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After 16 years in industry, Professor Al Weimer moved to academia in search of new research opportunities. He's found them at CU Boulder, where he investigates solar thermal processing and atomic layer deposition, a process he patented to coat individual particles in ultrathin films. Today his lab is applying this technology to improve everything from biofuel production to vaccine stabilization to 3D printing and more.

Researchers from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at CU Boulder have won a $1 million grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for research that could enable next-generation detectors for weapons of mass destruction. Conventional screening methods for these weapons’ chemical components often rely on bulky, slow and...

Seven PhD students proved their mettle in March by winning an unusual athletic competition that's part of the Frozen Dead Guy Days festival in nearby Nederland. They even defeated the six-time defending champions - a mechanical engineering group from CU Boulder.

Construction has begun on a new wing of the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, which will provide 10,000+ square feet of additional space for chemical and biological engineering. Meanwhile, the department's former wing in the Engineering Center is being renovated, and several researchers are moving into the new Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex

After four years as department chair, Professor Dan Schwartz will hand off the reins in July to Professor Charles Musgrave. Read Schwartz's reflections on the department's achievements during his four years.

Congratulations to our 2016 Department Awards Ceremony honorees!

Amy Kramer (ChemEngr '06) was named among the American Bar Association's "Top 40 Young Lawyers" for 2016. Kramer earned a BS in chemical engineering and a JD from CU Boulder and works for Greenberg Traurig in Denver, specializing in intellectual property disputes involving patents, trademarks and copyrights.

Students held a midnight vigil to pay tribute to "the Borg," the Borgmann Computing Lab that has long been the home-away-from-home of many ChBE seniors and juniors. While the Borg is being removed as part of the Engineering Center renovation, innovative collaboration and computer spaces will give students new areas...

Professor Kristi Anseth has been named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow, a distinction recognizing academic inventors whose innovations make a tangible impact on society. Anseth is among 168 new 2015 NAI Fellows inducted April 15, all of whom hold U.S. patents and were nominated by their peers for outstanding...

Congratulations to Lauren Miremont, the April 2016 CEAS Employee of the Month! Since joining the department as its financial manager in 2014, Lauren has become instrumental in providing award, budgeting and expenditures support.