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Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia has been educating leaders of our profession since 1908, the same year that the American Institute of Chemical Engineers was founded. Research programs cover a diverse range of topics including biotechnology and biomolecular engineering, energy and the environment, materials engineering and nanotechnology, and simulation and complex systems. There
03/14/2024
Congrats to ChemE associate professor Geoff Geise on being named an editor of the Journal of Membrane Science Letters! The appointment underscores Prof. Geise’s emergence as a leader in polymer membrane research for applications in clean energy and clean water. at.virginia.edu/IcnYEh
03/11/2024
It’s a pretty cool thing to have two alumni of the same lab elected to the National Academy of Engineering at the same time! Congrats to Shailendra Bordawekar and Jose Tabora, who worked in UVA Professor Bob Davis’ catalysis lab, on achieving one of the engineering profession’s highest honors! Read more: at.virginia.edu/pu2Ain
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02/13/2024
As emerging leaders in polymer-based biomaterials for health care and other applications, assistant professors Rachel Letteri and Liheng Cai were named 2023 Rising Stars in Polymers by ACS Polymers Au, a journal of the American Chemical Society. Congratulations to professors Letteri and Cai! at.virginia.edu/hALqP9
02/12/2024
Congrats to assistant professor Lakeshia Taite and her team of Hampton University and UVA ChemE undergrads and colleagues on publishing the first paper (mdpi.com/2310-2861/10/2/108) to result from our undergraduate research experience/collaboration with Hampton!
Hampton University- Official
02/08/2024
UVA Engineering congratulates alumni Shailendra V. Bordawekar, vice president of small molecule chemistry, manufacturing and controls development, at AbbVie Inc. and Jose E. Tabora, senior scientific director of chemical process development at Bristol Myers Squibb, on their elections to the National Academy of Engineering! Learn more about their accomplishments: https://www.nae.edu/312025/NAENewClass2024
University of Virginia Chemical Engineering Department
01/23/2024
Here’s more excellent work by UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science Professor Geoff Geise and chemE grad student Sean Bannon: Their paper on a promising model for water desalination membranes earned Editor’s Choice honors in the December 2023 issue of Journal of Membrane Science. Congrats, Sean and Geoff! at.virginia.edu/JODLV2.
12/04/2023
We already posted how ChemE professors Geoff Geise, Gary Koenig and Gino Giri earned second-place in the U.S. Department of Energy’s American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize. Here’s Team TELEPORT’s award-winning plan for a safe, economical and U.S.-based source of lithium to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles and power-grid storage: at.virginia.edu/f1F5My
11/20/2023
UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science associate professor of chemical engineering Geoff Geise and Ph.D. student Sean Bannon have won a 2022 Best Paper Award from ACS ES&T Engineering, an environmental science and technology journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats on your excellent work, Professor Geise and Sean! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsestengg.3c00503
11/13/2023
Please join the UVA community in remembering Devin, Lavel and D’Sean on the day, one year ago, when their lives were tragically cut short. At 12:55 p.m., the Chapel bells will play a verse of “Amazing Grace” followed by three tolls of the bells, honoring each life lost. Many in our community will gather near the Chapel and on the Lawn. For those who cannot gather on Grounds, the moment of remembrance will be streamed at www.virginia.edu/live.
09/28/2023
Check out this cool image from ChemE assistant professor Lakeshia Taite and University of Virginia Biomedical Engineering - UVA BME’s Shayn Peirce-Cottler of vascular sprouting from mouse lung tissue planted on a hydrogel designed in Professor Taite’s biomaterials lab. The sprouts made the cover of Microcirculation! The team has developed a novel investigative tool that could help lead to a cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. at.virginia.edu/4JN4NU
09/22/2023
Congrats to associate professors Geoff Geise and Gary Koenig, assistant professor Gino Giri and all of Team TELEPORT for their win in the Department of Energy’s American Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize!
U.S. Department of Energy Awards $2 Million for Innovations to Source Domestic Lithium From Geothermal Brines Solutions will advance cost-effective methods for the United States to secure an abundant domestic lithium resource.
12/10/2023