Assistant Professor Yue Wu received a 2010 Young Professor Grant from DuPont. The recipients receive an unrestricted grant of $25,000/ year for three years, starting summer 2010. The purpose of this program is to help young faculty members, within five years of full-time appointment, begin their research careers.

The 2010 Women in Chemical Engineering Seminar was held on Saturday, April 10, in the Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering. Fifty-seven undergraduate and graduate women chemical engineering students, chemical engineering alumnae, and chemical engineering faculty and staff met to discuss and network on career choices, opportunities and challenges for women chemical engineers. The seminar was sponsored by Shell Oil Company.

A Purdue University researcher will lead a portion of a federally funded effort based at Iowa State University aimed at creating genetically engineered algae for environmentally friendly biodiesel production.

Purdue University will hold the inaugural Electric Vehicle Grand Prix on April 18 as part of a program to educate a new generation of highly skilled workers to design, build and service electric vehicles.

The School of Chemical Engineering is proud to announce that Professor Fabio Ribeiro has been appointed as an Editor for the Journal of Catalysis, the flagship journal of the field.