Events & News

Events & News

  • Bamin starts sabbatical as Visiting Professor of Carbon Hub at Rice University, August 2023.
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  • Brian starts sabbatical at University of Delaware, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, August 2023.
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  • Bamin receives the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Award Ceremony will be held on October 20, 2023.
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  • Congratulations to Mariana Milano-Benitez, Placed 3rd, “Supercapacitor Electrodes Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide Composited with Manganese Metal Oxide,” The Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA) is an annual event highlighting research and creative activities across all disciplines by currently enrolled undergraduate students, May 2023.
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  • Congratulations to Mahdi Boudaghi Khajehnobar for successfully defending his PHD Thesis: May 2023, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations Tianyu Li for successfully defending his PhD thesis: May 2020, Material Science Engineering at  University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Joint with Kunlun Hong)
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  • Congratulations to Mahshid Mokhtarnejad, placed 3rd in the AIChE Nanotechnology Graduate Student Award Session, Nov. 2022.
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  • Mohammad Hadi Nafar Sefiddashti completes postdoctoral  training: 2019-2022, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Bamin gives an invited lecture, “Direct numerical simulations of elastic turbulence in Taylor-Couette flow of dilute polymer solutions,” USNCTAM, Austin, TX, June (2022)
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  • Ravi Pamu completes postdoctoral training: 2020-2021 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations to Evan Kirch, Undergraduate Researcher 2021: Position after graduation: Graduate student in CBE at UTK.
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  • Congratulations to Erick Leonar Ribeiro for successfully defending his PhD thesis: August 2020, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations Ravi Pamu for successfully defending his PhD thesis: May 2020, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Joint with Dibyendu Mukherjee)
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  • Michelle Aranha completes postdoctoral training: 2019-2020, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations to Bahar Meshkat, Undergraduate Researcher 2019; Position after graduation: Medical School at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN.
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  • Congratulations to Carl Edwards, Undergraduate Researcher 2019; Position after graduation: PhD student in Computer Science, University of Illinois- Urbana- Champaign
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  • Bamin gives an invited lecture, “Molecular Rheology of Entangled Polymeric Fluids: New Discoveries and Remaining Challenges,” APS March Meeting, Boston MA 2019.
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  • Bamin is elected fellow of the Society of Rheology (SoR) in 2019
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  • Bamin gives an invited lecture, “New Phenomena in Elongational Flow of Entangled Polymeric Fluids: Configurational Microphase Separation and Beyond, “  Professor Eric S. G. Shaqfeh’ s 60th Birthday Symposium, Stanford, CA (2019)
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  • Congratulations to Tyler Hamilton Bennett: August 2019, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Hanieh Seyedeh Niroomand completed postdoctoral training: 2017-2018, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations to Madison Sherrod, Undergraduate Researcher 2018;
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  • Brian Park, Undergraduate Researcher, 2018; Position after graduation: PhD student in Chemistry, University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
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  • Bamin gives the keynote lecture, “Workshop- Scattering and Dynamics of Flowing Soft Matter,” Lund, Sweden, December 2018.
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  • Congratulations to Erik Ribeiro, CBE 2018 Exceptional Progress Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations to Mohammad Hadi Nafar Sefiddashti for successfully defending his PhD thesis: December 2018, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Joint with Brian Edwards)
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  • Bamin gives the J. D. Lindsay Lecture at Texas A&M University, Department of Chemical Engineering: October 2018
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  • Congratulations to Kangmin Cheng, Undergraduate Researcher 2017; Position after graduation: PhD student in Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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  • Bo Zhang completed postdoctoral training; 2015-2017; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee-Knoxville
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  • Sheng Hu completes postdoctoral training; 2015-2017; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations  Hanieh Seyedeh Niroomand for successfully defending her PhD thesis : May 2017, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Joint with Dibyendu Mukherjee)
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  • Congratulations to Mohammad Hadi Nafar Sefiddashti, University of Tennessee Chancellor graduate student Extraordinary Professional Promise Award in Research: UTK, April 2017.
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  • Congratulations to Hanieh Niroomand, University of Tennessee Chancellor graduate student Extraordinary Professional Promise Award in Research: UTK, April 2017.
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  • Bamin is elected fellow of American Association of Advancement of Sciences (AAAS): 2017.
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  • Congratulations to Samira Ibrahim, ,Undergraduate Researcher 2016; Position after graduation: PhD student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN.
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  • Bamin gives an invited lecture, ICTAM, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2016.
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  • Bamin gives an invited lecture , XVIIth International Congress on Rheology, Kyoto, Japan Aug. 2016.
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  • Bamin gives the distinguished lecture at Syracuse University, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering: April 2016.
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  • Congratulations to Amir Saadat for successfully defending his PhD thesis : December 2016, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations to Hanieh Niroomand won first place in the UTK campus wide 3-Minute Thesis Competition in 2016.
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  • Hanieh Niroomand was selected as the first PhD student to independently chair the AIChE Engineering Forum Division, Sustainable Energy from Renewable Resources Session in November of 2015, and 2016.
