UF Students and Faculty Shine at AIChE
The department of Chemical Engineering made a strong showing at the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando on Nov. 8-15, 2019. Sixteen undergraduates, 41 graduate students, and 16 faculty members…
Hages Awarded Faculty Fellowship Program in Israel
Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Charles Hages, Ph.D., has been selected to take part in an academic exchange and exploration of Israel on Dec. 26, 2019 – Jan. 8, 2020. Hages is one…
Rivera-Llabres Selected to Attend SREB Institute on Teaching and Mentoring
Victor Rivera-Llabres was selected to attend the 2019 Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB) Institute on Teaching and Mentoring in Atlanta on Oct. 24-27, 2019. I’m really excited for the opportunity…
Alumni Spotlight: Leaders in the Field
Alumni Share Their Insight and Experience CHRIS BIRDSALL, B.S., ChE ‘96 Vice President, Catalysts and Licensing, ExxonMobil What do you remember about your time in ChE at UF? The lifelong…
Orazem Recognized for a Lifetime of Contributions to the Field
Mark Orazem, Ph.D., has had a year of outstanding recognitions for his contributions to the field of Electrochemistry. He is a Distinguished Professor, the Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Edie Professor,…
Towns Accepts New Role in the Department of Chemical Engineering
Preston Towns has accepted a new staff role, Engineer I, in the Department of Chemical Engineering. This position was created to address the needs of the department’s teaching laboratories and…
Vasenkov Selected for Prestigious Mercator Fellowship
Sergey Vasenkov, Ph.D., a professor in the UF Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded a Mercator Fellowship from the German Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). The DFG is the…
Sarah Mena Receives the AIChE Particle Technology Forum Best Ph.D. Award
Department of Chemical Engineering alumna Sarah Mena (Ph.D. ’16) is this year’s recipient of the The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Particle Technology Forum George Klinzing Best Ph.D. Award. Mena’s…
Yang Wins Bruce Deal & Andy Grove Young Author Award
Jiancheng Yang, Ph.D., won the Bruce Deal & Andy Grove Young Author Award from The Electrochemical Society (ECS). The award consists of a framed scroll and a monetary prize, and…
Rinaldi Selected to Deliver IACChE’s James Y. Oldshue Lecture
Carlos Rinaldi, Ph.D., Chair and Dean’s Leadership Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida,…
