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Student News:

• Doctoral student, Bhanu Sunkara, has won first place in the 2009 Graduate Student Paper Award Competition sponsored by the Environmental Division of the AIChE for his paper, "Multifunctional Nanoparticulate Systems for In-Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons"  Bhanu will receive his award at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the AIChE in Nashville, in November.
• CBE junior, Bryan Yonemoto, won the School of Science and Engineering Research Day Undergraduate Poster Competition for his poster, "Effect of Centrifugation on Photoluminescence for Hexyne Passivated Silicon Nanoparticles."
• Congratulations to undergraduate student, Le (Lynn) Li, who won first place overall in the paper competition at the Southeastern Regional AIChE Student Conference. Alexandra Lupulescu and Austin Nowak also represented the department very ably at this competition.  All our students are strongly encouraged to do research and we provide opportunities for them to publish their work and to present at regional and national conferences.
• Doctoral student, Jingjing Zhan, won second place in the 2008 Graduate Student Paper Award Competition sponsored by the Environmental Division of the AIChE for his paper, “Transport and partitioning characteristics of nanoscale functional zero-valent iron/silica composites for in-situ remediation of trichloroethylene.” Jingjing received his award at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the AIChE in Philadelphia.

Alumni News:

CBE Graduates Receive Two of Three 2009 Science and Engineering Alumni Awards for Outstanding Achievements

Dr. Joseph Boston School of Science and Engineering Outstanding Alumnus The Outstanding Alumnus Award will be presented on an annual basis and is the highest form of alumni recognition given by the School of Science and Engineering. The committee defines the recipient as: "One singularly successful individual who, through exemplary accomplishments and recognition, epitomizes the potential of a Tulane education and thereby brings credit and honor to the university”. View Bio »

Dr. Blake Simmons School of Science and Engineering Outstanding Young Alumnus The Outstanding Young Alumnus Award is presented to a recent graduate, who like the Outstanding Alumnus Award is: “One singularly successful individual who, through exemplary accomplishments and recognition, epitomizes the potential of a Tulane education and thereby brings credit and honor to the university/school.” View Bio »

CBE Alumna, Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, EPA

• Announcement

• NSBE Article - Fall 2009

• Appearance on The Daily Show - 5/14/09

• NPR Interview - 4/28/09

Faculty News:

• W Godbey Receives NSF Career Award

• Professor Vijay John receives the Leo S. Weil Professorship in Engineering

• Dr. Noshir Pesika is welcomed as the newest member of the CBE Faculty

• CBE welcomes Dr. Lawrence R. Pratt as the Herman and George R. Brown Professor in Chemical Engineering