Hibbitts Receives the UF Provost’s Excellence Award for Assistant Professors
David Hibbitts, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering, has received the University of Florida Provost’s Excellence Award for Assistant Professors for 2020. The awards are…
Message from the Chair
Dear colleagues, alumni, and friends, As we navigate through the challenges of the current health crisis, I want to share with you some of the actions we have taken at…
Kulkarni Selected to Attend National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering
Aniruddha Kulkarni, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE), is 1 of 60 students selected to attend the National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering (NX School) hosted…
Assistant Professor Develops A Rapid Point-of-Care Detection Technology for SARS-CoV-2
Piyush Jain, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and a member of the UF Health Cancer Center, and Long Nguyen, a Ph.D. student, have developed a CRISPR-based,…
The Department of Chemical Engineering proudly welcomes two faculty members
Chemical Engineering (ChE) continues its steady growth by welcoming two new faculty members. Henry Chu, Ph.D., and Janani Sampath, Ph.D., will start January 2021. Henry Chu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D….
Dickinson Elected American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellow
Chemical Engineering professor, Richard B. Dickinson, Ph.D., was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). This honor is the organization’s highest grade of membership and is…
Rivera-Llabres Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Victor Rivera-Llabres, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Rivera-Llabres’ research uses magnetic nanoparticles and magnetic fields…
Hibbitts Awarded a Critical Aspects of Sustainability Collaborative Research Grant
David Hibbitts, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE), is leading a three-year, $672,000 grant from the National Science Foundation from the Chemistry Division titled: Separating…
Rinaldi Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows
Carlos Rinaldi, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Dean’s Leadership Professor, was elected to The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows on…
Graduate Program Rises to No. 14 Among Public Institutions
The UF Department of Chemical Engineering’s graduate program rose to No. 14, from its previous No. 19, according to the 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools Ranking. “We…
