Anomitra De and Savyasachi Shrikhande join the group as PhD-track researchers, and Owen Pittman as an undergraduate researcher.

Meghan (Natechanok) Yutthasaksunthorn has been awarded the Brightmark Scholarship in Plastics Circularity. This prestigious scholarship recognizes her outstanding entrepreneurial contributions and research in the field of plastic recycling and sustainability.

Anush Venkataraman was announced as the winner of the 2024 Eastman Fellowship in recognition of strong academic performance and research relevant to sustainable innovation.

Dr. Marta Hatzell and Dr. Sankar Nair won a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy ($1,970,200) to work on an electrochemical reactor that responds quickly to dynamic changes in renewable energy to work with direct air capture systems that produces syngas for hydrocarbon production.

Sonker Muskan has been selected as a chair for “Desalination and Osmotic Processes” session in the 2024 North American Membrane Society Conference happening at Santa Fe, New Mexico from May 11-15th, 2024. 

Anush honored for his contribution as co-chair for ChBE grad symposium and co-chair of grad recruitment weekend committee in the 2024 ChBE student honors ceremony on April 8th.