Here is the latest information about the COVID-19 situation, specifically as it relates to Davidson School of Chemical Engineering students, staff, and faculty. Last updated January 26, 2021.

Dr. Chongli Yuan, Associate Professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, was featured in a recent interview with Dr. Mary Gillis, D.Ed., from WISH-TV Indianapolis. Dr. Yuan described her research to find a possible cure for a disease affecting nearly 6 million people per year.

Potassium batteries research by Dr. Vilas Pol, Associate Professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, is featured in the recent Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) publication, Spectrum. IEEE is a global community where members collaborate on world-changing technologies to innovate for a better tomorrow. Dr. Pol leads ViPER, the Vilas Pol Energy Research Group at Purdue University, an experimental group dedicated to fulfilling the knowledge gap required to advance energy storage technologies.

Purdue University's Dr. Sangtae Kim has been named to a newly formed National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee charged with outlining an ambitious vision for chemical engineering research, innovation, and education that will guide the profession for the next 30 years.

Davidson School of Chemical Engineering undergraduate student Natalie Kadlubowski will receive the Astronaut Scholarship during an Honors College event on February 27. Kadlubowski is a double major in Chemical Engineering and the Department of Chemistry, and is a student in the Purdue Honors College, the College of Engineering and the College of Science. The award will be presented by Tracy Cernan, in memory of her father, NASA astronaut and Purdue alumnus Gene Cernan.