ChE Faculty and Staff

  • Professor Dale Barkey wins Best Paper Award (October 2010)

Dr. Barkey's paper on Electrochemical Kinetics, Transport and Pattern Formation in Anodizing won the Robert L. Kersman Award of Excellence for Best Paper at the Eighteenth Annual International Anodizing Conference (sponsored by the Aluminum Anodizing Council) in October, 2009.

  • Professor VK Mathur is retiring after nearly 4 decades of service (May 2010)

Dr. Mathur is retiring after 36 years of distinguished service at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Mathur will be holding a workshop between chemical engineering faculty of the US and China to exchange information and to foster long-term collaboration in the areas of energy and environmental pollution. The workshop will be held in Durham in May 20

  • Professor Niva Gupta wins CEPS Teaching Award (April 2010)

Professor Niva Gupta is the recipient of the CEPS Outstanding Teacher Award for 2009-2010. This was announced at the CEPS College faculty meeting.

  • Professor Vasudevan is on the Scientific Advisory Board of new Springer journal (March 2010)

Prof. Vasudevan is on the scientific advisory board of Biomass and Waste Valorization, a new Springer journal. The first issue was published in March 2010 and a special session was held at the ACS meeting in San Francisco in March 2010 to commemorate the publication of the journal. Dr. Vasudevan was invited to give a talk on "Environmentally Sustainable Biofuels: Advances in Biodiesel Research"; the article also appeared in the first issue of the journal.

  • Dr. Jiilian Goldfarb to join the department in fall 2010 (March 2010)

Dr. Jillian Goldfarb will be the newest addition to the department in fall 2010. Dr. Goldfarb received her PhD from Brown University and is currently employed at Simmons College. Her research is in the area of Energy and the Environment.

  • Visitor from Osaka Prefecture University (November 2009)

Professor Naoki Okamoto, Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, visited Professor Barkey’s lab from November 1 to December 15, 2009 to collaborate on research on electrodeposition for advanced semi-conductor packaging applications. His visit was supported by a gift from Nexx Systems of Bellerica, MA, a manufacturer of processing equipment for the semi-conductor industry.

  • Professor Dale Barkey receives grant from NSF - August 2009

Professor Dale Barkey received a $345, 000, 3-year grant from NSF in support of his research on Chemical Design and Electrochemical Process Engineering for Micro-Fabrication. Professor Ed Wong, Chemistry, is Co-PI.

  • Professor Qing Song joins UNH ChE faculty - August 2009

Professor Qing Song is the newest member of the ChE faculty. Dr. Song received her PhD from CUNY and did her postdoctoral work at MGH and at MIT. Her research is in the area of Tissue Engineering.

  • Departmental Advisory Board Meeting on October 10, 2008

The Departmental Advisory Board held its annual meeting at the New England Center on October 10, 2008. Learn more..

  • Professor Xiaowei (Sean) Teng joins UNH ChE faculty - August 2008

Professor Xiaowei Teng is the newest member of the ChE Faculty. Dr. Teng received his PhD from the University of Rochester and has been a postdoctoral fellow at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Dr. Teng's research is in the area of nanomaterials and catalysis.

  • Professor Gupta promoted to Associate Professor with tenure - August 2008

Professor Nivedita Gupta was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Gupta joined UNH in fall 2002.

  • Professor Vasudevan takes over as Chair - June 2008

Professor Vasudevan is the new Chair of the Chemical Engineering department. Professor Vasudevan joined UNH in August 1988.

  • Professor Fan retires after nearly 5 decades of service - June 2008

Professor Stephen Fan retired on May 23, 2008 after nearly 5 decades of distinguished service at the University of New Hampshire. We will miss his loyalty to the department and its traditions.