Category: Students

ChemE Ph.D. student attends NextProf Nexus Conference and prevails at UF despite multiple challenges.  Victor Rivera-Llabres, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering, was nominated to be part of an elite group of scientific and academic leaders. On the surface, that’s impressive, but if you dig a little deeper, his rocky path […]

Five seniors from the Department of Chemical Engineering Jostin Armada, Dylan Carman, Grace Li, Grace Shoemaker, and Brendan Wernisch, were recently awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP). The fellowship program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral […]

Written by Flynn Baliton and Violet Warren The University of Florida American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) student chapter recently hosted the first fully in-person AIChE Southern Student Regional Conference (ASRC) since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Chemical engineering students throughout the southern region came together to participate in various networking opportunities, industry events, skills-building workshops, […]

Ph.D. students Elizabeth L. Aikman and Marisa O. Pacheco and alumnus Nico Mendez (UF B.S. ChE ’20) were awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. These fellowships recognize and support outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions.  […]

Sarathy K. Gopalakrishnan, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering, was awarded the best student poster presentation award and a $500 cash prize at the 2021 Aluminum Summit in Nashville, TN, on Sept. 14-16, 2021. Gopalakrishnan presented his research on “Strategies to improve the pattern transfer of Anodized Aluminum Oxide nanopores on hydrophobic […]

Originally published by ECS The Electrochemical Society Mark Orazem, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor and the Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Edie Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida, and his student William Watson published their ground-breaking impedance spectroscopy measurement model program, “EIS: Measurement Model Program.” It is available at no […]

Nedgine Joseph, a senior in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida, is one of 50 students who was selected to attend the Women+ of Color Project (WOCP) virtual Graduate School 101 Workshop on October 10-12, 2020. Participants chosen for the workshop were among some of the best and brightest emerging scholars and […]

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); Stephen Michel (Best Overall Undergraduate Awards); Gibson Scisco (First Place in Environmental, Agriculture, and Energy); and Minghan […]

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) in Minneapolis, MN. Carey and coauthors, Drs. Fan Ren and Stephen Pearton of UF, and Drs. Albert Baca, Brianna […]

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, Ph.D., an assistant professor. “Julie has demonstrated that she is an exceptional graduate student,” Dr. […]

Aniruddha Kulkarni, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE), is 1 of 60 students selected to attend the National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering (NX School) hosted jointly by Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory on June 15-26, 2020. “I am thrilled to have this opportunity to learn from the experts […]

Victor Rivera-Llabres, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Rivera-Llabres’ research uses magnetic nanoparticles and magnetic fields to introduce anisotropic microstructures and microporosity to hydrogel scaffolds to enhance nerve regeneration. “The fellowship is renowned among the scientific community, and I am extremely […]

Students participated in a round-table career discussion, networked with industry partners, and refined their resumes at ChemE Day in January. The department’s annual career and resume workshop connected 90 students with four industry partners. “We had an enthusiastic group of students attend this year,” said Cynthia Sain, Chemical Engineering undergraduate advisor. Student interest encouraged industry […]

Victor Rivera-Llabres was selected to attend the 2019 Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB) Institute on Teaching and Mentoring in Atlanta on Oct. 24-27, 2019. I’m really excited for the opportunity of attending the 2019 SREB Institute of Teaching and Mentoring Conference and network with current graduate students, faculty and professionals,” says Rivera-Llabres. The Institute on Teaching […]

Congratulations to Kelly Bukovic, Caroline Hamric, Kyle Howarth, and Leyda Marrero Morales who were recently selected as Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering University Scholars for 2019-2020!