Welcome to the 2016 prospective ChE graduate students

The ChE GSA welcomes 33 prospective students to Penn State this weekend for graduate recruiting weekend. The open house schedule highlights the exceptional research being done by the ChE department’s faculty members and graduate students, the state-of-the-art facilities available for research, and the professional and social organizations (like the ChE GSA) available both in the ChE department and in State College.

Second faculty candidate seminar announced

The ChE department announced its second faculty candidate seminar of 2016. Nicholas Sandoval, a post-doc in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, will present a seminar entitled “Expanding the Genone Engineering Toolkit: From Genes to Metagenomes.” The seminar will be held on February 18 in 102 Chemistry Building, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm.

Please click here to see Dr. Sandoval’s seminar abstract and biography.

Pinguinos start IM co-rec volleyball season 3-0

The ChE GSA IM co-rec volleyball team, Pinguinos Voladores, won its third match Tuesday night 2 – 1 in the IM Building, winning the first two games, but falling in the third. Overall, the team had won 8 of its first 9 games. Tuesday night’s team consisted of Brosi Bradley, Dan Cetnar, Tyler Culp, Megan Farell, Dan Marple, Michael Regula, and Julie Weitzman.

The next game for the Pinguinos is Tuesday, February 16 at 8 pm, Gym 4, Court 3 against “Club Kickball”. The complete co-rec IM volleyball schedule can be found here.

ChE Department announces April Fools 5K Run

Event: 1st Annual Chemical Engineering Department 5K Race
Date: Saturday, April 9
Time: Registration – 8:00 am – 9:30 am; Race Start – 10:00 am
Where: Medlar Field

The ChE department is participating in the April Fools 5K. The interdepartmental race will be a part of a larger 5K race. The ChE department will grant prizes both for overall team win as well as for team participation and individual awards. Faculty, graduate students, and undergrads all have their own teams that will compete for “overall team win”. Scoring will be “cross-country style“.

To register for the race:
1) Fill out this form and give it to Josh Litofsky (jhl182@psu.edu or 201 Fenske)
2) Register here.

Please contact Josh with any other questions.

Pinguinos win second IM co-rec volleyball game

The ChE GSA IM co-rec volleyball team, Pinguinos Voladores, won its second match Tuesday night 3 – 0 in the IM Building. The team consisted of Dan Cetnar, Tyler Culp, Megan Farell, Dan Marple, Michael Regula, and Julie Weitzman.

The next game for the Pinguinos is Tuesday, February 9 at 8 pm, Gym 4, Court 2. The complete co-rec IM volleyball schedule can be found here.

Faculty candidate Zachary Smith gives seminar to ChE department

Zachary Smith, a post-doc in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, gave a seminar to the ChE department on Tuesday. Dr. Smith’s seminar, entitled “Molecular Scale Engineering of New Materials for Energy Efficient Separations”, discussed multiple strategies for improving the separation properties of membranes.

You can find a synopsis of the seminar here and his biography here.

Pinguinos wins first IM co-rec volleyball game 3-0

The ChE GSA IM co-rec volleyball team, Pinguinos Voladores, won its first match Tuesday night 3 – 0 in the IM Building. The team consisted of Brosi Bradley, Dan Cetnar, Megan Farell, Jon Harcourt, Dan Marple, Michael Regula, and Julie Weitzman.

The next game for the Pinguinos is Tuesday, February 2 at 8 pm, Gym 4, Court 3. The complete co-rec IM volleyball schedule can be found here.

GPSA to host third “Meet the Delegates” outreach event

The Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) is hosting its third “Meet the Delegates” outreach event on Wednesday, January 27, 5:00 pm – 5:50 pm in the Kunkle Lounge of the Hammond Building. Free pizza will be served. Delegates to the GPSA serve as representatives for the whole graduate student body. Come and meet our representatives and what the GPSA has planned for the spring semester.

You can find more information about the Meet the Delegates event on Facebook.