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06/21/2024

Chiral materials have many uses; researchers now better understand them

Department: Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Chiral molecules - that is, those that have mirror images of themselves - have significant benefits for transistors and solar energy devices. Studying their properties in close detail, though, has...

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06/18/2024

Yale's Environmental Engineering Program Named Among Top 10 in the U.S.

Department: Chemical & Environmental Engineering

With cutting-edge research and internationally recognized faculty, Yale’s Environmental Engineering program has quickly become a leader in the field. This achievement is underscored by its No. 9...

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06/14/2024

Researchers distill the facts of a chemical separation process (and upend a decades-old theory)

Department: Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Since it was developed a few decades ago, the chemical separation process of organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN), has drawn attention for its potential to revolutionize vital industries,...

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06/12/2024

Tau Beta Pi at Yale Celebrates Centennial, Reflects on Yale Roots

Department: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

By: Russell Yang, President of Tau Beta Pi at Yale

Tau Beta Pi, the nation’s oldest engineering honor society, was founded by Edward H....

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06/11/2024

Cristina Rodriguez and Lea Winter Win Beckman Award

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Professors Cristina Rodriguez in biomedical engineering and Lea Winter in chemical and environmental engineering have each been awarded the Beckman Young Investigator Award.

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06/10/2024

Rigby Receives Brookhaven Women in Science's Renate W. Chasman Award

Department: Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) has named Kali Rigby of Yale University and Emily Duden of Brandeis University as the recipients of the 2024 Renate W. Chasman Award. Rigby and Duden will each...

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06/04/2024

How Tobacco Companies Use Chemistry To Get Around Menthol Bans

Department: Chemical & Environmental Engineering

In 2020, lawmakers in California and Massachusetts banned menthol, a chemical that causes a cooling sensation, as an additive in cigarettes. The idea was, in part, to curb youth smoking; menthol...

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05/31/2024

Four Yale Engineering Graduates win Fulbrights

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science

More than two-dozen members of Yale College's Class of 2024 or recent alumni will spend a year abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

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05/20/2024

Drew Gentner Wins the 2024 Ackerman Award

Department: Chemical & Environmental Engineering

For his dedication to his students and an approach to teaching that makes even the trickiest concepts accessible, Prof. Drew Gentner is the winner of the 2024 Ackerman Award for Teaching and...

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05/20/2024

Congratulations to the Yale Engineering Class of 2024

Department: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Members of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science community celebrated the awarding of 322 undergraduate Engineering degrees Monday.

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05/15/2024

Shunran Li and Bo Zhou honored at Crest & Fest

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Days before they receive their doctorate degrees, Shunran Li and Bo Zhou were honored Wednesday for their outstanding work as graduate students by Yale Engineering Dean Jeffrey Brock at...

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05/06/2024

Elimelech awarded the Connecticut Medal of Technology for pioneering work

Department: Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Menachem Elimelech, the Sterling Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale, has been awarded the Connecticut Medal of Technology, the state's highest honor for technological...

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04/18/2024

Greater access to clean water, thanks to a better membrane

Department: Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Water scarcity around the world is a bigger problem than ever, and desalination is critical to solving it. The best available technologies for separating salt from seawater, though, are costly and...

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03/19/2024

Roberts Innovation Fund to Support Inventions in AI, Quantum, Water

Department: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

New methods to purify our water, advance quantum computing, democratize artificial intelligence, and deliver life-saving drugs are just some of the projects funded by the 2024 Roberts Innovation...

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03/12/2024

Fortner, Kim Elected to CT Academy of Science and Engineering

Department: Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science

Two faculty members of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science – John Fortner and Theodore Kim - have been elected to membership in the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering...

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