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During his 31 years at CU-Boulder, Dean Robert H. Davis has worn many hats. As a professor in the Chemical Engineering Department specializing in fluid mechanics, he was a staple teacher of the transport phenomenon and analytical methods classes. He served multiple terms as the ChBE department chair and, in...

The Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (ChBE) at CU will be hosting a fall panel discussion titled "The Future Role of Chemical Engineers in Energy" . When : Thursday, October 30 from 6:00pm - 7:00pm ; refreshments afterwards. Where : Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnoogy Building A115. Parking : Free...

Justin Lee (MS ChemBio '03) has making spirits down to a science - literally. He and business partner Seth Johnson (MS Phys '06), both CU alumni, are the brains behind J&L Distilling , a small-batch distillery in Boulder that celebrates the intersection of art and science in the craft of...

A patent for technology used to stabilize freeze-dried vaccines to withstand temperature extremes has been awarded to ChBE Professors Ted Randolph and Dan Schwartz . This technology has applications in developing-world vaccination, as well as biodefense. The CU Technology Transfer Office began prosecuting this family of patents, which includes multiple...

In the 2015 US News & World Report rankings published this week, the Chemical & Biological Engineering undergraduate program at CU Boulder is ranked 18th overall and 12th among public institutions. ChBE is the only undergraduate chemical engineering program in the Mountain Time Zone to make the list. Undergraduate program...

The University of Colorado Boulder is ranked 10th in the world in science in the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). CU-Boulder is also ranked 34th overall. The ARWU has been released annually since 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. These rankings of...

While working in CU Chemical and Biological Engineering labs, high school students Logan Collins and Michael Chen respectively deployed artificial genes to overcome antibiotic resistance and utilized zeolite membrane for natural gas purification . They spoke about their work during recent 10-minute TEDx Mile High talks. TEDx is a program...

We are happy to welcome new ChBE Office Administrator Ana Cleves to the department. As Office Administrator, Ana’s duties include human resources coordination for staff, faculty and post-docs; supervising administrative staff; and overseeing non-academic operations and project management of space and facilities. A graduate of Florida State University, Ana has...

We are pleased to announce that Lauren Miremont has joined the department as our new Financial Manager . Lauren will provide pre- and post-award grant support, including budgeting, coordination with OCG/SPA, management, expenditures, and closeout. She will also support the department budget and monitor expenditures. A CU-Boulder alumna with a...

Assistant Professor Andrew Goodwin received a $2M NIH New Innovator Award for his proposed new biomolecular detection method using sound, which he hopes will result in new, cost-effective technologies for detecting cancer and heart disease. “We’re focusing on ultrasound because it’s clinically quite relevant and widespread,” he said, adding that the project builds on his successful development of a technology that helps to distinguish acute from chronic deep-vein thrombosis.