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We are excited to welcome Undergraduate Advisor Carrie Ngai to the department. In her new role, Ngai will provide academic advising alongside Dr. Deb Renshaw while also working with industry and alumni to develop student opportunities
We are pleased to announce that Pamela Alvarez has joined the department as a Financial Professional. “I’m delighted to join ChBE and to be back in Boulder,” she says.Alvarez graduated from CU Boulder in 2012 with a BA in
Professor Alan Weimer's carbothermal reduction process for producing magnesium metal using a hybrid solar/electric reactor was one of three projects highlighted at May’s Colorado Energy Expo.The Expo’s keynote address was given by Dr. Ellen Williams
The 2015 ChBE Employee Recognition Award was presented to Deb Renshaw for outstanding commitment to the department’s undergraduate students. As the department's undergraduate advisor, Renshaw works with students on all aspects of their academic and professional development.
Professor Christine Hrenya has been selected to chair the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting in San Francisco. This meeting is the premier annual gathering of over 5000 chemical engineers.Hrenya recently won the prestigious 2014 AIChE Lectureship Award in
Undergraduate Brittany Earle has been named the Outstanding Graduate of the College. This award is given for overall strength in academics, service, and research.Earle has worked internationally as an industrial intern at BASF as well
In the 110 years that a chemical engineering (CHEN) curriculum has been offered at CU-Boulder, a lot has changed.The CHEN curriculum was first offered in 1904 through the Department of Mechanical Engineering. While the first two CHEN B.S. degrees
ChBE students and alumni mentors met in February at Fate Brewery in Boulder. From left, Andrew Darress (CBEN senior), Adrienne Blum (ChemEngr ‘11), Richard Noack (CHEN junior), Ryon Tracy (ChemEngr ‘12), and Joe Poshusta (ChemEngr PhD‘99).The ChBE
When the founders of OPX Biotechnologies were formulating the company, they turned to Vern Norviel for help. A patent lawyer who specializes in life science companies and the development of their IP programs, Norviel has been integral in
The department completed its multi-stage move into the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building late last fall with the transition of the undergraduate laboratories from the Engineering Center to JSCBB.To inaugurate the new Chevron