News, Events & CEMS Seminars

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DEPARTMENT EVENTS

SPRING 2024 CEMS SEMINAR SCHEDULE

JANUARY & FEBRUARY

*Please note that in the months of January and February, CEMS hosts faculty candidates. To protect the confidentiality of the faculty search, those departmental seminars are not publicized on the CEMS website and are only shared with internal CEMS audiences.

Tuesday, Jan. 16 (first day of classes): No seminar

Thursday, Jan. 18: Dr. Darrell Schlom, Cornell University, 10th annual Amundson Lecture

Thursday, Jan. 25: Dr. Hal Alper, University of Texas at Austin

Tuesday, Feb. 20: Dr. Paul Voyles, University of Wisconsin-Madison

MARCH

Tuesday, March 5: No seminar, UMN Spring Break and APS meeting occurring in Minneapolis

Tuesday, March 12: TBD, possible seminar to be scheduled 

Tuesday, March 19: No seminar, ACS meeting

Tuesday, March 26: Dr. Gabriela Romero Uribe, University of Texas at San Antonio, PPG Lecture

APRIL

Tuesday, April 2: Dr. John Lockmeyer, Shell

Tuesday, April 9: No seminar, MRSEC site visit

Tuesday, April 16: Dr. Allison Beese, Pennsylvania State University

Thursday, April 18: TBD, possible seminar to be scheduled

Tuesday, April 23: Dr. Kristi Anseth, University of Colorado Boulder, Fredrickson Lecture

CEMS NEWSLETTER

DEPARTMENT NEWS

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CEMS graduate student Marisa Bazzi awarded PRISM Baker Fellowship

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Oct. 12, 2023 - Marisa Bazzi, a sixth-year materials science and engineering PhD candidate in Professor Victor Barocas' research group, has been awarded a PRISM Baker Fellowship to Stanford University.

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Assistant Professor Michelle Calabrese among AIChE 35 Under 35 Award recipients

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Oct. 6, 2023- Assistant Professor Michelle Calabrese is among 35 recipients of the 2023 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 35 Under 35 Award. The award recognizes chemical engineering professionals who have made great contributions to the field and to AIChE.

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CEMS researchers lead $5M federal grant to design electrocatalysts

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Oct. 4, 2023 - A team led by University of Minnesota Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science researchers has received $5 million over three years from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a new Science Foundations for the Energy Earthshots team, entitled “Molecular and Atomic EngineeRing of Interfacial Electro-catalytic Environments (MARIE)”.

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CEMS graduate student Sreejith Nair wins NAMBE Outstanding Student Talk Award

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Sept. 22, 2023 - Sreejith Nair, a fourth-year chemical engineering graduate student in Professor Bharat Jalan's research group, recently won an Outstanding Student Talk Award at the 37th North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE) 2023.
The conference is a prominent international forum for reporting scientific and technological developments in Molecular Beam Epitaxy research.

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Carba, co-founded by Paul Dauenhauer & Andrew Jones, wins 2023 MN Cup Grand Prize

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Sept. 19, 2023 - A Minnesota-based startup company, Carba, co-founded by Dr. Andrew Jones (ChE, Chem '09) and CEMS Professor Paul Dauenhauer, was recently awarded the $50,000 Grand Prize at the 2023 MN Cup. The MN Cup is a statewide startup competition that allows entrepreneurs to creatively address a wide range of societal challenges - including mobility, environment, public safety, education, health care and robotics.

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Regents Professor Frank Bates is a 2024 ACS National Award winner

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Sept 12, 2023 - Professor Frank Bates has received the 2024 ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science by the American Chemical Society (ACS).

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CEMS graduate students win awards at the Minnesota American Vacuum Society Symposium

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Sept 12, 2023 - Graduate students Anusha Kamath Manjeshwar (5th year) and Shivasheesh Varshney (3rd year), both advised by CEMS Professor Bharat Jalan, won awards for their research presentations at the Minnesota American Vacuum Society (AVS) Symposium.

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CEMS welcomes new faculty members

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Sept 5, 2023 - The Department is pleased to welcome Associate Professor Kelsey Stoerzinger and Professor Lynn Walker as new faculty members!

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Professor Prodromos Daoutidis awarded the 2023 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum Research Award

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Sept 1, 2023 - Professor Prodromos Daoutidis has been awarded the 2023 AIChE Sustainable Engineering Forum (SEF) Research Award.

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Chinomso Onuoha wins First Place Award at MCF Spring Symposium

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Aug 9, 2023 - Chinomso Onuoha, a sixth-year chemical engineering graduate student co-advised by Professors Paul Dauenhauer and Alon McCormick, recently won a First Place Student Research Award at the Minnesota Chromatography Forum (MCF) Spring Symposium, which consisted of a $1,000 monetary prize.