Abraham Lenhoff wins ACS award for separations technology
Abraham Lenhoff, Gore Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the 2009 American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Separations Science and Technology.
The award, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments in fundamental or applied research directed to these areas, will be presented at the society's spring 2009 national meeting and exposition.
Lenhoff's work in this area focuses on separation of proteins, which has applications in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries. Proteins form the basis for therapies to treat a wide range of diseases, including cancer, diabetes and anemia. The fundamental research done by Lenhoff and his research group is used by companies in developing and improving the commercial processes used to produce these drugs.” Read more...
Stan Sandler named one of top 30 chemical engineering authors
Stanley Sandler, Henry Belin du Pont Chair of Chemical Engineering at UD, has been named one of “Thirty Authors of Groundbreaking Chemical Engineering Books” by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
The list was published in the August 2008 issue of Chemical Engineering Progress in conjunction with AIChE's centennial celebration, and Sandler will be recognized at the organization's annual meeting in November in Philadelphia.
The books on the list span the decades from the 1920s to the 1990s, and they cover such basic topics as reaction engineering, mass transfer and thermodynamics. The authors of the books are credited with “creat[ing] a major part of the heritage and shared experience of all chemical engineers.” Read more...
Research group's paper wins National Rheology Award
A paper co-authored by Eric Furst, associate professor of chemical engineering, has been selected to receive the Journal of Rheology 2008 Publications Award. The award was conferred at the XVth International Congress on Rheology in Monterey, California, in August.
The paper documents work done by Furst and three of his students on the use of laser tweezers to measure the non-linear rheology of colloidal dispersions. Common examples of such complex fluids include coatings and paints, as well as biofluids such as blood, milk and egg whites.
These materials appear homogeneous at the macro-level but are microscopically disordered. The work reported by Furst and his students is an important contribution to the growing field of microrheology, which enables manipulation and characterization at the micro-level. Read more...
New CMET director's experiment is under way aboard the International Space Station
A University of Delaware experiment is under way aboard the International Space Station. The experiment is on structural and rheological transitions of field-responsive fluids in microgravity and was transported to the space station by the space shuttle Discovery, which lifted off in October.
Eric Furst, UD associate professor of chemical engineering and director of the Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics, along with his postdoctoral researcher Paula Vasquez developed the experiment as part of the InSPACE2 (Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions) program.
Furst said a long-standing aim of complex fluid rheology has been to identify the fundamental roles that interactions on nanometer and micrometer length scales play in determining the rheological properties of these materials. Among the many types of complex fluid systems of interest, he said magnetorheological (MR) fluids provide a stunning example. Read more...
