Professor Sally Ng Monitoring Air Quality in Georgia Tech Classrooms
As Georgia Tech has resumed limited in-person instruction during the coronavirus pandemic, Professor Nga Lee “Sally” Ng has been monitoring the air quality of select classrooms on campus.
Ultra-Low-Cost Hearing Aid Could Address Age-Related Hearing Loss Worldwide
Researchers want to help the hundreds of millions of older people worldwide who can’t afford existing hearing aids to address their age-related hearing to address their age-related hearing loss.
ChBE Rises to Second in U.S. News Undergrad Rankings
Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering rose to 2nd in the nation (1st among public universities) for its undergraduate program in the latest rankings of U.S. News & World Report. Last year, the school was ranked 3rd.
New Process Boosts Lignin Bio-oil as a Next-Generation Fuel
A new low-temperature, multi-phase process for upgrading lignin bio-oil to hydrocarbons could help expand use of the lignin, which is now largely a waste product left over from the production of cellulose and bioethanol from trees and other woody plants.
Georgia Tech Researchers Receive $2 Million NSF Grant to Reduce Plastic Waste
A group of Georgia Tech researchers have received a four-year, $2 million grant (effective October 1, 2020) from the National Science Foundation to help tackle the problem of accumulating plastic waste in landfills and the environment.
Flies and Mosquitoes Beware, Here Comes the Slingshot
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have produced what may be the first kinematic study of how the slingshot arachnid stores enough energy to produce acceleration of 1,300 meters/second2 – 100 times the acceleration of a cheetah.
PhD Student Profile: Chiamaka Obianyor Helping Develop COVID Tests
Graduate student Chiamaka Obianyor has lent her skills in recent months to improving COVID-19 testing technology as part of two teams at Georgia Tech.
Chris Jones Named Editor-in-Chief of Journal JACS Au
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has named Professor Chris Jones inaugural editor-in-chief for the fully open access journal JACS Au.
Three ChBE Alumni Recognized in GT Alumni Association's Inaugural "40 Under 40" List
Three alumni of Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering are among 40 distinguished honorees recognized in the Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s first 40 Under 40 list.
Membrane Technology Could Cut Emissions and Energy Use in Oil Refining
New membrane technology developed by a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, and ExxonMobil could help reduce carbon emissions and energy intensity associated with refining crude oil.
Associate Professor Ryan Lively Wins AIChE’s 2020 Colburn Prize
Each year, the award recognizes outstanding progress in the field of chemical engineering by one researcher in any area of chemical engineering research who is within 12 years of completing their PhD.
Professor Sally Ng’s Research Featured in AJC Article on Atlanta’s Improved Air Quality During Pandemic
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution featured the research of Nga “Sally” Ng, an associate professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, in an article on how Atlanta’s air quality has improved as a result of people sheltering at
Assistant Professor John Blazeck Receives Prestigious Beckman Young Investigator Award
John Blazeck, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is one of ten researchers at U.S. college and universities selected to receive a Beckman Young Investigator Award.
