A $430,000 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) is helping Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellow and assistant professor Luke Roling develop new materials to build next-generation microelectronic devices.
Category: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Testing hybrid, soft/hard nanocarriers to deliver drugs to the brain
Rizia Bardhan made a fist with one hand then covered it with her other hand, like a baseball player catching a ball in the web of a fielder’s glove.
The fist represents a special nanocarrier filled with medicine, said the Iowa State University associate professor of chemical and biological engineering. The other hand represents a cell working out whether to catch that nanoparticle then take it, drugs and all, across its protective membrane into its interior.
New hydrogen harvesting process, and high-impact publication
Graduate students Hengzhou Liu and Arna Ganguly helped develop a greener process for producing hydrogen from water or biomass – and are first authors on a high-impact publication on their discoveries.
BioMADE project advances bioreactor fermentation processing
Cyclone Engineers are collaborating with Cargill and Genomatica to scale-up fermentation processes in bioreactors in a new $2.5 million project. The award was announced this week at the White House Summit on the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative.
Greener hydrogen fuel production – with a solid carbon bonus
Cyclone Engineers are joining forces in a $4 million project to make hydrogen fuel production more environmentally sustainable.
Undergrads wrap up a summer of opportunities in CBE’s BioMaP REU program
This summer, an expanded BioMaP REU program provided 18 college students from across the nation with the opportunity to work under the mentorship of ISU chemical and biological engineering faculty members and graduate students to gain hands-on research experience in topics that match their educational interests and goals.
Two CBE postdocs receive excellence awards
Postdocs Jungkuk Lee and Susheel Kumar Nethi of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) have been awarded Postdoctoral Scholar Excellence Awards from the Graduate College of Iowa State University.
Chowdhury, Kozminsky, Wang join CBE faculty in fall semester
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering welcomes three new faculty members: Ratul Chowdhury, Molly Kozminsky and Jing Wang, who are beginning their appointments in the fall 2022 semester. All will be tenure-track assistant professors.
CBE research group’s article featured on the cover of the Journal of the American Chemical Society
The work being done by the research groups of Chemical and Biological Engineering professors Eric Cochran, Brent Shanks, and Jean-Philippe Tessonnier is making headlines. The article “ Bioenabled Platform to Access Polyamides with Built-In Target Properties,” which is a result of their research, has been featured on the June cover of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS).
Family of CBE undergrad Paige Myers selected as Cyclone Family of the Year
The family of Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) undergraduate Paige Myers has been chosen as the Cyclone Family Weekend 2022 Family of the Year. The Myers family will be featured as part of Cyclone Family Weekend October 14-16.
Expanded BioMaP undergrad research program underway with 18 students
Students from Iowa State University and around the nation are settling in for a summer of hands-on research work with ISU’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) with the BioMaP Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates.
Oviedo, Spain summer lab in full swing with support from Whitney scholarships
A cohort of 11 chemical engineering students have embarked on the study abroad summer lab program that many point to as the highlight of their undergraduate experience in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) at Iowa State University. Accompanied by CBE faculty member, teaching professor Stephanie Loveland, the group is now in Oviedo, Spain participating in the chemical engineering summer lab experience, which is conducted in collaboration with faculty and facilities at the University of Oviedo.
Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award for CBE’s Fox
Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Hershel B. Whitney Professor, Global Initiatives Rodney Fox has been selected for the 2022-23 Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award.
Jedidiah Chukwusom: College of Engineering outstanding senior representing chemical engineering
Jedidiah Chukwusom is the spring 2022 outstanding senior in chemical engineering.
Chemical engineering grad student, Abigail Koep, awarded Graduate Research Fellowship from prestigious NSF program
Abigail Koep, entered the chemical and biological engineering Ph.D. program in 2022 and is one of only three ISU students to receive the illustrious Graduate Research Fellowship this year.