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Congratulations to our 2023 ChBE department undergraduate award-winners!

May 1, 2023

The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department awards recognize students in the department who have excelled in one or more areas. Winners are selected by the department’s Undergraduate Awards Committee. “These students have been especially outstanding in areas ranging from academics to research to teaching to mentoring," said Teaching Professor and...

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ChBE Professor Charlie Nuttelman wins university-wide award for passionate, engaging teaching

May 1, 2023

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.

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Kōnane Bay’s research group seeks to advance engineered living materials research at CU Boulder

April 28, 2023

One of the main reasons Kōnane Bay joined the CU Boulder faculty was the recent growth of faculty expertise in soft materials across both the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Material Science and Engineering Program.

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Six ChBE students earn major NSF fellowships

April 28, 2023

Six Chemical and Biological Engineering graduate students have received 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in a wide variety of science-related disciplines.

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Outstanding Mentor Award 2023: Brittany Michael

April 25, 2023

Brittany Michael (ChemEngr'12) was selected as the Outstanding Mentor Award winner for the spring 2023 semester for her work with senior Saylor Perez.

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ChBE seniors take home 25 percent of CEAS graduating student awards

April 20, 2023

Ten graduating seniors from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering earned Graduating Student Awards from the College of Engineering and Applied Science this year.

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New materials research at CU Boulder will help develop high-efficiency solar cells

April 19, 2023

Researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program have published new findings in Joule that could lead to the development of better hybrid lead halide perovskites – a class of materials proposed for use as low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells.

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PhD student honored for shape-changing “smart” materials research

April 13, 2023

PhD Student Albert Velasco Abadia was awarded the prestigious Materials Research Society Graduate Student Gold Award for his research in using biological catalysts — also known as enzymes — for triggering shape reconfigurations in "smart" materials known as liquid crystal networks.

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Adam Holewinski receives Fulbright to synthesize renewable fuels and chemicals

April 9, 2023

Adam Holewinski, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to research efficient ways to produce sustainable chemical products and fuels using electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind.

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ChBE Seminar: Christopher Calderon, May 2

April 1, 2023

Christopher Calderon, PhD, will give a talk, "A Review of Some Data-Driven Modeling Applications Fueled by Optical Microscopy, on May 2.

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