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Six Students Win Awards at the AIChE National Conference
The Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering proudly sent 19 undergraduate students to the recent AIChE Annual Meeting to compete in the 2025 Undergraduate Student Poster Competition. This year’s event featured about 560 participants from universities around the world, each selected after submitting abstracts and earning approval to present in multiple categories. Six of our students earned awards for their outstanding poster presentations and research contributions. Their names and poster titles are:
- Jack Collings ’26: “Using CFD to Model Fluid Flow in Steam Ejector”
- Chauner Clausing ’27: “Modeling Gene Circuit Dynamics: An Educational Toolkit Integrating Modular Hardware and Predictive Software”
- Simon Krasnow ’27: “Coating WERS Photonics Chips Using Semi‐Contact Nanoliter Droplet Printing“
- Jay-Brian Randone ’26: “ML‐Guided Genetic Algorithm for Designing CO2 Selective Polymer Membranes“
- Courtney Palmeri ’26: “Desalinating Saltwater with a Reverse Osmosis Membrane Apparatus“
- Kaiyue (Susie) Wang ’27: “Impact of Surface Chemistry on Photocatalytic Activity of Spinel Ferrite Nanocrystals“
Faculty News
David Foster: Guiding students to find their own path
Student advocacy, industry experience, and rigorous theoretical knowledge earned him URochester’s highest award for teaching.
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Atomic insights could boost chemical manufacturing efficiency
URochester researchers develop algorithms that reveal how propane becomes propylene for everyday products.
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