Hagenson professorship ceremony honors CBE’s Eric Cochran

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering professor Eric Cochran has been officially recognized as Mary Jane Skogen Hagenson & Randy L. Hagenson Professor in a medallion ceremony on the Iowa State University campus. Read More

October 20, 2021

Skroot Laboratory, led by CBE’s Reuel, takes top venture honor in Pappajohn competition

Skroot Laboratory, Inc., a startup business founded and led by Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering associate professor and Jack R. and Carol A. Johnson Faculty Fellow Nigel Reuel, took first place in the 2021 John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition. Read More

October 4, 2021

New funding for Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites; ISU CBE is a collaborator

The Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2), co-located at Iowa State University’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE), has been awarded Phase II of a National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program grant. Read More

October 4, 2021

Q&A with International Space Station astronauts in live broadcast Sept. 27; time confirmed for 11:10 a.m.

Questions from youth across Iowa will be asked of astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in a live broadcast arranged by the Iowa Space Grant Consortium and Iowa State Extension and Outreach. Read More

September 17, 2021

Black and Veatch Faculty Fellowship for Roling’s computational tools-based research

Luke Roling, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was recently named a Black and Veatch Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellow in Engineering. Read More

September 13, 2021

Fair food favorites fly far with M:2:I HABET balloon demonstration

M:2:I director Matthew Nelson (right) and students make adjustments to the HABET balloon prior to launch. The midway was nearby. But for some, one… Read More

August 20, 2021

In memory of CBE alum, hall of fame member John G. McDonald

John G. McDonald John G. McDonald, a 1957 B.S. graduate of Iowa State’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) and member of the… Read More

August 6, 2021

Summer of valuable undergrad research wraps up in CBE BioMaP

The BioMaP REU students share a final moment together at the program’s conclusion with a poster session and reception. A summer of expanded horizons… Read More

August 6, 2021

CBE BioMaP undergrad research program returns with in-person format

BioMaP is back in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Undergraduate students from around the nation are settling into their summer home, and research… Read More

June 4, 2021

CBE welcomes graduate student services specialist Emily Meeks

Emily Meeks The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) welcomes Emily Meeks to its staff as graduate student services specialist. Emily earned her… Read More

May 21, 2021

Vernon Guse Faculty Fellowship awarded to CBE’s Zengyi Shao

Vernon Guse Faculty Fellow Zengyi Shao Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering associate professor Zengyi Shao has been named the inaugural Vernon Guse Faculty… Read More

May 20, 2021

Two honored with CBE’s Burkhart senior award

Alex Kauffmann and James Trettin are co-recipients of the Lawrence E. Burkhart Memrorial Award for the spring 2021 commencement. The honor is bestowed upon graduating… Read More

May 5, 2021

New cyber-physical systems minor leverages industry ties to enhance student futures

A first-of-its-kind curriculum in Iowa will soon be available to students in Iowa State University’s College of Engineering – and will help prepare them for… Read More

April 21, 2021

New professorship in Chemical and Biological Engineering awarded to Eric Cochran

Mary Jane Skogen and Randy L. Hagenson Professor Eric Cochran Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering professor Eric Cochran has been named the inaugural… Read More

April 7, 2021

Cochran biobased paving research team receives national honor

Mary Jane Skogen Hagenson and Randy L. Hagenson Professor Eric Cochran Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) Mary Jane Skogen Hagenson and Randy… Read More

April 5, 2021