Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering

The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in June that the following grants in excess of $25,000 had been awarded to engineering faculty members: Theodore A. Bapty, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has received an award in the amount of $77,000 by the Department of Energy for “Lattice QCD SCIDAC: … Read More

Peter Pintauro, H. Eugene McBrayer Professor of Chemical Engineering and chair of the chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been named a fellow of the Electrochemical Society (ECS). A mark of high distinction, the fellowship was established in 1989 and recognizes individuals who have significantly contributed to electrochemistry and solid-state sciences… Read More

Cynthia Warner As the former head of global refining for BP, alumnus Cynthia Warner was one of Big Oil’s highest-ranking woman executives until she abandoned petroleum to become president of a small San Diego-based alternative-energy firm, Sapphire Energy in 2009. Warner has more than 27 years of experience in the… Read More

Peter T. Cummings, the John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering, will receive the 2010 Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical Engineering from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in a ceremony Nov. 7 at the organization’s annual meeting in Salt Lake City. Cummings was… Read More

Vanderbilt University will provide more than $3 million to 43 of its faculty researchers – 11 from the School of Engineering – over the next three years to support “breakthrough-level” research with the potential to “advance society’s greater good and collective wisdom.” The program, called Innovation and Discovery in Engineering… Read More

Awards and honors were presented by Dean Kenneth F. Galloway May 13 to 31 seniors at the School of Engineering’s annual Commencement Reception. Andrew Philip Jallouk, Oak Ridge, Tenn., is this year’s Founder’s Medalist and is graduating with a bachelor of engineering in biomedical engineering with a second major in… Read More

Dean Kenneth F. Galloway announced May 11 the promotions of seven engineering faculty members at the final faculty meeting of the 2009-2010 academic year and presented four awards at a reception following the meeting. Seven faculty members have been promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure: Franz Baudenbacher,… Read More

Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering graduate program improved two positions to No. 37 in annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The 2011 graduate program rankings were released today. The School, which tied with the University of Rochester, ranks ahead of Yale, Virginia and Washington University in St. Louis and… Read More

Beginning in Fall 2010, a new undergraduate curriculum will be in place that will provide students with greater flexibility in their pursuit of areas of interest to chemical engineers. For students interested in maintaining breadth in their program, the curriculum has been revised to include 17 credit hours of electives. Read More

Peter Cummings, the John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering, and colleagues, post-doctoral researchers Hugh Docherty and Chris Iacovella, and Visiting Professor Jayant Singh, have published a Perspective paper in the April issue of AIChE Journal, the flagship journal of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The title of the… Read More