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| 2008 |
| December |
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Graduate student Andy Wijaya uses gold and light to help control drug delivery -- December 30 |
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Professor Dane Wittrup makes an antibody discovery that could help fight cancer -- December 22 |
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ChemE welcomes Associate Professor Martin Bazant to the department. |
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Professor Arup Chakraborty elected Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science -- December 18 |
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Professor Michael Strano and grad student Daniel Heller develop carbon nanotubes to help aid chemotherapy -- December 14 |
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Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and NOBCCHE (The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers) announced the establishment of a Technology Education Partnership (TEP) -- December 5 |
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| November |
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ChemE student Ashleigh Hildebrand presents CO2 emission research at the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies in DC -- November 17 |
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Professor Bob Cohen and post-doc Anish Tuteja present design rules for oil-repellant materials -- November 10 |
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Professor Bob Cohen, MIT’s Michael Rubner, and colleagues outfit cells with tiny polymer "backpacks" to deliver meds, diagnose tumors or aid tissue engineering -- November 6 |
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Professor Chris Love and colleagues create new “protein-printing” technique to study immune system defense -- November 3 |
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C&E News: MIT #1 in ChE R&D spending and federal ChE R&D funding for 2006 -- November 3 |
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| October |
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Professor Paula Hammond, graduate student Nathan Ashcraft, and postdoctoral researcher Avni Argun's fuel cell work profiled in Technology Review.. |
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Professor Pat Doyle wins the Lab on a Chip/Corning Inc Pioneers of Miniaturisation Prize 2008 -- October 22 |
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ChemE grad students showcase their research at the 2008 Energy Night at the MIT Museum -- October 10 |
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Professors Gleason and Love awarded fall 2008 research grants from the MIT Deshpande Center -- October 9 |
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| September |
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Professor Alan Hatton interviewed on the September issue of ACS Nano podcast about his recently published paper -- September 23 |
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Hoyt C. Hottel Lecture in Chemical Engineering will be presented by
Vinod Khosla, founder
of Khosla Ventures -- September 23 |
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Professor Chris Love and colleagues introduce novel technology for analyzing single blood cells -- September 3 |
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| August |
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USNews ranks MIT ChemE undergrad program #1. |
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Professor Paula Hammond and team use virus to create microbatteries -- August 18 |
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| July |
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In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Jack B. Howard, 1937-2008. July 8 |
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Summer cookout for ChemE undergraduates who worked as a UROP or an intern in local companies -- July 8. [See photos] |
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| June |
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Institute Professor Robert S. Langer wins the 2008 Millennium Technology Prize -- June 11 |
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Professor Michael Strano develops most sensitive detector for sarin, mustard gas and other nerve agents -- June 6 |
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ChemE Graduation -- June 6 [See photos] |
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Institute Professor Robert S. Langer wins the 2008 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research for the creation of new materials for the benefit of mankind -- June 5 |
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| May |
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Professors Paula Hammond and Michael Strano share thoughts on potential economy-boosting technologies -- May 21 |
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Professor Paula Hammond’s research group creates new material for fuel cells -- May 16 |
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MIT ChemE alumni Michael Raab and Jeremy Johnson work to make ethanol from corn husks -- May 15 |
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The Warren K. Lewis Lecture given by Professor John F. Brady, California Institute of Technology -- May 9 |
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Professor Hammond’s research group shows polymer electrolyte thin films improve fuel cell performance -- May 8 |
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Professor Hammond discusses nanotechnology and privacy with Earth & Sky. [Listen to podcast] -- May 6 |
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| April |
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Professor Jensen elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences -- April 28 |
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Professor Karen Gleason has been named the School of Engineering's associate dean for research - April 2 |
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Professor Bob Cohen’s biomimetic work highlighted in April’s National Geographic -- April 1 |
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| March |
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Professor Doyle's student, Dhananjay Dendukuri, helps create new method for making microscale particles with distinct sizes, shapes and textures -- March 26 |
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Professor Langer wins top German science award -- March 18 |
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| February |
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Professor Langer and ChemE students develop a gecko-inspired bandage. -- February 18 |
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Professor Greg Stephanopoulos discusses the future of biofuels at the annual AAAS meeting -- February 16 |
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Professor Langer demonstrates drug delivery by nanoparticle -- February 13 |
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Tester Lab teamwork goes on the road -- February 13 |
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“Magnetic Nanoparticles” by Profs. Hatton and Rutledge and Drs. Singh and Wang, make the cover of Advanced Functional Materials. -- February 11 |
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Hammond Group members introduce a ‘micro pharmacy’ drug delivery system -- February 11 |
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Professor Alan Hatton’s paper Functionalization of Monodisperse Magnetic Nanoparticles one of 2007’s most accessed for Langmuir -- Volume 24, February 19, 2008. |
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Professor Bob Armstrong is elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering -- February 8 |
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Congratulations to Professor Bernhardt Trout, on his promotion to full professorship. |
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| January |
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Label-Free Quantification and Identification Proteomics Symposium -- January 29 |
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Professor Arup Chakraborty receives IIT Kanpur's Distinguished Alumnus Award. |
