Chemical & Petroleum News

Making It Click

Hseen Baled receives the 2025 James Pommersheim Award for Excellence in Teaching Chemical Engineering

Announcing the 2025 SSOE Co-op Student & Employer of the Year

Exciting Chemistry

Breakthrough catalyst insight may unlock new possibilities for safer water disinfection

Reluctant Researcher Turned First Author

Pitt Undergraduate Andrew Ashmar Helps Engineer Bioplastics That Can Disappear

From Light to Logic

McMaster Scientists and Pitt Engineers Demonstrate First Functionally Complete Logic Gate in a Soft Material Using Only Light

‘Czech’ your bags to Prague this summer

Scholarships available for Plus3 Transfer Plus: Czech Republic

Hitting a Nerve

Pitt Engineers Uncover Simple Link Between Chemical Signals and Mechanical Action in Bio-inspired Materials

Tulane's Vijay John to present 2025 Gerald D. Holder Distinguished Lecture

University of Pittsburgh Launches First-of-Its-Kind Undergrad Degree in Natural Gas, Renewables, and Oil Engineering

“GRO” program prepares students for a rapidly changing global energy market

An Eminent Engineer Comes Full Circle

Pitt Professor Taryn Bayles recognized by alma mater New Mexico State University

Expanding Engineering Opportunities Abroad

Pitt Professor Susan Fullerton Selected for Drexel University’s ELATES 2025 – 2026 Cohort

Pitt Students Shine Bright in NREL Solar District Cup

Interdisciplinary team places first in divisional nationwide solar design competition

Big Ideas for Miniature Subs

Pitt engineering scholar Priscilla Prem and team capture grand prize in the 2025 Big Idea Competition

Charles F. Bleil Celebrated as Swanson School Distinguished Alumnus in Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

New Round of NSF Fellowships Support Pitt Engineering Graduate Students

Ipsita Banerjee Inducted into the 2025 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows

Ramsey Smith and Trey Blystone Receive the 2025 George Washington Prize

Coming Up for Air

Pitt engineering graduate Blake Dubé has navigated the many highs and lows of launching a successful startup

Four Swanson School Faculty Receive Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards

Improving Density Functional Theory One Flaw at Time

Pitt researcher Karl Johnson and scholar Priyanka Bholanath Shukla collaborate to help strengthen an essential electron theory

Anna Balazs wins the 2025 Gutenberg Research Award

Most prestigious research award of Mainz University for materials scientist from the University of Pittsburgh

Reinventing the (Lubricant for Hard Disk Drives) Wheel

Pitt’s Lei Li receives an industry grant to develop a new nanometer-thick lubricant for hard disk drives—one without PFAS

Exploring Sustainability Through Many Lenses

Pitt’s Joaquin Rodriguez receives a $10,000 FHC award to promote hands-on, data-driven research across disciplines

Immunotherapy for Gum Disease?

Interdisciplinary Pitt Study in Mice Shows Promise