The Chemical Engineering program offered by  offers students a broad range of cutting-edge research areas led by faculty who are world renowned experts in their respective fields. 

Active research programs span topics related to Polymer Science, Biological Engineering, Mathematical Modeling, Environmental Engineering and Transport Phenomena. The laboratories available to CBE students are state-of-the-art facilities. Opportunities for collaboration with many other programs across the University are abundant - examples include Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Clinical Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology, etc..

Areas of study

  • Biochemical engineering
  • Biomedical engineering
  • Biofuels and biorefining
  • Biosensors and bioanalytical devices
  • Cell and tissue engineering
  • Chemical Engineering – Advanced materials (semiconductor processing, chemical vapor deposition, polymer materials)
  • Environmental biotechnology
  • Environmental engineering (bioremediation, contaminant transport)
  • Genomics/proteomics/metabolomics
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Membrane separations
  • Metabolic engineering
  • Molecular simulation
  • Nanostructured materials
  • Permeable media
  • Protein engineering
  • Synthetic and systems biology
  • Thin films