Top Department News
Hector Sanchez-Moran takes home first prize in PEGS poster presentation competition
Surpassing more than 300 participants, ChBE PhD student Hector Sanchez-Moran took home first prize at the PEGS Essential Protein and Antibody Engineering Summit poster presentation competition. Read more
Three chemical engineering PhD students earn Department of Defense fellowships
Evan Flitz, Collin Sindt and and Noah Smith have received 2023 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (NDSEG), a prestigious Department of Defense award that recognizes and supports promising young scientists and engineers. Read more
These tiny, medical robots could one day travel through your body
A team of CU Boulder engineers has designed a new class of tiny, self-propelled robots that can zip through liquid at incredible speeds—and may one day even deliver prescription drugs to hard-to-reach places inside the human body. ChBE co-authors of the new study include Jin Lee, lead author of the study and a postdoctoral researcher; Assistant Professor Wyatt Shields; Assistant Professor Ankur Gupta; and graduate students Ritu Raj, (Shields and Gupta groups), Cooper Thome (Shields Group) and Nicole Day (Shields Group). Read more
Chemical Engineering in top 10: 2024 Best Graduate School Rankings
In the engineering specialty rankings, CU Boulder's chemical engineering graduate degree program was in the top 10 amongst public institutions, according to U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2023-24. Read more
Congratulations to our 2023 ChBE department undergraduate award-winners!
The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department awards recognize students in the department who have excelled... Read more
ChBE Professor Charlie Nuttelman wins university-wide award for passionate, engaging teaching
Known for making difficult material approachable and fun, ChBE Teaching Professor Charlie Nuttelman recently won the university-wide Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Teaching Award. The award also recognizes his highly successful Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), soon to surpass 500,000 learners. Read more
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