Category: News

UF Chemical Engineering students, faculty and staff recently celebrated the reopening of the newly renovated Chemical Engineering Student Center and Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos, Ph.D., department chair, took a few moments to explain the background of the building, as well as future plans to remodel the entire chemical engineering building. The Student Center was first opened on […]

Caroline Lubbe and Aniela Nozka, both Ph.D. candidates in chemical engineering, were recently selected to receive the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GFRP).   “This highly competitive fellowship aims to ensure the quality, vitality, and strength of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States,” said Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos, Ph.D., chair of the […]

What do chemical engineering, the aurora borealis, semiconductors and badminton all have in common? That would be Hsiao-Hsuan (Renee) Wan, a third-year chemical engineering Ph.D. student.  Wan came to her academic choice organically because her Taiwanese family has a strong background in chemical engineering. Her mother holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and her father […]

Ryan Montes’ upbringing in a “humble Latin family” in Florida may seem so different from his experiences at the University of Florida and his career path. But, in reality, their tightly held family values, such as hard work, resilience, and focus on pursuing a better life, are why he has thrived in his field.  These […]

When you think about scientific research, you probably envision a sterile room that houses gleaming beakers, rows of pipettes and centrifuges. But what if you could house a lab on a chip? Call it the science of small, but a trio of University of Florida chemical engineers have developed a lab-on-a-chip process that could make a big […]

Fan Ren, Ph.D., a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Florida, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors , the organization announced today. Ren, who joined UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering in 1998, researches next-generation semiconductor electronic device fabrication technologies and advanced health sensors for events like heart attacks. Read […]

Dear Friends, As we reflect on the past few months, we are excited to share several highlights from our department in this latest edition of our newsletter.  In October, a group of our students traveled to San Diego to attend the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) conference, where they brought home several prestigious awards, […]

Six chemical engineering faculty members were recently awarded professorships in recognition of their academic accomplishments. The three-year appointments, lasting from 2024 to 2027, provide supplementary funds to support teaching and research efforts. The recipients were selected by a faculty advisory committee and approved by department chair, Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos, Ph.D., and Forrest Masters, Ph.D., PE, interim […]

Ambar Coral Velázquez-Albino, a Ph.D. candidate defending her dissertation this summer, attended the NextProf Nexus program this past summer after meeting a professor from the University of Michigan at AIChE 2023 in Orlando. Sasha Cai Lesher-Pérez, Ph.D., encouraged her to apply during a poster presentation, where they met and had an opportunity to speak.  Velázquez-Albino, […]

Students, staff and faculty from the department came together to celebrate the achievements of the past year at a dinner on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in the Reitz Union after having to reschedule due to Hurricane Helene’s visit.  Department Chair Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos welcomed the crowd in his opening remarks. He was followed by Dmitry Kopelevich, […]