Chemical Engineering
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Chemical engineering alumna receives Li Foundation Heritage Prize
Chemical engineering alumna Song Li (PhD’14) has been awarded the 2015-2016 Li Foundation Heritage Prize. Li is an associate professor in the Department of Energy and Power Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Hubei, China. Song Li The Heritage Prize is the Foundation’s top award and it… Read MoreFeb. 4, 2016
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Student last year, recruiter this year: Halma job gives Trout opportunity for globetrotting
Tori Trout, BE'15, stands next to the Halma sign discussing job opportunities at Engineering & IT Industry Career Day. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Tori Trout smiled and chatted persistently, hour after hour, as hundreds of young engineering students lined up to listen to her pitch for working… Read MoreSep. 25, 2015
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Turning cellulose into biofuel: VU prof, grad student search for key on molecular level
Sonia Brady, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering, at work in the Lang Laboratory. (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt University) Nature exquisitely engineered a way to produce fuel from organic matter. The answer to how lies in decaying leaves on the forest floor or a backyard compost pile and the… Read MoreMar. 20, 2015
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Remains of Vanderbilt chemical engineering grad lost in WWII returned to U.S.
WATCH: In Loving Memory of Major Peyton S. Mathis Jr. The remains of a Vanderbilt University chemical engineer who died in a World War II fighter plane crash were laid to rest last week in Montgomery, Ala. Major Peyton S. Mathis Jr. played football for Vanderbilt and… Read MoreJan. 7, 2015
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Engineering alumna named a Hero of the Fortune 500
Tamara Brown (Courtesy: Praxair, Inc.) Vanderbilt engineering alumna Tamara Brown, BE’93, has been named one of 50 of Fortune Magazine’s Heroes of the Fortune 500. Brown, who completed a double major in biomedical engineering and chemical engineering at Vanderbilt,… Read MoreJul. 2, 2014
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New faculty: Rizia Bardhan finds solutions at the nanoscale
Rizia Bardhan (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Rizia Bardhan has a large picture of Mahatma Gandhi in her office. “Gandhi has always been very special to me,” she said. “We share the same birthday. He exemplifies the power of perseverance.” Perseverance has carried the new assistant professor of… Read MoreDec. 11, 2012