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Emerson partnership

Nicholas Peppas Wins Northwestern’s Kabiller Prize

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SC27 Antibody

Newly Discovered Antibody Protects Against All COVID-19 Variants

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Research Areas

  • Advanced Materials, Polymers & Nanoengineering Advanced Materials, Polymers & Nanoengineering

    Design and synthesis of inorganic and polymeric materials at the molecular level to achieve desirable properties for a wide range of applications

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  • Bioengineering Bioengineering

    Applying chemical engineering principles for the development of biochemical processes and biomedical applications

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  • Energy Energy

    The development of photovoltaics, catalysts for fuels from sunlight, and electrical energy generation and storage systems engineering for energy efficiency

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  • Environmental Engineering Environmental Engineering

    Programs to understand the fundamental science and engineering of air and water pollution, and to develop data for informed policy decisions. Process development for CO2 capture and sequestration

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  • Process Engineering Process Engineering

    Design, modeling, optimization, and control of petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and microelectronic processes

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  • Theory & Simulation Theory & Simulation

    The development and application of multiscale models and high performance computational simulations spanning atomic to continuum time and length scales

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Events

Tuesday, July 15

Webinar: Clean Electricity Revolutionizing the Industrial Sector

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Wednesday, July 30

Houston Networking Social

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Thursday, September 04

2025 Alumni Weekend

All Day

News

Ph.D. Candidate Pranav Thacker Selected as a Chevron Energy Graduate Fellow

Ph.D. Candidate Pranav Thacker Selected as a Chevron Energy Graduate Fellow

The Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce this year's recipients of the Chevron Energy Graduate Fellowship Endowment. 

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Class of 2025: Where are they Headed?

Texas ChE talks to Recent Graduates About their Next Move.

2025 graduates entered college at the beginning of a pandemic.

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Adrianne Rosales announced the winner of the Doolittle Award, Spring 2025

Adrianne Rosales announced the winner of the Doolittle Award, Spring 2025

American Chemical Society announces Adrianne M. Rosales the winner of the Doolittle Award from the Spring 2025 ACS meeting. 

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