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Congratulations to Abby Harders, who successfully defended her thesis “Development of Membrane Technology for the Separation of Azeotropic Refrigerants” with honors today.

Congratulations to Prof. Mark B. Shiflett who obtained 10,000 citations on June 29, 2024 for his publications and scholarship according to Google Scholar: Citations: 10,000 with H-Index: 50 and i10-Index: 129

Andrew Yancey-Jardon publishes article entitled "A new activity coefficient model for describing adsorbed phase nonidealities" in collaboration with David R. Corbin and Mark B. Shiflett in Chemical Engineering Journal

CJ Ponge publishes research article in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research titled "Zeolites for Sorption of PFAS from Water"

Abdulrhman Arishi published the research article entitled, “Separation of Azeotropic Refrigerant Mixtures: R-450A, R-456A, R-515B, and R-516A Using Phosphonium- and Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids” in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Hannah Uhl, Senior Undergraduate Researcher, working with PhD graduate student, Abby Harders, received the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (GPA 3.95 or higher) and the Academic Honors Award (GPA 3.5 or higher) at the KU Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Awards ceremony on May 4, 2024.

Tiana Bish, Senior Undergraduate Researcher, working with PhD graduate student, Andrew Yancey, received the Academic Honors Award (GPA 3.5 or higher) at the KU Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Awards ceremony on May 4, 2024.

Hannah Uhl was chosen as the University of Kansas “Most Outstanding Senior in Chemical Engineering” at the KU Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Awards ceremony on May 4, 2024. Hannah will be attending Massachusetts Institute for Technology in the Fall to obtain a PhD in Chemical Engineering. 

Dr. Kalin R. Baca was named the “Frank Bowdish Outstanding PhD in Chemical Engineering” at the KU Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Awards ceremony on May 4, 2024.  Kalin is now the Chief Operating Officer at Icorium Engineering Company.

Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering Undergraduate Researcher, Morela Chapman, won 2nd place in the category of up to 2 semesters of research and the people’s choice award in the ChemE Undergraduate Research Symposium organized by KU AIChE last Saturday, April 20th.