Congratulations! Jahir Antonio Batista Andrade
ACS Div. of Environmental Chemistry Certification of Merit
Jahir Antonio Batista Andrade, ENEN PhD Student, received a Certificate of Merit for his presentation at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Expo. The title of the poster was "Analysis of dissolved organic matter and contaminants of emerging concern to detect leaking sewers in urban streams". The coauthors for the poster are Erick Diaz, Ethan Hain, Ke He and Lee Blaney. Dr. Lee Blaney is Jahir's advisor.
The Certificate of Merit program recognizes Division members who are making their first ENVR presentation at an ACS national meeting. Jahir's presentation was attended by Division volunteers and judged to be of high quality in both intellectual merit and presentation style. The Division of Environmental Chemistry of the ACS believes this research actively contributes to the efforts of the Division to better understand and protect the environment.
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UMBC chemical engineering students take second place in national Jeopardy competition
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | MEGAN HANKS
Last weekend, four UMBC students earned second prize in the national Jeopardy competition hosted virtually by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The team competed against 12 other teams at the national level after winning the Mid-Atlantic regional competition in October.
UMBC’s team included Cameron Sloan ‘21, Nicholas Balasus ‘21, Ellie Vonderhorst ‘22, and Chris Ashby ‘21, all chemical engineering majors. Sloan is chair of the Jeopardy project in UMBC’s student chapter of AIChE, the professional organization for chemical engineers. He explains that participating in the competition was an important moment for the group, though the move to an online format wasn’t ideal.
Members of the AIChE team preparing for the virtual competition with faculty advisors and peers. Photo courtesy of Mariajose Castellanos.“Competing virtually had its challenges, for sure, but all in all it was a fantastic experience,” says Sloan. “I wish we would have had the opportunity to meet our competitors and be able to speak to them, rather than just seeing their digitized faces on our screens.”
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Junior ChemE Major wins award at 2020 ABRCMS
Congratulations Fabian Amurrio!
Congratulations to Fabian Amurrio!
Fabian won an Undergraduate Juniors ePoster award in Chemistry at the 2020 ABRCMS. The conference was held virtually from November 9 - 13, 2020. Fabian is a Chemical Engineering major in his junior year.
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Congratulations to Fabian Amurrio! Fabian won an Undergraduate Juniors ePoster award in Chemistry at the 2020 ABRCMS. The conference was held virtually from November 9 - 13, 2020. Fabian is a...
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Congratulations! UMBC's Team Degrees of Freedom
Takes 2nd place in National AIChE Jeopardy Championship
This year was the first year that UMBC entered into the AIChE Jeopardy competition. The team Degrees of Freedom won the regional competition earlier this year and won second place in the National AIChE Jeopardy Championship
All the credit goes to the students' hard work, not just the ones that participated (Regionals plus Nationals) but others as well that helped them practice.
Team Degrees of Freedom
Cameron Sloan
Chris Ashby
Ellie Vonderhorst
Nicholas Balasus
We are proud of all of you. Congratulations!
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Congratulations! Dr. Lee Blaney
2020 George L. Braude Award Recipient
American Chemical Society honors UMBC’s Lee Blaney for commitment to mentoring student researchers
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | OCTOBER 28, 2020 | MEGAN HANKS
Last Thursday, UMBC’s Lee Blaney was honored for his impact as a chemistry educator and mentor who closely involves students of all levels in collaborative research. Blaney is an associate professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering. He received the 2020 George L. Braude Award from the Maryland section of the American Chemical Society. Blaney was nominated for the award by Mark Marten, chair of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering at UMBC. During the virtual meeting of the society, Blaney presented his research on the occurrence of contaminants of emerging concern in the Chesapeake Bay.
Blaney said that he was honored and humbled to receive the 2020 George L. Braude Award for his efforts to mentor undergraduate and graduate students in research. During his lecture, Blaney emphasized the impact of his own mentors on his mentoring approach, and said that his mentors Arup SenGupta (Lehigh University), Desmond Lawler (University of Texas at Austin), and Lynn Katz (University of Texas at Austin) changed his life. Blaney has incorporated their advice and his own experiences into his mentoring approach at UMBC. “Seeing my students succeed is the most gratifying aspect of being a professor,” he says.
Even though the event could not be held in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of Blaney’s students were able to attend the virtual lecture. Blaney noted that the presence of his students made the celebration even more special. Upon receiving the Braude Award, Blaney emphasized that “this is our award” to his students.
Man receiving award from woman. Both are wearing masks.
Lee Blaney, left, receiving his award from Louise Hellwig of Morgan State University. Photo courtesy of Hellwig.
Mamatha Hopanna Ph.D. ‘22, environmental engineering, who conducts research in Blaney’s lab, the virtual lecture. “I am amazed by how much he cares to support each student’s learning style and needs. I have always felt his sincerity, commitment, and enthusiasm towards his students’ success,” she said. “It is so encouraging to see Dr. Blaney celebrate each of his achievements as our achievements. I, personally, aspire to be a mentor to inspire and motivate other students in the same way as Dr. Blaney has inspired me.”
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Ruth Spiker
BS Chemical Engineering, Traditional Track (2019) Ruthie is currently a process integration engineer for Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, MD. She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at UMBC part-time.
