December 2006 InQu Student Receives Eastman Fellowship
From the left, Judy Kibler from Eastman Chemical; Ellen Ríos de Acarón, director Engineering COOP Program; Nelson Cardona, Chemical Engineering Head; Raymond Isaac from Eastman Chemical; Richard Lorenzo; Ramón E. Vásquez, dean of Engineering; Ron Dailey from Eastman Chemical and Sonia Bartolomei, Associate Dean of Engineering.
September 21, 2006 NSF MRI Awards $342K to UPRM Research Team
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded $342,000 to the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChemE) at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (UPRM) to acquire an X-ray Diffraction Unit with in Situ DSC and Reaction Capabilities. Dr. Arturo Hernández, professor in ChemE, is the lead investigator in the proposal, whose objective is to support research and education efforts in nanotechnology and engineering materials at UPRM. The proposal Co-PIs are doctors María Martínez-Iñesta (ChemE) and O. Marcelo Suárez (General Engineering Department, GenE). Senior personnel affiliated to this project include doctors Nelson Cardona-Martínez (ChemE ) and Oscar Perales-Pérez (GenE).
August 21, 2006
May 17, 2006 National Science Foundation Awards $15 Million Grant to Rutgers-Led Engineering Research Consortium; Collaborators are New Jersey Institute of Technology, Purdue University, and the University of Puerto Rico. Read More.
February 10, 2006 Two Chemical Engineering Professors Receive Prestigious NSF CAREER Award. Read More
The two professors are:
Dr Arturo Hernandez Maldonado Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering. ABSTRACT CAREER (Click): A Research and Education Program in Nanostructured Materials for Adsorption Based Separations.
Dr. Carlos Rinaldi, Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering. ABSTRACT CAREER (Click): Response of Novel Suspensions of Magnetic Nanoparticles to Time Varying Magnetic Fields
April 23, 2006 The Chemical Engineering Department its proud to celebrate our Honor Students Award Ceremony. The Chemical Engineering Department recognizes the effort and dedication of our students. In this event we will recognize our students for their scholarly and creative achievements as well as the many contributions they make toward furthering InQu’s educational mission.
