Vilas Pol, a professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, and his research group will attempt to set a new Guinness World Records title for "Lowest temperature to charge a lithium-ion battery."

Theresa Mayer, executive vice president for research and partnerships, is welcoming Bryan W. Boudouris, a Purdue professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering and (by courtesy) professor in the Department of Chemistry, to the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships as associate vice president for research, strategic interdisciplinary research.

Dr. Letian Dou, the Charles Davidson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been selected for the 2022 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) Rising Star in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology award.

Xiaoping Bao, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been selected for the 2023 BMES-CMBE Rising Star Junior Faculty Award as part of the 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) - Cell and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Conference taking place January 2-6, 2023 in Indian Wells, California.

David S. Corti, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Elias Franses, Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, and graduate student, An-Hsuan (Andy) Hsieh have unexpectedly discovered liquid-like dispersions with iridescent colors which were previously only observed in solid systems, such as gemstones, or in feathers and butterfly wings.