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Shelly Peyton Elected to American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows Associate Professor Shelly Peyton of the Chemical Engineering Department has been elected to the AIMBE College of Fellows – Class of 2020 . Nianqiang Wu Named Armstrong/Siadat Endowed Professor in Materials Science Read more » Undergrads can apply their education through summer research, engineering internships, senior capstone projects, and many other hands-on activities. Faculty are engaged in research tackling some of the world’s most critical problems, including biofuels, cellular engineering, bio-medical engineering, and energy. Featured Start-up: Ernest Pharmaceuticals Professor Neil St. John Forbes founded the company with current Ernest Pharmaceuticals CEO and bioengineer Nele Van Dessel. Watch the video » Connor MacFarlane’s (first year, ChE) trailblazing insulin-delivery system won top prize in both Fall 2019 UMass Innovation Challenge events First-Year Engineering Student Wins Minute Pitch » Celebrating Innovation Challenge and Hult Prize Winners » News Wu Appointed to ChE Armstrong/Siadat Endowed Professorship in Materials Science Nianqiang “Nick” Wu Nianqiang “Nick” Wu has been appointed to the Armstrong/Siadat Endowed Professorship in Materials Science of the Chemical Engineering (ChE) Department at UMass Amherst. Wu’s work in the ChE department begins in January 2020, after spending five years as a professor at West Virginia University (WVU). The endowed professorship is awarded to a researcher in the area of materials science in ChE department. Schiffman and Andrews Receive NSF Grant to Unveil Mechanisms of Bacterial Attachment to Hydrogel-coated Medical Devices Associate Professor Jessica Schiffman and Assistant Professor Lauren Andrews of the Chemical Engineering (ChE) Department have received a three-year, $515,473 grant from National Science Foundation (NSF) Division Of Materials Research. The NSF funding will support fundamental research that aims to understand how bacteria attach to polymer materials and enable the re-engineering of hydrogel-coated biomedical devices... Lee Receives Support from METAvivor to Develop Better Therapies for Metastatic Breast Cancer Survivors Jungwoo Lee Assistant Professor Jungwoo Lee of the Chemical Engineering Department is receiving a one-year, $50,000 grant from the METAvivor 2019 Early Career Investigator Award grant program to support his foundational research for developing better therapeutic strategies to prevent or delay lethal metastasis for breast cancer survivors. 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