UF Department of Chemical Engineering

10/11/2026

Join us Tuesday morning for our next seminar speaker, Umit Ozkan, Ph.D.

10/07/2026

ChemE graduate Sydney Antal is now in the NYU Tandon School of Engineering Ph.D. program, but she has some great advice for current UF students. Read about it here: https://bit.ly/4rxXouJ

Chemical Engineering graduate Sydney Antal is taking her research in CRISPR-based diagnostics to NYU, where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering.

10/04/2026

10/02/2026

ICYMI: Eight ChemE alumni revisited their old stomping grounds last Friday for a get-together with two former professors – soon-to-be-retiring Dr. Mark Orazem and retired Dr. Tim Anderson. Dr. Mark Montoya (ChE '94), Dr. Arnold Howard (ChE '90), Dr. Hiral M. Ajmera (ChE '07), Dr. Chinho Park (ChE '92), Dr. Christopher L. Alexander (ChE '17), John Krawczyk (ME '88), Dr. Madhav Durbha (Ph.D. '98), and Dr. Eric Bretschneider (Ph.D. '97) spoke to an audience of faculty, staff and students about their time at UF and shared both life and career advice, as well as some anecdotes. Who used to babysit for Dr. Orazem's daughter? You'll have to wait for the upcoming alumni spotlights to find that out and more.

10/01/2026

In an international partnership designed to spark interest in STEM careers, Assistant Professor Fernando Merida, Ph.D., recently brought hands-on engineering lessons into a classroom in Mexico. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3VnTmsT

This summer, Assistant Professor Fernando Merida had the opportunity to take a piece of the University of Florida’s hands-on engineering classroom to Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, as an instructor for Clubes de Ciencia México (CdeCMx).

09/29/2026

Interim Department Chair Rich Dickinson recognizes Chemical Engineering Advisory Board member Chris Birdsall and his wife, celebrating not only their generous support of the ChemE building renovation project, but also their many years of dedication to the Department of Chemical Engineering.

We are grateful for their continued partnership and the lasting impact they have made on generations of Gator Engineers.

09/27/2026

We hope you'll join us for Tuesday's seminar.

09/20/2026

Our next seminar speaker is Ramya Kumar, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. You are welcome to join us!

09/13/2026

If you're interested in designing polymeric materials, this is the seminar for you!

09/06/2026

Mark your calendars for Tuesday morning's seminar speaker, Dr. O. Berk Usta. See you there!