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LSU Chemical Engineering Team Researching New Production Method for Clean Hydrogen
October 3, 2024 BATON ROUGE, LA – A team of LSU Chemical Engineering researchers is exploring a cheaper, alternative means of producing “clean hydrogen,” and its doing it, in part, through the use of formate salts widely used in de-icing.
Lawrence Receives NSF CAREER Award, Researching Application of Custom Polymers
September 27, 2024 BATON ROUGE, LA – Bottlebrush polymers (BBPs) are probably not something the average person considers in their daily routine, and yet, they have potential application in improving things widely used like contact lenses and the recyclability of plastics. The challenge is understanding and controlling the variable structures of these BBPs to create new properties and functions that would have the aforementioned results.
LSU Chemical Engineering PhD Student’s Paper on Multichip Interconnects Published
June 19, 2024 BATON ROUGE, LA – LSU Chemical Engineering PhD student Junghyun Park is the lead author on a newly published paper titled, “Extending Copper Interconnects and Epoxy Dielectrics to Multi-GHz Frequencies,” which explores the quantitative trade-offs between the electrical performance and reliability of multichip packages with interlocking adhesion.
Two Engineering Seniors Named Astronaut Scholars
June 11, 2024 BATON ROUGE, LA – LSU Computer Engineering senior Tiernan Dautle and LSU Chemical Engineering senior Peter Vallet were two of the 71 students chosen nationwide to receive a scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. The scholarship is awarded to students in their junior and senior year of college studying science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) with the intent to pursue research or advance their field upon completion of their final degree.
Chemical Engineering, Biological Sciences Faculty Receive Largest NSF PFI Grant Ever Awarded to LSU
Nootkatone Studies Could Lead to Prevention of Lyme Disease March 25, 2024 BATON ROUGE, LA – Thanks to a $550,000 National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation grant—the largest NSF PFI grant ever awarded to LSU—LSU Chemical Engineering (ChE) Professor Kerry Dooley, LSU ChE Department Chair and Professor Mike Benton, and LSU Department of Biological Sciences (Biol. Sci.) Professor Roger Laine will continue their work on a project that could bring affordable and effective insect repellent to the masses, possibly decreasing the number of Lyme disease, malaria, and West Nile virus cases around the world.
Flake to Speak at Decarbonization Forum
BATON ROUGE, LA – LSU Chemical Engineering Professor John Flake will be part of a panel discussion on “Harnessing the Opportunity of the ‘All of the Above’ Energy Strategy to Maximize Investment and Exporting Opportunities” at the Gulf Coast Industrial Decarbonization Forum on Tuesday, May 14, at 11 a.m. at L’Auberge Casino in Baton Rouge.
LSU Chemical Engineering Faculty Receive Patent for Oil Spill Management Technology
January 31, 2024 BATON ROUGE, LA – LSU Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Bhuvnesh Bharti and his former graduate student Jin Gyun Lee have been issued a patent for their technology which utilizes lignin nanoparticles to provide an eco-friendly method for oil spill cleanup. It’s the first patent awarded to an LSU College of Engineering faculty this year.