Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Mission
Chemical Engineering is a branch of engineering that uses principles of physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and economics to efficiently use, produce, design, transport, and transform energy and materials. The Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at the University of Iowa (UI) provides a stimulating academic community where students engage in a highly personalized learning and research environment. Faculty within the department have focused research projects in biological and pharmaceutical systems, clean energy and catalysis, air quality and climate, polymeric and advanced materials, quantum chemical simulation, and remote sensing.
Active Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs provide students with opportunities to obtain specialized knowledge and expertise through advanced course work in chemical engineering and related disciplines, to engage in interdisciplinary research opportunities, and to impact their communities through service learning. Both the M.S. and Ph.D. programs are designed to equip the student with the skills to pursue a career in industry, academia, or government.
We help you build your mentoring network from day one!
Mentoring Network
We help students build their mentoring network from day one! In addition to their research advisor, graduate students in the department receive peer and faculty mentors as well as the opportunity for alumni mentorship. Students are assigned a peer mentor and a faculty mentor (non-research advisor) during the summer before entering the program. The department also offers a voluntary alumni mentoring program in which students are paired up with an alumni mentor.
News Articles
CBE Graduate Student Spotlight - Jonah Marks
Current PhD candidate Jonah Marks is a graduate research assistant in the Gomes Lab. Learn more about Marks’ research focus, and the memories he’s made here at the University of Iowa!
Hometown
I am originally from Fairfield, Iowa
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CBE Graduate Student awarded PhRMA Foundation Fellowship
Christopher Ruben, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, has received a two-year PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. This funding will support Ruben in his research on developing polymers that mimic key chemical structures of bacteria to create a...
Celebrating student research | Grace Williamson develops spray gel for burn wounds
Grace Williamson, a University of Iowa senior, is researching advancements in burn wound technology to treat third- and fourth-degree burns.
Williamson is on a team that curated different drug loading techniques for pain relief medicine. The project focuses on burn wounds and the thermal...