Pitt ChemE

For over a decade, @PittChemECar @ChemePitt students have designed, built, and raced a shoebox-sized model car powered and stopped by chemical reactions. This past spring, the team’s car came an eighth of an inch from reaching the national competition. news.engineering.pitt.edu/for-every-reac…

After discovering a cleaner, more efficient way to produce battery-quality graphite, Pitt researchers @ChemePitt launched Graphonos Materials. This spring the startup won a $20,000 Aramco Innovator Prize and Pitt's $25,000 Big Idea Competition Grand Prize! news.engineering.pitt.edu/from-cleaner-c…

Now in his third year as a chemical engineering student, Jonathon (Jack) Bender (@ChemePitt) can be found, quite literally, all over Benedum Hall – mentoring, making rubies, or even transforming a 3D printer. news.engineering.pitt.edu/an-exponential…

Congratulations to 2026 George Washington Award winner Cailey Dolata (@ChemePitt) and finalists Katie McGuire (@PittMEMS) and Garret Phipps (@PittCivilEnvEng). The ESWP recognized these remarkable students at their annual banquet. news.engineering.pitt.edu/pitts-cailey-d…

Engineering in the 412 since 1846 - long before it was the 412.

Congratulations to Becca Segel (ChemE PhD ’25), founder and CEO of FlowCellutions, for being named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List for Manufacturing and Industry! news.engineering.pitt.edu/in-the-flow-to…

Congratulations to Hseen Baled! The inspiring professor has received the 2025 James Pommersheim Award for Excellence in Teaching Chemical Engineering. news.engineering.pitt.edu/making-it-clic…

Congrats to Pitt alumnus Andrew Ashmar (BS ChemE ’22)! He is the first author of a paper recently published in Green Chemistry highlighting research into dissolvable bioplastics—a project launched by Pitt professors Eric Beckman and Susan Fullerton. news.engineering.pitt.edu/reluctant-rese…

Published this month @NatureComms: scientists from @McMasterU and @ChemePitt create the first functionally complete logic gate in a soft material using only beams of visible light - a step forward in "Materials That Compute." phys.org/news/2025-11-l… via @physorg_com

Coverage in @physorg_com about the latest findings from @ChemePitt's Oleg Shklyaev and Anna C. Balazs published in @PNASNexus: a synthetic system that on its own directly transforms chemical reactions into mechanical motion. phys.org/news/2025-10-c…

In a new study in @PNASNexus, @ChemePitt's Anna Balazs and Oleg Shklyaev reveal how chemical networks can mimic nervous systems to power movement in soft materials. news.engineering.pitt.edu/hitting-a-nerv…

Our department is EXCITED to host @tulane Professor Vijay John as this year's Gerald D. Holder Distinguished Lecturer! His topic: “Targeted Delivery through Self Assembly in Environmental Remediation and in Drug Delivery.” news.engineering.pitt.edu/tulanes-vijay-…

Pitt to launch 1st-of-its-kind natural gas, renewables and oil engineering degree triblive.com/news/education…

Great to finally launch this program which is part of our comprehensive energy strategy and make our Pitt Engineering students more competitive in a critical global field.

Excited to announce the launch of a new program: the Bachelor's in Natural Gas, Renewables, and Oil Engineering. "GRO" prepares students for a rapidly changing global energy market as the world continues to move from fossil fuels to renewable resources. news.engineering.pitt.edu/university-of-…

Our Swanson School family lost a kind-hearted soul this week - Patricia Park, Senior Administrative Coordinator for @ChemePitt. Throughout her 18 years at Pitt she was a beloved and dedicated co-worker with a keenly sharp wit. She will truly be missed. echovita.com/us/obituaries/…

Our condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of our @ChemePitt alumnus James Squire BSChE '61. legacy.com/us/obituaries/…

Thanks to Pitt Magazine for this awesome story about the Swanson School's ongoing contributions to electric power research! pittwire.pitt.edu/magazine/featu…

Great story by Patrick Monahan for Pittwire about our @CovestroUS Circular Economy program and its growing success, led by Melissa Bilec and Götz Veser, featuring @ChemePitt PhD students Lakshmi Ananthabhotla & Carlan Gray. pittwire.pitt.edu/features-artic…

#ASEE2025 #Montréal Nous sommes ici! Greetings from Pitt Engineering! Our team is ready for the puck to drop at this year's American Society for Engineering Education (@ASEE_DC) conference!