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Nearly 200 students earned degrees from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in a graduation ceremony May 12, 2017. The degree recipients included eight PhD candidates, eight master’s degree candidates and more than 160 bachelor’s degree candidates. Three graduates from the Materials Science & Engineering Program also were recognized...

Chemical and biological engineering major and student-athlete Maddie DeWinter has been featured on the Pac-12 and Chevron’s #HumanEnergyStories. The video series highlights stories of student-athletes excelling on and off the field, with emphasis on athletes who are planning careers in science, technology, engineering and math. DeWinter is a midfielder on...

Assistant Professor Anushree Chatterjee has won a 2017 Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The program works to identify and engage junior faculty members across the United States to introduce them to Department of Defense needs and opportunities. Through funding, mentoring and industry contacts, the...

Senior Hashim Al Hajji recently won first place in a Toastmasters International contest. Toastmasters International is a nonprofit organization that helps members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. Al Hajji won the table topics contest, a competition for unprepared speeches, in the local district covering the Boulder area...

The team included, from left, Trevor Goldman, Toni Gossett, Javier Lopez, TJ Scherping, Victor Bader, Daniel Tillema and Suzie Guo, as well as (not pictured) Atheer Alqatari, Tanner Bobak, Matt Burley, Adam Cronce, Katie Oswalt, Cathryn Toomey, and Aaron Wesche. CU Boulder students won the regional Chem-E-Car competition on April...

The American Society for Engineering Education has awarded Professor John Falconer the Lifetime Achievement Award in Chemical Engineering Pedagogy. The award recognizes a sustained career of contributions to engineering education and scholarship that creates substantial, innovative changes and inspires other educators to adopt new behaviors that also benefit chemical engineering...

Distinguished Professor Christopher Bowman officially joined the National Academy of Inventors in a ceremony April 6 in Boston. He was among 175 fellows inducted into the academy this year and the second from the CU Boulder Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering to receive the honor. Also inducted this year...

2017 Department Graduation Ceremony Details Graduates and their guests are invited to a departmental graduation ceremony May 12 to celebrate their successes. The ceremony is open to all graduates from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Materials Science Program. When: Noon – 3 p.m. Friday, May 12,...

CU Athletics has recognized two student-athletes from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering for achieving the highest GPAs of any student-athletes in their respective classes. Maddie DeWinter, a midfielder on the lacrosse team, earned the 2017 Senior Scholar-Athlete Award for achieving the highest GPA (3.929) of all senior student-athletes...

Professor Alan Weimer recently traveled more than 7,500 miles to deliver the Distinguished University Lecture at Texas A&M University at Qatar. Weimer, an expert in high-temperature solar thermal chemical processing, was selected from among numerous highly renowned researchers to deliver his March 23 lecture, “Solarthermal Chemistry: The Path Forward.” The...