News and Events
News and Events
05/14/13
Graduate Student Pouria Fattahi receives a Student Travel Achievement Recognition
Graduate Student Pouria Fattahi receives a Student Travel Achievement Recognition (STAR) award from the Society for Biomaterials based on his paper on "Conducting Polymer Microcavities for Controlled Release of Antineoplastic Agents to Brain Tumors" at their 2013 Annual Meeting.
Pouria is doing his research in our department with Mohammad Abidian and Ali Borhan.
Congratulations Pouria for this recognition of your research accomplishments.
05/10/13
Undergraduate student Michael Howard wins the
Douglas G. and Regina C. Evans Award for Research Achievement
Undergraduate student Michael Howard was selected to receive the Douglas G. and Regina C. Evans Award for Research Achievement by the Schreyer Honors College.
This award recognizes the graduating Schreyer Scholar who has accomplished the single, most extraordinary research achievement during his / her undergraduate career.
Mike did his research work with Scott Milner and was a past recipient of the Larry Duda Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award in Chemical Engineering.
Congratulations Michael.
05/8/13
Faculty member Seong Kim named Professor of Chemical Engineering
Congratulations to faculty member Seong Kim who was recently promoted to Professor of Chemical Engineering.
05/6/13
Graduate student Abhishek Kar is the Chemical Engineering
"Prevent Accidents With Safety" (PAWS) April Student of the month
Congratulations to graduate student Abhishek Kar of the Darrell Velegol Research Group who received the PAWS (Prevent Accidents With Safety) Student of the Month Award for April 2013.
"Abhishek is always proactive in taking and implementing safety decisions, which inspires us to take safety measures in whatever we perform in our lab", a nominator said.
Abhishek will receive a $25 gift card to a local business of his choice.
Congratulations Abhishek.
05/02/13
Congratulations Spring 2013 Graduates
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05/02/13
Nominate a student for the May safety student of the month recognition
Please take a moment to nominate a student for the PAWS student of the month recognition.
This award is presented to chemical engineering students who have set a good example of lab safety and contributed to a safer work place environment.
View the PAWS safety nomination form. Nominations will be closed on May 15th.
04/26/13
Three Chemical Engineering graduate students receive
awards at the Penn State College of Engineering Research Symposium
Congratulations to the Chemical Engineering graduate students who were recognized for their research at the annual College of Engineering Research Symposium (CERS). The symposium was in during early April at The Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park Campus.
Trevor Zuroff (Advisers Wayne Curtis and Thomas Wood) won a Best Presentation Award for his lecture: "Bioconversion of Cellulose to Ethanol With A Symbiotic Clostridium Phytofermentans/Yeast Consortium".
Pouria Fattahi (Advisers Mohammad Reza Abidian and Ali Borhan) won a Best Presentation Award for his lecture: "Delivery of Chemotherapeutics using Monodisperse PLGA Microspheres Prepared via Electrified Liquid Spraying Technique".
Maryam Peer Lachegurabi (Adviser Henry C. Foley) won Best Paper Award for her publication: "Nanoporous Carbon Spheres as Active and Selective Catalyst Supports: Synthesis and Application".
We commend all of our graduate students who participated in the 2013 College of Engineering Research Symposium.
Chemical Engineering CERS winners from left to right:
Trevor Zuroff, Pouria Fattahi, and Maryam Peer Lachegurabi.
04/25/13
Faculty member Enrique Gomez is helping the shape the future of flexible electronics
Faculty member Enrique Gomez is working on flexible electronics that will lead to a new generation of products and medical treatments.
Imagine tiny smartphones that wrap around our wrists, and flexible displays that fold out as large as a television. Or photovoltaic cells and reconfigurable antennas that conform to the roofs and trunks of our cars. Even implants that can monitor and treat cancer.
Dr. Gomez is one of many researchers investigating flexible electronics at part of Penn State's Materials Research Institute.
Find out more about Dr. Gomez' contribution to this field in the article "Flexible electronics could transform the way we make and use electronic devices" on Penn State Live.
04/22/13
Venkat Ravi Receives the International Precious Metals Institute Student Award
Graduate student Venkat Ravi of the Robert Rioux Research Group has been awarded the International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) Student Award.
