Research activities in the department vary widely, covering most pressing areas in the chemical engineering field today.
With an enrollment number of more than 5,000, the UA College of Engineering is home to students from countless states and countries across the globe. As such, one of the...
Dr. James Sheehan, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, was elected as one of the directors on the leadership board of the Forest Bioproducts Division (FBP) within the American...
Milad Esfahani, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at The University of Alabama, has been leading research into ways to remove potentially carcinogenic “forever chemicals” from drinking water that...
Research efforts are concentrated in biotechnology; computational; polymers and soft materials; electronic materials and devices; and energy and the environment.
One of the biggest assets to the department is the 25-foot-tall distillation column, located in the high-bay area of Bevill.
One of only a few of its kind, this $105,000 glass tower was donated by alumnus Ralph Lewis, vice president of sales of Texaco, and the Texaco Corp. Students gain first-hand experience with its controls, design and operation. In the 1,200-square-foot high-bay area, students work with a gas chromatograph, reaction vessels, a computer-controlled batch still interfaced to a Camile data acquisition and control system, and a steady-state glass still. Students spend a good portion of their summer Operations Laboratory performing experiments with the distillation column.
Time: 11am-12pm, Thursdays, Central Time
Location: HM Comer 1026
Theme | Date | Speaker | University/Institute |
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April 4, 2024 | Sindee Simon Nanoconfined Polymerizations |
NC State | |
April 11, 2024 | Susannah Scott Valorization of polyolefins via catalytic upcycling, from monomers to higher value molecules |
UC Santa Barbara | |
April 18, 2024 | J. Carson Meredith J. Carson Meredith Seminar |
GA Tech | |
April 25, 2024 | Linda J. Broadbelt Developing Strategies for Polymer Redesign and Recycling Using Reaction Pathway Analysis |
Northwestern |
Contact: James Sheehan; jdsheehan@ua.edu
ChBE office: (205) 348-6619