_{5/13/2013 | Michigan Engineering}
Nano-breakthrough: the case of the herringbone crystal

Leading nanoscientists turn to the team of Chemical Engineering's Sharon Glotzer to explain a mystery: why did some tiled nanocrystals arrange themselves in an alternating, herringbone style?

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_{4/26/2013 | Michigan Engineering}
Kotov wins Langmuir Lecture Award from ACS

Nick Kotov has won the 2013 Langmuir Lecture Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS).  He will deliver a plenary lecture in a special session of the Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division program at the 2013 Fall ACS National Meeting to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana.

_{4/26/2013 | Michigan Engineering}
PhD student's colorful 'hedgehogs' take top prize

Technicolor "hedgehogs" took the top prize in the Materials Research Society's Science as Art competition. Joong Hwan Bahng, a PhD student in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering under Nicholas Kotov, created the spiky spheres by growing bristles of zinc oxide on nanoparticles.

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_{4/25/2013 | Michigan Engineering}
Closing the circle on algae biofuel

When algae is converted to biocrude oil through 'pressure cooking,' valuable fertilizer is left behind in the treated water. Algae can't use it - the fluid is toxic - but now Nina Lin's lab has grown bacteria with it.

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_{4/24/2013 | Michigan Engineering}
Student travels with College group to India

College of Engineering Dean David Munson took a weeklong trip to India in March to explore educational opportunities for U-M students there. Graduating senior, Sita Syal, was one of seven students to accompany the on the trip.

_{4/23/2013 | Michigan Engineering}
Barteau to be installed as first DTE Energy Professor

Mark Barteau, the director of Michigan's Energy Institute, will be installed as the Department of Chemical Engineering’s DTE Professor of Advanced Energy Research on April 25. The event will be held in the Johnson Rooms in the Lurie Engineering Center and will begin at 3 p.m. His lecture topic will be "Perspectives on Energy & Catalysis."

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_{4/9/2013 | Michigan Engineering}
ChE undergraduate honored for entrepreneurial achievements

ChE senior, Carolyn Yarina, received the 2013 RPM Ventures Student Entrepreneur of the Year award.  She is the co-founder (with fellow ChE Alex Thinath) and CEO of CentriCycle, a non-profit startup dedicated to bringing appropriate, simple medical technology to rural India.

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_{4/5/2013 | Michigan Engineering}
Chemical Engineering's 2013 National Science Foundation Fellows

The Department of Chemical Engineering is pleased to announce our most recent National Science Foundation Fellowship recipients: Julia Faeth, Lianette Rivera, and Jennifer Jocz.

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_{3/28/2013 | Michigan Engineering}
Light may recast copper as chemical industry 'holy grail'

Copper could be excellent for catalyzing a reaction to produce an important industrial chemical, but it stops working when it binds with oxygen. Suljo Linic's team proposes a light-powered solution.

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_{3/27/2013 | Chemical Engineering}
Solomon receives Outstanding Achievement Award

Michael J. Solomon was presented with the Chemical Engineering Department's Outstanding Achievement Award.  Solomon has consistently been one of the top performers in the Department.

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_{3/25/2013 | Michigan Engineering}
Paint-on plastic electronics: aligning polymers for high performance

A molecular design for polymers that align by the force of a brushstroke has been developed by Jinsang Kim's team. It could lead to high-performance plastic semiconductors.

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