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Facts and Figures

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The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan was founded in 1898.

Faculty Statistics

  • Faculty: 25 (tenured or tenure-track), 7 (joint appointments)
  • National Academy Members: 3
  • National Science Foundation Career Awards: 12
  • Named Professorships: 14
  • Internal Awards (since 2004):24 U-M and College of Engineering awards for teaching, research and service
    • 18 faculty members have received recognition from U-M or the College of Engineering during their careers for teaching, research or service.
  • National Awards: 12 American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE) Awards; 36 other awards from other national societies and organizations
  • Editorships & Editorial Boards : 7
  • Fellows: 20 (including AIChE & American Physical Society)

Graduate Student Statistics

  • Graduate Students Fall 2018: 162
  • Gender: 100 Male, 62 Female
  • Citizenship: 109 Domestic, 53 International
  • Competitive Internal Fellowships (Fall 2018 class): 7
  • Competitive External Fellowships (Fall 2018 class): 11
  • GRE Scores: Average for Fall 2018 class: V 161; Q 167; WR 4.5
  • Average GPA (Fall 2018 class): 3.89 PhD; 3.71 MSE
  • Degrees Awarded in 2018-19: 24 PhD, 29 MSE (including embedded degrees)

Undergraduate Student Statistics

  • Declared Undergraduate Students Fall 2018: 365
  • Gender: 211 (58%) Male; 154 (42%) Female
  • Residency: 226 (62%) In State; 139 (38%) Out of State
  • Degrees Awarded 2018/2019: 131

Chemical Engineering Department Research Statistics

  • Total Research Expenditures (2016): $15,044,909
  • Total Externally Sponsored Research Expenditures (2013): $12,000,000
  • Invention Disclosures (since 2005): 177
  • Patents (since 2005): 66

Research Infrastructure

  • Total Lab space:  41,714 sq. ft.
  • Student and Research Offices: 23,756 sq. ft.

Additional Facilities:

  • Clean Room: 3029 H.H. Dow
  • Confocal Microscope Lab: 3075 H.H. Dow
  • Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory (EMAL):West basement of Space Research Building
  • Mammalian Cell Culture Lab: 3327 G.G. Brown
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