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Professor Charles Musgrave received a three-year NSF grant for $533.4K for research titled “NSF/DOE Solar Hydrogen Fuel: Accelerated Discovery of Advanced RedOx Materials for Solar Thermal Water Splitting to Produce Renewable Hydrogen.” Musgrave's group will be collaborating with that of Professor Alan Weimer, with each team working on a different...

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...

Omega-3 oils are linked with reducing the risk of heart attacks, strokes and depression. But can production of these omega-3 oils also decrease CO2 emissions? The founders of Superior Ecotech think so. The company uses algae to capture CO2 emissions from local breweries and convert it to oils which can...

Now working at Shell, ExxonMobil, Dow Chemical, and ConocoPhillips, ChBE alumni from the Houston area and beyond periodically meet to catch up, compare work experiences and watch CU football games. "Our CU alliance forged in the bowels of the Borg is stronger than any company rivalry," says Jay Westcott (ChemEng’13).

After leaving CU, chemical and chemical & biological engineering students embark on a wide variety of career paths. By contacting students and using LinkedIn, we followed the undergraduate and graduate students who graduated during the 2013-14 CU fiscal year (summer 2013, fall 2013 and spring 2014). Post-CU job data were...

During his 31 years at CU-Boulder, Dean Robert H. Davis has worn many hats. As a professor in the Chemical Engineering Department specializing in fluid mechanics, he was a staple teacher of the transport phenomenon and analytical methods classes. He served multiple terms as the ChBE department chair and, in...

The Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (ChBE) at CU will be hosting a fall panel discussion titled "The Future Role of Chemical Engineers in Energy" . When : Thursday, October 30 from 6:00pm - 7:00pm ; refreshments afterwards. Where : Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnoogy Building A115. Parking : Free...

Justin Lee (MS ChemBio '03) has making spirits down to a science - literally. He and business partner Seth Johnson (MS Phys '06), both CU alumni, are the brains behind J&L Distilling , a small-batch distillery in Boulder that celebrates the intersection of art and science in the craft of...

A patent for technology used to stabilize freeze-dried vaccines to withstand temperature extremes has been awarded to ChBE Professors Ted Randolph and Dan Schwartz . This technology has applications in developing-world vaccination, as well as biodefense. The CU Technology Transfer Office began prosecuting this family of patents, which includes multiple...

In the 2015 US News & World Report rankings published this week, the Chemical & Biological Engineering undergraduate program at CU Boulder is ranked 18th overall and 12th among public institutions. ChBE is the only undergraduate chemical engineering program in the Mountain Time Zone to make the list. Undergraduate program...