UTC’s Venkat Kode earns NSF award for sustainable water-harvesting research
E-Week Open House
Here at UTC: Our E-Week Open House for Young Future Engineers!! Click the podcast link below featuring Irene J Hillman Katelyn Hamilton Venkateswara Rao Kode, Ph.D. for details.
https://www.wutc.org/2025-02-19/here-at-utc-an-open-house-for-young-future-engineers
Coffee Research: Brewing science: How coffee fueled a UTC chemical engineering student’s “grounds”-breaking research
AIChE Conference
CBU Chemical Engineering students attended the AIChE Conference at Auburn University, where they actively participated in engaging events like the Cookie Class and ChemE Jeopardy. The conference provided them with a valuable opportunity to apply their knowledge, network with peers, and showcase their problem-solving skills in a fun and interactive environment.
Oobleck
STEM Day sessions, including the engaging Oobleck experiment, served as a platform to inspire and educate. During STEM day, the Department of Chemical Engineering at CBU hosted three sessions constituting around 20 students each. Checkout some of the snapshots from our sessions:
Invited Talks
- Invited Speaker “Thermal Analysis of Water Vapor Sorption and Hysteresis in Chestnut Shell-Derived Carbons Probed by Dynamic Vapor Sorption”, 2026 North American Sorption Symposium, USDA Forestry Laboratory, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA
- Keynote Speaker “Pulling Drinking Water out of Air using Advanced Hybrid Nanofluids”, 2nd edition of the International Conference on Research and Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICRAME 2023), India
- Keynote Speaker “Boron Nitride Nanomaterials: Properties, Processing, and Thermal Management Applications”, 2nd edition of the International Conference on Research and Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICRAME 2023), India
- Invited Speaker “Energy-Efficient Atmospheric Water Generation Using Hybrid Nanofluids”, International Experts Summit on Renewable and Sustainable Energy (IESRSE 2023), Dubai, UAE
- Invited Speaker “Energy-Efficient Atmospheric Water Generation Using Hybrid Nanofluids”, International Experts Summit on Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (IESNN 2023), Nice, France
Podcast: Ep. 117 – Erick Went & Venkat Kode: Pulling Drinking Water from Thin Air
Synergistic Activities
- Search Committee Chair, Administrative Associate Position, UTC Chemical Engineering (Spring 2026)
- Faculty Advisor, Chem-E-Car Club, UTC Chemical Engineering (Spring 2026-Present)
- Committee Member, Faculty Grants, UTC (Fall 2025- Present)
- Graduate Thesis Committee Member, UTC Chemical Engineering (Fall 2024- Present)
- Faculty Advisor, Cricket Club, UTC (Fall 2024- Present)
- Faculty Co-Advisor, Indian Student Association of Chattanooga, UTC (Spring 2025- Present)
- Scientific reviewer for Springer Nature journals
- Scientific reviewer for MDPI journals
- Scientific reviewer for Elsevier journals
Organizations
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- International Association of Engineers
- International Society for Water Solutions