Category: Chemical Engineering
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Jennifer Linderman: A legacy of leadership, scholarship and equity
Linderman retires after a career from a young researcher to a distinguished professor spanning over three decades.
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New funding supports carbon dioxide conversion research
Working towards combating climate change, the project focuses on developing an innovative hybrid nano-catalyst to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into methanol.
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New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas
With oil production dropping, a process using natural gas is needed to avert a shortage of a workhorse chemical used for automotive parts, cleaning products and more.
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Targeting multiple COVID variants through the twist in the spike protein
Particles that gum up the keys that the virus uses to enter cells could one day be an effective COVID treatment whenever vaccines and other treatments fall short
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A simple, scalable method using light to 3D print helical nanostructures
New process can accelerate the production of complex materials needed to advance photonics technologies
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A simple and robust experimental process for protein engineering
Easily interpretable technique can reduce the cost and increase the scale of protein optimization for applications in medicine, biofuels and more.
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David Kitto honored as a North American Membrane Society Student Fellow
The award, presented annually by NAMS, acknowledges outstanding contributions to membrane science and technology by graduate students across North America.
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ACS funding helps advance reconfigurable electrocatalysis
Harnessing electromagnetic stimuli, the project aims to manipulate materials for reactions, sensing and structural assembly innovations.
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Beating the freeze: Up to $11.5M for eco-friendly control over ice and snow
Taking a page from nature’s book could allow humans to mitigate subzero temperatures without harming the environment.
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Is lung cancer treatment working? This chip can tell from a blood draw
By trapping and concentrating tiny numbers of cancer cells from blood samples, the device can identify whether a treatment is effective at the four-week mark.
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Xiwen Gong receives NSF CAREER award for research in wearable optoelectronics
The project aims to advance the understanding of wearable optoelectronics based on nanomaterials.
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Paul Jensen receives NSF early CAREER grant to support research in AI, machine learning
The Faculty Early CAREER Development program is an NSF-wide activity that offers the foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty.
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Squishy, metal-free magnets to power robots and guide medical implants
Strong enough to move soft robots and medical capsules, weak enough to not ruin MRI images.
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Freedom to fail: Engineering course redesign enhances learning while reducing student stress
Liberated by the pandemic, instructors produced 30,000 quizzes to replace exams and homework with individualized assessments. It worked.
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Bulky additives could make cheaper solar cells last longer
The findings could help engineers methodically find the best molecules to increase the lifespan of perovskite solar cells, rather than relying on time-consuming trial and error.
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Empowering Tomorrow’s Innovators: Kids Who Code
An initiative led by COMPASS provides high school students from underrepresented backgrounds a pathway to learn more about the art and science of coding.
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Lloyd L. and Barbara B. Kempe Scholarship: Empowering Undergraduate Students Towards Academic Excellence
Financial support from this scholarship encourages Michigan Chemical Engineering undergraduate students to reach their full potential as future industry leaders.
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Henry McEacheron receives AIChE Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship Award
The Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship award recognizes outstanding academics and exceptional involvement in AIChE student chapter activities.
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Lola Eniola-Adefeso named Vennema Professor of Chemical Engineering
The endowed Vennema professorship was established in 1980 to support scholars whose work will impact the technologies of tomorrow.
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Science in everyday life: bridging theory and practice in high school outreach program
Graduate students from the Kamcev and Min Labs recently worked with local high school students interested in exploring STEM.