The 47th annual conference was held in Chicago, Illinois on November 16-19th; Marilyn was sponsored with a full travel grant by the Arthritis National Research Foundation.

An article on the ANRF's award can be found here. 

Attendees gathered at AIC 2018. (source)

The 39th annual SETAC NA meeting was held on November 4-8 in Sacramento, California. Congratulations, Jada!

Dr. Ghosh has been using new sampling techniques to detect PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in the Anacostia and Back Rivers. He has also developed SediMite (pictured below), a form of activated carbon which captures PCBs that might otherwise dissolve back into waterways. His work may help lessen the levels of toxic chemicals built up in Chesapeake Bay fish.

The CBEE Department at UMBC proudly congratulates CBEE student Catherine Spencer for her success in winning first place in her category, "Separations," at the collegiate poster competition of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Annual Meeting and Student Conference in Pittsburg. Her poster is titled "Extraction of Rare Elements from Coal and Coal by-products," and focuses on her summer research at the National Energy Technology Laboratory. Catherine is a senior ChE major. 

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Mariajose Castellanos (aka "Dr. C") - winner of the 2018 UMBC Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award! 

Dr. Castellanos is a Senior Lecturer and the Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of Chemical, Biochemical & Environmental Engineering (CBEE).  She was nominated for this award by Mr. Jeremy Drew (CBEE Alum, BS 2017), who gathered narratives from over 30 CBEE alumni demonstrating Dr. C's  effectiveness in motivating students in ways that have a lasting influence on their lives, and a number of faculty describing Dr. C's service to the UMBC community. 

The 2018 Alumni Awards Ceremony will take Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. (with a reception immediately following) in the Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall, Performing Arts & Humanities Building, UMBC. More details and a full list of Alumni Awardees can be found on the 2018 Alumni Awards Ceremony and Reception page. 

TO APPLY:  https://apply.interfolio.com/53813

MORE INFO: CBEE-search2019@umbc.edu

The Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering at UMBC seeks to fill a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. Candidates with research interests in all areas relevant to the field of chemical and environmental engineering will be considered.  We are especially interested in candidates who conduct interdisciplinary work and who will complement expertise in our department and college. Those who work on computational-related topics, mathematical modeling, and bioinformatics are of particular interest.   Successful candidates will demonstrate a strong potential to build an externally supported research program, an ability to address novel challenges in these fields, and the ability to work effectively with a diverse faculty and student body. Candidates must hold a doctoral degree in chemical, biomedical, environmental engineering, or a related discipline, and it is critical they are able to teach core courses in the chemical engineering curriculum. The anticipated start date for this position is August 2019. Electronic submission of applications, containing a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, and contact information for at least three references, is required at https://apply.interfolio.com/53813. Review of applications will begin on September 30, 2018 and continue until the position is filled. 

The Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering (CBEE) is a vital component of the College of Engineering and Information Technology. The department has approximately 300 undergraduate and 40 graduate students, 13 tenure-track faculty, and three full-time lecturers.  Current departmental research focuses on biochemical, biomedical, bioprocess, environmental, and water resources engineering. CBEE faculty members actively collaborate with researchers from nearby institutions including the University of Maryland School of Medicine and numerous nearby federal agencies. Faculty also participate in interdisciplinary research centers at UMBC, including the Center for Advanced Sensor Technologies (CAST) and the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE).  In addition to departmental space and facilities, a new Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building is scheduled to be completed in Summer 2019 and will provide 123,000 SF of flexible and adaptable research and education spaces to support ongoing and future interdisciplinary efforts. 

At the undergraduate level, the department provides tracks in three areas: traditional Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology/Bioengineering, and Environmental Engineering & Sustainability. All three tracks lead to the B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering. At the graduate level, the department offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and in Environmental Engineering. The CBEE faculty maintains diverse, active, and successful research programs amounting to over $5 million in external research support in FY2018. UMBC is a public research university with approximately 14,000 students. The campus is located on 500 acres in the Baltimore-Washington corridor within an hour’s drive to many federal facilities including the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. geological Survey, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Defense, The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park, a 71-acre community housing over 110 companies engaged in research, entrepreneurship, and economic development, sits adjacent to the UMBC campus. BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport is five minutes away, as are AMTRAK and light rail stations. UMBC’s proximity and easy access to a wide variety of research facilities provide numerous opportunities for collaborative interdisciplinary research. 

For questions related to this position, please email
CBEE-search2019@umbc.edu and be sure to include the position of interest (Assistant Professor) in the subject line. 

UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

More information on the fellowship can be found here.

Dr. Pingyu Huang (shown below, seated), the first PhD graduate from UMBC's original CBE (now CBEE) department in 1992, recently returned to UMBC to give a seminar on his current work at AbbVie! He is shown here with some of the current graduate students in the CBEE department.