The inaugural Nobe Lecture in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was held on May 23, 2008. The lecture was given by Gregory Stephanopoulos, Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From Left to Right: UCLA HSSEAS Dean Vijay Dhir, UCLA CBE Chair Hal Monbouquette, Speaker Prof. Gregory Stephanopoulos, Emeritus Professor Ken Nobe, and Prof. James Liao.

Professor James Liao has been selected by the Society for Industrial Microbiology (SIM) for their 2008 Charles Thom Award "in recognition of those individuals who have made one or more outstanding research contributions in industrial microbiology and/or biotechnology.

Professor Yi Tang was awarded the 2008 Camile Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

Prof. Yoram Cohen received the Rosenfield Distinguished Community Partnership Prize (February2008). The prize program is designed to publicly recognize ongoing or one-time collaborations between UCLA faculty, or staff and community residents or non-profit organizations that have already enhanced the quality of life in Southern California . Prof. Cohen is recognized for his efforts in helping the Los Angeles Community deal with environmental issues and challenges. (UCLA Announcement, SEAS announcement)

Professor Tatiana Segura was awarded the 2008 National Science Foundation CAREER Award for the engineering of hydrogels scaffolds for matrix-tethered gene delivery.

Professor James Liao is named Chancellor's Professor (2008)

Professor James Liao and coworkers develop new method for the production of more efficient biofuels (UCLA News Release, Nature Article)

Professor Yi Tang was awarded the 2006 Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE).  Established in 1996, PECASE represents the highest honor that any young scientist or engineer can receive in the United States.

Professor Yi Tang was awarded the 2007 David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering.

Professors Christofides, Davis and co-workers publish a paper entitled "Smart Plant Operations: Vision, Progress and Challenges'' which appears in the "Perspective'' column and the cover of the November 2007 issue of AIChE Journal.

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