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Chemical & Biological Engineering Blog

Red and white tulips bloom in front of the Memorial Union at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
May 8, 2026

Chemical engineering undergraduate award winners

This spring, three chemical and biological engineering students and a fellow material science and engineering student were honored at the 2026 Chancellor’s Undergraduate Awards Ceremony on April 28th for various…

Victor Zavala
April 29, 2026

Zavala honored for elevating engineering and people

On April 29, 2026, Grainger Dean Devesh Ranjan hosted a celebration at which he recognized engineering faculty and staff for outstanding daily work that shapes the heart of our college….

April 27, 2026

Better Biomass Through Chemistry

Growing up on his parents’ small sugarcane farm in Central Mexico, Leoncio Santiago-Martinez saw firsthand the potential of agricultural byproducts.  “It’s a small Indigenous community, rich in biodiversity, but in…

Group photo of the 2026 award winners
April 15, 2026

Honoring the people who power engineering: Celebrating faculty and staff excellence

Each year, our College of Engineering recognizes faculty and staff whose work exemplifies excellence, innovation and service. This year’s college award recipients represent the very best of who we are…

April 13, 2026

Graduate student Abigail Cordiner navigates dyslexia in science

“Rachel has 17 apples and gives 9 to Sarah. How many apples does Rachel have now?” Young third-grade Abigail Cordiner never had trouble understanding the problem—only reading it. While her…

Brian Pfleger
April 13, 2026

Brian Pfleger elected to The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has elected Karen and William Monfre Professor Brian Pfleger to its 2026 College of Fellows.  Election to AIMBE honors individuals who have made outstanding or…

April 10, 2026

CBE project selected for ARPA-E effort to automate and speed up design of new industrial catalysts

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected a project led by faculty in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering for its Catalytic Application Testing…

UW Crest with engineering background
April 7, 2026

UW-Madison engineering graduate programs ranked highly by U.S. News

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering graduate programs are once again ranked among the nation’s best in the 2026 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.” The UW-Madison College…

Victor Zavala
February 27, 2026

Victor Zavala selected as National Academy of Inventors senior member

Victor Zavala, the Baldovin-DaPra Professor in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named a senior member by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Zavala is one…

February 11, 2026

Janna Postma unearths new opportunities in Madison and abroad

As a senior in high school, Janna Postma was at a crossroads. Torn between two fields—business and engineering—she wanted a school that had both. Analytical by nature, Postma did her…