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Electrochemical Society honors longtime CHE professor for multidisciplinary work

Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering Mark Orazem will be honored in May at the Electrochemical Society’s annual meeting

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Chemical Engineering Building Renovation

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Yeongseon Jang, assistant professor of chemical engineering, looks through a microscope in her lab.

UF Researchers using biomaterials to train cells and, hopefully, bolster immunity 

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.

Mark Orazem, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, standing in a campus hallway.

Electrochemical Society honors longtime CHE professor for multidisciplinary work

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

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Fall 2025 Newsletter

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

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 […]

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From global energy to chemical engineering: Meet Ph.D. student Cynthia Eluagu 

Born in Imo State, Nigeria, the fifth of six children, Cynthia Eluagu worked hard to stand out in her family. She did so by earning a bachelor’s degree in engineering with honors in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering. 

Helena Hagelin Weaver, Ph.D., working in a chemical engineering lab with catalyst testing equipment, wearing safety glasses and a blue UF polo.

UF researcher catalyzing change in methane conversion

University of Florida chemical engineering researcher Helena Hagelin Weaver, Ph.D., is uncovering how the structure of catalyst materials can dramatically improve the efficiency of methane conversion. Her team’s findings, recently published in ACS Catalysis, reveal how manipulating nanoscale support structures can boost methane oxidation at lower temperatures — a key step toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enabling more sustainable chemical production.

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The Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of assistant, associate or full professor.
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UF ChE By The Numbers

29

RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACULTY AND GROWING

73%

OF B.S. GRADUATES ACCEPTED A JOB OR GRADUATE SCHOOL OFFER BY GRADUATION

59%

OF STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

74%

OF STUDENTS GAIN INTERNSHIP/
CO-OP EXPERIENCES

8%

EXPECTED GROWTH RATE IN EMPLOYMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS.