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Chemical & Environmental Engineering News - April 2019

A student in a white polo shirt flies a tethered drone outside Old Main at Engineering Design Day

$36,250 in Prizes Awarded at UA’s Engineering Design Day 2019

Top team helps lost hikers find their way home with cellphone app and solar-powered beacons.
Two people standing in front of an ivy-covered archway on the UA campus.

A UA-Powered Science Fair Success

Ask and you shall receive: High school freshman turns to UA researcher for help with her project on aerosol particles.
Andy Harris

Engineering Grad to Receive UA Alumni Achievement Award

UA Alumni Association honors chemical engineering graduate and Vantage Specialty Chemicals CEO Andy Harris.
Photo taken from inside an airplane flying above the cloud layer.

Probing Wildfire Smoke Plumes Up Close

Using data collected by planes flying directly through clouds of wildfire smoke, a team of UA researchers is investigating the impact of aerosols on the weather and public health.