Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE) Archive

  • ChBE Seminar: Deborah Leckband, “Design Rules for Thermally Tunable Adhesive Coatings for Tissue Engineering”

    ChBE Seminar: Deborah Leckband, “Design Rules for Thermally Tunable Adhesive Coatings for Tissue Engineering”

    Join the ChBE Department for a lecture by University of Illinois - Urbana and Reid T. Milner Professor Deborah Leckband on Wednesday, February 20 at 3:15pm in the Perlstein Hall Auditorium.

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  • ChBE, BME, Chemistry and Pritzker Institute Seminar: Assembly Line Biosynthesis of Polyketide Antibiotics – February 27

    IIT Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering will host a seminar, "Assembly Line Biosynthesis of Polyketide Antibiotics," co-sponsored by the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Division of Chemistry, welcoming Stanford University Wells H. Rauser and Harold M. Petiprin Professor of Engineering Chaitan Khosla. Khosla's primary research interest focuses on the interface of chemistry and medicine.

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  • Investiture of the Hyosung S. R. Cho Endowed Chair in Engineering

    Join IIT in celebrating the tradition of honoring distinguished faculty. On Thursday, November 15, Vijay Ramani will be invested with the Hyosung S. R. Cho Endowed Chair in Engineering. Jim Fenton, director of the Florida Solar Energy Center at the University of Central Florida, will join IIT senior leadership in providing remarks. The ceremony will begin at 4 pm in the McCormick Tribune Campus Center’s McCloska Auditorium, with a reception to follow in the McCloska Ballroom.

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  • Darsh Wasan Named American Chemical Society Fellow

    IIT Vice President for International Affairs and Motorola Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering Darsh Wasan has been named a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the society announced in the July 23 issue of Chemical and Engineering News.

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  • ChBE Ralph Peck Lecture and Charles W. Pierce Distinguished Alumnus Award

    Join the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering for the 2012 Ralph Peck Lecture, "Protein Analogous Micelles: Versatile, Modular Nanoparticles," presented by Matthew Tirrell of University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, at 4 pm on Friday, April 20 in Perlstein Hall. The 2012 Ralph Peck Lecture event also includes a student poster competition at 2 pm and presentation of the Charles W. Pierce Distinguished Alumni Award to T. S. Ramakrishnan, followed by a reception.

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