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Chemical Engineering Research Highlights biom o l e c u l a r RESEARCH Chemical Engineering Professor Abraham Lenhoff, Gore Professor of Chemical Engineering, is the principal investigator of a five-year, $10.4 million grant awarded by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study membrane protein production and characterization, a field that is of growing importance in biomolecular research. This interdisciplinary grant was awarded through the NIH Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program and will fund research motivated by the disparity between the critical role of membrane proteins in biology and the well-recognized deficiencies in production and structural characterization of these molecules. refine CATALYSTS Mark Barteau is the principal investigator for a $1.6 million award from The U.S. Department of Energy. This award is for three years to fund a research project to refine the design of catalysts while also developing new technologies that could lead to the development of alternative fuels, the improvement of fuel cells and a decrease in pollutants. new investigator GRANT Christopher Roberts was selected as the recipient of the 2005 New Investigator Grant in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology sponsored by Pfizer Global Research & Development. This $25,000 award was presented at the 2005 AAPS Annual Meeting. f a c u l t y ARRIVALS Thomas Epps, from the University of Minnesota and postdoc at NIST. His work will contribute to polymer science: synthesis, structure, phase behavior and applications of block copolymers. Millie Sullivan, doctorate from Carnegie Mellon with her postdoctoral work at Hope Heart Program at the Benaroya Research Institute, will study nanoparticle formulations for gene delivery. facult y LINE-UP 8 of our faculty are University Named Professors • Mark A. Barteau - Robert L. Pigford Chair • Antony N. Beris - Arthur B. Metzner Professor • Eric W. Kaler - Elizabeth Inez Kelley Professor • Abraham M. Lenhoff - Gore Professor > INNOVATIVE RESEARCH > LEADERSHIP in EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Babatunde Ogunnaike - William L. Friend Professor • T. W. Fraser Russell - Allan P. Colburn Professor • Stanley I. Sandler - H. B. duPont Chair • Norman J. Wagner - Alvin B. and Julia O. Stiles Professor 3 Members of the National Academy of Engineering 11 Presidential/NSF Young Investigators/CAREER Award titles. Department of Chemical Engineering : : 150 Academy Street : : COLBURN LABORATORY : : Newark, DE 19716 : : 302.831.2543 W W W.CHE.UDEL.EDU Jan 2007 Research wealth Our diverse research is shown through the many dynamic Research Centers that are part of our Department. resea rc h CENTERS CCST > The Center for Catalytic Science & Technology has pioneered multidisciplinary research in the scientific and engineering principles of catalysis. Over the last 3 decades, the Center has provided research opportunities in all aspects of catalysis to more than 300 students and postdoctoral fellows in the academic departments, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Materials Science, which it spans. CMET > The Center for Molecular Engineering & Thermodynamics includes multiple departments and produces research spanning fields from computational chemistry to biological separations. The Center provides stateof-the-art laboratory and computational facilities and fosters collaborative research that combines traditional thermodynamics with cutting edge experimental and theoretical techniques. COBRE > The Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Structural and Functional Genomics was established in 2000 around a core group of faculty in the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry and Biochemistry. Scientific goals of the COBRE are to contribute to improving the structural basis for the fundamental biological link between genotype and phenotype. IGERT > Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship provides education across traditional academic boundaries in life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, business administration, and scientific communication. IMMBI > Institute in Multi-scale Modeling of Biological Interactions is a DOE-funded program in computational biology and is collaborative with Johns Hopkins and Los Alamos National Lab. tra inin g PROGRAMS CBI > Chemistry-Biology Interface program involves faculty from six academic units and allows students to obtain a Ph.D. degree in either Chemistry and Biochemistry, in Chemical Engineering or in Biological Sciences. Research disciplines include: biochemistry, biochemical engineering, bio-organic chemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, virology, bio-analytical chemistry, structural biology, bio-inorganic chemistry, materials science and plant biochemistry. teachin g FELLOWS Each year we select 2-4 senior graduate students to serve as teaching fellows. These are chosen from our most outstanding students who have what it takes to become faculty. As teaching fellows, they serve as co-instructors under the mentorship of an experienced faculty member. The teaching fellow typically delivers one third of the lectures, and participates in all of the other activities of a faculty instructor, from leading recitations to writing and grading examinations. This provides outstanding opportunities for our top students to experience teaching “from the other side of the desk”. Over the past decade, many of our teaching fellows have gone on to faculty positions across the U.S., and this program has helped to make Delaware one of the top producers of chemical engineering faculty. Graduate study is about so much more than research, and our aim is to develop our students on many fronts. winter SESSION An experiment on teaching the Senior Laboratory class was performed during the 2006 Winter Session. The class was taught in the undergraduate laboratories of the University of Melbourne in Australia. Twenty seniors, about 40% of the class, made the trip. Stan Sandler had coordinated the arrangements and Dave Short accompanied the students on their travels. Stan taught the Senior Lab class while Dave taught a class on Advanced Flowsheet Modeling. All the students thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The two classes were taught during the three weeks in Melbourne. The remaining time was spent in Cairns and Sydney. In Cairns, trips were made to the Great Barrier Reef and the Kuranda Rain Forest. In Sydney, the students engaged in a variety of activities ranging from tours of an oil refinery and a specialty chemical plant to swimming at Bondi and Manley beaches to attending a performance of ‘Madame Butterfly’ in the Sydney Opera House. Check it out! www.che.udel.edu/CHEG/ AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER The University of Delaware is committed to assuring equal opportunity to all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, age, or disability in its educational programs, activities, admissions, or employment practices as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, other applicable statutes and University policy. Inquiries concerning these statutes and information regarding campus accessibility should be referred to the Affirmative Action Officer, 305 Hullihen Hall, (302) 831-2835 (voice), (302) 831-4563 (TDD).