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The chemical engineering
profession continues to broaden and deepen its role in the
modern world. We see it in the continual globalization of
the chemical process industries, the increased level of sophistication
in current research and manufacturing, and the diversity of
emerging technologies in which chemical engineering science
plays a major role. Chemical Engineering at the University
of Virginia has been educating leaders of our profession since
1908, the same year that the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers was founded.
 Even
though our program is as old as the chemical engineering profession
itself, we are at its forefront with our current research
activities and modern facilities. Our faculty is continuing
to make distinctive contributions of knowledge and technique
to traditional and frontier areas of scholarship and technology,
and we are committed to the personal and professional development
of each of our graduate students in order to insure an exciting
future for them and their profession.
The graduate
and undergraduate education
programs within the department provide broad experience in
a variety of fundamental areas. We have research
programs focused on:
- Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- Complex Biological and Chemical Systems
- Computer and Molecular Simulation
- Electrochemical Engineering
- Environmental
Engineering
- Heterogeneous Catalysis and
Reaction Engineering
- Materials, Materials Processing and Interfacial Phenomena
- Separations Technology
- Thermodynamic Properties and
Phase Equilibria
Such fundamental
inquiries can provide guidance to industries as diverse as
pharmaceuticals, petroleum and petrochemicals, energy, and
nanoscale materials.
There are also
many multidisciplinary research
activities involving CHE faculty and students.
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