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New Data Lab to Tackle Oil & Gas Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting
The University of Texas at Austin will be home to a new multidisciplinary research and education initiative based in its Cockrell School of Engineering – the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL) – that will address the growing need for accurate, timely, and clear accounting of greenhouse gas emissions across global oil and natural gas supply chains.
Energy Titans Collaborate With UT To Solve Most Pressing Global Energy Challenges
The Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin and four of the globe’s largest energy companies have launched a new membership program to advance science and create opportunities for energy community members and students.
Texas ChE-led Research Center Aims to Find Better Ways to Clean Water
With rising demand and dwindling supply, water is perhaps the earth’s most critical natural resource. Contaminated water from energy-related activities is both an enormous burden and an exciting untapped opportunity.
Plastic-eating Enzyme Could Eliminate Billions of Tons of Landfill Waste
An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-throttling plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days.
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Research Areas
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Advanced Materials, Polymers & Nanotechnology
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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Biotechnology
Applying chemical engineering principles for the development of biochemical processes and biomedical applications
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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
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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Modeling & 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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Process Engineering
Design, modeling, optimization, and control of petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and microelectronic processes
News
Texas ChE Projects Funded by 2024 Strategic Energy Seed Grant Program
The Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin has funded 12 research projects through its 2024 Strategic Energy Seed Grant Program,
Texas ChE on Launching SRE (Summer Research Experience)
Texas ChE welcomes four incoming Ph.D. students to the department’s first-ever Summer Research Experience.
Texas ChE Sophomore Jason Wang cycling 4000 miles to Alaska
On May 25th, 2024, chemical engineering undergrad sophomore, Jason Wang, will embark on a 4,000-mile journey from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska... on his bicycle. He has 70 days to get there.
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Class of 2024: Where are they Headed?
The 2024 graduating class learned quickly the skill of agility... thanks to the global pandemic outburst in 2020. Today, these graduates are poised to go and do great things.
