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  • 08/14/2023

    In Memoriam: Engineers Without Borders Mentor, David Sacco ’82
    Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    The Yale community mourns the loss of David Sacco, a figure of unwavering commitment and mentorship. For 18 years, David devoted himself as a volunteer to Yale's Engineers Without Borders Chapter...

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  • 08/03/2023

    Yale Joins NOAA, NASA for Comprehensive Air Quality Research Campaign
    Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    Researchers from NOAA, NASA, Yale Engineering and 20 other universities from three countries are deploying state-of-the-art instruments in...

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  • 07/21/2023

    Studies provide guidelines for extracting valuable materials from water
    Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    Effectively extracting valuable resources from water could go a long way toward enhancing national security while also helping the environment. Two recent studies from the lab of Prof. Menachem...

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  • 07/20/2023

    COVID-19 Shutdown Highlights Air Quality Policy Challenges
    Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    In a study conducted in NYC during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found that air quality policies focusing on reducing pollutant emissions from the transportation sector have made significant...

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  • 06/07/2023

    Amir Haji-Akbari Wins 2023 Ackerman Award
    Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    For his patience, empathy, and ability to make difficult topics accessible, Amir Haji-Akbari, assistant professor of chemical & environmental engineering, is the winner of this year's Ackerman...

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  • 05/22/2023

    Congratulations to the SEAS Class of 2023!
    Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Members of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science community celebrated the awarding of 294 undergraduate Engineering degrees Monday.

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  • 05/19/2023

    Expanding the potential of radical polymerization
    Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    A technique known as radical polymerization has proven to be an important method for the industrial production of plastics, rubbers, and adhesives. Now, a team of researchers has developed a...

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  • 05/18/2023

    Prof. Elimelech Awarded Honorary Degree from Ben Gurion U.
    Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    Prof. Menachem Elimelech this week received an honorary doctorate from Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

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  • 04/21/2023

    Producing clean water
    Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    In a special Earth Day edition of Yale Talk, Sterling Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Menachem Elimelech and President Peter Salovey discuss the development of technologies...

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  • 04/14/2023

    Upending a decades-long theory of reverse osmosis water desalination
    Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    The process of reverse osmosis has proven to be the state-of-the-art method for removing salt from seawater and increasing access to clean water. Other applications include wastewater treatment...

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  • 04/04/2023

    EnvE Student Receives Fulbright Award
    Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    Environmental engineering graduate student Lauren Mazurowski has received a Fulbright Award, one the nation’s most prestigious international educational exchange programs. Mazurowski will spend a...

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  • 03/08/2023

    Purifying water with just a few atoms

    Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    Due to their considerable efficiency, catalysts made of just a few atoms show great promise in the field of water treatment. In a new study, researchers looked into how to optimize the performance...

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  • 02/23/2023

    Yale to make historic investment in engineering, lower Hillhouse Avenue

    Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Yale University on Thursday announced plans for a historic series of infrastructure investments that would transform the face and trajectory of its School of Engineering & Applied Science (...

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  • 02/21/2023

    Roberts Innovation Fund to Support 10 Bold SEAS Faculty Inventions
    Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    New and innovative methods of controlling cells with artificial intelligence, securing cryptocurrency and blockchain systems, and advancing natural language processing are just some of...

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  • 02/08/2023

    New brain cancer treatment is a ‘marriage of two technologies’
    Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    A team of researchers from Yale and the University of Connecticut (UConn) has developed a nanoparticle-based treatment that targets multiple culprits in glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive and...

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