize in recognition of his academic achievements, commitment to service, and leadership.
Mar 03
In a live storytelling session at the 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Elizabeth Wayne spoke about how science benefits from neurodiversity.
Feb 27
Chemical Engineering Ph.D. candidate Hector Perez will use the tools he has developed at CMU to build a supply chain practice within a tech start-up.
Feb 21
Marvi Matos (‘06) shares how an early passion for math and a commitment to servant leadership led to her recent appointment to the National Science Board.
Feb 16
Eleven chemical engineering graduate students were recently awarded fellowships through the College of Engineering.
Malaika Alphons’ Summer Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship (SURA) could serve her as a chemical or biomedical researcher.
Feb 15
Anne Robinson is working with other academic leaders in chemical engineering to integrate an inclusive culture into the mission of each department.
Feb 08
Carnegie Mellon University’s Bill Sanders, Elias Towe, Anirudh Devgan, and Stefan Savage have received the prestigious honor of election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
Jan 30
Kathryn Whitehead is at the forefront of the mRNA delivery field, changing the chemistry of nanoparticle delivery vehicles to enable them to reach organs beyond the liver.
Jan 20
Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering is equipping next generation engineers with the ability to integrate AI into the constraints of the engineering problem by way of seven new master’s degrees in AI Engineering.
Jan 11
Study abroad exchange programs in England, Germany, Argentina and South Korea are ramping back up after pandemic related cancellations.