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Pursue a degree or take courses in chemical engineering.
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Applying biological, chemical, and physical principles to society’s grand challenges.
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Research includes advanced materials, nanotechnology, alternative energies, and more.
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- Professor James Pfaendtner, University of Washington
September 9 - Professor Evan J. Granite, University of Pittsburgh-NETL
September 16 - Professor William Epling, University of Virginia
October 14 - Dr. Richard Vaia, Air Force Research Laboratory
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2020 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Alumni are invited and encouraged to suggest candidates for next year’s award which will be presented during 2020 Meliora Weekend.
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Feature Video
Chem-E-Car team shares its latest vehicle, built from scratch, powered by chemical reactions.
Feature Story
Finding the ‘missing piece’ in social entrepreneurship
Muhammad Miqdad is graduating with a degree in chemical engineering, but his four years at Rochester are leading him to a future focused on connecting the dots between technology, business, and social good.
Continue Readingof the 226 undergraduate students enrolled in the Department of Chemical Engineering in fall 2014 were female.
In a 2011 survey, the National Research Council ranked the University of Rochester’s chemical engineering program eighth in the country.
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Our faculty and students conduct research at the forefront of modern chemical engineering. We specialize in applying materials science to tackle grand challenges facing society in the areas of clean energy, biotechnology, and nanotechnology.
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