Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

ChBE Community Outreach

This past academic year, the Chemical & Biomolecular Department has been participating in many community activities, reaching out to students from elementary to high school levels. The goal is to expose students, who wouldn’t normally have the opportunity, to math and engineering problems and experiments. This, in turn, may spark an interest at a young […]

ChBE Alumni Reunions

We were honored to host our Chemical Engineering Class of 1966 for their 50th Class Reunion on June 10th! They were given a chance to visit, reminisce, and tour Earle Hall. Pictured above are Bob Smith, Bill Price, Leonard Boyd, Victor Lopez, and Bud Bell.   Happy 50th – Class of 1966!! In May we were […]

Congratulations to ChBE Class of 2016

The Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department would like to congratulate the Senior Class of 2016. The students were honored at a Senior Reception on April 21st at the Madren Center, and the department hosted an Open House for the graduates and their families on graduation day, May 7th. The faculty and staff of ChBE wish […]

ChBE Undergraduate Student Awards

Erika Arvay, an undergraduate working in Dr. Blenner’s research group, is the recipient of a NASA SC Space Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowship, an ACCIAC Creativity & Innovation Fellowship, and a Calhoun Honors College Award. Undergraduate, Spencer Smith, also won an ACCIAC Fellowship.   Senior Mark Payne received the Western S.C. Section AIChE Scholastic Achievement Award […]

ChBE Graduate Student Awards

Allison Jansto recently received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. Her research proposal entitled, “Characterizing Transport and Mechanics of Nanophase-Segregated Polymers for Energy Storage and Delivery Applications”, seeks to deepen our understanding of the role of nanostructure on the transport properties of phase-segregated block copolymers. Allison is a graduate student in Prof. […]

ChBE Alumnus Ron Lindsay Inducted into Thomas Green Clemson Academy

In April, ChBE alumnus, Ronald C. Lindsay, received the College of Engineering and Science’s highest honor, being inducted into the Thomas Green Clemson Academy. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of science in chemical engineering in 1980. Shortly thereafter he accepted a position with the Eastman Chemical Company. Lindsay began his career as […]

Dr. Mark Roberts promoted to Associate Professor

Professor Mark Roberts was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. This promotion with tenure is the culmination of hard work over the last six years and is representative of excellence in teaching, research, and service. Professor Roberts has taught a variety of courses in the curriculum, including Thermodynamics I, Process Control, Advanced […]

ChBE Award Winning Faculty

With over $10 million in active research grants from DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency), DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency), DOE (Department of Energy), DOD (Department of Defense), plus prestigious junior faculty awards from the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, NASA, and the American Chemical Society, the faculty of the Department […]

Dr. Amod Ogale receives $2 Million DARPA Grant

Dr. Amod Ogale of Clemson University has received $2 million and will work with a group of researchers across the country to lower the cost of high-tech materials that have helped make airplanes and luxury cars more fuel efficient but remain too expensive for price-sensitive products. Ogale, the director of the Center for Advanced Engineering […]