Research
Research activities in the department vary widely, covering most pressing areas in the chemical engineering field today.
News
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RESEARCH AREAS
Research efforts are concentrated in biotechnology; computational; polymers and soft materials; electronic materials and devices; and energy and the environment.
- “Green” Chemistry
- 3‐D Printing
- Advanced Materials
- Advanced Polymers and Materials
- Algae Cultivation and Algal Biomass Utilization
- Antibody-Drug Conjugates
- Assembly of Nanomaterials
- Bio/Nanosensors
- Biochemical Engineering for Production of Chemicals
- Biocompatibility and toxicology of nanoparticles
- Bioengineering
- Biomaterials
- Block Copolymers
- Catalysis
- Cell‐Material Interactions
- CO2 Capture Processes
- Computational Screening of CO2 Solvents
- Conjugated Polymers
- Controlled Synthesis
- Drug Delivery
- Drug Discovery
- Drug Resistance
- Electrochemical Engineering
- Electrochemical Engineering for Nanomaterials
- Environmental Catalysis Modeling
- Environmental Remediation
- Fuels
- Functional Material Interfaces for Soft Robotics
- Functionalized Materials for Separation and Catalysis
- Functionalized Membranes for Water Purification
- Green Cosmetics
- High Temperature Coatings
- In‐situ IR Spectroscopy of Thin Film Deposition
- Infrared Spectroscopy
- Interfacial Phenomena
- Intravaginal Rings for (Trans)mucosal Delivery of Drugs
- Ionic Liquids
- Magnetic Hyperthermia
- Manufacturing Cost Modeling
- Materials Characterization
- Mechanical Behavior
- Medical and Health Properties of Berries and Berry Extracts
- Membrane Fouling
- Metabolic Engineering
- Metals
- Microbicides
- Microchannel Devices
- Molecular Sieves
- Mucoadhesive Gels
- Nanodevices
- Nanofibers
- Nanomaterials
- Nanostructures
- Nanotherapeutics
- Natural Products
- Oncology
- Oxidation
- Pharmaceuticals
- Photobioreactor Design
- Polymer Templating
- Polymers
- Process Control
- Process Intensification
- Reaction Engineering
- Sensing
- Simulations of Nanomaterials
- Single-use Bioprocessing Films
- Soil Remediation
- Stretchable Electronics
- Surface Chemistry
- Surface Engineering
- Surface Science
- Surface/Interfacial Engineering
- Synthesis and Characterization of Inorganic Solids
- Synthetic Biology
- Thermodynamics
- Thin-Films
- Tissue Engineering
- Toxicological Evaluation of Novel Materials
- Translational Medicine
- Transport Phenomena in Polymeric Systems
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Vaccines
- Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Water
- Water Treatment
- Wearable Electronics
Laboratories
One of the biggest assets to the department is the 25-foot-tall distillation column, located in the high-bay area of Bevill.
One of only a few of its kind, this $105,000 glass tower was donated by alumnus Ralph Lewis, vice president of sales of Texaco, and the Texaco Corp. Students gain first-hand experience with its controls, design and operation. In the 1,200-square-foot high-bay area, students work with a gas chromatograph, reaction vessels, a computer-controlled batch still interfaced to a Camile data acquisition and control system, and a steady-state glass still. Students spend a good portion of their summer Operations Laboratory performing experiments with the distillation column.
SEMINARS
Fall 2024 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar Series
Time: 11am-12pm, Thursdays, Central Time
Location: HM Comer 1026
Contact: Zhongyang Wang; zhongyang.wang@ua.edu ChBE office: (205) 348-6619
| Theme | Date | Speaker | University/Institute |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2024 | Dr. Yuping Bao Graduate Program Overview |
UA | |
| August 29, 2024 | Dr. Paul Kohl Dr. Paul Kohl Seminar |
Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| September 5, 2024 | Dr. Carlos M. Rinaldi-Ramos Dr. Carlos M. Rinaldi-Ramos Seminar |
University of Florida | |
| September 12, 2024 | Dr. Dilip Gersappe, Dr. Dilip Gersappe Seminar |
SUNY-Stony Brook | |
| September 19, 2024 | Dr. Gerri Botte Dr. Gerri Botte Seminar |
Texas Tech University | |
| September 26, 2024 | Dr. Megan Robertson Dr. Megan Robertson Seminar |
University of Houston | |
| October 3, 2024 | Dr. Karthish Manthiram Dr. Karthish Manthiram Seminar |
California Institute of Technology | |
| October 10, 2024 | Dr. Jingguang Chen Dr. Jingguang Chen Seminar |
Columbia University | |
| October 17, 2024 | Dr. Feng Jiao Dr. Feng Jiao Seminar |
Washington University in Saint Louis | |
| October 24, 2024 | Dr. Bryan Pivovar Dr. Bryan Pivovar Seminar |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory | |
| November 7, 2024 | Dr. Paul Kenis Dr. Paul Kenis Seminar |
Paul Kenis, University of Illinois | |
| November 14, 2024 | Dr. Umit Ozkan Dr. Umit Ozkan Seminar |
Umit Ozkan, Ohio State University | |
| November 21, 2024 | Dr. Yushan Yan Dr. Yushan Yan Seminar |
University of Delaware | |
| December 5, 2024 | Dr. Isaac Torres Diaz Directed Assembly of Anisotropic Magnetic Particles |
University of Alabama, Huntsville |