News, Events & CEMS Seminars
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DEPARTMENT EVENTS
FALL 2024 CEMS SEMINAR SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER
Thursday, Sep. 5: Dr. Michelle Calabrese, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Tuesday, Sep. 17: Dr. Reika Katsumata, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Tuesday, Sep. 24: Dr. Jennifer Prescher, University of California, Irvine
OCTOBER
Tuesday, Oct. 1: Dr. Eric Johnson, Research Fellow at Procter & Gamble
Tuesday, Oct. 8: Dr. Delia Milliron, The University of Texas at Austin
Tuesday, Oct. 15: Dr. Shannon Boettcher, University of California, Berkeley
Tuesday, Oct. 22: Dr. Gennady Gor, New Jersey Institute of Technology
NOVEMBER
Tuesday, Nov. 5: Dr. Joshua Feinberg, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Tuesday, Nov. 12: Dr. Yogesh Surendranath, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tuesday, Nov. 19: Dr. Divine Kumah, Duke University
CEMS NEWSLETTER
Past Issues
DEPARTMENT NEWS
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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.
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Silu Guo wins First Place Poster Award at the 2023 Microscopy & Microanalysis meeting
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Aug 8, 2023 - Silu Guo, a fourth-year materials science and engineering Ph.D. candidate in Professor Andre Mkhoyan's research group, recently won a First Place Physical Sciences Poster Award at the 2023 Microscopy & Microanalysis meeting, which consisted of a monetary award and certificate. The 2023 event featured platform and poster presentations, a robust trade show, and the world’s largest annual microscopy exhibition, which showcased the latest instrumentation and accessories.