Faculty Awards

Professors John Falconer and Will Medlin , Senior Instructor Janet deGrazia , and former Senior Researcher Garret Nicodemus are the recipients of the 2015 AIChE Himmelblau Award . The David Himmelblau Award for Innovations in Computer-Based Chemical Engineering Education recognizes an individual or group making new and novel contributions to...

The research group of Professor Al Weimer was among the recipients of nearly $1.8M from the latest round of Colorado’s Advanced Industry Accelerator Grant Program. Weimer received a $90,000 Proof of Concept grant for direct ink writing using particle ALD core/shell precursors for net-shape fabrication of 3D advanced ceramic structures...

Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth was recently elected to the 3-year president line of the Materials Research Society (MRS) by its 16,000 global members. Anseth will serve as MRS Vice President in 2015, MRS President in 2016, and MRS Immediate Past President in 2017. As president, Anseth will lead the MRS...

The American Chemical Society has named Professor Richard Noble the 2015 ACS Separations Science and Technology Award winner. This award recognizes the development of novel applications with major impacts and/or the practical implementations of modern advancements in the field of separation science and technology. Noble is noted for his world-leading...

The American Chemical Society has named ChBE Department Chair Dan Schwartz a 2014 ACS Fellow . Professor Schwartz is being recognized for his leadership in the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry ; service as a Senior Editor of Langmuir ; ACS symposium organization; and innovative research developing and applying...

The 2014 AIChE Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering (FPBE) Division Award will be presented to Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth this coming November at the Annual AIChE meeting in Atlanta. The award recognizes an individual's outstanding chemical engineering contribution in the food, pharmaceutical and/or bioengineering field. Contributions can be of a fundamental...

Associate Professor Will Medlin was recently named a Denver Business Challenge Endowed Professor . This endowed professorship was established over 20 years ago by a group of Colorado business leaders whose gifts were matched by the University of Colorado. A Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2) Site Director, Medlin...

Congratulations to Professor Christine Hrenya who will receive the 2014 AIChE Particle Technology Forum Lectureship Award in Fluidization at the Annual AIChE Meeting this coming November in Atlanta, Georgia. The award recognizes an individual’s outstanding scientific/technical research contributions with impact in the field of fluidization and fluid-particle flow systems. Professor...

Professor Rich Noble received the Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) 2013 Innovator of the Year Award this month at the IChemE Awards and Annual Dinner in the United Kingdom. This international award recognizes the individual who best demonstrates his or her achievements and tangible application of chemical, biochemical and/or process...

Associate Professor Will Medlin and Patten Assistant Professor Arthi Jayaraman were both recipients of a 2013 Provost Faculty Achievement Award . Provost's Faculty Achievement Awards are presented annually to selected faculty who have offered recent significant publication or creative contributions in their academic fields. One award is designed for untenured...