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  • Like Father, Like Daughter: Texas ChE Alumni Share Unique Legacy

    Like Father, Like Daughter: Texas ChE Alumni Share Unique Legacy

    Corrinne and her father, Craig, now share a unique experience that few father-daughter duos can tout: they are both graduates of the Cockrell School’s McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering.
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  • National Academy of Engineering Elects Alumna, Dr. Rachel Segalman

    National Academy of Engineering Elects Alumna, Dr. Rachel Segalman

    "Rachel has had a tremendous influence in the polymer research community, mentoring countless researchers who are now themselves leading and educating the next generation," said Dr. Delia Milliron, Chair of
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  • Recipient of James J. Morgan Early Career Award

    Recipient of James J. Morgan Early Career Award

    Join us in celebrating the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering's faculty, Dr. Hildebrandt Ruiz, for receiving the American Chemical Society James J. Morgan Early Career Award.
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  • 5 Questions With New Chemical Engineering Chair Delia Milliron

    5 Questions With New Chemical Engineering Chair Delia Milliron

    Delia Milliron has been a part of innovation from almost every angle. But starting this week, Milliron embarks on a new challenge. She is the incoming chair of the McKetta
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  • Alumna Awarded Among Top Inventors in U.S.

    Alumna Awarded Among Top Inventors in U.S.

    Congratulations to Van N. Truskett, alumna of the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, for being selected as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
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  • New Faculty Members

    New Faculty Members

    We're pleased to announce that an esteemed group of new educators will be joining our department this academic year.
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  • COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Therapy is Safe, With 76% of Patients Improving

    COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Therapy is Safe, With 76% of Patients Improving

    Texas ChE Research Associate Jason Lavinder made key contributions to the country’s first peer-reviewed study on a promising COVID-19 treatment.
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Facts & Congrats

  • Texas ChE graduate and undergraduate programs ranked #5 and #4 in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report
  • Texas ChE ranked #2 U.S. public program and #7 in the world for chemical engineering in 2020 Shanghai Rankings
  • Our faculty (1 percent of UT faculty) have won 60 percent of the UT Office of Technology Commercialization’s Inventor of the Year awards
  • More than 100 department alumni have gone on to be faculty members around the world
  • Our faculty publish an average of 250 papers per year
  • The department has a network of more than 7,000 alumni world-wide
  • The department has two National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureates
  • Five faculty members are among the top 25 most cited chemical engineers in the world
  • The department has 30 graduate supervising faculty
  • The department generates $20 million in annual research funding

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    Meet our Faculty

    Benny Freeman

    Professor Freeman works in Advanced Materials; Bioengineering; Energy; Environmental Engineering and Sciences; Polymers; Separations with specific interests in Gas separation materials; Gas-vapor barrier materials; Membranes for water purification; Membrane module modeling.

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