Research Areas

If chemistry is the central science, it comes as no surprise that chemical engineering underpins a broad range of technologies. We turn our expertise in producing and manipulating chemicals to energy, medicine, electronics and advanced materials with new properties.

• Biomolecular Engineering
  Discovering and applying the chemistry of life for medicine and more
• Catalysis and Reactions
  Understanding reactions and finding the most efficient pathways to biofuels and other important chemicals
• Cellular Engineering
  Understanding the chemical drivers of cell behavior and harnessing cells’ processing power
• Computing and Simulation
  Refining theory and guiding experiments
• Materials
  New properties for new devices and purposes
• Microfabricated Systems
  Electronics and ultraportable, accurate diagnostic tools
• Nanotechnology
  Applying new chemical behaviors at small scales
• Polymers and Complex Fluids
  Understanding soft matter
• Sustainable Energy
  Sustainable solutions for energy harvesting and storage