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Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering faculty Varner and Stroock participate in $13M National Cancer Institute-funded Center on Microenvironment and Metastasis and win NIH RC1-Challenge Grant
Two faculty from the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Assistant Professor Jeffrey Varner and Associate Professor Abe Stroock, are among the PIs involved in a new $13M NCI Center at Cornell focused on Microenvironment and Metastasis. See http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/NCICenter.html for details.
Cornell Alumnus elected Fellow of AICHE
Howard Littman, Cornell ChE class of '51 and Professor Emeritus of RPI, was elected to Fellowship in the AIChE this fall for his significant contributions to fluid mechanics. See http://news.rpi.edu/ are details on the award.
Robert Langer BS ChE '70 gives Cornell seminar
Robert Langer BS ChE '70 gave a seminar at Cornell on September 30 that highlighted the impact of a chemical engineering degree on advances in medicine.
Escobedo student wins Wormald Prize in Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics
The British Royal Society of Chemistry’s Christopher Wormald prize for Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics has been awarded to Dr. Francisco Martínez-Verecoechea, a 2009 PhD graduate of Professor Fernando Escobedo’s group in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell.
Matthew DeLisa has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
Cornell's Board of Trustees has approved the promotion of Matt DeLisa to Associate Professor with indefinite tenure.
Jeff Varner has received a 2009 NSF CAREER award.
Assistant Professor Jeff Varner has received a 2009 NSF CAREER award. CAREER funding represents NSF's most prestigious award in support of the early career-development activities of teacher-scholars who "most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization."
Susan Daniel receives Affinito-Stewart grant for 2009
Assistant Professor Susan Daniel won an Affinito-Stewart grant for 2009 for her project on the "investigation of the effect of cell membrane curvature on virus fusion."
Keesha Hayes wins 2009 Cook Award
Keesha Hayes, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received the 2009 Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Award for her dedication to female student issues.
Abe Stroock wins a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for 2009.
Associate Professor Abraham D. Stroock has won a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for 2009. Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars are chosen as those who exemplify leadership in research and education with "compelling evidence of the advance of important knowledge in the chemical sciences and dedication and contributions to education in the chemical sciences, particularly
with respect to undergraduates."
Matt DeLisa receives the Cornell Provost's Award for Distinguished Scholarship.
Assistant Professor Matthew P. DeLisa was also named as the winner of the Cornell Provost's Award for Distinguished Scholarship which recognizes outstanding research by young faculty across all the schools and departments at Cornell.
Matt DeLisa delivered the Annual Allan Colburn Lecture in Chemical Engineering at University of Delaware.
Assistant Professor Matthew P. DeLisa was the 2009 Annual Allan Colburn Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware. This prestigious named lectureship recognizes "young faculty or engineers who best exemplify Allan Colburn's scholarly abilities on pragmatic as well as theoretical problems and his interest in all humanity."
Department of Energy to fund Cornell Energy Frontier Research Center
Chemical Engineering faculty Lynden Archer, Jim Engstrom, Tobias Hanrath, and Paulette Clancy are among the roughly 25 Cornell faculty whose research will benefit from a large multi-million dollar Energy Frontier Research Center, which has been awarded funding by the Department of Energy.
Matthew DeLisa's Research featured in PNAS
Assistant Professor Matthew P. DeLisa's latest work, with co-author Dujduan Waraho, a former graduate student, appears in the March 10 issue (Vol. 106 No. 10) of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Memorial Serivce for Mary Lou Harriott
A memorial service for Mary Lou Harriott will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 2:00 PM in the Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Cornell Chemical Engineering "chemical car" team wins national championship!
A team of Cornell undergraduates, largely Chemical Engineers, won 1st place at the recent AIChE annual competition to build a chemically powered car. The car made AIChE history by being the first car in the competition's 10-year history to stop exactly at the target distance of 60 feet! For the students' description of their success, please read the full story.
Lynden Archer reappointed to the Marjorie Hart Chair in Chemical Engineering.
