http://www.engr.wisc.edu Chemical and biological engineering news stories from the College of Engineering at UW-Madison en-us 2013 Engineering External Relations http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/May08.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/May08.html Applying genetic engineering tools, chemical and biological engineer Brian Pfleger hopes to optimize the metabolism of a specific cyanobacterium.

]]> News Tue, 07 May 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Apr25-Housing-honored-instructors.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Apr25-Housing-honored-instructors.html Several college faculty, staff and students are University Housing honored instructors in spring 2013.

]]> News Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Apr03.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Apr03.html Sangtae Kim has received the 2013 Ho-Am Prize in Engineering.

]]> News Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34111/title/Jennifer-Reed--Metabolism-Modeler/ http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34111/title/Jennifer-Reed--Metabolism-Modeler/ Bioengineer Jennifer Reed is a rising star in the field of metabolic modeling.

]]> News Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar29-2013-vilas-associates.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar29-2013-vilas-associates.html The Graduate School has selected seven engineering faculty as members of this year's class of Vilas Associates.  

]]> News Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar14-huber-research-attention.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar14-huber-research-attention.html Huber, whose biofuel spin-off company Annellotech is growing rapidly, will be lecturing at two upcoming conferences.

]]> News Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar14-ACS-Lynn-Shusta.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar14-ACS-Lynn-Shusta.html Each received a young investigator honor. 

]]> News Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar14-Rawlings-chancellor-award.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar14-Rawlings-chancellor-award.html His contributions have had a far-reaching influence on chemical engineering curriculum and pedagogy. 

]]> News Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar14-ARPAE-catalyst-funding.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar14-ARPAE-catalyst-funding.html Researchers are developing a metal catalyst that can convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into fuel.

]]> News Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar14-2013-grad-rankings.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar14-2013-grad-rankings.html The high rankings are yet another indication of the great work that is being done at UW-Madison, says Provost Paul DeLuca.

]]> News Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar04-palecek-cozzarelli-2013.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Mar04-palecek-cozzarelli-2013.html The Cozzarelli Prize recognizes recent outstanding paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  

]]> News Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Feb26-2013-Romnes-fellows.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Feb26-2013-Romnes-fellows.html Patricia Keely and Eric Shusta received the awards, which recognize exceptional faculty members who have earned tenure within the last four years. 

]]> News Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Feb11a.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Feb11a.html Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Professor Emeritus David Gustafson was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

]]> News Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Feb14-che-alumni-nae-2013.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Feb14-che-alumni-nae-2013.html The National Academy of Engineering named two chemical engineering alumni to is 2013 class of inductees.

]]> News Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Jan14-Graham-professional-service.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/Jan14-Graham-professional-service.html Graham is making significant contributions to his profession.

]]> News Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.livescience.com/26135-pyrolysis-technology-research-green-gas-nsf-sl.html http://www.livescience.com/26135-pyrolysis-technology-research-green-gas-nsf-sl.html Story and video: With Professor George Huber, Coolman designs and builds biofuel reactors and studies how to turn plants into fuel.

]]> News Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/AAAS-honors-Kuech.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2013/AAAS-honors-Kuech.html The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Tom Kuech a fellow.

]]> News Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Dec04.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Dec04.html Robertson is the Donald B. Willett professor of engineering at the University of Illinois and director of the NSF Division of Materials Research.

]]> News Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Nov28.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Nov28.html Increasingly, the traditional, lecture-centric way of learning is not the only way UW-Madison engineering students are learning.

]]> News Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Nov13-gifts-support-professorships.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Nov13-gifts-support-professorships.html Endowed chairs enable the college to recruit and retain world-class faculty—and as a result, to attract and educate the best students. 

]]> News Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cbe/cbe-news-2012Oct26.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cbe/cbe-news-2012Oct26.html Emeritus Professor Stanley H. Langer passed away on October 25, 2012 at the age of 86.

]]> News Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Nov12.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Nov12.html Chemical and biological engineers have streamlined the process for converting lignocellulosic biomass into high-demand chemicals or liquid fuel.

]]> News Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Oct22.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Oct22.html Honorees will receive distinguished achievement awards during the 64^th-annual Engineers' Day banquet, which caps a day of alumni events.

]]> News Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Oct03.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Oct03.html The advance paves the way for researchers to convert molecules such as glucose into hexanes, which currently are derived by refining crude oil.

]]> News Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Sep13-2013-undergrad-rankings.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Sep13-2013-undergrad-rankings.html U.S. News and World Report ranked the College of Engineering 13^th and listed several undergraduate programs among the top 20.

]]> News Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Sep07.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Sep07.html UW-Madison engineers have discovered why red blood cells flow in the center of blood vessels, while platelets and white blood cells hug vessel walls.

]]> News Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Sep04.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Sep04.html Learn about blended learning: What is it, who is doing it and why, and what are the college tools and resources you can use to transform your courses?

]]> News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Aug23.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Aug23.html With cyanobacteria, CO₂ and sunlight, engineers aim to create a sustainable source of commodity chemicals currently derived from fossil fuels.

]]> News Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/4335.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/4335.html An interdisciplinary team that includes engineers has received $1 million from the W.M. Keck Foundation to create synthetic genome "foundries."

]]> News Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Aug02.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Aug02.html Nearly 25 engineering undergraduates traveled to China for the 6-week Zhejiang University Summer Program.

]]> News Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jul31.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jul31.html Antibacterial wound dressings someday could benefit millions of people worldwide who suffer from serious burns or chronic wounds.

