News
September 2018
September 20, 2018
This is a joint Rutgers – Merck Women Networking Event from 11:45am to 1:00pm on Thursday, October 4, 2018, with a free lunch. This is an opportunity to speak with women professionals from Merck & Co., one of the leading employers of Rutgers Chemical and Biochemical Engineering graduates. The event is open to undergraduate and graduate women students, as well as postdocs, in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers. Registration is required to attend the event.
September 13, 2018
Thank you all who came out and enjoyed our annaul Graduate Student Welcome Picinic!
September 5, 2018
A US Patent (Patent No.: 9,985,296) entitled "Polymer-Derived Catalysts and Methods of Use Thereof" was recently issued to Professor Tewodros (Teddy) Asefa and his former PhD student, Dr. Rafael Silva. The patent is on novel synthetic methods involving self-assembly, polymerization and pyrolysis to convert polymer/silica nanocomposite materials, such as polyaniline/mesoporous silica, into nanoporous heteroatom-doped carbons and demonstration of the ability of the products to serve as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for reactions on electrodes in fuel cells and water electrolyzers.
June 2018
June 26, 2018
Prof. Chundawat is part of a Rutgers-led collaborative research team selected by the Department of Energy (as part of DOE’s Funding Opportunity Announcement in the area of ‘Bioimaging Research for Bioenergy’) to advance research in the development of biological systems for the production of biofuels and bioproducts. The title of the project is “In planta single-molecule imaging and holographic force spectroscopy to study real-time, multimodal turnover dynamics of polysaccharides and associated carbohydrate metabolites”.
June 1, 2018
Rutgers chemical and biochemical engineering assistant professor George Tsilomelekis was awarded a prestigious CAREER award by the National Science Foundation. The award is given to early career faculty who show excellence in integrating teaching and research.
May 2018
May 8, 2018
Alina Thokkadam, Class of 2019, Awarded 2018 Dittman/Lebo Scholarship
April 2018
April 18, 2018
During visit, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. announces legislation to expand innovative research partnerships between FDA and universities.
April 17, 2018
CBE nominated Neharika Bhandari for Student of the Year Award! Neha, ECE Class of 2018, has been working as a CBE work-study student since freshmen year on web site and computer assignments. We will miss her!
April 17, 2018
The New Jersey American Institute of Chemical Engineers local section presented awards for leadership and academic achievements to juniors and seniors in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering on March 27, 2018. The 2018 NJAIChE award recipients are: