http://jhu.edu/chembe/ This feed contains recent updates from the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at Johns Hopkins Unviersity. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT en-us http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?19 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT The F. Stuart Hodgson Faculty Scholar Award was established through a gift from F. Stuart Hodgson '67 and is awarded to a professor who exhibits exceptional achievement in their area of expertise is named a Faculty Scholar. For Jeff, this award recognizes his research in areas that include biomolecular structure prediction and design, protein-protein docking, therapeutic antibodies, and protein-solid surface interaction, as well as his role as a teacher and mentor. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?18 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT Mustapha has been selected as an awardee in the Ford Foundation Fellowship 2011 dissertation competition. This fellowship is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies. His selection for this prestigious award reflects the review panelists’ judgment of his scholarly competence as well as the promise that he shows for future achievement as a scholar, researcher, and teacher in an institution of higher education. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?17 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT A big congratulations to Yağmur Müftüoğlu '11, Sarah Schrier '10 (now at MIT for Bioengineering), Rachel Truit '10 (now at Penn for Bioengineering), and Colin Paul (of the Konstantopoulos Lab) on receiving grants from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program! Honorable mention was also awarded to Barret Steinberg & Nathan Nicholes of the Ostermeier Lab as well as Christian Pick of the Frechette Lab. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?16 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT We are happy to announce that our professor and department chair, Dr. Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, has accepted an invitation to serve as the next chairman of the Bioengineering, Technology & Surgical Sciences Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review. Membership on a study section represents a major commitment of professional time and energy as well as a unique opportunity to contribute to the national biomedical research effort. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?15 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:00:00 GMT Senior students from the Chemical Product and Process Design course will present their captivating product inventions in a poster session during the Alumni Weekend 2011 at JHU.  You are invited to attend this session and interact with the students. You are also encouraged to evaluate the projects and pass on your wisdom on product development to the budding innovators. The session will be held at the Mattin Center basement (a short walk from Maryland Hall) from 3:30 until 5:30 pm on April, 29th 2011. Please RSVP to Emilee Romano at emileeromano@jhu.edu by April 25th. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?14 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT The award is given for her proposal, "Understanding the Role of Hydrodynamic Forces on Wet Adhesion." The ONR Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding scientists and engineers who, early in their academic careers, demonstrate exceptional promise for doing creative research. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?13 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:00:00 GMT We are happy to announce that our professor and department chair, Dr. Konstantinos Konstantopoulos has been chosen as this year's Robert H. Pond, Sr. Excellence in Teaching Award recipient. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?12 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT Dr. Rebecca Schulman has accepted a position to become a part of the ChemBE Department as our 15th faculty member. We are sure she will quickly become on invaluable part of our department and look forward to having her join us here at Johns Hopkins. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?11 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT The ChemBE Department presents Dr. Jens Meiler of Vanderbilt University in a seminar entitled "Protein Structure Determination from Sparse/Low Resolution Experimental Data" at 10:45 a.m. Thursday, March 31st in Shaffer 301. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?10 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT Stephanie Fraley, a curent doctoral student in the ChemBE Department, works in the Wirtz lab. Thanks for all your outstanding work! http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?9 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT The ChemBE Department presents Dr. Jens Meiler of Vanderbilt University in a seminar entitled "Protein Structure Determination from Sparse/Low Resolution Experimental Data" at 10:45 a.m. Thursday, March 31st in Shaffer 301. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?8 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT The ChemBE Department presents Dr. Vivek Sharma of Massachusetts Inst. of Tech in a seminar entitled "Life and death of a weakly viscoelastic jet: from fluid mechanics to rheometry" at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 29th in Shaffer 301. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?7 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT The ChemBE Department presents Dr. Ludivico Cadematiri of harvard University in a seminar entitled "On the Interaction of Flames with Electric Fields" at 10:45 a.m. Thursday, March 24th in Shaffer 301. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?6 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT The department congratulates the outstanding students honored at the 2011 ChemBE Excellence Celebration for their academic excellence, outstanding service, and distinguished research contributions! The inaugural celebration will be held on April 1st from 4:30pm to 6pm in the Charles Commons Ballroom. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?5 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT The ChemBE Department presents Dr. Matthew Helgeson of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a seminar entitled "Tailoring interfacial interactions in mixed colloidal fluids for soft material design" at 10:45 a.m. Thursday, March 17th in Shaffer 301. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?4 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Kelly is a junior undergraduate in the department and also plays varsity field hockey for Hopkins. The Genentech PR&D Student Awards were founded to recognize outstanding students in disciplines related to chemical and biochemical engineering. http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?3 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Professors Gray and Konstantopoulos are now finalists for the engineering Teaching Award and Profressor Frechette is a finalist for the engineering Menotring Award. If you would like to write a letter of support for one of our amazing faculty, please do so at: http://krieger.jhu.edu/teachingaward/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?2 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT A big congratulations for Assistant Professor Sharan Gerecht, who just won the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation. The CAREER award, given to faculty members at the beginning of their academic careers, is one of NSF's most competitive awards and emphasizes high-quality research and novel education initiatives. Please join us in congratulating Sharon on this well-deserved honor! http://jhu.edu/chembe/ http://jhu.edu/chembe/?1 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Their newborn daughter, Linden Marjorie Joyce Gray, born Friday January 21, 2011 at 8:44 pm. She was 6 lb 12 oz and 20 1/8".