Department of Chemical Engineering
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The American Institute of Chemical Engineers has honored four Berkeley professors of chemical engineering — Alex Bell, Harvey Blanch, Jud King, and John Prausnitz — by naming them to the list of “One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era.”
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John M. Prausnitz, winner of the National Medal of Science and a member of the Department of Chemical Engineering for more than 50 years, delivered the college's 139th Commencement Address, entitled "Berkeley: The Tacit Dimension."
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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded $20.18 million to the University of California, Berkeley, to build centralized stem cell laboratories on campus in a new biomedical research building now under construction.
(Article courtesy of UC Berkeley News)
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The College of Chemistry will begin new projects to find sustainable solutions for energy and environmental problems with grants from the Energy Biosciences Institute and the Sustainable Products and Solutions Program.
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Paul Alivisatos, an award-winning chemist and international authority on the fabrication of nanocrystals and their use in solar energy applications, has been named the new Deputy Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). His appointment is effective April 7, 2008. Berkeley Lab is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed by the University of California (UC), that conducts unclassified scientific research.
(Article and photo courtesy of Berkeley Lab Research News)
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Professor of Chemical Engineering John Newman has won the 2008 Vittorio de Nora Award in Electrochemical Engineering and Technology from the Electrochemical Society.
The award recognizes outstanding contributions to engineering and technology directed toward the utilization of electrochemical phenomena and processes. The award is granted biennially, and it is be presented at the spring meeting of the society in even-numbered years. This spring’s meeting will be May 18-22 in Phoenix, AZ.
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The 95th annual Faculty Research Lectures will be delivered this year by Jean M. J. Fréchet, the Henry Rapoport Professor of Organic Chemistry and a faculty member in chemistry and chemical engineering, and Daniel Boyarin, the Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture in the departments of Near Eastern Studies and Rhetoric.
Professor Fréchet will speak on Monday, March 17, from 5 to 6 p.m. at International House. His topic will be “The Chemistry Behind Polymers: From Technology to Medicine.”
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Many of the substances that we take for granted everyday, from gasoline to plastics, have passed through the microscopic pores of zeolite catalysts during their production. But until recently, researchers could only speculate about what happens inside these catalysts and guess at how to use these catalysts effectively. But now, thanks to their pioneering computational techniques, two chemical engineers are finding new uses for zeolites to improve efficiency and reduce waste in the refining and petrochemical industry.
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Chancellor’s Professor of Chemical Engineering Enrique Iglesia has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
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With the cosmetics industry facing a European ban on animal testing in 2009, a newly developed biochip could provide the rapid analysis needed to insure that the chemicals in cosmetics are nontoxic to humans.
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Rachel A. Segalman, the Charles Wilke Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the newly launched MDV Innovators Award from Mohr Davidow Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm.
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