News

Jan 17, 2017

Cam Abrams Selected as a Department Head at Drexel

Alum Dr. Cameron Abrams (BS, ’95) has been selected to serve as the 7th Head of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Drexel University. Cam completed his Ph.D.… 

Jan 10, 2017

Dr. Carbonell Helps Land a New Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing

Professor Ruben Carbonell and faculty in the Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) and CBE, will play key roles in NIIMBL, the newly-funded National Institute for Innovation in… 

Dec 22, 2016

Postdoc C. K. Pandiyarajan Receives NC State Professional Development Award

Dr. C. K. Pandiyarajan (“Pandi”), a research scholar in Dr. Genzer’s group, has been awarded the NC State Professional Development Award for Postdocs. Established in 2013, the Award is designed to… 

Dec 19, 2016

Alums Kathy Lee and Billy Bardin Elected to the AIChE Board of Directors

CBE graduates Mary Kathryn (Kathy) Lee (M.S. ’84), a chemical engineer at ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research, and Billy Bardin (B.S. ’95), Global Operations Technology Director at The Dow Chemical Company,… 

Dec 19, 2016

Alum Dr. Caryn Heldt Receives Endowed Chair in Bioengineering

Dr. Caryn L. Heldt (Ph.D. ’08), an associate professor of chemical engineering at Michigan Tech University, is the recipient of the James and Lorna Mack Endowed Chair in Bioengineering. A… 

Dec 13, 2016

Dr. Carbonell Named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Dr. Ruben G. Carbonell has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). NAI Fellows are named inventors on U.S. patents who are selected by their peers…