Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering

Mark Prausnitz, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular  Engineering, holds an array of polymer microneedles that are  approximately 1,000 microns tall.

S.A. Bidstrup Allen

Basic relationships between the structure, processing, and mechanical properties of polymers.

T. Fuller

Electrochemical systems for energy conversion and storage. His interests are in linking fundamental science and technology with practical applications to meet growing energy challenges.

M.A. Gallivan

Process control and materials processing. Of particular interest are systems in which the dynamics require explicit consideration of discrete atomic interactions.

C.L. Henderson

Microelectronics processing, microlithography, photoresists and imaging materials, microstructures, and microfluidics.

D. Hess

Thin film science and technology, microelectronics processing and electronic materials. His group's work focuses on the establishment of fundamental structure-property relationships and their connection to chemical process sequences used in the fabrication of electronic materials and devices.

J.S. Hsieh

Chemical and thermomechanical pulping, deinking on recycled fibers, mass transfer and kinetics in oxygen/ozone delignification of wood pulp and many applications of chemical engineering unit operations on pulp and paper processes.

P.A. Kohl

Thin film analysis for the development of semiconductors, including high-speed silicon VLSI, GaAs, and photonic devices.

W. Koros

Advanced materials for both membrane and barrier applications.

P. Ludovice

Use of computer simulation to elucidate the relationship between atomic level structure and properties of synthetic and biological macromolecules.

J.Carson Meredith

Application of advanced polymer thin film and colloid materials to novel optical communications and data storage devices, functional biomedical implants, microelectronics, sensors, and engineered coatings and adhesives.

J. Muzzy

Composite materials properties and processing.

R.W. Rousseau

Crystal nucleation and growth and the role these phenomena have in determining crystal morphology, purity and size distributions.

A. Sambanis

Biochemical and biomedical engineering, emphasizing the application of chemical engineering principles towards developing tissue substitutes for restoring metabolic and secretory functions.

M. White

Heterogeneous catalysis and kinetics.