Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan

Michigan ChE Car Team Triumphs at AIChE Regional Conference!

The newly rebuilt Chemical Engineering Car team excelled at the AIChE North Central Regional Competition hosted by the University of Akron, earning 1st place in car performance, 2nd place in the poster competition, and selected for the Students’ Choice Award. This event originated as a class competition in Professor Scott Fogler’s reactor design class, and since 1999 has been a fixture of student regional AIChE conferences.

>>Read more about the this year's competition.

Building Clean Energy From
the Atom Up

Dr. Levi Thompson
is engrossed in one of the most socially important realms of engineering: finding ways to generate clean energy and reduce polluting emissions from autos and other products. He's a leader in the development of hydrogen fuel cell technology. And his work in catalysis could lead to solutions for our most pressing problems—energy, health care, and water.

Read the full story in Michigan Today.
(Image: Chemical Engineering professor Levi Thompson pictured with a microfuel cell.)

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The President's Donor Challenge for Graduate Student Support

Make your graduate student support gift or pledge before December 31, 2008. Leverage your gift in a one for two match. Find out how to make a gift to the ChE Graduate Fellowship Fund .