Biosensor technology is already widely used in everyday life. It’s found in personal health devices such as fitness trackers and glucose monitors and is also used to measure environmental toxins. The tech has already changed the game worldwide — but at Michigan Tech, Associate Professor Yixin Liu and her recent Ph.D. student mentee Grace Dykstra ’25 recognized its potential for further advancement.
Congratulations to Dr. Timothy Eisele and Ph.D. students Palas Borkar and Neha Sharma, whose research on sustainable manganese recovery has been featured in Engineering & Mining Journal.
The Michigan Tech Chemical Engineering Department proudly congratulates two of our outstanding alumni, Tina Schmiedel ’84 and Mary Kate Mitchell Lane ’17, on being recognized as recipients of the 2026 Michigan Tech Alumni Awards.
Please join us in congratulating Michael Mullins on being elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Caryn Heldt on receiving an award from the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL). Heldt’s project was selected as one of eight new projects funded through Project Call 9.1, marking a significant achievement for Michigan Technological University and demonstrating Michigan Tech’s ability to compete alongside major leaders in the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
The Department of Chemical Engineering congratulates Prof. Tim Eisele on receiving funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s FOA 3105: Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, and Alternatives (Set 4) program. The award will support his project, “Biological Leaching Process for Producing High-Grade Manganese Dioxide from Low-Grade Sources.”
The Department of Chemical Engineering is proud to congratulate graduate student Grace Dykstra and faculty advisor Yixin Liu on being named recipients of the 2026 Bhakta Rath Research Award.
At the Department of Chemical Engineering, we’re always proud to see our students step beyond the classroom to make a lasting impact — and this time, we’re excited to give a special shoutout to Nathan Keen for doing exactly that.
The Department of Chemical Engineering proudly celebrates two of its outstanding doctoral candidates, Daniel Amponsah-Berko and Kwabena Boafo, for being named recipients of the Summer 2026 Finishing Fellowship by The Graduate School.
Congratulations to Rob Handler from Michigan Tech’s Department of Chemical Engineering on his appointment as Associate Director of Research for the Center for Innovation in Sustainability and Resilience (CISR)!