Rebecca O'Toole, center, holding award.

PhD Student Rebecca O'Toole aces particle technology poster competition

May 24, 2018

Congratulations to Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD student Rebecca O'Toole for earning first place in the Global Graduate Student Poster Competition at the 8th World Congress on Particle Technology.

Anushree Chatterjee

Anushree Chatterjee earns ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator award

March 8, 2018

The ACS Infectious Diseases journal has awarded Assistant Professor Anushree Chatterjee a 2018 Young Investigator Award. The award is granted to three outstanding young investigators in the field of infectious diseases. Each award winner receives a plaque, $1,000 cash and a travel stipend to present their research as the ACS...

Hendrik Heinz

Engineering team’s ultra-efficient catalysts earn NSF Special Creativity Award

March 5, 2018

A rarely given Special Creativity Award from the National Science Foundation has been recently bestowed to an expert in computer simulation of materials at the University of Colorado Boulder along with a pair of UCLA professors to continue their research on metal alloys for fuel cells. The investigators are Hendrik...

Chris Bowman in lab

Professor Chris Bowman Elected to National Academy of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine has elected Professor Christopher Bowman of the University of Colorado Boulder to its ranks. Bowman, a faculty member in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering since 1992, is a University of Colorado Distinguished Professor and holds the James and Catherine Patten Endowed Chair.

Kaitlyn Benner

ChBE Senior Kaitlyn Benner Named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Senior Kaitlyn Benner has been named the Pac-12 Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the league office announced on Friday prior to the racing of the conference championships.

Chris Bowman with award plaque

Professor Christopher Bowman Receives Herman F. Mark Scholar Award

Oct. 2, 2017

Professor Christopher Bowman is the recipient of the 2017 Herman F. Mark Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society’s Polymer Chemistry Division. Bowman, a CU Distinguished Professor and Patten Endowed Chair, joined the faculty in 1992 and served as founding director of the Materials Science and Engineering Program at CU...

Instructor in lab with two female students

Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Program Ranked #17 in Nation

Sept. 19, 2017

CU Boulder’s undergraduate chemical engineering program has been ranked No. 17 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report . The program was No. 11 among public institutions whose highest degree is a doctorate. The rankings are an improvement from the previous year, when CU’s undergraduate chemical engineering program...

Al Weimer

Professor Alan Weimer Earns AIChE Lifetime Achievement Award for Particle Technology

Sept. 18, 2017

Professor Alan Weimer in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Particle Technology from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The award recognizes Weimer’s lifetime of scientific achievement, including fundamental understanding, discovery, engineering scale-up and commercialization of processes to synthesize ultrafine ceramic powders...

Rob Davis

Professor Robert Davis wins CU Boulder alumni award

June 7, 2017

The CU Boulder Alumni Association has named Professor and Dean Emeritus Robert H. Davis a 2017 Robert L. Stearns Alumni Award winner. Davis joined the chemical engineering faculty in 1983 and served as dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science from 2002-17. The Stearns Award was initiated in...

Chris Bowman in lab

Professor Christopher Bowman named Distinguished Research Lectureship honoree

June 7, 2017

CU Boulder’s Research & Innovation Office has named Professor Chris Bowman as one of two 2017 Distinguished Research Lectureship honorees. Bowman was nominated by his peers and chosen unanimously by a faculty panel. He will receive a $2,000 stipend and will present a lecture in fall 2017 or spring 2018...

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