Chemical Engineering

First two Dr. Satish C. Saxena professorship in chemical engineering appointments announced

Posted on November 30, 2022

Paper looks to unlock water-energy membrane nexus

David Brazy | Posted on October 20, 2022

Breakthrough discovery in carbon capture conversion for ethylene production

Laura Fletcher | Posted on September 14, 2022

Students spend summer learning through teaching

David Brazy | Posted on September 09, 2022

Developing tech to eliminate ‘forever chemicals’ from water

Jackie Carey | Posted on August 01, 2022

NSF, DOE grants fund UIC research to decarbonize cement manufacturing

David Brazy | Posted on July 25, 2022

Students investigate engineering disciplines at 2022 Engineering Experience Camp

Carlos Sadovi | Posted on July 20, 2022

A work ethic for both chemical engineering and judo

David Brazy | Posted on July 05, 2022

ChE senior Paul Diaz wins AICHE McCormack Award

David Brazy | Posted on May 24, 2022

Researchers weave silver into protective masks

David Brazy | Posted on May 09, 2022

Chemical engineering seniors scale-up plastic recycling

David Brazy | Posted on April 26, 2022

Design team turns up the heat on plastic waste

David Brazy | Posted on April 25, 2022

Chem-E Car team wins regional competition

David Brazy | Posted on April 19, 2022

UIC researchers investigate new source of power for lithium batteries

David Brazy | Posted on April 13, 2022

Department celebrates chemical engineering at research and career symposium

David Brazy | Posted on April 08, 2022

EIB welcomes new art installation

Posted on January 31, 2022

Stackable artificial leaf uses less power than lightbulb to capture 100 times more carbon than other systems

Jackie Carey | Posted on January 27, 2022

ChE faculty named top researchers by Stanford University

David Brazy | Posted on December 10, 2021

New faculty member brings green chemistry, engineering to ChE department

David Brazy | Posted on November 30, 2021

Chemical Engineering Industry Panel 2021

Posted on November 15, 2021

   

Students launch ChemE Culture Club

David Brazy | Posted on November 10, 2021

2021 Chem-E Car team set to blast off with Lightning McLaren

David Brazy | Posted on September 14, 2021

Combining sunlight and wastewater nitrate to make the world’s No. 2 chemical

Jackie Carey | Posted on September 08, 2021

Pandemic changes nature of some chemical engineering jobs

David Brazy | Posted on August 03, 2021

New undergraduate concentrations enhance industry relevance

David Brazy | Posted on July 08, 2021

From a career in fulfillment to a fulfilling career

David Brazy | Posted on June 30, 2021

Researchers discover foam ‘fizzics’

Posted on June 18, 2021

‘Wonder material’ can be used to detect COVID-19 quickly, accurately

Jackie Carey | Posted on June 16, 2021

UIC research paves way for next-generation of crystalline material screening devices

Jackie Carey | Posted on June 08, 2021

Professor to offer summer refresher webinars

David Brazy | Posted on May 19, 2021

Metal petals bloom to win for spring award

David Brazy | Posted on May 06, 2021

Math, science, and medicine lead Siva Sreedhar forward

David Brazy | Posted on May 06, 2021

Could this yeast enzyme cut through plastic waste?

David Brazy | Posted on April 09, 2021

UIC startup executes exclusive license to commercialize thermal energy storage technology

Posted on April 01, 2021

UIC researchers to test new groundwater decontamination technology

Jackie Carey | Posted on March 30, 2021

Student-facilitated public-private partnership to improve battery safety

David Brazy | Posted on March 09, 2021

Professor Bilgin one of two engineers honored for teaching excellence

Posted on March 01, 2021

New method converts methane in natural gas to methanol at room temperature

Jackie Carey | Posted on February 18, 2021

Melanie Valentin joins chemical engineering department as student assistant

Posted on February 05, 2021

Braskem announces research partnership for sustainable plastic production using CO2 capture and utilization technology

Posted on December 15, 2020

UIC researchers identify new process to produce ammonia with a much smaller carbon footprint

Sharon Parmet | Posted on November 30, 2020

UIC researchers describe fundamental processes behind movement of magnetic particles

