News, Events & CEMS Seminars
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DEPARTMENT EVENTS

Oct 5 Tue 1:25pm

CEMS Seminar - Dr. Rachel Getman

Oct 12 Tue 1:25pm

CEMS Seminar - Dr. Miguel Modestino

Oct 14 Thu 1:25pm

CEMS Seminar Series - Dr. Nancy Sottos

FALL 2021 CEMS SEMINAR SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER

Tuesday, Sept. 28: EOAA training (Preventing and responding to sexual misconduct) for CEMS faculty and staff. ZOOM.

OCTOBER

Tuesday, Oct. 5: Dr. Rachel Getman, Clemson University

Tuesday, Oct. 12: Dr. Miguel Modestino, New York University

Thursday, Oct. 14: Dr. Nancy Sottos, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ZOOM seminar.

Tuesday, Oct. 19: Dr. Julia Mundy, Harvard University

Thursday, Oct. 21: Dr. Jayakanth Ravichandran, University of Southern California

Tuesday, Oct. 26: Dr. Kristala L. Jones Prather, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Fredrickson Lecture)

NOVEMBER

Tuesday, Nov. 2: Dr. Babatunde Ogunnaike, University of Delaware

Tuesday, Nov. 16: Dr. Jennifer Martinez, Northern Arizona University

Tuesday, Nov. 30: Dr. Kathleen (Kate) Stebe, University of Pennsylvania

DECEMBER

Tuesday, Dec. 7: Dr. Marianthi Ierapetritou, University of Delaware

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DEPARTMENT NEWS

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CEMS alumnus Samson Jenekhe awarded 2021 APS Polymer Physics Prize

Posted February 23, 2021

Feb. 23, 2021 - CEMS alumnus Samson A. Jenekhe (PhD ChE '85), Boeing-Martin Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Chemistry at the University...

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PPG renews fellowship award to CEMS

Posted February 18, 2021

Feb. 18, 2021 - PPG, a global leader and supplier of paints, coatings, and specialty materials, has identified the University of Minnesota’s Department of...

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Discovery improves catalytic production of chemicals

Posted February 16, 2021

Feb. 16, 2021 - In a new study, a national team of researchers, including a University of Minnesota Twin Cities professor, have discovered an...

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Turan Birol wins NSF CAREER Award

Posted February 10, 2021

Feb. 10, 2021 - Assistant Professor Turan Birol has been selected for a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation

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Kacey Gregerson wins John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising

Posted February 6, 2021

Feb. 6, 2021 - Kacey Gregerson, Senior Academic Advisor in CEMS, is among four recipients of the 2020-2021 John Tate Award for Excellence in...

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UMN researchers featured in PBS program NOVA Beyond the Elements: Reactions

Posted February 5, 2021

Feb. 5, 2021 - CEMS Professor Emeritus Ed Cussler and other UMN researchers including Joe Franek, Eric Buchanan, and Cory Marquart were featured in...

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CEMS researchers win APS travel awards

Posted February 4, 2021

Feb. 4, 2021 - William Nunn (pictured, left), a 6th year chemical engineering PhD candidate advised by CEMS Associate Professor Bharat Jalan, and Dr....

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Samira Azarin selected for George W. Taylor Career Development Award

Posted January 20, 2021

Jan. 20, 2021 - Assistant Professor Samira Azarin has been selected by the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee...

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CEMS researchers discover new metallic line defect

Posted January 15, 2021

Jan. 15, 2021 - In groundbreaking materials research, a research team led by CEMS professor K. Andre Mkhoyan has made a discovery that blends...

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CEMS graduate student Guarav Kumar’s research article selected as Editor’s Choice in Green Chemistry

Posted January 14, 2021

Jan. 14, 2021 - Guarav Kumar, a fifth-year chemical engineering PhD candidate, had his research paper, “Dehydra-decyclization of 2-methyltetrahydrofuran to pentadienes on boron-containing zeolites”...