Global Ranking of Chemical Engineering 2016: UCLA CBE No 7 in US and No 16 in the World
In a just-released ranking of Chemical Engineering Departments worldwide, we have been ranked No 7 in the US and No 16 in the World. This ranking is mainly based on an evaluation of the publications and citations to the works coming out of our Department and it is...
Drs. Ellis, Liu and Christofides Published a New Book on Economic Model Predictive Control
Professor Christofides worked together with his former doctoral students, Matthew Ellis (PhD 2015) and Jinfeng Liu (PhD 2011), to publish a new book on Economic Model Predictive Control.
Professor Panagiotis D. Christofides has been appointed to serve as the new Department Chair, effective 7/2016
Panagiotis D. Christofides is the new chair of the UCLA Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He received a diploma in chemical engineering in 1992 from the University of Patras, Greece; master’s degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics in 1995 and 1996, respectively, and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1996, all from the University of Minnesota. In July 1996 he joined the faculty of UCLA, where he is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Prof. Chen Wins ACGT 2016 Young Investigator Award in Cell and Gene Therapy for Cancer
On behalf of our department, we congratulate Prof. Yvonne Chen in winning the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy 2016 Young Investigator Award in her research on immunotherapy. Her research consists of harnessing a patient’s own immune cells to attack various cancers....
Dr. Philippe Sautet joins UCLA Chemical and Biomolecualr Engineering Department
Dr. Philippe Sautet, a world renowned scholar in computational catalysis, joins our faculty.
Dr. James F. Davis lands Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute
President Barack Obama announced a $70 million federal award to a nonprofit co-founded by UCLA to create a nationwide Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, with the goal of improving the efficiency of advanced manufacturing. UCLA Vice Provost of Information...
Prof. Chen Wins NSF CAREER Award
Grant will support research on engineering tumor-specific T cells for cancer immunotherapy Prof. Yvonne Chen has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, the agency’s highest honor for faculty members at the start of their research and...
UPDATE: Sirikarn Surawanvijit Wins 1st Place in the National AWWA Academic Achievement Award
Dr. Sirikarn Surawanvijit has won first place in the prestigious National American Water Works Association's (AWWA) 2016 Academic Achievement Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation after previously winning the the California-Nevada Section. The Academic Achievement...
Sirikarn Surawanvijit Wins the CA-NV AWWA Academic Achievement Award.
Dr. Sirikarn Surawanvijit, formerly from Prof. Yoram Cohen's group, has won the prestigious CA-NV AWWA (the California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association) Academic Achievement Award - First Place – Doctoral for 2015-16. The award is given in...