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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, […]

The annual AIChE convention was held in San Diego in October and our talented students placed in several categories.   The UF AIChE chapter won first-place for Outstanding Student AIChE Chapter for the 2023-2024 school year.  Undergraduate Awards and Notable Achievements: Cecilia Rodriguez won a second-place poster award in Food, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology. Her presentation was titled, “Evaluating […]

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Congratulations to Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Dean’s Leadership Professor at the University of Florida, who was recently elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The honor, awarded at AIChE’s annual conference in San Francisco, recognizes Rinaldi-Ramos’s outstanding service to the profession and his significant […]

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More than 100 people – mostly students – attended the 25th annual GRACE Symposium on Sept. 25, 2024, providing an opportunity for University of Florida chemical engineering students to showcase their projects, meet industry professionals and discuss new advances in research.   Oral presentation winners were Victor Rivera-Llabres, Cynthia Ezeh and Yunhan Chuai. Graduate poster winners were […]

A new, easy-to-use HIV-detection test kit being developed at the University of Florida using advanced CRISPR technology shows promise as an early-warning alarm system that could save millions of lives.   While at-home test kits have become increasingly common for various health screenings, innovations in HIV testing have been limited. Current HIV tests are effective only […]

Caroline Lubbe, a doctoral student with the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) at the University of Florida, has earned a prestigious internship opportunity at the National Science Foundation (NSF) through The Talent Development and Innovation in Sciences (TDIS) Summer Internship Program. Lubbe is supervised by Sindia Rivera-Jimenez, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education […]

  When Dr. Whitney Stoppel isn’t working as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, she loves spending her free time outdoors and tending to her garden. During these moments, she reflects on the intriguing connections between healthcare, medicine, and the natural world, particularly plants and insects. As a result, she has studied […]

Particle Technology Forum Recognizes Two Chemical Engineering Alums Two alumni from the UF Department of Chemical Engineering were recognized at the recent Particle Technology Forum (PTF), which is part of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The purpose of the forum is to “promote information exchange, scholarship, research and education in the field of […]

Mark Orazem, Ph.D., a distinguished professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE), was recently named a lifetime fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which has been honoring distinguished scientists, engineers and innovators since 1874. Orazem was one of 12 faculty from the University of Florida elected to the newest […]

Ranga Narayanan, Ph.D. – 2023-2024 Teacher/Scholar of the Year    Long-time Chemical Engineering Professor, Ranga Narayanan, Ph.D., has been recognized again for his dedication to higher education. He was recently named the 2023-2024 Teacher/Scholar of the Year at the college level. Dr. Narayanan joined UF in 1981 after spending five years conducting industry research at […]