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Congratulations to Zhengwang for receiving a poster award at ICOM 2014.  The title of her poster presentation was “Profiling Fouling Propensity in Constant Permeate Flux Crossflow Microfiltration Based on Membrane-Model Foulant Interaction”.  The award recognizes excellent poster presentations at the 10th International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes. There were 30 presenters awarded out of more than 500 poster presentations.

Qiang Liu has been named TA of the Year for his work on CHE 317 in 2013 and is being awarded the Paige H. and J. Jeff Weidner Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Chemical Engineering.

This is what some of Qiang’s students had to say about him:

“The TA was amazing. He went out of his way to make sure our assignments were returned back to us on time, and he made sure that we were well prepared for class. He explained the concepts clearly, and was very receptive to questions even when a student was asking about something that was previously explained.” 
  [Read more…] about Qiang Liu was named the Teaching Assistant of the Year in Chemical Engineering Department

Congratulations to Kevin Stevens  and Zhengwang He for both winning the poster competitions at NAMS 2014.  Kevin received the third place in the membrane synthesis category, and Zhengwang received the first place in the membrane process category.

Congratulations to Zachary P. Smith and Qiang Liu for both winning the poster competitions at NAMS 2013.  Zach received the first place in the membrane synthesis category, and Qiang received the first place in the membrane properties category.

Dr. Freeman has been awarded the 2013 Society of Plastics Engineers International Award.  This International Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Plastics Engineers.  It recognizes lifetime achievements in the fields of polymer science or polymer/plastics engineering.  Nominees are recognized internationally by their peers for excellence in their fields.

Dr. Freeman was given the award based on his seminal contributions to plastics engineering, research, technology, service, and education in polymer membranes for low-energy gas and liquid separations.  An award symposium will be held at the SPE ANTEC meeting April 22-24, 2013 in Cincinnati.  The award comes with a $5,000 honorarium and a gold medal.

Hee Jeung Oh, a PhD student, has won a Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award from Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers. The Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award has been awarded once a year to 1-2 Korean student(s) studying Chemical Engineering in doctoral programs in the United States since 2004 by the US Chapter of Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering. Hee Jeung is the 4th UT Austin student to win this award since 2004.