Venkat will receive his award this June at the 37th International Precious Metals Institute Conference to be held in Phoenix, Arizona.
Cogratulations Venkat.
04/19/13
Larry Duda Undergraduate Student Research Award in Chemical Engineering
We are pleased to announce that Bryce Edmondson of the Enrique Gomez Research Group and Monica Esopi of the Michael Janik Research Group are this year's recipients of the Larry Duda Undergraduate Student Research Award in Chemical Engineering.
The funds from this endowment will be used to provide travel support for Bryce and Monica to attend the Annual AIChE meeting in Fall 2013. Congratulations Bryce and Monica on your research accomplishments.
04/17/13
Outstanding Chemical Engineering Staff Award
We are pleased to announce that Roger Dunlap is this year's recipient of the Outstanding Chemical Engineering Staff Award.
Roger's efforts to maintain the building and to support our research and safety efforts have truly been extraordinary.
Congratulations to Roger for this much deserved recognition.
04/15/13
Penn State graduate alumnus recognized
for lifetime achievements by the Graduate School at Penn State
John R. McWhirter, who received a doctorate in chemical engineering, was a recipient of the 2013 Graduate School Alumni Society (GSAS) Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes graduate alumni who have achieved exceptional success throughout the course of their profession and have demonstrated loyalty to the Penn State and the Alumni Association.
Dr. McWhirter was honored at the GSAS Recognition Dinner, one of the events held in March 2013 during the Graduate School's Celebration of 150 Years of Graduate Education at Penn State.
View the excerpt from the Penn State Live Website.
View the original article "Two Penn State graduate alumni recognized for lifetime achievements" on Penn State Live.
04/12/13
Robert Rioux and Howard Salis receive National Science Foundation Career Awards
We are pleased to announce that faculty members Robert Rioux and Howard Salis (Chemical Engineering and Agricultural and Biological Engineering) both received 2013 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Awards.
Given the budgetary challenges at the NSF, it is an honor to have two awardees who are both in our Department.
Congratulations to Dr. Rioux and Dr. Salis on this wonderful recognition and support for their research programs.
04/9/13
Thomas Lancaster named a 2013
College of Engineering Outstanding Engineering Alumni
Chemical Engineering Alumnus Dr. Thomas Lancaster is a recipeint of the College of Engineering 2013 Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award.
Dr. Thomas Lancaster recently became the Vice President of Research and Development for Akston Biosciences Corporation. Located in Beverly, Massachusetts, Akston Biosciences is a pharmaceutical preparation company.
The College of Engineering Outstanding Engineering Alumni Awards recognize graduates who have reached exceptional levels of professional achievement. This annual tradition of honoring our outstanding alumni began in 1966.
View past Chemical Engineering Outstanding Engineering Alumni Recipients.
04/08/13
Michael Howard awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowship
Undergraduate student Michael Howard of the Scott Milner Research Group has been awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowship (NDSEG), a three-year award worth over $30,000 per year plus tuition.
The Department of Defense selects around 200 recipients from among over 3,000 applicants.
Mike will pursue a PhD in Chemical Engineering at Princeton University in fall 2013.
04/4/13
Graduate student Venkat Ravi is the Chemical Engineering
"Prevent Accidents With Safety" (PAWS) March Student of the month
Congratulations to graduate student Venkat Ravi of the Rioux Research Group, who received the PAWS (Prevent Accidents With Safety) Student of the Month Award for March 2013.
A nominator from the group said, "Without Venkat's constant attention to our [chemical] inventory... safety would be compromised in our laboratory".
Venkat will receive a $25 gift card to a local business of his choice. Congratulations Venkat.
04/03/13
Andrew Zydney named interim co-director
of the new Institute for Natural Gas Research at Penn State
Penn State announces the creation of the Institute for Natural Gas Research (INGaR), a collaboration between the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the College of Engineering.
Andrew Zydney, Chemical Engineering Department Head and InGaR interim co-director said, "There's a benefit of having multiple faculty with very diverse backgrounds and interests working together on complex problems that cut across disciplines." Dr. Zydney continues to explain, "And, of course, there's a hope that this enables an opportunity to go after funding sources that an individual faculty member would never be able to do on their own."
