At the Department of Chemical Engineering, conducting excellent and competitive research is a serious business. A clear evidence of the diverse participation in research at our department was demonstrated on December 5, 2013 during our Fall Graduate Research Symposium. More than 50 graduate students and professors attended this event organized by Prof. Ubaldo M. Córdova as…
Chemical Engineering Seminar Series Title: Liquid-phase catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals Speaker: Dr James Dumesic – Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison When: December 4, 2014 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Where: Abbott Room, Chemistry Building Abstract Environmental and political issues created by our dependence on fossil fuels, such as…
Mar Creixell, a PhD student from the University of Barcelona who performed her research work in our Department, has received an award for best scientific article at her home University. Only one award is given each year to all U. of Barcelona students. The award ceremony will be on December 12th. The winning article is a study…
El Dr. Nelson Cardona, Catedrático de ingeniería química, ha sido merecedor del premio “The Educator of the Year Award for Higher Education”, otorgado por ‘’The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)’’. Dicho premio reconoce contribuciones ejemplares para mejorar el ambiente de aprendizaje para estudiantes hispanos.
Congratulations to Lenibel Santiago, Moises Montalvo, Cristina Castro, Janet Méndez, Magda Latorre, Eduardo J Juan (Electrical Engineering), Edna Mora (UPR Medical Sciences), Madeline Torres, and Carlos Rinaldi (UF) for their work and recognition in the front cover of the Journal of Materials Chemistry B! Their work can be found here. It was also pointed as one…
This funding effort is a collaboration between the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, the Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, the University of Florida, Gainsville, and the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus through the work of Dr. Anil K. Sood, Madeline Torres-Lugo, PhD, Eduardo J. Juan, PhD, Dr. Edna Mora, and Carlos…
In May 2013, Prof. Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa and Prof. Aldo Acevedo were honored as Outstanding Professors in Chemical Engineering by their peers. Congratulations to both for their hard work!
During the Research Symposium organized by the UPRM Research Academy for Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows on May 10, 2013 at the Collegue of Business Administration, Prof. Arturo Hernández and Prof. Madeline Torres received honors among other colleagues from different departments for their excellence in research at UPRM. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Prof. Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa for his work and recognition in the inside front cover of the prestigious peer-review journal Soft Matter! His work can be found here.