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Apr 22
2020
2020
Duncan Mellichamp, a professor emeritus and a founding faculty member of UC Santa Barbara’s Chemical Engineering Department, has been inducted into the Control Process Automation Hall of Fame. Inductees were nominated and selected by existing Hall of Fame members, based on their excellence, diligence, and influence to the process control industry.
“I... read more »
Apr 20
2020
2020
UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering professor Michael Doherty has received one of the most prestigious honors from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), being chosen to present the John M. Prausnitz AIChE Institute Lecture for 2020. The annual honor is awarded to one distinguished AIChE member who has made significant contributions to... read more »
Apr 6
2020
2020
For her innovative research and significant contributions to the biological engineering field, Michelle O’Malley, an associate professor in UC Santa Barbara’s chemical engineering department, has been elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
“We offer sincere congratulations to Professor O’Malley for this... read more »
Mar 31
2020
2020
UC Santa Barbara Department of Chemical Engineering Graduate students Jordan Finzel, Christopher Lab, Gordon Pace, Segalman Lab, and Evan Pretti, Shell Lab, were awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships this year.
The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of... read more »
Feb 20
2020
2020
UC Santa Barbara Department of Chemical Engineering Professor Matt Helgeson has been awarded the 2020 Neutron Scattering Society of America Science Prize. The biennial honor recognizes, “a major scientific accomplishment or important scientific contribution within the last 5 years using neutron scattering techniques.”
Prof. Helgeson will receive a $2,500 honorarium in a... read more »
Feb 4
2020
2020
The American Chemical Society Catalysis Science and Technology Division have recognized UC Santa Barbara Department of Chemical Engineering Professor Phil Christopher with the Early Career in Catalysis Award.
Professor Christopher is an Associate Professor and Mellichamp Cluster Chair of Sustainable Manufacturing, and will receive the award at a special symposium at the... read more »
Jan 7
2020
2020
UC Santa Barbara Chemical Engineering postdoctoral researcher Joaquin Resasco, 29, joins the Forbes magazine 2020 list of 30 Under 30 in the Science category, joining 600 young entrepreneurs in 20 categories.
Resasco of the Christopher Group forsees a future where the chemicals relied upon in modern life will come by way of green methods, sustainable processes and... read more »
Oct 16
2019
2019
The UC Santa Barbara Department of Chemical Engineering hosted the fourth annual “Duncan & Suzanne Mellichamp Emerging Leader Lecture” on October 15th, 2019, at the Engineering Sciences Building 1001, with a reception following in the ESB Courtyard.
Associate Professor Yuriy Román-Leshkov from MIT gave a presentation on his research titled ‘Molecular engineering of... read more »
Oct 15
2019
2019
UC Santa Barbara's Department of Chemical Engineering gathered students, faculty, and industrial representatives on campus for the 12th Annual Amgen-Clorox Graduate Student Symposium, a one-day forum held on October 4.
The day kicked off with welcome remarks from Rachel Segalman, Chemical Engineering Department Chair and Edward Noble Kramer Professor, who spoke of... read more »
Oct 15
2019
2019
The faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering have awarded George Degen the Schlinger Fellowship for Excellence in Chemical Engineering Research for the period 2019-20, as evidenced by publications, submitted manuscripts or other measures of impact.
“We had many excellent applications this year, and I wish that we had more awards to give," said M. Scott Shell,... read more »
Oct 10
2019
2019
Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Candice Swift, O'Malley Lab, received the Connie Frank Fellowship Award consisting of $8,500 in fellowship support.
Oct 3
2019
2019
Two UC Santa Barbara junior faculty members are among the 10 “Scientists to Watch,” according to Science News, a bi-weekly magazine with more than 115,000 subscribers. Michelle O’Malley, in chemical engineering, and Andrea Young, in physics, were selected based on their innovative research and contributions to their fields. The annual list of groundbreaking... read more »
Sep 9
2019
2019
The 2020 American Society for Microbiology awards in research, education, and leadership, have recognized UCSB Department of Chemical Engineering Professor Michelle O'Malley with the ASM Award for Early Career Applied and Biotechnological Research.
The award is presented to an early career investigator with distinguished research achievements in the development of... read more »
Aug 26
2019
2019
The National Institute of General Medical Scienes awarded Department of Chemical Engineering Professor Arnab Mukherjee with the Maximizing Investigator's Research Award (MIRA) (R35).
This program’s goal is to provide exceptionally stable funding for “the nation's highly talented and promising investigators," by providing investigators with greater stability and... read more »
Aug 26
2019
2019
Department of Chemical Engineering graduate student, Tanvi Sheth, Helgeson Lab, has been awarded a Mitsubishi Chemical Fellowship from the Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials for the period 2019-22.
“The fellowship competition this year was impressive and the applicants highly accomplished,” said Scott Shell, Professor and Vice Chair of Graduate Affairs. “... read more »
Aug 26
2019
2019
Department of Chemical Engineering Professor Michelle O'Malley, in collaboration with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for $2,25 million dollar funding towards new approaches to microscopic imaging of plants of microbes.
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research within the Department's Office... read more »
Aug 20
2019
2019
Department of Chemical Engineering graduate students, Koty McAllister, Rawlings Lab, and Chad Wangsanuwat, Dey Lab, have been awarded a CSP Technologies Teacher-Scholar Fellowship for 2019-20.
“As a part of the award, Koty and Chad will each co-teach an undergraduate course with a faculty mentor this year (to be determined),” said Scott Shell, Professor and Vice Chair of... read more »
Aug 12
2019
2019
Department of Chemical Engineering graduate students, Koty McAllister, Rawlings Lab, and Chad Wangsanuwat, Dey Lab, have been awarded a CSP Technologies Teacher-Scholar Fellowship for 2019-20.
“As a part of the award, Koty and Chad will each co-teach an undergraduate course with a faculty mentor this year (to be determined),” said Scott Shell, Professor and Vice Chair of... read more »
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