From helping students thrive in the classroom and in campus housing, to conducting undergraduate research at UCSB and at a national laboratory, Chandraki Chatterjee has remained extremely active while pursuing her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at UC Santa Barbara. Recently, a committee in the Chemical Engineering Department selected the fourth-year senior as the 2025 recipient of the Amy Lutz Smiley Scholarship in recognition of her excellent academic performance and contributio...| chemengr.ucsb.edu
From helping students thrive in the classroom and in campus housing, to conducting undergraduate research at UCSB and at a national laboratory, Chandraki Chatterjee has remained extremely active while pursuing her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at UC Santa Barbara. Recently, a committee in the Chemical Engineering Department selected the fourth-year senior as the 2025 recipient of the Amy Lutz Smiley Scholarship in recognition of her excellent academic performance and contributio...| www.chemengr.ucsb.edu
The UC Santa Barbara Chemical Engineering Department recently honored Professor Michelle O’Malley for her pioneering research and appointment to the Cliff R. Scholle Endowed Chair with an inaugural lecture and investiture. The chair was established through a generous gift from Cliff R. Scholle, as a way to honor early leaders in the department: Professors Duncan A. Mellichamp, John E. Myers, Robert G. Rinker, and Orville C. Sandall, who had a profound influence on him and generations of stu...| chemengr.ucsb.edu
The UC Santa Barbara Chemical Engineering Department recently honored Professor Michelle O’Malley for her pioneering research and appointment to the Cliff R. Scholle Endowed Chair with an inaugural lecture and investiture. The chair was established through a generous gift from Cliff R. Scholle, as a way to honor early leaders in the department: Professors Duncan A. Mellichamp, John E. Myers, Robert G. Rinker, and Orville C. Sandall, who had a profound influence on him and generations of stu...| www.chemengr.ucsb.edu
This week, the National Science Foundation announced the award of a six-year, $22M grant to UCSB under its biofoundries program for the establishment of the BioFoundry for Extreme and Exceptional Fungi, Archaea and Bacteria (ExFAB), a collaboration led by UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), together with UC Riverside (UCR), and Cal Poly Pomona (CPP). The NSF ExFAB BioFoundry establishes the nation’s first biofoundry that focuses on largely untapped and unexplored extreme microbes. UCSB's award is one...| chemengr.ucsb.edu
Three chemical engineering PhD students, Daniel Arnold, Elaina Blair, and Titus Quah, have received fellowships for the 2024-’25 academic year from UC Santa Barbara’s Graduate Division. The Central Campus Fellowships are awarded on the basis of merit and promise of productivity. | www.chemengr.ucsb.edu