Tag: Yeongseon Jang

The Department of Chemical Engineering celebrates Asian Pacific Islander DESI American Heritage Month (APIDAHM) and highlights some of our faculty. Won Tae Choi, Ph.D. Q: Tell us about your research. My research is aimed at design and engineering of electrochemical systems for energy and sensor applications. We seek to address key questions related to electrochemical systems […]

Yeongseon Jang, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Florida, Department of Chemical Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to design minimal synthetic cells capable of sensing and self-manipulation.  In this project, Dr. Jang will collaborate with Carl Denard, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Seok Hoon Hong, Ph.D., an associate professor at Illinois Institute of Technology. This project combines the researchers’ expertise […]

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 […]

Yeongseon Jang, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award. With this award, Dr. Jang aims to develop a synthetic protocell constructed of protein building blocks through tuning their self-assembly behavior. “Synthetic versions of protocells that mimic primitive cells assembled from biomacromolecules can serve as simple, […]

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 […]