University of Delaware Chemical Engineering

Posted: October 31, 2015 at 7:44 am

We are delighted to welcome Joshua Enszer, who has joined the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as assistant professor of instruction, with responsibilities that cover teaching and academic innovation in the undergraduate program. His goal is to bring knowledge from the scholarship of teaching and learning to improve opportunities in the departments undergraduate courses. He hopes to apply some of his earlier work in the areas of game-based learning and metacognition to his new position at UD. Before starting at UD in August, Enszer was a lecturer in chemical engineering at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Prior to that, he was interim program coordinator for first-year engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Enszer holds a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering and mathematics from Michigan Technological University and a master of science degree and doctorate in chemical engineering from Notre Dame.

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position.

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Allan Ferguson was in the very first engineering class taught by the late Jon Olson at the University of Delaware. "He was absolutely brilliant, and here we were, these young, malleable minds, ready to learn the really complex things he would teach us," the 1965 chemical engineering graduate recalls. "And then he gave the first exam." Ferguson flunked, but he wasnt the only one.

Thomas H. Epps, III, the Thomas and Kipp Gutshall Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been awarded the American Physical Societys 2016 John H. Dillon Medal for "significant advances in the control, characterization and understanding of polymer nanoscale structure and energetics." The medal recognizes outstanding research accomplishments by young polymer physicists who have demonstrated exceptional research promise early in their careers.

In the world of catalytic science and technology, the hunt is always on for catalysts that are inexpensive, highly active, and environmentally friendly. Recent efforts have focused on combining two metals, often in a structure where a core of one metal is surrounded by an atom-thick layer of a second one.

Wilfred Chen, Gore Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, is the recipient of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 2015 D.I.C. Wang Award for Excellence in Biochemical Engineering. Chen is cited for the creative application of molecular techniques in engineering proteins and microbes to perform an extraordinary range of biotechnological tasks for bioremediation, biocatalysis, biofuel production, bioseparation and biosensing.

Polymer nanocomposites are used in a wide range of applications, from automobile parts and tires to high-tech electronics and solar cells. As with traditional composites, the properties of nanocomposites can be tailored to the requirements of specific applications, but achieving those properties can be challenging.

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