Student Awards

Outstanding Graduate for the College of Engineering and Applied Science Marc Thomson reflects on his time at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.

Katie McQuie’s time at CU Boulder is marked by both academic success and selfless service to her fellow engineers. As the winner of the December 2018 Outstanding Graduate for Service award, she exemplifies the kind of service-minded engineer that CU Boulder is known for.

Yu Cai, a former graduate student at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was the grand prize winner for bioseparations research at the 2018 Life Science Awards held in Darmstadt, Germany this past October. Bioseparations is the practice of separating or purifying chemical reaction products involving living organisms. The...

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and its partners are hosting three new GAANN programs, or Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need , to equip graduate students to research solutions to critical national needs. GAANN is a competitive grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education to...

His service, professionalism and academic efforts throughout college earned him the Colorado Engineering Council’s Silver Medal, one of the most prestigious awards offered to CU Engineering graduates.

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.

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.

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...

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...