Hal S. Alper, Ph.D. is the recipient of the 2019 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering from TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas).
Recent Awards
Alper Receives TAMEST’s 2019 O’Donnell Award in Engineering
Hal S. Alper, Ph.D. is the recipient of the 2019 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering from TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas).
Nicholas Peppas Wins Prestigious AAPS Pharmaceutical Scientist Award
Nicholas Peppas has been named the 2018 American Assoc. of Pharmaceutical Scientists’ Distinguished Award winner for his work in protein and drug transport.
Nicholas Peppas Honored by National Academy of Medicine for Outstanding Service
Nicholas Peppas has received the Adam Yarmolinsky Medal from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Peppas is the first engineer to receive this award, which is one of three prestigious medals that NAM awards to its members.
Gang Fan and Christopher Dundas Win Paper of the Year
Gang Fan and Christopher Dundas have been awarded the 2018 Graduate Student Paper of the Year Award and the Dr. Robert Schechter Endowed Excellence Fund in Chemical Engineering for their paper entitled "S. oneidensis as a Living Electrode for Controlled Radical Polymerization," published in PNAS.
Seema Irani and Henry Pan Named TAs of the Year
Seema Irani and Henry Pan have been named the TAs of the Year for their work in ChE 264 Chemical Engineering Process and Projects Laboratory and ChE 253M Measurement, Control and Data Analysis Lab, respectively.
Seema and Henry will each be awarded the Paige H. and J. Jeff Weidner Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Chemical Engineering,
… Read the rest »Hal Alper receives AIChE’s Allan P. Colburn award
Alper was nominated and selected for his seminal contributions in the field of biochemical engineering.
Courtney Hazlett Wins Staff Spotlight Award
Courtney Hazlett, Administrative Associate, has been selected to receive the Summer 2018 Staff Spotlight Award.
Travis Dong Named 2018 Senior Class Gift Award Winner
The third award from the Texas ChE Senior Class Gift Endowment has been presented to senior Ziyue (Travis) Dong for his outstanding accomplishments as a class tutor.
2018 Graduate Student Seminar Series Top Presenters
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Left to Right: Mike Lucas, Alysha Helenic, Gosia Chwatko
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The department is pleased to announce the top presenters for the 2018 Graduate Student Seminar Series, as voted by attending first-year and third-year Ph.D. students:
TOP PRESENTER
Mike Lucas (Keitz Group)
Influence of Exogenous Materials on the Nucleation of Amyloid-Beta
Mike’s … Read the rest »
Eight Texas ChE students named NSF Fellows
Eight students from the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering have been named 2018 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows. The Cockrell School of Engineering has a total of 15 NSF Graduate Research Fellows this year, more than any other college within the university. This year, NSF received over 12,000 applications and made 2,000 … Read the rest »