Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering

Research

Chemical and Biological Engineering at CSU explores a broad range of innovative research areas, led by faculty who are world-renowned experts in their respective fields. 

Advanced Polymeric Materials

Featured research topics

Soft Materials • Block Copolymers • Polymer Brushes • Polyelectrolytes • Polymer Blends • Nanocomposites • Coarse Graining • Fluctuation/Correlation Effects • Self- and Directed Assembly • Surface and Interface Phenomena • Structure-Property Relations • Molecular Simulations • Field Theories • Integral-Equation Theories • Density-Functional Theories • Mesoscopic Simulations • Statistical Mechanics

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Bioanalytical Devices

Featured research topics

Biosensors • Enzymatic Detection • Microfluidic Capillary Electrophoretic Detection • Bacterial and Viral pathogen detection • Organ on a chip • Wellness monitoring • Microfluidic platform design • Detection of endocrine-disrupting chemicals

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Biomedical Science and Engineering

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Featured research topics

Modeling and Engineering Microbiomes • Hydrogels and Ionic Elastomers • Membrane Development • Biological Soft Tissue Mimics • Novel Nanoparticles for Pharmaceuticals and Stimuli-Responsive Delivery • Xenobiotics In the Body • Computational Frameworks • Analysis and Prediction of Xenobiotic Metabolism • Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling • Environmental Pollutant Exposure and Optimization of Drug Regimens • Impact of Toxicant Exposure On Epigenetic Changes Using Multiscale Systems Biology • Development and Application of System and Parameter Identification in Biosystems • Pharmacogenetics

Systems Biology, Synthetic Biology, and Biomanufacturing

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Featured research topics

Plant Metabolic Engineering • Bioreactor Analysis • Applied Microbiology and Microbial Ecology • Bacteria and Algae for the Production of Biofuels and Other Chemicals • Production of Bio-Based Chemicals and Fuels • Computer-Guided Protein and DNA Engineering • Bioenergy • Synthetic Biology • Synthetic Biology • DNA Vaccines • Viral Vectors • Digital Certificate Technology for Engineered DNA Molecules • Cellular Biomechanics • Signaling and Gene Transcription Networks • Genome Scale Metabolic Modeling