Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering News

Three faculty – (from left) Daniel Linzell, Aemal Khattak and Lily Wang – have accepted new roles in the College of Engineering’s leadership team.
October 25, 2018 - Changes in the College of Engineering leadership team have brought new roles for three faculty – Daniel Linzell, Lily Wang and Aemal Khattak.  Full Story

Department of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering
October 09, 2018 - The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will host an Oct. 30 reception during the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The reception will be from 7:30-10 p.m. in Room 318 of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.  Full Story

Ece Erdogmus, professor of architectural engineering and associate director of architectural engineering in The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction; and Hossein Noureddini, professor and chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
September 21, 2018 - College of Engineering faculty Ece Erdogmus and Hossein Noureddini are among 10 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln chosen by the Executive Vice Chancellor’s Office to attend Big Ten Academic Alliance leadership programs this year.  Full Story

Growing human embryonic stem cells in hydrogel tubes protects them from moving media and promotes health and higher yields.
September 10, 2018 - Researchers know that growing stem cells takes a long time and creates expensive treatments. Nebraska Engineering's Yuguo Lei advises providing a cell culture setting that mimics the natural stem-cell niche as closely as possible to minimize cell stress.  Full Story

University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering is 80th in the U.S. News list of top U.S. undergraduate engineering programs.
September 10, 2018 - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln programs No. 61 ranking in the latest U.S. News college rankings is in part fueled by the College of Engineering's rise to No. 80 among U.S. undergraduate engineering programs.  Full Story

Husker researchers have engineered the bacterial species Thermotoga maritima to produce more hydrogen than any bacterium before it. (University Communication)
July 26, 2018 - Nebraska researchers, including chemical and biomolecular engineer Yasar Demirel, have broken through a theoretical limit on hydrogen that bacteria could produce by presenting those bacteria with a simple choice — adapt or die.  Full Story

Seven engineering faculty projects have earned more than $880,000 in 2018 Nebraska Environmental Trust grants.
June 27, 2018 - More than $880,000 has been granted by the Nebraska Environmental Trust in 2018 to engineering faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for seven projects that will help preserve, protect and restore the state’s natural resources.  Full Story

Vitaly Alexandrov, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
May 23, 2018 - Fossil fuels have long been the precursor to plastic, but new research from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and European collaborators could help send that era up in smoke — carbon dioxide, to be exact.  Full Story

Five Nebraska engineering students were among the 30 University of Nebraska-LIncoln students chosen to Franco's List in 2018.
May 08, 2018 - Five Nebraska engineering students were among the 30 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students who were named to Franco's List and recognized as outstanding agents of character and integrity.  Full Story

Shudipto Dishari, assistant professor of chemical and bimolecular engineering.
April 26, 2018 - Shudipto Dishari, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, aims to reduce the cost of and improve the energy efficiency of hydrogen-based fuel cells through an NSF CAREER Award she has received.  Full Story