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The 87th ACS 2013 Colloid and Surface Science Symposium at UC RiversideAssociate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Sharon Walker is conference co-chair for the 2013 ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium at UCR. The event takes place Sunday June 23rd to Wednesday June 26th and will feature Keynote speakers Joanna Aizenberg, Harvard University and Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, UC Irvine. 87th ACS 2013 Colloid and Surface Science Symposium |
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Wheeldon Earns Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator AwardAssistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Ian Wheeldon has been named by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research as one of 40 scientists and engineers to receive Young Investigator Program research awards. |
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Walker Part of Faculty Team That Lands $3M NSF Grant for Graduate Research FellowshipsAssociate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Sharon Walker is part of a five-member UCR faculty team that collaborated on bringing a $3-million NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) grant to UCR that will provide fellowships for graduate students studying water quality. Read More |
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Kisailus Awarded $1.75M in DoD Funding for Bio-Inspired Materials ResearchWinston Chung Professor of Energy Innovation David Kisailus has received three grants totaling $1.75 million from the Department of Defense to study and understand the unique structure and function of biomineralized organisms in order to develop a new generation of scalable high-performance biologically-inspired multifunctional materials. Read More |
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Wu Selected by NAE for Frontiers of Engineering SymposiumProfessor Jianzhong Wu is among 78 of the nation's brightest young engineers selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's 18th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium in Michigan Sept. 13-15, 2012. Read More |
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Ph.D. Alumni Heather McKenzie Accepts Faculty Position at University of British ColumbiaHeather McKenzie earned her Ph.D. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at UCR in Spring 2012. She has agreed to take an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of British Columbia starting August 1, 2012. |
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Ph.D. Alumni Berat Haznedaroglu Accepts Faculty Position at University of BuffaloBerat Haznedaroglu earned his Ph.D. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at UCR in Spring 2010 and has worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University. He has agreed to take an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at the University at Buffalo starting Fall 2012. |
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Hongjia Li Awarded the Martin Keller Award for Best Student Poster at BESCHongjia Li, a current CEE Ph.D. graduate student has been awarded the Martin Keller Award for Best Student Poster in the Characterization Focus Area of the $25 million/year BioEnergy Science Center (BESC). Li was one of 11 student posters for that Focus Area and one of the 30 total student posters for all three BESC Focus Areas. This is the third time the UCR team has won this award, with previous winners being Jaclyn DeMartini and Heather McKenzie, for the 4 BESC Retreats held since the Center began operations in the fall of 2007. |
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Students Win Pair of Design Awards for Water Purification SystemA team of BCOE students has won two recent design competitions for a method they developed that uses the sun and a lens commonly found in old projection big screen televisions to make water safe to drink. The students received a $10,000 grant from the Southern California World Water Forum, as well as a $15,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency - People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability. |
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Ph.D. Alumni Shen-Long Tsai Accepts Faculty Position at National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyShen-Long Tsai earned his Ph.D. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at UCR in Fall 2011. He has agreed to take an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST). |
News Archive
David Jassby's research on carbon nanotube-coated filters has been highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News. Read more at C&EN. |
David Kisailus's research on the mantis shrimp is featured on NBC Learn. |
David Kisailus's research on the mantis shrimp has been featured in a number of publications recently. Read the articles on: New Scientist, Eurekalert, Phys.Org, and Discover Magazine. |
The Kisailus Lab presents Nature: The Best Engineer at the Riverside Metropolitan Museum
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The Press-Enterprise featured a story titled, "UCR develops sensory detection for smart phones," on the research of Nosang Myung, Professor and Chair of Chemical and Environmental Engineering |
CEE Alumni Kent Johnson Featured on Discovery Channel's Mythbusters
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Myung Lab Demonstrates Smartphone Tablet Integrated Nano Gas Sensor
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The Press-Enterprise featured a story titled, "UC RIVERSIDE: Scientist wins air pollution research grant," on the research of Akua Asa-Awuku, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering |
David Kisailus on Building Materials that Mimic Nature
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