As the nation honors the cultures and contributions of Hispanic and Latin Americans, the University of Florida invites you to celebrate those who have contributed to the University’s institutional excellence and those who lend their voices to today’s UF experience. Zoe Milian Barinaga Zoe… Read More
Rinaldi-Ramos receives grants to advance cancer immunotherapy research
A University of Florida chemical and biomedical engineering researcher has received three grants that will use a novel type of imaging to advance research on cancer immunotherapy treatment and brain injury. The studies aim to provide researchers and clinicians with… Read More
Celebrating Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month
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… Read More
UF researchers help develop highly accurate, 30-second coronavirus test
by Bill Levesque With any highly infectious disease, time can be a killer. It is crucial to get a test result for a pathogen quickly, lest someone continue in their daily lives infecting others. And delays in testing have undoubtedly… Read More
Two Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Students and one Alumnus Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
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,… Read More
Researchers develop a test to quickly detect COVID variants
The UF team is the first to investigate the new heat-loving CRISPR technology, which manages to combine speed, accuracy, and variant identification by amplifying and detecting coronavirus genetic material in one step. Written by Catherine Arnold March 17, 2022 University… Read More
Celebrating Black Excellence
The Department of Chemical Engineering celebrates Black History Month and highlights some of our Black alumni, students, faculty, and staff. Christopher L. Alexander, Ph.D. (ChE Ph.D. ‘17) Assistant Professor Susan A. Bracken Faculty Fellow Civil & Environmental Engineering University of South… Read More
RINALDI-RAMOS AND RIVERA-JIMéNEZ RECEIVE 2022 HERBERT WERTHEIM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ADVISOR/MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Carlos M. Rinaldi-Ramos, Ph.D., chair and Dean’s Leadership Professor at the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering, and Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, Ph.D., an instructional assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty of the Department of… Read More
Department Awards Term Professorships
Helena Hagelin-Weaver, Whitney L. Stoppel, Jason F. Weaver, and Kirk J. Ziegler were selected for the Department of Chemical Engineering’s Term Professorships Hagelin-Weaver Selected to Receive the Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Edie Term Professorship in Chemical Engineering Helena… Read More
Rivera-Jiménez Recognized with AICHE’s IDEAL Star Award
Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, Ph.D., an instructional assistant professor at the University of Florida Department of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering, was recognized by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Societal Impact Operating… Read More