Babu Raman
PhD Chemical Engineering (2005)
Babu Raman is currently the Strategy Leader for Bioengineering and Bioprocessing R&D at Corteva™ Agriscience, Indianapolis, IN. Babu obtained his PhD in Biochemical Engineering from University of Maryland Baltimore County and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Oak Ridge National Lab, prior to joining Corteva (then Dow AgroSciences) in 2011. At Corteva, Babu led the development and establishment of the Systems Biology program for targeted engineering of microbial systems for natural product biosynthesis. Subsequently, he served as the Engineering & Systems Biology Platform Leader, responsible for the continued development and deployment of core technologies in automated and high-throughput strain engineering. Babu is passionate about emerging technologies and is actively engaged in identifying and brining in external technologies for accelerating internal R&D efforts.
David Burgenson
BS Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Track (2017), MS Chemical Engineering (2020),
PhD Chemical Engineering (2020)
David joined Sutro Biopharma in September 2020.
Renee Mitchell
BS Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Track (2019), MS Chemical Engineering (2020)
Renne works at Form Energy as a Battery Engineer.
Sydney Menikheim
BS Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Track (2017),
MS Chemical Engineering (2019)
Sydney currently works at W.R. Grace in Curtis Bay, MD. She is in her second year in the company's Manufacturing Leadership Program (MLP). During her first rotation, Sydney worked in Columbia, MD, at the company's headquarters where she was a member of the Sourcing and Procurement Team. On this team, Sydney was able to employ her engineering knowledge by helping to estimate the cost of potential insourcing projects. Currently, Sydney works in the silica plant in Curtis Bay, helping to manage the packaging operations and the production of specialty products.
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Six CBEE students to be recognized at Candidacy Ceremony
Fall 2020
The Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
is proud to have 6 Doctorate Students who will be honored on October 23, 2020 at UMBC's Ceremony to Recognize New Doctoral Candidates. These students have completed all of the necessary milestones during the past year and to earn the title of Doctorial Candidate.
Zahra Ghassemi, Mentor - Dr. Jennie Leach "Preservation of Protein Stability and Activity by Confinement in Hydrogels"
Ethan Hain, Mentor - Dr. Lee Blaney "Occurrence and Toxicity of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Chesapeake Bay"
Yun Jiao, Mentor - Dr. Jennie Leach "Delineating Immune-Mediated Mechanisms of Disease After Traumatic Brain Injury Through Systemic Approaches"
Nuzhat Maisha, Mentor - Dr. Erin Lavik “Investigating the Role of Materials Properties of Nanoparticles in Complement Mediated Hypersensitivity Reactions Through in Vitro and in Vivo Studies”
Narendra Goud Pandala, Mentor - Dr. Erin Lavik “Development of a Novel 3D Bioprinting Method for an in Vitro Colon Model”
Lynn Wong, Mentor - Dr. Govind Rao " Integrating in Silico Protein Engineering Strategies to Modulate Ligand-Binding Protein Properties in a Multiplex Metabolite Profiler"
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UMBC's ChemE team moves on to National Competition
We are so excited to report UMBC's - Team Degrees of Freedom won the Mid-Atlantic ChemE Jeopardy Competition held Friday, October 9. They have now advanced to the National Competition. Congratulations to Team Degrees of Freedom. It is a proud moment!
Team Members are:
Cameron Sloan
Nicholas Balasus
Chris Ashby
Ellie Vonderhorst
Members of the UMBC community can watch a
recording of the competition.
In a recently published story, the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences highlighted the public health impact of more than a decade of NIH funded research in the
Ghosh laboratory. The technology development is a result of multiple research projects over the years that explored fundamental processes involved in controlling exposure of toxic pollutants to aquatic organisms and humans. An innovative technology, developed with funding from the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP), successfully delivers amendments that immobilize and degrade polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in aquatic environments. The technology has proven effective in the field and resulted in millions of dollars in estimated cost savings at cleanup sites.
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Research by Martenlab studies stress response in fungi
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Research team led by UMBC’s Mark Marten studies how fungal cells respond to stress, repair broken cell walls
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 8:44 AM | MEGAN HANKS
Mark Marten, professor and chair of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering, is collaborating with researchers at the University of Connecticut and the University of Manitoba to study how fungal cells respond to stress and repair their cell walls. Marten and his collaborators identified three coordinated pathways involved in the response to cell wall stress in filamentous fungi.
Numerous species of filamentous fungi are pathogens that can make people sick, especially people who are immunocompromised. Different species of fungi play an important role in the development of pharmaceuticals and enzymes, and agriculture, where fungi can help improve the quality of soil and make nutrients more readily available for crops, explains Marten. By understanding how cells work and respond to stress, researchers can reverse-engineer processes that could have a broad range of applications.
Understanding how cells respond to stress
Marten and his collaborators Ranjan Srivastava, University of Connecticut, and Steven Harris, University of Manitoba, recently received over $1.2 million in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further explore how filamentous fungi repair their cell walls when exposed to stressors. This work will build upon previous NSF-supported research completed by the team.
Molecular and Cellular Proteomics has just published their findings on critical cellular processes triggered when cells respond to environmental stress.
Cynthia Chelius, Ph.D. ‘19, chemical engineering, is the first author on the paper.
