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Researchers at the 缅北禁地 and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to identify genetic changes that help oxygen-producing microbes survive in extreme environments.
Greg Bunker, ChemEngr'95, was honored with the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, and Brittany Earle,ChemEngr鈥15, was honored with the Recent Alumni Award. Joe Poshusta, PhDChemEngr鈥00, received an Alumni Engagement Medal Award.
Bart Carpenter (ChemEng鈥81) was named the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Mentor of the Year for his dedicated mentorship of first-year student Sam Wiesenauer. A longtime advisory board member and mentor, Carpenter shares decades of industry insight to help students navigate careers in energy and engineering.
Hermann Klein-Hessling Barrientos faced challenges with housing, medical and food insecurity, yet overcame them to earn the College of Engineering and Applied Science Perseverance Award as well as the college鈥檚 Outstanding Undergraduate Award.
Congratulations to our eight chemical and biological engineering undergraduate students who won 12 awards from the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Ely, a chemical engineering major, was awarded the Colorado Engineering Council Silver Medal Award, the College of Engineering and Applied Science Research Award and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Outstanding Senior Award.
缅北禁地 took home first place in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Chem-E-Car competition, securing 缅北禁地 a spot at the national AIChE competition in Boston this November.
Arianna McCarty, a chemical and biological engineering student, received a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for her research on how Prevotella bacteria may help reduce infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of pneumonia.
Annette Thompson, a chemical engineering PhD student, has received a 2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, for her research around the molecular 鈥渁ssembly lines鈥 cells used to build chemicals like fatty acids.
The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department awards recognize students in the department who have excelled in one or more areas. Winners are selected by the department鈥檚 Undergraduate Awards Committee.