Recent News
Friday, May 29, 2015
Stanford University engineers have created a new carbon material that significantly boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies. Their results are featured on the cover of the journal ACS Central Science.
"We have developed a 'designer carbon' that is both versatile and controllable,"...
Monday, May 18, 2015
Stanford University engineers have solved a long-standing mystery about methanogens, unique microorganisms that transform electricity and carbon dioxide into methane.
In a new study, the Stanford team demonstrates for the first time how methanogens obtain electrons from solid surfaces. The...
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Elizabeth Sattely, Assistant Professor of Chemcial Engineering, is among 44 researchers to be selected for negotiation of a financial award under the fiscal year 2015 Early Career Research Program. Her research abstract, entitled "Defining the Minimal Set of Microbial Genes Required for...
Friday, April 24, 2015
Stacey Bent, the Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor in the School of Engineering and a professor of chemical engineering, will be the new chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
On morning drives from campus to the Stanford Rowing and Sailing Center, the topic of conversation among rowers is often about how to use fluid dynamics to make the blade of an oar move faster through the water and improve boat speed.
It may be surprising to some that 18- to 22-year-olds spend this...
Monday, February 9, 2015
Jens Nørskov, the Leland T. Edwards Professor in the School of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for theoretical approaches to design of heterogeneous catalysts, linking reaction rates to microscopic catalyst properties.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
A Stanford senior who would like to investigate nanoporous materials that have shown promise in the treatment of cancer has been awarded a 2015-16 Churchill Scholarship to pursue her research at the University of Cambridge in England.
Sophie E. Miller, a 21-year-old chemical engineering major from...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy have awarded eight seed grants totaling about $1.5 million for promising new research in clean technology and energy efficiency.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
INTRODUCTION
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Andreas "Andy" Acrivos is an internationally recognized educator and researcher who has had a transformative impact on chemical engineering, especially in the areas of fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer. His research on the flow of viscous fluids made it possible to model, analyze, and...
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