Recent News
Recent departmental news items will be posted here. For more news see our news archive or the University of Rochester Newscenter.
Ong Wins 2025 American Chemical Society Award
Congratulations to Phyllis Ong for winning the 2025 American Chemical Society Award!
CHE Alumnus Wins Young Alumni Award
The Department of Chemical Engineering is pleased to announce that Laura Lyons is the winner of the 2024 Young Alumni Award.
Darren Lipomi: A catalyst for change in chemical engineering
The new professor and department chair aims to clear the air on the field and academia at large.
Allison Lopatkin named 2024 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences
The program provides early-career scientists four years of funding to explore some of the most pressing questions in human health and medicine.
Undergraduate Julia Kubes Inducted into Tau Beta Pi Honor Society
Congratulations to rising senior and chemical engineering undergraduate Julia Kubes for her induction into the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society!
Chem-E-Car Team Places 5th in Regional Conference
Congratulations to the department's Chem-E-Car Team on placing 5th in the 2024 Student Regional Conference!
Harmful ‘forever chemicals’ removed from water with new electrocatalysis method
A novel approach using laser-made nanomaterials made from nonprecious metals could lay the foundation for globally scalable remediation techniques.