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  • Congratulations to Mouge Mohagheghi for successfully defending her PhD Thesis : May 2016, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations to Mouge Mohagheghi, CBE 2016 Jim and Sandra McKinley Outstanding Graduate Student Award, UTK.
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  • Bamin gives invited lecture, “XXXIV Dynamic Days Conference, Rice University, Houston, January 2015.
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  • Bamin is elected fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE): 2015.
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  • Xianggui Ye; Research Associate 2013-2015 joins Brewer Sciences; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee- Knoxville
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  • Shengting Cui, Research Associate Professor joins Washington State University; 2008-2015
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  • Congratulations to Neil Brown, Undergraduate Researcher 2014; Position after graduation: Process Engineer, Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN.
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  • Congratulations Mahdy Malakzadeh  for successfully defending his PhD thesis: December 2014, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations to Travis Russell for successfully defending his PhD thesis : August 2014, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Joint with Brian Edwards)
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  • Congratulations to Hannah Haines, Undergraduate Researcher 2013; Position after Graduation: Process Engineer, Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN.
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  • Xianggui Ye completes postdoctoral training; 2007-2013; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee- Knoxville
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  • Congratulations to Reza Ghanbari for successfully defending his MS thesis; December 2013; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Nan-Sheng Liu, Research Associate joins University of Science and Technology; 2010 to 2013
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  • Congratulations to Hanna Elizabeth Haines, University of Tennessee Chancellor Undergraduate Extraordinary Professional Promise Award: April 2013, UTK.
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  • Bamin gives an invited lecture, “Workshop on Complex Fluids and Flows in Industry and Nature, Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences,” University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 2013.
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  • Congratulations to  Sheng Hu for defending his MS thesis; August 2013; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations to Mahdy Malekzadeh, CBE 2013 Jim and Sandra McKinley Outstanding Graduate Student Award, UTK.
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  • Congratulations to Michael Neil Brown and Hanna Elizabeth Haines, 3rd Place Prize in the National Undergraduate Research Competition Held at Notre Dame University, NDconnect, 2013.
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  • Bamin gives invited talk, Gordon Research Conference on Artificial Photosynthesis, Davidson, NC July 2012. Michael Neil Brown and Hanna Elizabeth Haines, 3rd Place Prize in the National Undergraduate Research Competition Held at Notre Dame University, NDconnect, 2013.
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  • Bamin gives an invited talk, International Congress on Rheology, Lisbon, Portugal August 2012.
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  • Bamin gives keynote lecture, XVIth International Congress on Rheology, Lisbon, Portugal Aug. 2012.
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  • Dibyendu Mukherjee completes postdoctoral training; 2007-2011; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee- Knoxville
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  • Congratulations to Arash Abedijaberi for successfully defending his PhD thesis : August 2011; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Congratulations to Mark May, Undergraduate Researcher 2010; Position after Graduation: Process Engineer, Dow Chemical Company, Houston, Texas.
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  • Ben Renner,  Undergraduate Researcher, 2010; Position after Graduation: ChE Doctorate program at MIT.
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  • Bamin gives keynote talk, “International Workshop on Flow Instabilities and Turbulence in Viscoelastic Fluids,” Lorentz Center, University of Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands, July 2010.
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  • Congratulations to Mark May, University of Tennessee Chancellor Undergraduate Extraordinary Professional Promise Award: April 2010, UTK.
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  • Congratulations to Jun Mo Kim for successfully defending his PhD thesis:  August 2010, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Tennessee (joint with Brian Edwards)
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  • Congratulations to Zhao Wang, Undergraduate Researcher, 2009; Position after Graduation: ChE Doctorate program at University of Wisconsin.
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  • Congratulations to Arash Abedijaberi, CBE, 2009 Jim and Sandra McKinley Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
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  • Bamin gives keynote lecture, 5th Annual European Rheology Conference, Cardiff-Wales, April 2009.
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  • Bamin gives invited talk, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, Workshop on Flowing Complex Fluids: Fluid Mechanics-Interaction of Microstructure and Flow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, October 2009.
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  • Bamin is Elected Fellow of American Physical Society (APS): 2009.
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  • Bamin gives invited lecture , XVth International Congress on Rheology, Monterey, CA, USA, August 2008.
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  • Bamin gives plenary lecture, Shanghai University Forum on Renewable Energy and Green Economy, Shanghai, China, October 2008.
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  • Congratulations to Bryan Smith, Undergraduate Researcher, 2008; Position after Graduation: ChE Doctorate program at University of Michigan.
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  • Bamin is selected as the Outstanding Engineering Faculty, College of Engineering, University of Tennessee: 2007.
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  • Bamin gives invited lecture, 2007 MRS Fall meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 2007.
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  • Bamin gives invited lecture, Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN, Jan. 2007.
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  • Changfeng Li completes postdoctoral training; 10/2002-12/2006; Chemical Engineering at Washington University