Category: Computing and Simulation
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New protein engineering method could accelerate the discovery of COVID-19 therapeutics
The method could one day be used to develop nanobodies against other viruses and disease targets as well.
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Nanoengineering integrates crystals that don’t usually get along
A team of computational and experimental engineers demonstrate a blueprint for building materials with new properties from nanocrystals.
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Jovan Kamcev receives DOE Early Career Award
Kamcev is one of only 51 researchers from U.S. universities to receive the award this year.
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Eight ChE students awarded NSF Fellowships
Five graduate and three undergraduate students are 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship recipients
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Lola Eniola-Adefeso elected to AIMBE Board of Directors
Eniola-Adefeso is one of two directors at-large elected to the AIMBE Board of Directors. She began her term April 1, 2021.
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Setting the nation’s engineering research agenda
Michigan Engineers involved in NSF Engineering Research Visioning Alliance, a force multiplier for high-impact research.
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ChE in top 10 in new U.S. News & World Report graduate program rankings
Consistently ranked among the nation’s best chemical engineering departments, U-M has risen to 10 in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s annual graduate program rankings.
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In Memoriam- Barry Barkel
The former ChE lecturer, passed away on February 27, 2021 in Englewood, Florida. “He brought some real-life experience to the students and had a knack for relating to them.”
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Light-twisting ‘chiral’ nanotechnology could accelerate drug screening
A new approach makes liquid-crystal-like beacons out of harmful amyloid proteins present in diseases such as Type II diabetes.
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Black biomedical scientists still lag in research funding – here’s why that matters to all Americans
In The Conversation, Omolola Eniola-Adefeso says “If science is to benefit all Americans, science first must be done by all Americans.”`
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Sunitha Nagrath elected fellow of AIMBE
Nagrath is recognized for her pioneering work on microfluidic technologies for circulating tumor cells isolation and genotyping leading to novel cancer treatments.
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In Memoriam: Tenho Connable, ChE alumna
Tenho Connable, one of the first female engineers to graduate from the College of Engineering and a highly respected member of the U-M ChE alumni community, died on January 17, 2020 at the age of 101.