Faculty expertise
Our faculty conducts research that tackles grand challenges of chemical engineering and materials science.
- Biomolecular engineering and biomaterials
- Energy production and storage
- Process systems engineering and control
- Soft matter and complex fluids
- Sustainability and manufacturingÂ
Biomolecular engineering and biomaterials
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Zhiqiang Cao
- Medical implants
- Drug delivery to treat diabetes
- Antimicrobial materials
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Haipeng Liu
- Chemical immunology
- Vaccine formulation
- Biomaterials
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Howard Matthew
- Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
- Stem cells
- 3D tissue models
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Carolyn Harris
- Development of improved devices and materials for the treatment of hydrocephalus
- Neuroinflammation and cell-biomaterial interactions
- Development of novel benchtop models for fluid flow in biological systems using 3D printing
Energy production and storage
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Da Deng
- Rechargeable batteries
- Environmental technology
- Functional nanomaterials
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Ka (Simon) Ng
- Catalysts
- Biodiesel
- Sensors
Process systems engineering and control
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Helen Durand
- Plant-wide control of nonlinear systems
- Centralized and distributed economic model predictive control
- Operational safety of closed-loop processes
- Reduced-order modeling in predictive control
Soft matter and complex fluids
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Charles Manke
- Rheology of complex fluids and biopolymers
- Molecular and mesoscopic simulations
- Biomembrane
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Jeffrey Potoff
- Biomolecular structure and function
- Membrane fusion
- Computational materials design
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Yingxi Elaine Zhu
- Macromolecular structural dynamics and assembly
- Rheology and (bio)tribology
- AC-electrokinetics and micro fluids
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Alex Albaugh
- Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
- Molecular simulation
- Molecular motors
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Camille Bishop
- Glasses
- Soft X-ray scattering
- Thin film deposition
Sustainability and manufacturing
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Yinlun Huang
- Multiscale sustainability science
- Integrated material-product-process design and decision making
- Sustainable and smart manufacturing
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Gina Shreve
- Surface coatings
- Landfill remediation
- Leachate
