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Two ChemE Professors Named American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellows
University of Virginia professors of chemical engineering Bill Epling and Roseanne Ford were recently elected fellows of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
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Catalyst ‘Breathes’ New Life into Chemical Production
Professor William Epling's lab has discovered a way to make a common manufacturing chemical more efficiently, allowing smaller, flexible production sites to replace massive factories.
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Uncovering the Mechanism for Drug Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer
University of Virginia researchers advance understanding of chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer, offering hope for new treatment strategies.
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UVA Engineering Seeks Applicants for Talent Pipeline
UVA Engineering is recruiting talent for its Rising Scholars program.
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Department of Chemical Engineering Shows New Students the Ropes
A physically and mentally challenging ropes course helps new chemical engineering undergrads acclimate to the teamwork and on-the-fly thinking skills that make engineers makers of a better world.
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UVA Team Aims To Design Long-Lived Peptides for More Powerful Medicines
Researchers are trying to overcome the ephemeral nature of peptides, which might otherwise be powerful medicine. A UVA team has found one approach.
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Fast Company: How Hemp Plants Can Clean Up ‘Forever Chemicals’
Chemical engineering’s Bryan Berger hopes his $1.6 million Environmental Protection Agency grant will eventually lead to a DIY protocol for removing toxic chemicals from farmland.
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UVA Engineering Welcomes New Faculty for 2024
The University of Virginia is proud to welcome these outstanding new faculty members to our Engineering community.
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How Advanced Math is Shaping the Future of Drug Development
Alum Dr. Tabora of Bristol Myers Squibb explained how advanced analytics and innovative tools streamline decision-making in drug development processes.
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UVA Engineering Professor Awarded $1.6M EPA Grant to Reduce PFAS Accumulation in Crops
Bryan Berger will investigate how PFAS accumulates on farms and develop strategies to reduce exposure.
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UVA and NCI-Funded SASCO Center Marks Milestones in Cancer Cell Organelles Research
UVA’s Center for Systems Analysis of Stress-adapted Cancer Organelles (SASCO) recently hosted its first annual symposium.
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UVA Engineers Design Lookalike Drug Carrier To Evade Lung’s Lines of Defense
Managing hard-to-treat respiratory illnesses like asthma and pulmonary fibrosis just got easier if a new drug-carrying molecule is as sneaky as its inventors think.