MIT ChemE Dept@MITChemE

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Joined October 2009
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We're gearing up for #WorldCup2026! Brian Bilello '97, Course X alum and president of the New England Revolution, discusses bringing the world's biggest sporting event to Boston ow.ly/9Q0h50Z9E0M
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So proud of our own Paula Hammond, who will be come MIT's first female Dean of Engineering, effective January 16, 2026
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Paula Hammond ’84, PhD ’93, an Institute Professor, MIT’s executive vice provost, and former head of @MITChemE, has been named dean of MIT’s School of Engineering, effective January 16. news.mit.edu/2025/paula-hamm…
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Congratulations to Professor Ariel Furst - promoted to Associate Professor and now a 2025 Sloan Research Fellow! cheme.mit.edu/profile/ariel-…
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MIT ChemE Career EXchange Apr 3-4: Catalyze the next generation of innovators! Join us: cheme.mit.edu/career-exchang… Practicing chemical engineers will impart career insights to the next generation, while students share what challenges speak to their curiosity and values.
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Congratulations to Mohammad Alkhadra, SM ’22, PhD ’22, named to the #ForbesUnder30 list in Energy and Green Tech @alkhadra_a forbes.com/profile/mohammad-…
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Congrats to Prof Paula Hammond ’84, PhD ’93, awarded the National Medal of Tech & Innovation! Also to Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87, who accepted a National Medal of Tech & Innovation on behalf of Moderna, which he co-founded with Prof Robert Langer. ow.ly/CyjZ50UzNxO

MIT affiliates awarded 2024 National Medals of Science, Technology

Four MIT professors and an additional alumnus were honored with 2024 National Medals of Science and of Technology and Innovation. Moderna, a Kendall Square biotech firm with deep MIT roots, was also...

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Congratulations to Linzixuan (Rhoda) Zhang, ChemE doctoral candidate, recent winner in the 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition! ow.ly/wHcP50U7Yem
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Three giants of the biological engineering field will speak at the @ChEnected AIChE meeting starting Sunday in San Diego. BOB LANGER. DANE WITTRUP, HAL ALPER.
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xTalk, October 16, 11a: "Generative AI in teaching at MIT" with Per Urlaub and Michael S. Strano. Open to the MIT community. Learn more: bit.ly/4dIQVoj
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Jasmina Aganovic '09's Future Society perfumes inspired by extinct plants and flowers bostonglobe.com/2024/09/09/l… via @BostonGlobe

A Boston beauty brand used ‘resurrected’ extinct flowers to create perfume - The Boston Globe

Timeless takes on a new meaning for Jasmina Aganovic’s ‘biology-first’ beauty company, Arcaea

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We're hiring! MIT ChemE is looking for a lecturer: ow.ly/1hBT50Sk7tj
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Bob Langer wins 2024 Kavli Award (for Nanoscience), along with MIT's Nancy Kanwisher and Sara Seager @kavlifoundation ow.ly/NZ5N50Sh441
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A big congratulations to our Course X seniors! Classes are out and it's time to start celebrating!
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3 Apr 2024
April 9 at 4pm in 10-250: 2024 Killian Award Lecture by Paula T. Hammond / Programming Medical Treatment One Nanolayer at a Time mitsha.re/9bQe50R7KRF @MITEngineering @MITChemE
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Can't wait to try out Course X alum Milena Pagán '11's Rebelle Bagels, opening this week in Kendall Sq. just down the street from us! ow.ly/G1GH50R3w67
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@MITChemE engineers are helping to develop more powerful vaccines by using a new type of nanoparticle. news.mit.edu/2024/mit-scient…

MIT scientists use a new type of nanoparticle to make vaccines more powerful

A type of nanoparticle called a metal organic framework (MOF) could be used to deliver vaccines and act as an adjuvant. MIT researchers find these particles provoke a strong immune response by...

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Sharing MIT ChemE Alumni Dr. Thomas Henry Epps III '98, SM '99 and Dr. LaShanda Korley PD '05 again to highlight their work towards making the plastic industry more sustainable.n #ChemicalEnineering #Sustainble #Recycling #PlasticWaste #BlackHistoryMonth ow.ly/AnFT50QEbiN

Thomas H. Epps III and LaShanda Korley have teamed up to envision a more sustainable plastics...

Polymer chemist duo want to turn plastic waste into valuable commodities

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From the archives: MIT ChemE Alumni Dr. Thomas Henry Epps III '98, SM '99 alongside Professor. Paula Therese Hammond '84, PhD '93 #ClassOf99#EppsResearchgroup #BlackHistoryMonth #ChemEFlashback #ChemicalEnineering #Sustainble #Polymers #Energy
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See some of the amazing work that MIT ChemE Alumni Dr. LaShanda Tj Korley PD '05 is doing at her research group. sites.udel.edu/korleygroup/ #KorleyResearchGroup #ChemicalEnineering #Sustainble #Polymers #BlackHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #Recycling
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Who is Charles Pierce? A quick read from #AIChE about “the name every chemical engineer should know.” #BlackHistoryMonth aiche.org/chenected/2021/02/…
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