Sharon Parmet | Posted on November 18, 2020

Via new program, two degrees in five years

David Brazy | Posted on October 14, 2020

Grant to help students gain real-world insight

David Brazy | Posted on October 05, 2020

Department Head Welcome Letter Fall 2020

Professor and Department Head Vikas Berry | Posted on October 01, 2020

Department Head Welcome Letter: Fall 2020

Professor and Department Head Vikas Berry | Posted on September 30, 2020

Research team looks to up the voltage in battery tech

David Brazy | Posted on September 17, 2020

Gratitude shown, accolades given for ChE student video

David Brazy | Posted on August 18, 2020

Chemical engineering grad students stay connected while apart

David Brazy | Posted on August 12, 2020

Chemical engineering department puts charge in 3D-printing research

David Brazy | Posted on July 29, 2020

Summer Chem-E-Club keeps students learning

David Brazy | Posted on June 18, 2020

Anh Ngo joins Chemical Engineering Department’s faculty

David Brazy | Posted on June 09, 2020

ChE senior James Fell wins AICHE McCormack Award

David Brazy | Posted on May 22, 2020

ChE students honored with spring awards

David Brazy | Posted on April 28, 2020

ChE department does its part to fight COVID-19

David Brazy | Posted on April 16, 2020

UIC chemical engineers get ‘muddy’ to develop renewable fuel cell

Brian Flood | Posted on April 13, 2020

COE MakerSpace, chemical engineering alumnus steps up to shield healthcare providers during pandemic

David Brazy | Posted on April 02, 2020

UIC Campus Health Update

Posted on March 16, 2020

What is Chemical Engineering?

Posted on March 12, 2020

Chemical engineering team publishes food flow research

David Brazy | Posted on March 02, 2020

GrACE and AIChE co-host welcome back event for spring semester

Posted on January 27, 2020

Two prominent student groups affiliated with UIC’s Chemical Engineering Department joined forces to welcome back students with dinner and presentations to explain current research ongoing in the department. Members of GrACE discussed CHE…

Chemical engineering team develops novel membrane material for water purification, energy harvesting

David Brazy | Posted on December 11, 2019

Chemical engineering student wins award for nanoculture research

David Brazy | Posted on November 22, 2019

Study reveals breach of ‘dancing’ barrier governs crystal growth

Jackie Carey | Posted on November 12, 2019

Department celebrates graduate students at fourth annual symposium

Posted on November 04, 2019

Chemical Engineering Department to host Graduate Research and Career Symposium 2019 on Nov. 1

David Brazy | Posted on October 23, 2019

UIC chemical engineering alumna Priyanka Sharma wins Outstanding Young Engineer Award

David Brazy | Posted on October 18, 2019

Chemical engineering accelerates through summer

David Brazy | Posted on August 29, 2019

Associate Professor Ludwig Nitsche retires after long tenure at UIC

David Brazy | Posted on August 13, 2019

ChE moves to new EIB on east campus

Posted on August 06, 2019

Clearing up the ‘dark side’ of artificial leaves

Sharon Parmet | Posted on August 01, 2019

ChE moves to new home in the Engineering Innovation Building

David Brazy | Posted on July 18, 2019

UIC, AbbVie scientists develop a novel device to screen advanced crystalline materials

David Brazy | Posted on June 24, 2019

ChE Assistant Professor Sharma wins 2019 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award

David Brazy | Posted on June 19, 2019

Chemical engineering spring 2019 graduate profiles

Posted on May 22, 2019

Engineering Innovation Building acquires some extra glass from a local artist

Posted on May 13, 2019

Chemical engineering seniors impress at Expo 2019

Posted on May 06, 2019

UIC undergrad chemical engineering student finds equilibrium to help future students

Posted on April 22, 2019

UIC chemical engineering student Vrushant Patel wins Henry McCormack Outstanding Senior Award

Posted on April 17, 2019

Senior chemical engineering students work to turn leftover wood into new biofuel

Posted on April 01, 2019

UIC chemical engineering students take on Chem-E-Car challenge

Posted on March 28, 2019

UIC Chemical Engineering PhD candidate receives NSF-Graduate Fellowship to study 2D nanomaterial gels, inks

