Awards and Honors

Sep 6, 2023  |  Awards and Honors

A New Way to Synthesize DNA

Professor Albert Keung and his colleagues have been approved to receive funding from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) to further their research around developing a new method to synthesize DNA that contains diverse chemical modifications. Modified DNA is pivotal in […]

Aug 30, 2023  |  Awards and Honors

Professor Albert Keung will receive the AIChE 2023 Langer Prize Fellowship

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) will present its 2023 Langer Prize Fellowship for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Excellence to Albert J. Keung, CBE Associate Professor, University Faculty Scholar and Goodnight Distinguished Scholar. The prize awards an unrestricted grant of […]

Aug 28, 2023  |  Awards and Honors

Nidhi Diwakar’s film won an award in the NCSU 2023 Envisioning Research contest

Graduate student Nidhi Diwakar’s film won second place in the Graduate Students and Postdocs Films category of the NCSU 2023 Envisioning Research contest. Her short film is “Rapid Superdiffusion of Therapeutic Paste.” Nidhi’s research that’s associated with the film focuses […]

Jun 30, 2023  |  Awards and Honors

Professor Matt Cooper and his colleagues selected to receive the David Himmelblau Award

Professor Matt Cooper and his colleagues Drs. Daniel Anastasio of the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Cheryl Bodnar of Rowan University and Daniel Burkey at the University of Connecticut have been selected to receive the AIChE Computing & Systems Technology […]

Jun 28, 2023  |  Awards and Honors

Sherafghan Iftikhar is the Recipient of the Kokes Award from the North American Catalysis Society

Ph.D. student Sherafghan Iftikhar has received the Kokes Award from the North American Catalysis Society for his paper, “Ruthenium-Promoted Perovskites for CO2-Splitting and Syngas Generation in a Chemical Looping Scheme.” Sherafghan was presented this award at the 28th North American […]

Jun 22, 2023  |  Awards and Honors

Professor Phil Westmoreland has received the 2023 F. J. and Dorothy Van Antwerpen Award for Service to the AIChE

  Professor Phil Westmoreland has received the 2023 F. J. and Dorothy Van Antwerpen Award for Service to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The award, “Recognizes a chemical engineer for outstanding contributions and service to the Institute. The […]