Department of Chemical Engineering

April 30, 2021

Department of Chemical Engineering and IPS-Integrated Project Services Collaborate to Bring Pharmaceutical Industry Design to the College of Engineering and Architecture

This year, the Department of Chemical Engineering, in collaboration with IPS-Integrated Project Services, was able to offer a unique multidisciplinary course titled Biopharmaceutical Facility Design. The course was open to juniors, seniors and graduate students in the College of Engineering and Architecture. Theodore (Ted) Cohen, a Project Manager at IPS, was able to join our department as an adjunct lecturer in chemical engineering and served as the lead instructor for the course. Cohen holds a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering and a Master of Engineering Management from Rowan University.

Category: Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture

April 30, 2021

Alumnus Jamel Ali and Associate Professor Patrick Ymele-Leki Featured in C&EN for $1M NSF-Funded Bacteria Research

Chemical Engineering Alumnus Jamel Ali, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory partners with Patrick Ymele-Leki, Ph.D., interim chair and associate professor of chemical engineering on bacteria research funded by a total of over $1M in National Science Foundation grants. The pair were featured in a special issue of Chemical & Engineering News (c&en), a publication of the American Chemical Society (ACS), that celebrated 2021 Black Trailblazers in the chemical sciences and engineering.

Category: Alumni, Research, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture

September 29, 2020

Associate Professor Preethi Chandran Awarded $500K NSF Grant for Biological Research

Chemical Engineering Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Preethi Chandran, Ph.D., received a $500K grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Excellence in Research (EiR) program to study the biophysics of the shield of sugars (glycans) that typically covers pathogens.

Category: Research, Chemical Engineering