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Benny Freeman was inducted into the National Academy of Inventors for the invention of new membranes for gas and water purification and resource recovery!

Congratulations to Professor Gabriel Sanoja for being selected to receive the 2026 PMSE (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Materials: Science and Engineering) Early Investigator Award. This distinction highlights the accomplishments of early career researchers who are making an impact in the field of Polymer Science and Engineering.

UT Austin Professor Zak Page wins the prestigious Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award.

Congratulations to Kevin Reimund for being selected for the AIChE Excellence in Graduate Polymers Research Award!

The M-WET team at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science 2025 EFRC-Hub-CMS-CCS Principal Investigators Meeting won the Student and Postdoc Team Science Award for "Towards Rational Design of Tougher SNIPS Membranes for Water and Energy Systems".

Alumnus Joshua Moon "recently won a coveted National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award, the foundation’s premier honor recognizing rising academic leaders. The award will support Moon’s research on membrane-based separation processes and creating new ways to reduce energy consumption through chemical engineering."

Alumnus Josh Moon receives NSF CAREER Grant: "Engineering high performance gas separation membranes through versatile control of polymer structure and dynamics"

M-WET students had a great showing at the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) 2025 Conference in Nashville, TN, with three graduate students placing in the Process, Modeling, and Materials poster categories, and three undergraduates sweeping the Undergraduate poster category!

Berkin Dörtdivanlıoğlu receives the prestigious 2025 NSF (National Science Foundation) CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award! His dedication to pioneering research and education continues to push the boundaries of innovation.

Dr. Meng Wang was honored with the GEOC Early Career Award by the ACS Geochemistry Division for his presentation, "Comprehensive Analysis of Ion Pairing and Solvation in Monovalent Sulfate Salts: Insights from Raman and Dielectric Spectroscopy" at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2025 Conference in San Diego, California.