Faculty

Photo Credit: Ivan Bandura. Aerial view of a wastewater treatment plant

Jun 11, 2025

Creating a New Way to Remove Phosphorus from Contaminated Water

Professor Jan Genzer and his colleagues have created an inexpensive hydrogel that can filter phosphorus from contaminated surface waters, drinking water supplies or wastewater streams to reduce phosphorus pollution and…

Jun 2, 2025

CBE Professors Receive Chancellor’s Innovation Funding for Research

Recently retired NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson established the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) in 2010. It awards support to short-term, commercially focused research projects. Each year, a select few promising proposals…

May 9, 2025

Prof. Kelly Receives the 2025 Charles D. Scott Award

Prof. Robert Kelly, Alcoa Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the recipient of the 2025 Charles D. Scott Award from the Society for Industrial Microbiology and…

Prof. Westmoreland posing with his plaque

May 7, 2025

Prof. Westmoreland is Inducted into LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction

Prof. Phil Westmoreland was inducted into the Louisiana State University College of Engineering Hall of Distinction earlier this month. Westmoreland, who is a 1973 chemical engineering graduate from NC State, earned…

May 7, 2025

Prof. Abolhasani is Awarded the 2025 ACS Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award

Prof. Milad Abolhasani is the Americas regional winner of the 2025 ACS Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award! This award recognizes the leading contributions of scientists and engineers active in the…

a graphic showing three robots conducting chemistry experiments with humans look at computer screens. Credit: Milad Abolhasani

Apr 25, 2025

Self-Driving Labs: An Interview with Prof. Abolhasani

An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers is arguing the research community should make a concerted effort to capitalize on advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to expedite work…