Davidson School of Chemical Engineering will team up with Krannert School of Management to offer a concurrent master's degree in engineering and business administration. The new program will give students the ability to earn both degrees in two years, rather than the three it would take to earn them separately.

Purdue University faculty Dr. Vilas Pol will attempt a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for The fastest time to arrange all elements of the modern periodic table on Wednesday (August 15, 2018) at 9:30 a.m. in the Henson Atrium, Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering. The event is free and open to the public.

Davidson School of Chemical Engineering Professor Zoltan Nagy has been awarded the 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Process Development Division Research Award for significant technical contributions to the advancement of process development. Sponsored by Pfizer, the AIChE Process Development Division Research Award is highly competitive, and awards are presented based on contributions within research, teaching, or regulatory activities. Nominations are received from around the world.

Chemical Engineering alumna Dr. Susan Lozier (BSChE'79) is one of ten Purdue Old Masters who will be returning to campus November 4-6 to celebrate their professional success and inspire current students. While on campus, Old Masters will participate in classroom talks, student organization receptions, and a community-wide panel discussion to create relationships with students. Dr. Lozier is the Ronie-Richelle Garcia-Johnson Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences at Duke University.

Two Davidson School of Chemical Engineering faculty have been awarded research funding from the Purdue Trask Innovation Fund. Linda Wang, the Maxine Spencer Nichols Professor of Chemical Engineering, and You-Yeon Won, Professor of Chemical Engineering, were awarded funding to assist on their developments that are commercialized through the Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization. Wang received $25,000 for "New Technologies for Converting Polyolefin Plastic Waste into Pristine Polymers or Clean Fuels." Won received $20,000 for "Development of Radiation-Controlled Chemotherapeutic Release Formulations for Intratumoral Chemo-Radio Combination Therapy for Locally Advanced Tumors."