News & Events

CHEE 101 students getting ready for 2019 Bayer Alka-Rocket Challenge

Prashanth Buchireddy — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:55:51 +0000

The CHEE 101 (Introduction to Chemical Engineering) class this Fall semester is participating in the nationwide challenge for college students, the “Alka-Rocket Challenge” by Bayer. The challenge calls for students of 4-year accredited universities and colleges nationwide to design, create, and launch model rockets propelled by the gas pressure created by the reaction between Alka-Seltzer tablets and water. Five teams have been working on their own designs for the past two months in CHEE 101. The final competition will be held in December at the Kennedy Space Center.

LURA award provides an opportunity to CHEE undergraduate student to work on NASA-related project

Prashanth Buchireddy — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 19:13:36 +0000

The Louisiana Space Grant Consortium has selected the research project “Integrating Mathematical Models of Bioprocesses for the NASA-BIOSYS Project” proposed by Dr. Dhan Lord B. Fortela (Principal Investigator) as one of the recipients of the LaSPACE Undergraduate Research Assistantship (LURA) Award for the school year 2019-2020.

Engineering programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report

Prashanth Buchireddy — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:48:21 +0000

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette College of Engineering was ranked No. 156 in the United States in the 2020 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s "Best Colleges." Chemical Engineering graduate program was cited in this report.

U.S. News and World Report’s best national universities are based on Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. UL Lafayette is categorized as a doctorate-granting institution with the second-highest level of research activity.

UL Chemical Engineering Leads a Team of Researchers to Provide Life Support on NASA's Human Planetary Camp on Mars

Prashanth Buchireddy — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:59:55 +0000

The Energy Institute of Louisiana (EIL) led by Dr. Mark E. Zappi, PE of Chemical Engineering has received a $2.2M grant from NASA and the Louisiana Board of Regents to develop a novel wastewater treatment system for use on human planetary camps, like on Mars.

Engineering Alumni Wall of Honor Inducts Chemical Engineering Alumni, Ms. Bach Williams

Prashanth Buchireddy — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 23:32:09 +0000

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s (UL Lafayette) College of Engineering celebrated the 8th installation of its Alumni Wall of Honor on Friday, March 1, 2019. Dr. Joseph E. Savoie, President, UL Lafayette and Dr. Ahmed Khattab, Interim Dean for the College of Engineering, recognized Ms. Bach Williams as one of the four Alumni Wall of Honor recipients by presenting individual Wall of Honor plaques and unveiling their plaques on the College Wall of Honor that features a portrait and a statement of their contributions to the field of engineering.

Visit to Cabot in Franklin, LA

C00255432 — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 23:30:11 +0000

Cabot Corporation in Franklin, Louisiana recently hosted chemical engineering students from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for an educational workshop. During the session, Cabot employees and students engaged in an overview of Cabot products and applications, and following a safety orientation, the students also enjoyed a tour of the plant’s central control room and lab area.

2015 Engineering Week

C00255432 — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:11:43 +0000

2015 Engineering Week student activities began March 9 with the Student Paper Competition. Patrick Spiller and John Pippins gave excellent presentations. Patrick presented on "Biodiesel from Alligator Fat: A Comparison Between Supercritical and Conventional Transesterification Conditions”. John’s presentation was titled “Increase Grindability of Pine Through Torrefaction”.

Patrick Spiller is a senior in the chemical engineering department. He will continue medical school after graduation this Spring.

Guest Editor

C00255432 — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 23:32:59 +0000

Dr. Dilip Depan has been selected as a Guest Editor of special issue "Polymers from Biomass: Characterization, Modification, Degradation, and Applications”.

International Journal of Polymer Science - An Open Access Journal

Vertech City

C00255432 — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:24:12 +0000

Two teams of undergraduate and graduate students from the Chemical Engineering Department competed in Vertech City: Imagine Your City Greener – an international student project competition – held at Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada on November 4-7, 2014. One of the teams called Waste-To-Watts, represented by Dhan Lord Fortela, Ashley Mikolajczyk, and Casie Gaskin, won third place. The UL teams were among 14 finalists from teams accepted in the initial screening in May 2014. The competition is part of a conference on sustainability called Vertech Colloquium.

Cabot Donation

C00255432 — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:33:52 +0000

Cabot Foundation donated $75,000 for the Cabot Chemical Process Simulation Laboratory. Lab renovations will start Summer 2015.