great faculty click stories  1   2   3   4   John Crocker
  Teaching Discovery Through Smart Experimentation
  John Crocker studies "squishy stuff." A researcher at the nexus of soft-matter physics and cell biology, he employs various methods to develop new materials, to determine how soft (or squishy) a material is, and in the case of living cells, to learn how they determine the squishiness of their own surroundings. Crocker also spends each fall semester guiding seniors through that "rite of passage" currently known as CBE 410: Chemical Engineering Laboratory.
 
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  great research click stories  1   2   3   4   Kathleen Stebe
  Kathleen Stebe: Elegant Tension
  Kathleen Stebe believes that the best questions yield transformative answers. She aims to inspire "creative tension," thinking in terms not only of reality but of vision. Stebe, the Richer and Elizabeth Goodwin Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, is the first female chair of CBE at Penn. Joining Penn Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Stebe brings a guiding principle: "To harness the talents of people to move society forward."
 
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  great professors click stories  1   2   3   4   Dennis Dicsher
  Dennis Discher Named the Robert D. Bent Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
 
Penn Engineering is pleased to announce Dennis E. Discher as the Robert D. Bent Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. The Robert D. Bent Professorship was established in 1978 by a grant from the Atlantic Richfield Foundation to honor Mr. Bent, an alumnus of chemical engineering who served as a member of the Board of Overseers for the (then) College of Engineering and Applied Science.
 
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  great faculty click stories  1   2   3   4   Warren Seider
  Warren D. Seider Receives Van Antwerpen Award
 
Warren D. Seider, Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the 2011 recipient of the F.J. and Dorothy Van Antwerpen Award for Service to the Institute presented by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The Van Antwerpen Award recognizes a chemical engineer who has made outstanding contributions to the chemical engineering profession via service to the Institute.
 
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The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science is the oldest continuously operating degree-granting program in chemical engineering in the U.S. Learn more about this photo!

Bubbles for Medicine

"I tell my children that I am working with bubbles and they think I have the best job in the world – which I do!" says Daeyeon Lee, Assistant Professor of CBE. By learning how to modify the air and water interface, Lee is able to make "perfect" bubbles that have potential to enhance biomedical imaging and ultrasound therapy. Learn more!

Algae to Biodiesel

In the past year, both public and private institutions have joined the race to produce biofuels from an algal feedstock in an economically responsible manner that is by maintaining profitability while minimizing high capital costs. CBE Senior Design 2011 team members Daniel Choi, Spencer Glantz and Jasmin Imran Alsous worked to contribute to the global discourse on alternative-fuels and to reevaluate the promise of algae as a renewable resource for alternative fuels in light of the latest research and technological advances. Watch the video!