Research strengths and labs in Chemical Engineering

Our faculty continues to be recognized for its technological innovation and contributions to engineering science fundamentals in the fields of fluid mechanics and transport phenomena, scientific computing, bioengineering, materials science, nanotechnology, and sustainable energy. The Chemical Department is committed to academic excellence in an environment that appreciates individual efforts and fosters interdisciplinary collaborations.

Cellular engineering;  metabolic engineering ; targeted bacteriolytic cancer therapy; synthesis of small molecules; systems biology; biopolymers; nanostructured materials for clinical diagnostics, synthetic biology and cancer immunotherapy.

 

Conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals, hydrocarbon chemistry, C1 chemistry, acid-base catalysis, electrocatalysis, microwave reaction engineering, computational catalysis, microkinetic modelling, catalysis thermodynamics, microporous materials synthesis, mass transport in porous materials, catalyst characterization methods, in situ spectroscopy and reaction engineering.

Design and characterization of new catalytic materials; nanostructured materials for nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, and photovoltaics; graphene and carbon nanomaterials; synthesis and characterization of microporous and mesoporous materials; colloids and biomaterials; membranes; biopolymers; rheology and phase behavior of associative polymer solutions; polymeric materials processing.

 

Quantum chemistry and density functional theory; Computational statistical mechanics; Computational materials science; Computational fluid dynamics; Hierarchical and equation-free multi-scale modeling; Machine learning and high-throughput screening; Bioprocess systems engineering; Population-dynamics modeling.