The Board of Trustees has reappointed Professor Lynden Archer to the Marjorie Hart Chair of Chemical Engineering.
Paul Steen named as the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Engineering
Professor Paul Steen has been named as the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Engineering, effective November 1, 2008.
Abraham D. Stroock promoted to Associate Professor.
Abe Stroock has been promoted to Associate Professor with indefinite tenure, effective November 1, 2008.
Faculty Search Closed
The School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has closed its faculty search for the current academic year.
Susan Daniel and Tobias Hanrath awarded NSF Grants
CBE’s two youngest faculty, Susan Daniel and Tobias Hanrath, have just been awarded NSF grants.
Peter Harriott and Julian Smith win 2008 AIChE Warren K. Lewis Award
Emeritus professors Peter Harriott and Julian Smith have been named as the 2008 recipients of the AIChE Warren K. Lewis award for outstanding and continued excellence in the area of chemical engineering education.
Ritsdeliz Perez-Rodriguez invited to attend Dow Chemical's BEST Symposium
Ritsdeliz Perez-Rodriguez has been selected to participate in the BEST Symposium hosted by The Dow Chemical Company.
Lynden Archer wins College of Engineering Teaching Award.
Lynden Archer, the Marjorie Hart Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named as one of the College of Engineering’s outstanding teachers.
Cornell ChemE Graduate Students honored with Austin Hooey awards
Adam Fisher and Xiong Wen (David) Lou, senior PhD candidate students in
Chemical Engineering, were honored with an Austin Hooey award for outstanding research progress towards their degree.
Paulette Clancy honored with the Kendall S. Carpenter Award
Paulette Clancy, William C. Hooey Director of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, has been awarded the Cornell Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial
Advising Award.
New $25M KAUST Center in novel nanomaterials for energy-related platforms awarded to Cornell University (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Professors Lynden Archer (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) and Emmanuel Giannelis (Materials Science and Engineering) have been awarded a $25 million grant funded by the Global Research Partnership of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology for a new interdisciplinary scientific research and education center.
Eric L. First (’09) awarded the 2008 Rohm & Haas / Rodriguez Outstanding Student Award
Eric L. First, a junior Cornell undergraduate majoring in both Chemical Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded the 2008 Rohm & Haas / Rodriguez Outstanding Student Award.
Parbir Grewal ('10) awarded a Goldwater Scholarship
Parbir S. Grewal, a sophomore in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship.
Deyan Luan's article selected for IMIA Yearbook.
An article by Deyan Luan, graduate student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering working with Assistant Professor Jeffery Varner, has been selected for publication in the 2008 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics.
Associate Professor T. Michael Duncan has won the 2008 Tau Beta Pi Teaching Award
Associate Professor T. Michael Duncan has been selected by the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society as the winner of the 2008 Tau Beta Pi Teaching Award.
Jeff Tester, Cornell's first Croll professor, will speak on campus March 28-29 on sustainable energy.
Jefferson W. Tester '66, M.S. '67, will hold the first Croll Professorship of Sustainable Energy Systems in the College of Engineering, pending approval by the Cornell Board of Trustees.
Matthew DeLisa awarded the first Daniel I. C. Wang award for bioengineering
Assistant Professor Matthew DeLisa has been named as the 2008 and inaugural winner of the Daniel I.C. Wang Award sponsored by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and by the journal "Biotechnology & Bioengineering."
Carol K. Hall to give 2008 J. C. Smith Lectures April 21 and 22
The 2008 J. C. Smith Lecture series will be given on April 21st and 22nd by Carol K. Hall, Camille Dreyfus Professor at North Carolina State.
Dave Putnam promoted to Associate Professor.
David Putnam has been granted tenure at Cornell University and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor, effective February 1, 2008.
Abe Stroock wins 2007 NSF Career Award
Assistant Professor Abe Stroock has won a 2007 NSF Career award for his work on the science and engineering of water at negative pressures.