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Claire Ely, a chemical engineering major, was awarded the Colorado Engineering Council Silver Medal Award, the College of Engineering and Applied Science Research Award and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Outstanding Senior Award.
CU Boulder students won the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Chemical-E-Car competition at the Rocky Mountain Regional.
Arianna McCarty, a chemical and biological engineering student, received a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for her research on how Prevotella bacteria may help reduce infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of pneumonia.
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.
Overall, CU Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science ranked No. 11 among public universities.
Assistant Professors Kōnane Bay and Ankur Gupta from CU Boulder’s ChBE, honored with the 2025 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Program Award.
Paula Pranda, a CU Boulder PhD student, won the top student award at the Adhesion Society's annual meeting for her research on Liquid Crystal Elastomer (LCE) adhesives. Her work has potential applications in medical devices and screen protectors among others.
After participating in CU Boulder's (YSSRP), Kate Lamb discovered her passion for biological engineering causeing her to transfer to CU.
Assistant Professor Ankur Gupta’s research on diffusiophoresis, where smaller particles move through a fluid, dragging larger particles with them, helps explain how this process may create clear biological patterns in nature, such as those seen on fish or a tiger's stripes.
Jerome Fox, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his groundbreaking research on enzyme-driven chemical networks and their applications in biocatalytic systems, including chemical and pharmaceutical production.