Category: Faculty

The application of nanoparticles as diagnostic and therapeutic agents has been of great interest over the last few decades. Understanding the diffusion of nanoparticles in biological environments is critical in their design and eventual clinical application. However, there is incomplete understanding of nanoparticle diffusion in synovial fluid, the fluid inside the joint, which consists of […]

Superfast, portable COVID-19 testing method detects the virus much faster than currently available methods. Researchers from the University of Florida, and Taiwan’s National Chiao Tung University have developed a rapid and sensitive testing method for COVID-19 biomarkers. Their findings were recently published in the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B. The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear […]

Whitney L. Stoppel, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering, was awarded a Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMP)/Discovery Award from the Department of Defense (DoD) to develop all-natural, cost-effective, and pathogen-free oxygen carrying particles. Oxygen is carried in our blood by a protein called hemoglobin which is inside […]

Yeongseon Jang, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been selected by the U.S. Chapter of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE) as the recipient of the KIChE President Young Investigator Award. As a recipient of this award, Dr. Jang will be invited to present a research talk at the KIChE Open Forum during the 2021 AIChE […]

In recognition of his outstanding scholarship, the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering, Carlos M. Rinaldi-Ramos, Ph.D., Chair and Dean’s Leadership Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Cammy R. Abernathy, Ph.D., Dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, have named Assistant Professor David Hibbitts, Ph.D., as holder of the Moreno Rising Star Professorship […]

Carlos M. Rinaldi-Ramos, Ph.D., Chair and Dean’s Leadership Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Cammy R. Abernathy, Ph.D., Dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, have named Assistant Professor Piyush K. Jain, Ph.D., as holder of the Shah Rising Star Professorship, for his contributions to developing a multi-scale biomolecular engineering platform using […]

Mark E. Orazem, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor and the Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Edie Professor at the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering, is participating in a virtual workshop on Laboratory and Field Geotechnical Characterization for Improved Steel Corrosion Modeling on March 9-10, 2021. The workshop is organized by the National Academies of […]

The University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering Welcomes Three New Faculty Members Starting January 2021. Henry C.W. Chu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2017, Cornell University Dr. Chu’s research covers transport phenomena, colloid and interface science, electrokinetics, and rheology. His research develops multi-scale computational tools and fundamental theory to address emerging challenges in these research […]

Sumant S. Patankar, Ph.D., has joined the faculty of the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering as an Instructional Assistant Professor starting January 2021. Dr. Patankar’s research focused on studying the properties of supercritical fluids under nanopore confinement – a system relevant to geological systems such as shale gas. His teaching interests include semi-conductor […]

Won Tae Choi, Ph.D., will join the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida as an assistant professor in August of 2021. Dr. Choi’s research covers design, engineering, and analysis of electrochemically active soft materials for energy conversion and storage applications. He was trained on advanced techniques, such as scanning […]

Charles Hages, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award. His research focuses on developing next-generation semiconductors for energy research. With this award, Dr. Hages aims to develop solution-based, thin-film semiconductor materials that would lead to an improved method of generating clean and renewable solar […]

UF engineers reach semi-finals in XPRIZE Contest for new COVID-19 test methods; their CRISPR-ENHANCE methodology published in Nature Communications journal THE CHALLENGE XPRIZE RAPID COVID TESTING COMPETITION TEAMS ARE LOCATED AROUND THE GLOBE. According to a survey conducted in July 2020 (pdf) by researchers from Northeastern, Harvard, Rutgers, and Northwestern universities, testing (and especially testing […]

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 Surface Energy of Metals through Structure-Property Analysis of Electrodeposition Instabilities. “Surface energy is one of […]

we’re working on analyzing spit using advanced CRISPR gene editing techniques Originally published by The Conversation A desperately needed tool to curb the COVID-19 pandemic is an inexpensive home-based rapid testing kit that can detect the coronavirus without needing to go to the hospital. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a few home sample collection kits […]

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. advisor,” Dr. Jiang said. “I deeply care about and do my best to help all […]