Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Cal Poly Pomona AIChE Meeting December 4, 2014 Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside

Application Deadlines for Admission  Priority deadline: December 15 th  Fall deadline: January 5 th  Application fee: Free for domestic students and $100 for international students  Any further questions on admission can be addressed to: Graduate Student Affairs Officer Kimberly Claffey Phone: Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside

Graduate Program Overview  Started Fall 1999  Joint Chemical and Environmental Engineering graduate program  Offering M.S. and Ph.D. degrees  Currently 97 CEE graduate students Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside

Graduate Student Enrollments Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside Currently 85 Ph.D. students 12 M.S. students

Graduate Student Awards 3 NSF GRFP Fellows 9 NSF IGERT Fellows 13 GAANN Fellows (Dept of Education) 1 EPA Graduate Fellow 2 USDA Graduate Fellows 1 ACS Grad Student Award 4 Dissertation Year Program Fellows Numerous Travel Awards Awardees Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside

New Hires ( ) Dr. Ruoxue Yan: Advanced materials for biological and energy applications to address the pressing medical, energy and environmental challenges facing humanity. Dr. Bryan Wong: Development and application of theoretical tools to calculate, understand, and rationally design functional materials. Dr. Harvey Blanch: Protein Interaction, DNA electrophoresis, mammalian cell metabolism

David Kisailus, Winston Chung Professor of Energy Innovation in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, will lead a multidisciplinary team of researchers in a $7.5-million Department of Defense grant to uncover design rules and develop scientific foundations for the design of advanced materials inspired by a diverse collection of plant and animal structures Kisailus to Lead Research Team in $7.5M DOD Grant to Investigate Bio-Inspired Materials

Recent Young Investigator Awards AFOSR Young Investigator (2012) Prof. Ian Wheeldon Army Young Investigator (2013) Prof. Philip Christopher NSF Career Winner (2012) Prof. Akua Asa-Awuku NSF Career Winner (2010) Prof. Sharon Walker

Honors and Recognitions Prof. Ashok Mulchandani was named as The W. Ruel Johnson Professorship in Environmental Engineering Prof. Nosang V. Myung is the recipient of Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering (KIChE) President Award Prof. Nosang V. Myung is named a Brainpool Fellow by Korea National Research Foundation. Prof. David Kisailus is named a Kavli Fellow by members of National Academy of Sciences Prof. Sharon Walker is named ELATE Fellow for

Faculty Growth + Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside

Research Areas Akua Asa-Awuka David Cocker Joseph Norbeck Phillip Christopher Juchen Guo Robert Haddon David Kisailus Ashok Mulchandani Nosang Myung Ruoxue Yan Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside

Research Areas Bryan Wong Jianzhong Wu Harvey Blanch Xin Ge Ashok Mulchandani Ian Wheeldon Charles Wyman Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside

Research Areas David Jassby Haizhou Liu Mark Matsumoto Sharon Walker Philip Christopher Juchen Guo David Kisailus Nosang Myung Ian Wheeldon Charles Wyman Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside

Publication Statistics  Papers / faculty / year = 6.7  # of citation / faculty / year = 373  h-index average = 32 + Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside

Tips for Applying from Current Students  Personal statements:  Pay attention to grammar!  Personalize your statement  Look up professors’ research, but stay true to your actual interests  Have good references!  Know what the program/school requires (eg. classes, GPA…)  Explain or “patch up” discrepancies in your transcript  Pay attention to deadlines! + Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside

What’s Grad School Like?  Major difference from college: time management!  MORE emphasis on research than classes  More independence  LOTS of learning and writing  Words of advice: Don’t pursue your PhD just because you can’t find a job!  Hard work, but very rewarding!  Questions? + Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Riverside