]]> News Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jul16-Mavrikakis-named-editor.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jul16-Mavrikakis-named-editor.html Paul A. Elfers Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Manos Mavrikakis has taken over as editor-in-chief of the journal Surface Science. ]]> News Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jul16-abbott-earns-AIChE.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jul16-abbott-earns-AIChE.html News Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jul09a.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jul09a.html The ultra-thin polymer layer impregnated with chlorhexidine could be an alternative to current gauze-based dressings.

]]> News Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jun27.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jun27.html Chemical and Biological Engineering Assistant Professor Brian Pfleger received an NSF CAREER award to support the research. 

]]> News Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jun26.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jun26.html Alumnus Rod Hassett established $5,000 annual scholarships to encourage more Milwaukee students to pursue engineering at UW-Madison.

]]> News Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jun25.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Jun25.html A team of chemical and biological engineers has created in the laboratory dish the cells that make up the brain’s protective barrier. 

]]> News Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/eday/daa.html#Jensen http://www.engr.wisc.edu/eday/daa.html#Jensen News Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20462 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20462 News Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/May31.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/May31.html News Thu, 31 May 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/May29.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/May29.html The technique promises a uniform, inexpensive and far more efficient alternative to the current, complex technique.

]]> News Tue, 29 May 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/May17.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/May17.html An international team has discovered how adding minute amounts of water can speed up chemical reactions such as hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis.

]]> News Thu, 17 May 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/May02.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/May02.html An international team has shown that liquid crystals, manipulated at the smallest scale, can induce the molecules they interact with to self-organize.

]]> News Wed, 02 May 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Apr13.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Apr13.html Drawing on the antibacterial properties of silver, Imbed Biosciences researchers are creating dressings that can prevent infection and aid healing. 

]]> News Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/dePablo-Zanni-amylin.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/dePablo-Zanni-amylin.html The team showed that even seemingly intuitive inhibitors—in this case, rat amylin—may function via previously unknown, complex structural processes.

]]> News Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Feb21.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2012/Feb21.html Faculty from one of the most respected U.S. polymer engineering research and educational programs are helping establish a new plastics university.

]]> News Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Dec19.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Dec19.html Paul A. Elfers Professor James Rawlings and his students develop the theory and algorithms to hone this control.

]]> News Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Nov22.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Nov22.html The Graduate Engineering Research Scholars program has increased opportunities for talented minority grad students to achieve their educational goals.

]]> News Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Nov22-rawlings-ieee-fellow.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Nov22-rawlings-ieee-fellow.html In November, the IEEE board of directors elected two College of Engineering faculty members to become fellows.

]]> News Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/professor-CBE-ACS.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/professor-CBE-ACS.html News Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.youtube.com/engineeringuw#p/u/0/6W-jy2lTmRg http://www.youtube.com/engineeringuw#p/u/0/6W-jy2lTmRg College highlights from 2010-2011: major funding, student achievements, economic development, outreach and STEM initiatives, and research advances.

]]> News Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Oct12.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Oct12.html Nine high-level engineers will receive the Distinguished Achievement Award and one recent alumna will receive the Early-Career Achievement Award.

]]> News Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/1995/Oct16.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/1995/Oct16.html News Mon, 16 Oct 1995 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Sep09.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Sep09.html With $18 million over six years, the National Science Foundation is expanding the mission of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.

]]> News Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Jun17.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Jun17.html Created with help from Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor John Yin, 'Virulent' is designed to teach key concepts in systems biology.

]]> News Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Jan11.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Jan11.html The chair of chemical and biological engineering was among eight UW-Madison faculty to earn the honor.

]]> News Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/May17.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/May17.html Chemical and biological engineering postdoc Ankit Agarwal will travel to London in June as a finalist in an international business plan competition.

]]> News Tue, 17 May 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Dec03.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Dec03.html The twin research institutes—one public, one private—aim to accelerate the creation of knowledge to advance human health and well-being.   

]]> News Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pqw7hRhXEQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pqw7hRhXEQ News Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Mar07.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Mar07.html Three college alumni are among 13 inspiring young Badgers who are using their talents to make a difference in the world. 

]]> News Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Nov23.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Nov23.html Three UW-Madison engineers are among 43 researchers to receive prestigious Air Force Young Investigator Research Program funding.

]]> News Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Jun03.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Jun03.html News Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Nov30.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Nov30.html Chemical and biological engineering postdoc and entrepreneurial fellow Ankit Agarwal spun off ImBed Biosciences to develop bioactive wound dressings.

]]> News Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Jun01.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Jun01.html News Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Jan28.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Jan28.html Assistant Professor Brian Pfleger is working to turn sugars from biomass into hydrocarbon fuels.  

]]> News Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Mar11.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Mar11.html Assistant Professor Jennifer Reed has received a 2011 CAREER award to design and conduct new experiments to study bacterial metabolism.

]]> News Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Nov02.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Nov02.html As yogurt and other products are marketed as a way to improve health, a student team is engineering delivery of biological molecules to the intestine. 

]]> News Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Arp19.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Arp19.html Howard Curler Distinguished Professor Juan de Pablo is among four UW-Madison faculty newly elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

]]> News Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Oct05.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2010/Oct05.html News Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Apr08.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/Apr08.html Using an advanced form of a rubber stamp, researchers have developed a way to adhere an ultrathin antibacterial coating to a wound.

]]> News Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/May19.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/May19.html In a paper published in Science, UW-Madison engineers showed small concentrations of endotoxin could trigger a change in liquid crystal surfaces.

]]> News Thu, 19 May 2011 11:15:20 -0500 http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/May04.html http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/archive/2011/May04.html In a May 3 event, the College of Engineering recognized an outstanding group of faculty and staff for teaching, research and service.

]]> News Wed, 04 May 2011 11:15:20 -0500