Dr. Pol's laboratory has shown how a process for the "carbonization" of wheat flour creates numerous tiny pores that capture carbon dioxide, representing a potential renewable technology to reduce the industrial emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Purdue Chemical Engineering alumnus Richard Korsmeyer, MSChE '80, PhD '83, will receive AIChE's 2016 Lawrence B. Evans Award in Chemical Engineering Practice.

Professor Rakesh Agrawal was selected as the recipient of the 2017 American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Separations Science and Technology.

Purdue University is ranked 15th in the world among universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2015, according to a new report released by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.