Department News Archive:
Congratulations!
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Award for Nick Fisk
Professor Nick Fisk has received a grant from Grand Challenges in Global Health to develop a phage particle that can detect a protein found in urine of active Tuberculosis patients. The two-sided phage particle will detect the presence of the TB protein and also trigger a signal that can be easily detectable.
Grand Challenges in Global Health is a family of grants programs focused on one unifying purpose: To overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the developing world. Nick's is one of 78 new global health projects to receive Grand Challenges Explorations grants in May of this year.
Jonathan Robinson: Chemical and Biological Engineering Senior named Colorado State University Student Employee of the Year
Jon is a student scientist performing research with Dr. Arthur Mayeno and Dr. Brad Reisfeld. Robinson also co-authored a peer-reviewed journal article with Mayeno and two other researchers, which appeared in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling in 2009.
"I know of very few undergraduates who are capable of performing such high-level and meticulous work," Mayeno said. "For this article, Jonathan performed the calculations, created nearly all of the figures and tables, and contributed to the text, while proofreading and data-checking." Full story
Renewable Biobutanol Fuel from Beetle-killed Pine, Testing at Colorado State University
FORT COLLINS - Cobalt Technologies, the leader in commercializing biobutanol as a renewable chemical and fuel, today announced a breakthrough in producing biobutanol from beetle-killed lodgepole pine feedstock. Cobalt, based in Mountain View, Calif., is the first company to produce a drop-in replacement for petroleum and petrochemicals from beetle-affected lodgepole pine. To evaluate the fuel’s viability for commercial vehicles, the company has signed a fuel testing partnership with Colorado State University. Full Story click here
Matt Kipper receives prestigious CAREER Award
Dr. Matt J. Kipper recently received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious award, The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. Dr. Kipper’s project “Development of complex polysaccharide nanostructures via electrostatic self-assembly” is a combination of research and educational efforts that will develop technology to tailor the assembly of complex nanostructured materials from polysaccharides. Full story...
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College of Engineering Awards,
May 12th, 2009
At the College of Engineering Awards three of the faculty in the department of Chemical and Biological Engineering were honored!
We're very proud to announce the following awards:
Dr. Travis Bailey -
Abell Outstanding Teaching & Advising Faculty Award
Dr. Qiang (David) Wang - Abell Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Award
Dr. Ken Reardon - College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award
Congratulations to you all!
Department Awards
Presented Friday May 8th, 2009
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Awards presented to Justin Weaver and Jing Zong (student and faculty nominated)
Outstanding Graduate Research Award presented to David Grzenia (faculty nominated)
Outstanding Teacher Award presented to Matt Kipper. (student nominated)
With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. David Dandy has led an interdisciplinary team in the successful development of a novel integrated optical waveguide biosensor platform. Recent laboratory results are so compelling that the premier micro-analytical methods journal, Lab on a Chip, will feature the work as the cover article in its August 7, 2009 issue. more
Dr. David Wang receives prestigious CAREER award
Dr. Qiang (David) Wang recently received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious award, The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. Dr. Wang’s project “Towards Rational Design of ‘Smart’ Surfaces from Two-Component Polymer Brushes” deftly integrates education and research; involving training of students, developing new courses at CSU, and workshops for high school science teachers. More...
CSU ChemE Car Team place 1st at Regional Competition -
Chemical and Biological Engineering hosted the Rocky Mountain Regional Student Conference Feb 27th and 28th. The conference was a great success, with students from nine schools attending and students competing in the Paper, Poster and ChemE car compeitions. Congratulations to the CSU ChemE car team on taking 1st place and qualifying for the National Competition to be held in Nashville in November. (more pictures)
Ken Reardon Secures $3m NSF Award
The NSF grant will establish the Integrated Graduate Education in Biorefining and Biofuels Program and will support the education of up to 45 doctoral students over the next five years in everything from environmental assessment (greenhouse gas impacts) to fuel engineering and plant biotechnology. Colorado State will provide an additional $600,000 for graduate teaching assistants and tuition premium. Full Story, click here
Department Awards
At the Celebrate Colorado State luncheon on April 29th, Tim Gonzales was recognized for his contributions to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Tim Received the Distinguished Administrative Professional Award.
Congratulations Tim!
The College of Engineering recently held its annual Awards ceremony, and Claire Lavelle was awarded an Outstanding Staff Award for her contributions to the department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Congratulations Claire!
Dr. Travis Bailey wins Best Teacher Award!
Dr. Bailey will be honored at the Best Teacher Award Dinner on Friday April 4th at 6:30pm. in the North Ballroom of the Lory Student Center.
The teachers are nominated by students and alumni and are selected by a committee comprised of members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and Student Alumni Connection Leadership Council. This was Travis' third consecutive year to be nominated, and his first win.
Senior Wins Paper Competition at AIChE Regional Competition
Alex Leonard competed in the paper competition at the AIChE Rocky Mountain Regional Student Conference held at New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, Sat March 8th.
His paper titled "Synthetic Routes to Photoactive Nanostructured Hydrogels" won first place. Alex's adviser is Dr. Travis Bailey.
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