Chemical Engineering
News and updates featuring research, faculty achievements, student projects, and industry impact from the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering.
A new chemical safety book has recently been published by associate professor of chemical engineering Dr. Qingsheng Wang to better prevent facility malfunctions.
Dr. Qing Sun and her team have developed an interpretable model architecture that can predict RNA degradation.
Texas A&M researchers discovered a groundbreaking 1,000% increase in the storage capacity of water-based battery electrodes.
Texas A&M University researchers studied the economic feasibility of integrated lithium-ion and sodium-sulfur batteries with individual power plants to store excess energy from renewables, increasing the electric grid's reliability and flexibility.
Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi received the 2023 American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Fuels and Petrochemicals Award for his research in process integration.
The 10th annual research symposium gave students an opportunity to network, collaborate and engage with industry representatives.
Engineering faculty named University Distinguished Professors
Feb. 27, 2023 • 3 min. readDr. Perla Beatriz Balbuena, Dr. James Hubbard Jr. and Dr. Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos were recently honored as University Distinguished Professors.
Running the Marathon: Undergrad student eyes summer internship
Feb. 13, 2023 • 3 min. readSophomore chemical engineering student Emilia Mrugala will spend 10-12 weeks in California at a summer internship with Marathon Petroleum, mainly learning the oil refinery process.
Texas A&M University research reveals how the broad electrochemical energy variations found within genetically identical bacteria promote survival against antibiotic treatments.
Rather than disposing of waste in dumpsters and landfills, Dr. Mark Holtzapple proposes that biomass can be used as a renewable resource.