Currently, there are 70 faculty members in various departments across the university conducting significant research in natural gas and related areas. This number will continue to grow as the Institute adds other colleges and departments.
The increase in opportunities for students is also apparent. in 1999 only 30 undergraduates were enrolled petroleum and natural gas engineering option, now over 500 undergraduates are enrolled in this option which is offered by the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering.
- View the entire article "At Penn State, a natural gas expansion" on the Philly.com website.
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View a related story, "Penn State's new natural gas center to keep Pa.
at forefront of industry"
on Penn State Live. - www.ems.psu.edu/INGaR
04/01/13
Nominate a student for the April safety student of the month recognition
Please take a moment to nominate a student for the PAWS student of the month recognition.
This award is presented to chemical engineering students who have set a good example of lab safety and contributed to a safer work place environment.
View the PAWS safety nomination form. Nominations will be closed on April 15th.
03/29/13
Courtesy Appointment faculty member Tony Huang receives the Faculty Scholar Medal
Tony Huang, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics and courtesy appointment professor in chemical engineering is awarded the engineering medal as part of the 2013 Faculty Scholar Medals.
This award was established by the university in 1980 to recognize scholarly or creative excellence represented by a single contribution or a series of contributions around a coherent theme. A committee of peers reviews nominations and selects candidates.
Huang, the engineering recipient, has achieved the most notable success in the area of acoustofluidics. His recent work on "acoustic tweezers" allows the on-chip, dexterous manipulation of microparticles, cells and organisms with low power, avoiding damage in sensitive biological materials.
- View the "Brantley, dePamphilis, Huang, Kroll, O'Leary receive Faculty Scholar Medals" story on Penn State Live.
- View Dr. Huangs faculty web page.
03/28/13
Graduate student Kiarash Vakhshouri receives the 2013 Frank J. Padden Jr. Award
Graduate student Kiarash Vakhshouri of the Enrique Gomez Research Group receives the 2013 Frank J. Padden Jr. Award from the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Polymer Physics.
This award recognizes an outstanding graduate student for Excellence in Polymer Physics Research. Kiarash is the second Penn State graduate student to win this award in the last 5 years (Susan Fullerton Shirey was the 2009 awardee.
Other winners in the past 5 years were from UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, and U Illinois).
Congratulations Kiarash.
03/22/13
College of Engineering Research Symposium (CERS)
College of Engineering Research Symposium (CERS) on Tuesday, April 4, 2013 at The Nittany Lion Inn.
CERS is an initiative of the Engineering Graduate Student Council (EGSC) and showcases the research being conducted within the College of Engineering at Penn State via posters and presentations.
03/13/13
Chemical Engineering Alumnus Raj Shah receives the ASTM Award of Excellence
Chemical Engineering Alumnus Raj Shah (PhD, '95), director at Koehler instrument Company recently received the ASTM Award of Excellence in recognition of his many years of dedicated contributions and outstanding service to the subcommittee on Oxidation of lubricants.
ASTM International, is a globally recognized specialist in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards.
Originally named the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), it now includes members from 120 nations.
Today, some 12,000 ASTM standards are used around the world to improve product quality, enhance safety, facilitate market access and trade, and build consumer confidence.
Dr. Shah is an active member of ASTM, STLE, NLGI, SAE, ACS, AOCS, IFT, SPE and AICHE and chairs subcommittees in several of these organizations.
He is a recipient of the NLGI Fellow award and in 2012 he was conferred with the Presidents Felicitation Award from NLGI - India along with the Shawl of honor and citation.
Congratulations Dr. Shah.
03/11/13
2013 Spring Semester Career Days
- Spring Career Days
- March 20 & 21, 2013
- Bryce Jordan Center
- 11:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
- http://careerfairs.psu.edu/spring/student/default.shtml
Make sure you attend the prep workshops the week before the fair!
03/01/13
Nominate a student for the March safety student of the month recognition
Now is your opportunity to nominate a student for the PAWS student of the month recognition.
View the PAWS safety nomination form. Nominations will be closed on March 15th.