Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
K. Andre Mkhoyan From Soccer balls to Atomic-scale Structures
There are special rooms for the instruments that K. Andre Mkhoyan uses. The walls are padded to dampen acoustic vibrations, the air is cooled so temperatures never vary more than one to two degrees, and the floors are concrete to lessen any sudden human movements or...read more
Chemical Researchers Invent Bio-petroleum for Sustainable Materials
A team of researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have developed a chemical technology of combined fermentation and chemical refining that can produce petroleum-like liquids from renewable... read more
Dr. Raisa C.A. Ela, Postdoctoral Associate in CEMS & CSP, named a 2021 MIT ChemE Rising Star
Dr. Raisa C. A. Ela, a Postdoctoral Associate in CEMS and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Sustainable Polymers (CSP) at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, was selected as a 2021 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Chemical Engineering...read more
