Dr. Julie C. Liu, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, was selected by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Women in Chemical Engineering Community (WIC) for the Mentorship Excellence Award in Academia in mid-November.

Fabio Ribeiro, R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the National Science Foundation Engineering Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR), was recognized by the Brazilian Embassy with the science and technology prize at the 5th Scientific & Technological Diaspora of Brazil in the United States event on December 6, 2022.

The Vilas Pol Energy Research (ViPER) group of the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University now holds the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDSTM title for the “lowest temperature to charge a lithium-ion battery.”

Theresa Mayer, executive vice president for research and partnerships, is welcoming Bryan W. Boudouris, a Purdue professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering and (by courtesy) professor in the Department of Chemistry, to the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships as associate vice president for research, strategic interdisciplinary research.

Vilas Pol, a professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, and his research group will attempt to set a new Guinness World Records title for "Lowest temperature to charge a lithium-ion battery."