Faculty Opening (Materials for Energy)

The College of Natural Science and the College of Engineering announce the creation of six new tenure-stream faculty positions in the general area of complex materials for energy applications. Appointments can be made in any department in the College of Engineering and in selected departments in the College of Natural Sciences. Appointments at a senior level are possible. More...

Faculty Opening (Bioenergy)

Michigan State University invites applications for an open rank, tenure track, academic year (9-month) faculty position to provide leadership in the area of bioenergy engineering. A Ph.D. in Biosystems /Biological, Chemical /Biochemical Engineering or a closely related discipline is required. The successful candidate may have joint appointments in the departments of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, and Forestry. More...

EcoSynthetix Receives 'Invest Michigan!' Funding

EcoSynthetix, founded by CHEMS faculty member Ramani Narayan, has been selected as one of two companies for initial investment for the 'Invest Michigan' state funds. More... (11/08)

CHEMS Faculty awarded University Research Corridor Awards

CHEMS faculty members L. Drzal, I. Lee, D. Morelli, S. Sakamoto are investigators on two multi-year energy-related projects "Themoelectric Materials for power generation" and "Improved ethanol from switchgrass, corn stovers". More...

Seminar Announcements

CHEMS Seminar

January 22, Steven Durbin, University of Canterbury

SATE Seminar

January 16, 11:30 a.m., Frederick Pinkerton, General Motors Research & Development Center

January 23, 11:30 a.m., Shelly Minteer, Saint Louis University

March 27, 11:30 a.m., Paul Lett, National Institute of Standards & Technology

April 3, 11:30 a.m., Christina Smolke, California Institute of Technology

April 17, 11:30 a.m., Robert Brown, Iowa State University

Click here for the seminar schedule, room locations, titles and abstracts.

Department Newsletter

July '08 (370 KB Acrobat pdf)

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