Five University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering students won awards from the NanoFlorida Conference on Sept. 25, 2020. Congratulations to Andrew Garcia (Honorable Mention in Materials, Devices, and Enabling Technologies); Calen Leverant (Honorable Mention in Materials, Devices, and Enabling Technologies Awards);… Read More
CAREY WINS COMPETITIVE CS MANTECH 2019 BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Chemical Engineering Ph.D. candidate Patrick H. Carey, IV received the 2019 Best Student Paper Award for his paper and presentation “Extreme Temperature Operation of Ultra-Wide Bandgap AlGaN High Electron Mobility Transistors”at the 2019 International Conference on Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (CS MANTECH)… Read More
NARAYANAN AWARDED GRANT TO STUDY GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS ON THE FARADAY INSTABILITY
Ranga Narayanan, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor and the William P. and Tracy Cirioli Term Professor at the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering (UF ChE) has been awarded a major grant from the National Science Foundation to study gravitational… Read More
UF/IFAS scientists to shed light on aquatic symbiosis with a squid
The Hawaiian bobtail squid is a glowing example of aquatic symbiosis. It stands out as a unique cephalopod that lives with a light organ run by a luminescent bacterium, or microbes. The bacterium allows the squid to use light as… Read More
Ziegler Awarded Grant to Measure the Surface Energy of Metals through Structure-Property Analysis of Electrodeposition Instabilities
Kirk J. Ziegler, Ph.D., the Dow Chemical Company Foundation Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies at the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering (UF CHE) is leading a $581,500 grant from the National Science Foundation titled: Measuring the… Read More
Kopelevich Awarded Grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
Dmitry Kopelevich, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering (UF CHE) is leading a grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund titled: Investigation of Mechanisms of Shear-Induced Diffusion in non-Brownian Suspensions. Particle suspensions… Read More
Jiang Awarded a 2020 Space Research Institute Grant
Peng Jiang, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida, was awarded a grant from the Space Research Initiative (SRI seed fund) to develop a colorimetric shear stress sensor for aerodynamic measurements. “The advantages of… Read More
Jiang Selected as a Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentor Awardee by College
Peng Jiang, Ph.D., a professor at the UF Department of Chemical Engineering, has been selected as a 2020 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardee. “I am honored to be recognized by this award which I believe is one of the highest awards for a Ph.D.… Read More
Two Ph.D. Students Honored with Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award
Julie F. Jameson, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering, was awarded the Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award for Leadership. Jameson is a member of the Stoppel Lab, which is directed by Whitney Stoppel,… Read More
Hibbitts Receives the UF Provost’s Excellence Award for Assistant Professors
David Hibbitts, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering, has received the University of Florida Provost’s Excellence Award for Assistant Professors for 2020. The awards are focused on junior faculty and recognize excellence in research. Dr. Hibbitts’ research… Read More
