Undergraduate Programs

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Learn to design and optimize products and processes that improve human health, create clean energy, develop advanced materials, and protect the environment.

Program Overview

This program prepares students for a wide range of engineering careers and postgraduate studies.

Students are passionate about designing innovations in renewable and sustainable energy, developing therapeutics and medical devices, addressing climate change, and ensuring a safe and clean environment.

Coursework Includes

    • Material and Energy Balances
    • Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
    • Fundamentals of Biological Engineering
    • Chemical and Biological Reactor Design
    • Momentum and Heat Transfer Laboratory
    • Mass Transfer and Separation Laboratory
    • Chemical and Biological Engineering Design I and II
    • Professional Development Seminar

Curriculum

Concentrations, minors, and our

Five-year dual degree program

Optional Concentrations

  • Biomanufacturing
  • Advanced Materials
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Sustainable Engineering
Scott Undergraduate Research Experience student Jacy Butler works with undergraduate student Zach Mouton and chemical and biological engineering Assistant Professor Joshua Chan in Chan's lab in the Scott Bioengineering Building, February 17, 2023.

Popular Minors

  • Chemistry
  • Math
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Global Environmental Sustainability

Five-year Dual Degree Program

Chemical and Biological Engineering can be paired with a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering.

Career Options

  • Biotechnology and bioenergy
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Bioremediation
  • Sustainable engineering
  • Energy
  • Health care
  • Petrochemicals
  • Food and beverage
  • Specialty chemicals
  • Semiconductors and electronic devices
  • Polymers
  • Environmental health and safety
Student Fig Veldhuizen works under a hood in a lab.

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