News and Events
News and Events
11/16/09
Brandon Curtis receives first prize at the
AIChE National Meeting student competition.
Chemical Engineering Senior Brandon Curtis was awarded first prize in the AIChE National Student Paper Contest at the Nashville AIChE meeting last week for his paper on:
Development of Rhodobacter Sphaeroides for the Production of Functional Membrane Proteins http://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2009/webprogram/Paper163448.html
This is probably the most prestigious research award given out to undergraduates in Chemical Engineering. Brandon also received one of the Larry Duda Undergraduate Research Awards from the Department this past Spring -- the funds from that endowment provided the travel support for Brandon to attend the AIChE meeting this year.
11/09/09
Henry C. Foley named new vice president for research
Henry C. Foley, dean of Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology, has been named the University's vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School.
Dr. Foley was Walter L. Robb Family Endowed Chair and head of the Department of Chemical Engineering from 2000-2004.
View the complete article, "Penn State names new vice president for research" on The Penn State Live Web Site.
10/30/09
2009 AIChE Annual Meeting
the 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting will be November 8-13 in Nashville, TN.
View the AIChE Annual Meeting web site for details.
10/28/09
Algae as a fuel source?
A story on Penn State Live features work of Wanye Curtis and his research group. Dr. Curtis and collegues at Penn State and other universities are working to make algae a viable fuel.
View the Penn State live article asking, "Will algae become a fuel source?"
View Dr. Curtis' Chemical Engieering Faculty web site.
10/26/09
William Joyce 2009 Alumni Fellow Award
Chemical Engineering Alumnus William Joyce was one of only twenty-four Penn State alumni honored on October 21st for his outstanding professional accomplishments with the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Penn State Alumni Association.
Since the award was established in 1973, just 642 alumni have been honored with the title of Alumni Fellow.
Download the 2009 Alumni Fellow Biography of William Joyce.pdf
View a complete list of all the 2009 Alumni Fellow recipients
10/26/09
Fall 2009 Department Newsletter
The Chemical Engineeing Highlights Newsletter is now available for download. View the events and accomplishments of the department throughout the past year. Browse other Chemical Engineering Highlights issues to learn more about our department accomplishments.
View all the issues of Chemcial Engineering Highlights on our Newsletter web page
10/14/09
College of Engineering Major Nights
Learn about the Department of Chemical Engineering during the major nights series. During these meetings each department will have students, faculty, and staff presenting useful information about their major. You will also be able to tour the facilities/labs of that major.
View the E-News.pdf for a time and location of each of The College of Engineering Major Nights Series.
- Chemical Engineering
- Tuesday, October 20
- 5:00 p.m.
- 145 Fenske Lab
10/12/09
Air Products Graduate Fellowship in Chemical Engineering
Graduate Student Anna Barnette (Seong Kim Research Group) has been selected to receive this year's Air Products Graduate Fellowship in Chemical Engineering.
View Dr. Kim's faculty web page
09/18/09
Professor Themis Matsoukas Receives Schreyer's Excellence Award
It is our pleasure to annouce that Professor Themis Matsoukas was selected to receive the 2009 Excellence in Honors Advising Award from The Schreyer Honors College.
This award is given to only a single faculty member at Penn State each year based on nominations / input from current Schreyer students. This award is a great recognition of Themis' outstanding commitment to our Honors students.
View the story on the Schreyer Honors College Web Site
08/11/09
Adam Mayernick and Joe McDermott attended the Nobel Laureates meeting
Graduate Students Adam Mayernick and Joe McDermott attended the Nobel Laureates meeting in Lindau, Germany. From June 28th to July 3rd, 2009 23 Nobel Laureates and 580 young researchers from 67 countries attended the 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates dedicated to chemistry.
View the Lindau, Germany, Nobel Laureates Meeting Web Site
08/11/09
Penn State Chapter of Omega Chi Epsilon
We recently inducted 5 undergraduate students into the Penn State Chapter of Omega Chi Epsilon, the Chemical Engineering Honor Society. Brandon Curtis, Taylor Schulz. Kristin Adolfsen, Daniel Reilly, and Stephen Pishney were inducted on Thursday, August 6th. Brandon Curtis was elected as the new President of the Penn State Chapter.
View the Omega Chi Epsilon web site