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
What is the impact?
- Can survive extreme conditions better than traditional materials
- Replaces finite materials like metal across industries and uses
- Sustainably used in agriculture, including as safe pesticides and fertilizers
- Used in medicine as smart drug delivery and sensors
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
What is the impact?
- Quantitative detection and identification of biological and chemical agents
- Monitoring the fate of ingested, inhaled, and transdermal compounds
- Used in biosensors, medical and other diagnostic tests, and microfluidics
Biomedical Science and Engineering
What is the impact?
- Combining biological and medical expertise to create new devices and treatments
- Understanding and refining mechanisms to detect and treat disease
- Developing biomaterials and data methods for safer medical procedures
- Real-world applications and classifications of chemical and biological agents
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
What is the impact?
- Manufacturing new products with specific and novel capabilities
- Adaptation in existing medicine and other fields to address new challenges
- Broad opportunities to help societal issues like climate change, occupational safety, and health
- Safe and sustainable chemicals and medicine based on groundbreaking biological research
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