Undergraduate students in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering share with faculty a congenial atmosphere and an excitement for the ever-expanding range of processes and technologies which are based on chemical and biomolecular engineering principles.

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Professor Kim Awarded Hanwha Non-Tenured Faculty Award

Congratulations to Professor Dohyung Kim on being awarded the Hanwha Non-Tenured Faculty Award, for his contributions to the field of electrocatalysis!

To demonstrate the Hanwha Group’s commitments to promote cutting-edge research and innovation in Materials Chemistry & Processing, the award will support the career development of non-tenured young faculty.

This award, now in its eighth year, is a program by the three petrochemical companies of the Hanwha Group to discover and support Korean scientists with less than seven years of experience working in North America and Europe.

Congratulations to FullFlock on Placing 3rd at the Draper Competition!

Congratulations to Vasundhara Macherla and her team, FullFlock, on placing 3rd at the Draper Competition for Collegiate Women Entrepreneurs!

“The annual Draper Competition for Collegiate Women Entrepreneurs is designed to hone the skills that undergraduate women need to advance from idea to venture creation. Through multiple rounds of competition, students demonstrate an understanding of a problem, why the problem requires a new venture to address it, and how their idea presents the best solution to the problem.”

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Professor Lee Receives Outstanding Achievement Award in Nanoscience from American Chemical Society

Professor Daeyeon Lee has received the 2022 Outstanding Achievement Award in Nanoscience from the American Chemical Society (ACS).

The annual award recognizes exceptional achievements in nanoscience research and notable leadership in the area of colloidal nanoparticles and application. Professor Lee was chosen from a large group of extraordinary nominees among the invited speakers, “for pioneering research in development of factory-on-a-chip and its application for large scale nanoparticle synthesis and functionalization.”

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César de la Fuente Named AIMBE Fellow

César de la Fuente, Presidential Assistant Professor in PsychiatryMicrobiologyBioengineering and in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named an American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow. The only faculty member inducted this year from the University of Pennsylvania, de la Fuente is one of the youngest members ever to have been selected as an AIMBE Fellow.

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Professor Stebe selected as the 2023 William R. Schowalter Lecturer

Congratulations to Professor Stebe, who was selected as the 2023 William R. Schowalter Lecturer!

The lecture is scheduled to take place during the AIChE Annual Meeting on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 in Orlando, FL. The committee was impressed with her extensive technical contributions to the field of fluid mechanics and the equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics of interfaces.

Professor Lee selected as the 2022 recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award in Nanoscience

Congratulations to Professor Lee, who was selected as the 2022 recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award in Nanoscience!

This award recognizes exceptional achievements in nanoscience research and notable leadership in the area of colloidal nanoparticles and applications.

Congratulations, Jed-Joan Edziah!

Recently, the Division of Soft Matter Physics held a poster session at the National American Physical Society Meeting. The judges, comprised of leaders in soft matter physics, selected Jed-Joan Edziah’s poster, deeming to be of tremendous interest to the community.

CBE News

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CBE Events

CBE Seminar: “Statistical Teleodynamics: A Unified Theory of Emergent Arbitrage Equilibrium Phenomena in Active and Passive Matter” (Venkatasubramanian, Columbia University)

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CBE Seminar: “Energetic Constraints on Biological Assembly and Motion” (Murrell, Yale)

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CBE Seminar: “Transformer-based Hybrid Modeling and Control of Evolving, Nonlinear Processes” (Kwon, Texas A&M University)

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Announcements

CBE Open Practice Professor Faculty Position

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is pleased to welcome applications for a Practice Professor faculty position. In conjunction with the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the department is developing new academic programs in the broad area of Energy and Sustainability.

CBE Open Faculty Position

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is pleased to
welcome applications for a tenured or tenure-track position.

CBE Open Lecturer Position

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is pleased to
welcome applications for a teaching position as a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer.

Why Penn CBE?

Penn’s Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering program offers exceptional preparation for a life in research, academia, business, or industry. Our faculty are at the forefront of the discipline. An emphasis on the basics of engineering science combined with leading edge research is key to the great power and flexibility that a Penn Engineering degree provides in a rapidly changing technological environment.


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