Yulin Deng, professor in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, is the recipient of the Andrew Chase Division Award in Chemical Engineering from the AIChE Forest Bioproducts Division. Deng received the award, which recognizes an individual's outstanding chemical engineering contribution in the forest products and related industries, at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Award selection criteria include: significant discoveries, research, or development, successfully implemented on a commercial scale; outstanding chemical engineering contribution(s) in the field of design, operation or production management which led to significant technological improvements; distinguished service as a chemical engineering educator, with an emphasis on application of chemical engineering principles to forest products industry technologies; and outstanding service to the division.