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Four researchers from the Weimer Research Group received poster contest awards��at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers��annual meeting, this year held in Phoenix, Nov. 11-14.��

Alan Weimer,��Melvin E. and Virginia M. Clark��professor of chemical and biological engineering, said his students have been presenting papers at the AIChE��meetings for years, but this was the��most awards��that his students have ever brought home��at one conference.����This year also marks the fourth consecutive year��that Weimer's��PhD��students have received the Particle Technology Forum Poster Award.

"I am extremely proud of the work that my students do," Weimer��said. "I'm especially proud of��the collaborative team effort among all of them—supporting each other,��practicing talks together, making improvements with every��'dry run' and being able to answer the critical 'why questions.' "

With more than 400 students presenting and about 100 judges, AIChE's annual meeting��is the largest forum for Chemical Engineering undergraduates to present their research activity to the professional community at large.

Award winners

Graduate PhD Students
Hailey Louhde-Woolard – Particle Technology Forum
“Manufacture of Complex-Shaped Tungsten Materials Via Atomic Layer Deposition and Direct Ink Writing”

Justin Tran – Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division
“Impact of Pressure on Fuel Production via Redox”

Undergraduate Students
Samantha Harshberger – Materials Science and Engineering Division
“Investigation of Particle Atomic Layer Deposition of Metal Precursor on Silica Supports for Catalytic Decomposition of Methane”

Hermann Klein-Jessling – Materials Science and Engineering Division
“Solution-Based Rhenium Doping to Facilitate Additive Manufacturing of Complex Tungsten Parts”