Spring 2026 Message from the Chair

Friday April 24, 2026

Dear alumni, students, faculty and friends, 

As the spring semester draws to a close, I’m pleased to share some of the department’s accomplishments in the latest issue of the newsletter. 

First, I’d like to welcome our newest Chemical Engineering Advisory Board members — Engineering alumni Mark Pepple, Ph.D., from Sandia National Labs and Gretta Granado Huerta from Dow, Inc. See what these successful Gators have accomplished since graduation.

ChE’s Yeongseon Jang honored as outstanding junior faculty member 

Thursday April 23, 2026

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering on Thursday awarded Yeongseon Jang, Ph.D., the 2025-2026 Pramod P. Khargonekar Award, which honors outstanding junior faculty members undergoing tenure and promotion review.

ChE advisory board welcomes 2 familiar faces 

Monday April 6, 2026

Two chemical engineering graduates are returning to the University of Florida, this time to help guide the department that sealed their successes. Alumni Gretta Granado Huerta and Mark Pepple, Ph.D., joined the Department of Chemical Engineering’s advisory board this spring. 

Three beloved ChE professors to retire this year

Tuesday March 31, 2026

Three longtime Department of Chemical Engineering professors are retiring this year. They are known for their years of dedication to research, academics and, certainly, student mentorship.

Novel approach to heat-based cancer imaging earns engineering student UF Health award 

Tuesday March 31, 2026

Aniela Nozka, a third-year chemical engineering Ph.D. student, earned a UF Health Cancer Institute award for developing a novel approach to heat-based cancer treatment. Her research uses magnetic particle imaging and 3D-printed models to improve patient-specific dosing, aiming to target tumors more precisely while minimizing harm to healthy tissue.

David Sante goes above and beyond for ChE

Friday March 6, 2026

David Sante, a facilities operations specialist in UF’s Department of Chemical Engineering, keeps labs running, equipment moving and complex projects on track. His dedication, technical expertise and willingness to help others recently earned him a University of Florida Superior Accomplishment Award.

UF researchers training cells to, hopefully, bolster Immunity

Saturday February 14, 2026

Assistant Professor Yeongseon Jang and her team are developing protein-based, cell-like biomaterials to better understand how immune cells recognize and respond to signals. Supported by a $500,000 NSF award, the research aims to advance next-generation immunotherapies.

Electrochemical Society honors longtime ChE professor for multidisciplinary work

Friday February 13, 2026

A pioneer in electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and modeling, Orazem is recognized at ECS 2026 for a career that bridges disciplines and generations of researchers.

Fall 2025 Newsletter

Monday December 15, 2025

Welcome to the UF Department of Chemical Engineering‘s digital newsletter. Each semester, you will receive a message from us highlighting departmental updates and successes. We look forward to connecting with you. GIVING DAY! MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR GATOR NATION GIVING DAY!FEBRUARY 19, 2026

State-of-the-art ChemE Unit Ops Lab open for business

Friday December 5, 2025

The bad news: The Chemical Engineering building is closed for a years-long renovation. The good news: The department’s Unit Ops Laboratory has been relocated to the Nuclear Science building, and there are 13 new pieces of equipment in the teaching lab.  This new equipment is thanks to a $500,000 contribution from the Herbert Wertheim College […]