Pitt ChemE@ChemePitt

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 Pittsburgh, PA
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Joined August 2017
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For over a decade, @PittChemECar @ChemePitt students have designed, built, and raced a shoebox-sized model car powered and stopped by chemical reactions. This past spring, the team’s car came an eighth of an inch from reaching the national competition. news.engineering.pitt.edu/fo…
(L - R): Toby Rozengarten, Connor Chadwell, Eli Sivick, Ben Hill, Luke Roup, Alette Kegerreis, Venkatesh Subramanyam, and Dawson Wenslovas standing together with a poster about their car and the Chem-E Car in the center

ALT (L - R): Toby Rozengarten, Connor Chadwell, Eli Sivick, Ben Hill, Luke Roup, Alette Kegerreis, Venkatesh Subramanyam, and Dawson Wenslovas standing together with a poster about their car and the Chem-E Car in the center
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After discovering a cleaner, more efficient way to produce battery-quality graphite, Pitt researchers @ChemePitt launched Graphonos Materials. This spring the startup won a $20,000 Aramco Innovator Prize and Pitt's $25,000 Big Idea Competition Grand Prize! news.engineering.pitt.edu/fr…
(L - R): Aime Laurent Twizerimana, Götz Veser, Nader Sawtarie, and Christopher Wilmer holding an Aramco prize check for $20,000.

ALT (L - R): Aime Laurent Twizerimana, Götz Veser, Nader Sawtarie, and Christopher Wilmer holding an Aramco prize check for $20,000.
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Now in his third year as a chemical engineering student, Jonathon (Jack) Bender (@ChemePitt) can be found, quite literally, all over Benedum Hall – mentoring, making rubies, or even transforming a 3D printer. news.engineering.pitt.edu/an…
Jonathon (Jack) Bender in a Makerspace in Benedum Hall holding a synthetic ruby he created.

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Jonathon (Jack) Bender in a Makerspace in Benedum Hall holding two synthetic rubies he created.

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Jonathon (Jack) Bender in a lab, framed by his converted 3D printer.

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Congratulations to 2026 George Washington Award winner Cailey Dolata (@ChemePitt) and finalists Katie McGuire (@PittMEMS) and Garret Phipps (@PittCivilEnvEng). The ESWP recognized these remarkable students at their annual banquet. news.engineering.pitt.edu/pi…
Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Garret Phipps, Katie McGuire, and Cailey Dolata

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Engineering in the 412 since 1846 - long before it was the 412.
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Congratulations to Becca Segel (ChemE PhD ’25), founder and CEO of FlowCellutions, for being named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List for Manufacturing and Industry! news.engineering.pitt.edu/in…
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Congratulations to Hseen Baled! The inspiring professor has received the 2025 James Pommersheim Award for Excellence in Teaching Chemical Engineering. news.engineering.pitt.edu/ma…
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Congrats to Pitt alumnus Andrew Ashmar (BS ChemE ’22)! He is the first author of a paper recently published in Green Chemistry highlighting research into dissolvable bioplastics—a project launched by Pitt professors Eric Beckman and Susan Fullerton. news.engineering.pitt.edu/re…
Susan Fullerton and Andrew Ashmar

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Published this month @NatureComms: scientists from @McMasterU and @ChemePitt create the first functionally complete logic gate in a soft material using only beams of visible light - a step forward in "Materials That Compute." phys.org/news/2025-11-logic-… via @physorg_com
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Coverage in @physorg_com about the latest findings from @ChemePitt's Oleg Shklyaev and Anna C. Balazs published in @PNASNexus: a synthetic system that on its own directly transforms chemical reactions into mechanical motion. phys.org/news/2025-10-chemic…

Chemical networks can mimic nervous systems to power movement in soft materials

What if a soft material could move on its own, guided not by electronics or motors, but by the kind of rudimentary chemical signaling that powers the simplest organisms? Researchers at the University...

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In a new study in @PNASNexus, @ChemePitt's Anna Balazs and Oleg Shklyaev reveal how chemical networks can mimic nervous systems to power movement in soft materials. news.engineering.pitt.edu/hi…
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Our department is EXCITED to host @tulane Professor Vijay John as this year's Gerald D. Holder Distinguished Lecturer! His topic: “Targeted Delivery through Self Assembly in Environmental Remediation and in Drug Delivery.” news.engineering.pitt.edu/tu…
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Pitt to launch 1st-of-its-kind natural gas, renewables and oil engineering degree triblive.com/news/education-…
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Great to finally launch this program which is part of our comprehensive energy strategy and make our Pitt Engineering students more competitive in a critical global field.
Swanson School of Engineering@PittEngineering
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Excited to announce the launch of a new program: the Bachelor's in Natural Gas, Renewables, and Oil Engineering. "GRO" prepares students for a rapidly changing global energy market as the world continues to move from fossil fuels to renewable resources. news.engineering.pitt.edu/un…
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Excited to announce the launch of a new program: the Bachelor's in Natural Gas, Renewables, and Oil Engineering. "GRO" prepares students for a rapidly changing global energy market as the world continues to move from fossil fuels to renewable resources. news.engineering.pitt.edu/un…
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Our Swanson School family lost a kind-hearted soul this week - Patricia Park, Senior Administrative Coordinator for @ChemePitt. Throughout her 18 years at Pitt she was a beloved and dedicated co-worker with a keenly sharp wit. She will truly be missed. echovita.com/us/obituaries/p…
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Our condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of our @ChemePitt alumnus James Squire BSChE '61. legacy.com/us/obituaries/nam…

James Russell Squire Obituary (2025) - Peachtree Corners, GA - Crowell Brothers Funeral Homes &...

View James Russell Squire's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

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Thanks to Pitt Magazine for this awesome story about the Swanson School's ongoing contributions to electric power research! pittwire.pitt.edu/magazine/f…

Pitt engineers are leading the charge to improve the US power grid

As the aging network faces pressures it's never encountered before, these Swanson School researchers are carrying on Pitt's legacy as an electricity powerhouse.

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Great story by Patrick Monahan for Pittwire about our @CovestroUS Circular Economy program and its growing success, led by Melissa Bilec and Götz Veser, featuring @ChemePitt PhD students Lakshmi Ananthabhotla & Carlan Gray. pittwire.pitt.edu/features-a…

Pitt students are learning how to bake reuse into the things we make

Engineering students broaden their focus from lab benches to global supply chains with the help of industry in the Circular Economy Program.

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#ASEE2025 #Montréal Nous sommes ici! Greetings from Pitt Engineering! Our team is ready for the puck to drop at this year's American Society for Engineering Education (@ASEE_DC) conference!
Pitt Engineering teams in hockey jerseys for ASEE 2025 in Montreal

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Pitt Engineering teams in hockey jerseys for ASEE 2025 in Montreal

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