Purdue Researchers Pioneer Flexible ‘Electric Reaction-Towers’ to Decarbonize Chemical Manufacturing

A research team at Purdue University has designed a new type of chemical reactor—Electric Reaction-Towers (ERTs)—capable of operating efficiently on ...

CISTAR Congrats: Linsey Seitz

CISTAR Congrats Linsey Seitz, Northwestern University and CISTAR team member on her prestigious NSF Early Career Award!

Professor Can Li awarded scientific prize and research contract with Air Liquide

Congratulations Can Li, assistant professor with Purdue University Chemical Engineering and CISTAR NSF Engineering Research Center researcher who was awarded ...

Ted Kim Awarded the Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Teaching Award

Ted Kim, a CISTAR Graduate Fellow, has been awarded the prestigious Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Teaching Award by Purdue University's College of Engineering. ...

Akash Nogaja Receives 2025 Faculty Lectureship Award for Groundbreaking Work on Energy-Efficient Distillation

CISTAR is proud to announce that Akash Nogaja, a Purdue Chemical Engineering graduate student, has been awarded the 2025 Faculty Lectureship Award, which ...

Alexander Dowling recognized among 2025 Graduate School award winners

Alexander Dowling, CISTAR faculty member and associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the winner of the James A. ...

Rajamani Gounder Named Recipient of Prestigious IZA Young Researcher Award

The International Zeolite Association (IZA) has named Dr. Rajamani Gounder, the R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue ...

Feature Publication: Congratulations to CISTAR Graduate Fellow, Bereket Bekele, on his paper on the kinetic consequences of extraframework Al species on acid-catalyzed alkane cracking and dehydrogenation reactions being accepted in ACS Catalysis.

Congratulations to CISTAR Graduate Fellow, Bereket Bekele, on his paper on the kinetic consequences of extraframework Al species on acid-catalyzed alkane ...

Congratulations to our 2023 Poster Pitch and Poster Winners!

CISTAR Congratulates the following students for their outstanding poster pitch and posters at the 2023 CISTAR Biannual Meeting.