The Michigan Technological University Department of Chemical Engineering is proud to congratulate the winners of the 2026 Chemical Engineering External Advisory Board (EAB) Poster Session!
The Michigan Tech Department of Chemical Engineering congratulates Isabel Chapa (advised by Dr. Yixin Liu) on being selected as a recipient of the 2026 AIChE Women in Chemical Engineering (WIC) Travel Award.
Congratulations to Dr. Timothy Eisele, associate professor of chemical engineering at Michigan Technological University, on receiving $1,035,309 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for his project, “Production of Improved DRI Feed from Diverse Iron Ore Sources by Reductive Bioleaching.”
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.
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.
Dr. Amy Landis on receiving a National Science Foundation (NSF) award for her project, “IRES: Sargassum-Plastic Sustainable Solutions (SPlaSS) in the Caribbean.”
The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit 2026 (April 7-9 in San Diego, CA) is one of the nation’s premier events for advancing breakthrough energy technologies, bringing together researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers to accelerate innovation in sustainability, decarbonization, and critical materials.