In
addition to traditional chemical engineering research, exciting
opportunities exist in the areas of applied chemistry, biotechnology,
environmental engineering and materials.
• Bioengineering and Biotechnology: Immobilized
enzyme and cell reactors; bacterial chemotaxis; bioseparations,
chiral chemistry; analysis of protein structure during purification
and in human disease; biomaterials, tissue engineering, drug
delivery; experimental systems biology; molecular and cellular engineering, stem cell technology. Faculty:
Carta, Fernandez,
Ford, Kirwan,
Laurencin, Kwon
• Complex
Biological and Chemical Systems: Complexity in biological
and chemical systems: Nonlinear dynamics, engineering of chemical
and biological complexity, bacterial populations, experimental
systems biology: applications to cell signaling dynamics,
dynamics of microbial communities exposed to environmental
pollutants, protein unfolding on surfaces, synchronization
of neurons and applications to circadian rhythms, interactions
and patterns associated with epilepsy. Faculty:
Fernandez,
Ford, Hudson
•
Computer and Molecular Simulation: Quantum chemical
and Monte Carlo simulations of heterogeneous catalysis and
thin films, protein structure and dynamics, computer visualization and simulation
of groundwater, bacteria and contaminant flow in porous media.
Faculty:
Fernandez, Ford,
Neurock, O'Connell
•
Electrochemical Engineering: Dynamics of electrochemical
reactions, electrochemical microscopy, corrosion, electrocrystallization,
transport phenomena at electrodes and fuel cells, solid oxide
fuel cells. Faculty:
Hudson, McIntosh
•
Environmental Engineering: Bioremediation, experimental
and modeling of contaminant and bacterial transport in porous
media, environmentally conscious chemical manufacturing technology,
benign solvents and catalysts. Faculty:
Carta,
Davis, Fernandez,
Ford, Kirwan
•
Heterogenous Catalysis and Reaction Engineering: Synthesis
and characterization of new catalytic materials including
zeolites, metallic clusters, metal oxides, and solid acids
and bases; photocatalysis; non-linear, oscillatory and chaotic
behavior in chemical reaction systems; relations between macroscopic
kinetics and mechanisms. Faculty:
Davis,
Espino, Hudson,
McIntosh, Neurock
•
Materials, Materials Processing and Interfacial Phenomena:
Novel catalytic and adsorbent materials, advanced polymeric
materials, biomaterials; nanostructured fluids; polymer rheology
and processing; in-situ characterization of fluid-solid interfaces,
molecular ordering at interfaces. Faculty:
Aronson, Carta,
Davis, Green,
Hudson, Laurencin, McIntosh,
Neurock
•
Separations Technology: Fixed bed adsorption, ion exchange
and chromatography equilibria and dynamics; transport in porous
particles; homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation; crystallization
and precipitation of biochemicals; synthesis and characterization
of membrane materials. Faculty:
Carta, Fernandez,
Kirwan
•
Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Equilibria: Physical
property correlation and prediction methods, thermodynamics
of salt solutions, adsorption equilibria, solubility in environmentally
benign solvents. Faculty:
Carta, Green,
Kirwan, O'Connell
See
individual Faculty Pages for more detailed information on specific research activities.
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