Department of Chemical Engineering

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Bath academics visit Emory University to strengthen water links

Thu Jun 20 09:17:00 BST 2013

Professor Gary Hawley and Dr Tom Arnot from the University of Bath recently visited Emory University to enhance the partnership between the two institutions with a renewed emphasis on major research area in the area of water innovation. read more »

Chemical Engineering doctoral student awarded Santander Research Travel Grant

Tue Jun 18 09:53:00 BST 2013

The grant, awarded to Jaspreet Kular, will enable her to conduct biophysical studies of cells, using systems at Boston University. read more »

Department research develops a greener solution for treating wastewater

Wed Jun 12 11:45:00 BST 2013

Dr Darrell Patterson, of the Department of Chemical Engineering, has led an international research team in developing a method to deal with industrial wastewater. read more »

Chemical Engineering moves up two places in the Guardian University Guide 2014

Wed Jun 05 15:31:00 BST 2013

The Department of Chemical Engineering is now ranked sixth in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2014. read more »

Chemical Engineering academic and postgraduate co-author new book chapter

Thu May 23 16:09:00 BST 2013

Dr Davide Mattia and research postgraduate Hannah Leese, of the Environmental Nanotechnology Group, have co-authored a chapter to be included in a new book 'Nanoscale Liquid Interfaces' published by Pan Stanford. read more »

Professor Barry Crittenden new Heat Transfer Society president

Tue Mar 26 13:45:00 GMT 2013

Professor Crittenden was inaugurated as the Society’s president at the 2013 annual dinner held at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London. read more »

Chem Eng students and staff have smashing time at Ball

Wed Mar 20 11:52:00 GMT 2013

Around 150 guests enjoyed a three-course meal, ball, raffle, and prize-giving ceremony at the 2013 Chem Eng Ball. read more »

Chem Eng inspires young lives with the Prince's Trust

Tue Mar 12 11:54:00 GMT 2013

Holly Hazell, a young Bath resident, participated in a work placement with the Department of Chemical Engineering as part of the Prince’s Trust Team programme. read more »

Successful webinar discusses nuclear power as a circular chem eng journey

Mon Mar 11 12:31:00 GMT 2013

An IChemE Nuclear Technology Special Interest Group event. read more »

Final-year student placement makes it to the finals of UK Best Placement Student award

Wed Feb 27 09:00:00 GMT 2013

Louisa Paes was nominated to the award by her line manager at L’Oreal. read more »

MEng fourth-year student is Winkworth’s 2012 industrial placement

Fri Feb 22 11:16:00 GMT 2013

Tim Gore will be a key member in the factory process improvement team. read more »

Chem Eng researcher invited to first south west Crucible programme

Thu Jan 31 15:33:00 GMT 2013

A NESTA initiative to support collaboration and innovative thinking. read more »

Fellowship Academy highly commended at IChemE Awards 2012

Thu Nov 08 13:35:00 GMT 2012

The Faculty scheme was finalist under the ‘Education and Training’ category. read more »

Student mentoring is back again for our first-year students

Mon Nov 05 11:08:00 GMT 2012

Following on last year's successful run, second-year students are volunteering to make new students feel like at home in Bath. read more »

Chemical Engineering at Bath in Times top ten

Thu Jun 14 13:23:00 BST 2012

The Department of Chemical Engineering is ranked 9th in the UK by The Times Good University Guide. read more »

Students reach Best Beer Competition finals

Mon Feb 27 10:37:00 GMT 2012

Four postgraduate students in the Department of Chemical Engineering have earned a place at the UK finals of a competition organised by multi-national brewing conglomerate AB InBev. read more »

Students share placement experiences

Wed Nov 30 12:56:00 GMT 2011

A poster exhibition gave returning placement students an opportunity to share their experiences with staff and students in the department. read more »

BP book prize awarded to students

Tue Nov 15 16:24:00 GMT 2011

Students receive BP book prize in recognition of their first year studies with the Department. read more »

Collaborative student mentoring scheme launched

Mon Nov 07 11:08:00 GMT 2011

A student mentoring scheme has been launched by CESA (Chemical Engineering Student Association) and the Department of Chemical Engineering. read more »

Funded PhD opportunity in Chemical Engineering

Mon Oct 17 15:19:00 BST 2011

An opportunity has arisen to undertake a funded research project on Tuneable Catalysed Membrane Reactors. read more »

