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February 14, 2025

Two CBE associates elected to National Academy of Engineering

A pair of researchers with ties to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest…

Wedding photo of Matt and Beth Koenings
February 14, 2025

Engineering a lifetime of love

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has a reputation for producing some of the most skilled and innovative engineers in the world. But for alumni Matt…

Corn field
February 4, 2025

CBE researchers are part of a $2.8 million effort to create plant-based “living refineries”

Two University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering are part of a team selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E),…

APS-EGLS Poster Session
January 17, 2025

Student wins award for research on colloidal gels

A physics major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an undergraduate student in the Wisconsin Research Forward Team in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, junior Caleb Youngwerth has…

January 14, 2025

Meet grad student Elvis Umaña: Using data science to answer sustainability questions 

Elvis Umaña is a University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering Graduate Engineering Research Scholar in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Umaña, who works in the labs of Conway…

Manos Mavrikakis
December 20, 2024

Atomic-scale understanding of a new electrocatalyst could lead to more affordable and efficient fuel cells

In a paper in the journal Nature Materials published in December, 2024,  Manos Mavrikakis, the Ernest Micek Distinguished Chair, James A. Dumesic Professor, and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the…

Alumni Brandon Dunbar and Luca Merino in the storage area at Jackson's food company.
December 19, 2024

From campus to career: insights from two alumni

What does life look like after graduation? For chemical engineering alumni Brandon Dunbar (BSChE ’17) and Luca Martino (BSChE ’03), their journeys have been anything but ordinary. Now co-workers at…

December 13, 2024

Lisa Je inducted into the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

Lisa Je, a graduate student in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of five outstanding scholars inducted by the Graduate School into the university’s chapter…

November 22, 2024

Meet grad student Carlos Huang-Zhu: Using molecular simulations to study nanoparticles

Carlos Huang-Zhu is a University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering Graduate Engineering Research Scholar in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Huang-Zhu, who works in Hunt-Hougen Associate Professor Reid Van…

UW Crest with engineering background
November 18, 2024

John Church: 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient

BSChE ’88Chief Transformation and Enterprise Services Officer, General Mills (retired) A chemical engineer, food industry executive, servant leader and mentor who advanced his company’s global reach and impact while at…