News
- Seminar: Bio-like Structural Hydrogels with Life-like Intelligence Speaker: Ximin He, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles Host: Andrew Goodwin Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - 2:45 p.m. via
- Damilola Akinneye, a PhD candidate in the Medlin Group, recently received the Andzik Scholarship, an award that goes to first-generation students or those who have faced unusual adversity, with a preference for those who graduated from a high school in Africa. Akinneye is originally from Nigeria.
- Seminar: Managing the Nitrogen Cycle with Photo and Electrochemistry Speaker: Marta C. Hatzell, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Host: Wilson Smith Tuesday, August 31, 2021 - 2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. MDT
- Researchers at have developed a platform which can quickly identify common mutations on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that allow it to escape antibodies and infect cells.
- A new technique my colleagues and I developed that can kill deadly, multidrug-resistant bacteria in real time could be used to generate targeted therapies that replace traditional, increasingly ineffective antibiotics.
- Todd Whittaker, a first year graduate student in the Holewinski and Musgrave groups, is the recipient of the 2021 Australia to USA AAA – Northrop Grumman Corporation Scholarship. The scholarship provides financial assistance and networking resources for Australian students studying in STEM fields in the U.S.
- This fall, Ehsan Keyvani will join the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering as an instructor.
- It is with great sadness that the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering community learned of the recent passing of Professor Emeritus Robert “Bob” Sani.
- The Fox Research Group will receive over $1.76 million in new funding to support the group’s research into microbially guided discovery and the biosynthesis of biologically active natural products.
- Haichao Wu is the lead author on a new paper that describes a model system that can be used to help guide tiny self-propelled robots when exploring maze-like environments such as the spaces between grains of sand in soil.