Department impresses in 2011 student survey

Wed Aug 17 10:03:00 BST 2011

The Department for Chemical Engineering is pleased to have achieved an excellent score for student satisfaction in the 2011 National Student Survey (NSS). read more »

Double celebration for Department

Fri Jul 01 09:59:00 BST 2011

Dr Laura Torrente is awarded a Young Researcher's Prize and the department has welcomes Dr Mirella Di Lorenzo. read more »

Bath academic chairs International Hydrogen Research Showcase

Fri Apr 15 09:55:00 BST 2011

The 2011 International Hydrogen Research Showcase, which took place at the University of Birmingham in April, attracted leading university and industry researchers from the UK, US, Canada, Russia, Japan, Korea, Switzerland and France. read more »

International Hydrogen Research Showcase 2011

Fri Mar 25 09:53:00 GMT 2011

The high profile three-day Showcase will take place from 13 – 15 April 2011 at the University of Birmingham. read more »

Chemical engineering graduate to be presented with Salter's Prize

Fri Sep 10 09:49:00 BST 2010

Final year student Nick Holland has been awarded a prestigious Graduate Prize by the Salters' Institute. read more »

Chemical engineer awarded big fellowship for studying small things

Thu Jun 17 09:38:00 BST 2010

Dr Davide Mattia has been awarded a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Research Fellowship to work on a project entitled: Nanoparticle Factory-on-a-Chip. read more »

Chemical Engineering student commended for her contribution

Thu Apr 29 09:32:00 BST 2010

Muna Mazlan has received a ‘Highly Commended’ citation by Bath’s Students' Union at its Student Employee of the Year Awards for 2010. read more »

Capturing Carbon Dioxide in Submersible Human Habitats

Sat Apr 24 15:57:00 BST 2010

Chemical Engineers at the University of Bath have been awarded US$ 554,858 over 3 years to collaborate with Mechanical Engineers at Duke University in the US to tackle the removal of carbon dioxide from gaseous streams. read more »

Chemical Engineers awarded IChemE Fellowships

Tue Mar 30 14:30:00 BST 2010

Dr Mike Bird and Dr Semali Perera, both Senior Lecturers in the Department, have been elected to Fellowship of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). read more »

£1.4 million for carbon capture and fuel production

Wed Mar 24 14:00:00 GMT 2010

Drs Pawel Plucinski and Davide Mattia in the Department of Chemical Engineering, are co-investigators in a recently announced £1.4 million research project to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it into useful chemicals and fuels. read more »

Marvellous metal-organics

Mon Jan 18 13:11:00 GMT 2010

A paper co-authored by Dr Tim Mays in the Department of Chemical Engineering (J Am Chem Soc 2009, 131, 2159-2171) has been selected as one of 2009’s Nature Research Highlights (Nature 2009, 462, 961). read more »

SUPERGEN Theme Day for UK-SHEC

Fri Nov 27 12:47:00 GMT 2009

UK-SHEC was represented by Dr Tim Mays (Operations Director, University of Bath), Prof Rex Harris (University of Birmingham) and Prof Paul Ekins (UCL). read more »

Chemical Engineering Graduate presented with Salter's Prize

Thu Nov 19 12:43:00 GMT 2009

Ollie Wood is one of only six Chemical Engineering graduates in the UK to be awarded a prestigious Graduate Prize by the Salter’s Institute. read more »

Chemical Engineering students win ExxonMobil Engineering Challenge 2009

Tue Sep 29 12:17:00 BST 2009

A team of Bath Chemical Engineering students beat participants from Exeter, Cambridge, Imperial, Nottingham, Surrey, Loughborough and Birmingham to win first place in the ExxonMobil Engineering Challenge (south). read more »

Chemical Engineering Graduate "Best in the UK"

Fri Sep 25 11:03:00 BST 2009

Rhys Williams has won the award for the Best Chemical Engineering Student at the Science Engineering and Technology Awards. read more »

School students create biodiesel at Chemical Engineering event

A group of thirty A Level students from across the country have spent a week here at Bath where they’ve taken part in a Chemical Engineering ‘Headstart’ course.

University looks east with new partnership agreement

We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding between our Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) and the Global E3 Institute at Yonsei University.

Wessex Water to invest in University research

A new research and development collaboration between the University and Wessex Water has been announced today.

University to partner with NUS

The University has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National University of Singapore (NUS) initially to work together in the area of Engineering design education and research.

Bath researchers take gold and silver at Houses of Parliament

Two of our researchers have won prizes in the prestigious SET for Britain poster competition this week.

 
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