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On November 2024, Howard University’s Dow Scholars Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program took biology, chemistry, computer science, and chemical engineering students on a tour of Dow Chemical‘s Bristol, Pennsylvania facility. The group, led by SURE program directors Patrick Ymele-Leki, Ph.D., chair of chemical engineering, and Steven Cummings, assistant professor of chemistry, had the chance to…

Howard University (HU) chemical engineering sophomores, juniors and seniors, accompanied by Patrick Ymele-Leki, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) and chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering, represented CEA talent and exceptional ChE student leadership at the 2025 AIChE Annual Student Conference (ASC). The Howard University AIChE chapter (AIChE-HU) executive…

Sarees Shaikh, M.S., a PhD candidate in biomedical and chemical engineering at Howard University, presented both a poster and an oral presentation titled “Investigating the Role of sroA in Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation and Growth Under Static and Hydrodynamic Conditions” and “Modeling Staphylococcus aureus Adhesion Under Shear Stress: A Computational and Experimental Analysis.” This work…

The 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting , the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professional growth, took place on November 5 through 10, 2023, in Orlando, FL. It was also the perfect forum for students from the Biofilm Engineering and Drug Discovery (BEDD) lab and their peers to showcase their research projects.…

On Friday, April 7, 2023, the Department of Chemical Engineering hosted Air Force members from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Thirty-two enlisted members and officers of the 36th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron visited Howard University (HU) for orientation on engineering programs and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) programs. The visiting group was led by Colonel Stefanie Watkins Nance, Chief…