Posted on March 26, 2019

UIC professor looks to the future of electrochemical water treatment

Posted on March 21, 2019

UIC chemical engineering researchers work on graphene-semiconductor’s ‘surface junction’ leads to emerging photovoltaics field

Posted on March 20, 2019

Materials could delay frost up to 300 times longer than existing anti-icing coatings

Posted on March 18, 2019

PhD candidate gaining industry experience via NSF INTERN grant

Posted on March 12, 2019

By David Staudacher, UIC PhD candidate Alireza Ahmadian Yazdi has taken his studies outside the laboratory and into the working world. The College of Engineering student jumped at the opportunity to take on…

Moving artificial leaves out of the lab and into the air

Posted on February 12, 2019

First use of graphene to detect cancer cells

Posted on February 24, 2017

What can’t graphene do? You can scratch “detect cancer” off of that list. By interfacing brain cells onto graphene, researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have shown they can differentiate a single…

Associate Professor Gang Cheng joins the department

Posted on July 25, 2016

Dr. Gang Cheng, PhD from University of Washington Seattle (2009) joined the Chemical Engineering faculty as an associate professor with tenure. Prior to this appointment at UIC, Cheng was an associate professor and…

Assistant Professor Shafigh Mehraeen joins the department

Posted on July 24, 2016

Dr. Shafigh Mehraeen, PhD from Stanford University (2011) joined the Chemical Engineering faculty as an assistant professor. Prior to this appointment at UIC, Mehraeen was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT. After two-year postdoctoral…

Assistant Professor Meenesh Singh joins the department

Posted on July 23, 2016

Dr. Meenesh R. Singh joined the Department of Chemical Engineering as an assistant professor and will be the director of the Materials and Systems Engineering Lab (MaSEL) at UIC. Prior to his appointment…

Professor Brian Chaplin receives a new NSF-grant worth $160,000

Posted on June 25, 2016

Chemical Engineering Department Professor Brian Chaplin received a new NSF-grant entitled “Multifunctional Electro-reactive Membranes for Efficient Biomass Separation” worth $160,000.

UIC hosts great reception at AIChE-2015

Posted on May 25, 2016

UIC had a great reception at AIChE-2015, where chemical department faculty interacted with alumni, students, and friends.

Deisy Arrington wins the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Posted on May 25, 2016

Deisy Arrington (PhD student in Berry Research Lab) won the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRF) worth $138,000. Arrington is performing research on using novel functionalization schemes on graphene for cancer…

Associate Professor Ying Liu named as 2015 UIC Researcher and Scholar of the Year

Posted on May 25, 2016

Associate Professor Ying Liu was named a recipient of the 2015 UIC Researcher and Scholar of the Year given out by the UIC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR). “These honors…

Assistant Professor Ying Liu receives the prestigious NSF CAREER award

Posted on February 26, 2016

Assistant Professor Ying Liu received the prestigious NSF CAREER award entitled “Understanding Nanoprecipitation – Scalable Production of Polymeric Nanoparticles Encapsulating Hydrophobic Compounds.”

Chemical Department hosts first Annual Industry Day

Posted on October 25, 2015

The Department of Chemical Engineering had its first Annual Industry Day on October 23 with great engagement between students and the industry.

Assistant Professor Vivek Sharma receives the Distinguished Young Rheologist Award

Posted on October 25, 2015

Assistant Professor Vivek Sharma received the Distinguished Young Rheologist Award from TA Instruments. This award, which includes an instrument grant, is bestowed on a promising young researcher nominated by an international panel of…

Department receives $599,766 NSF S-STEM Grant to increase enrollment of women in chemical engineering

Posted on October 20, 2015

New Scholarship Program: UIC Chemical Engineering Department received $599,766 NSF S-STEM Grant to increase enrollment of women in chemical engineering.

Assistant Professor Sangil Kim joins the department

Posted on September 26, 2015

The Department of Chemical Engineering welcomed Dr. Sangil Kim, who joins the faculty as an assistant professor. Prior to his appointment at UIC, he was a staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory…