Chemical & Biochemical Engineering sees a growing role in today’s society advancing innovation across virtually every industry. The Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers has spearheaded critical research in areas that include biotechnology and bioengineering, materials, pharmaceutical science and engineering, and process systems and reaction engineering, among other new fields of study.

In Chemical Engineering, students apply principles of physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, environmental engineering, and health and safety sciences to the analysis, development, design, and automatic control of processes in which matter is physically or chemically transformed, separated, and/or transported. A biochemical engineering option is available which focuses on biological processes that require the integration of biochemistry, microbiology, and applied immunotechnology with other basic sciences. Chemical and biochemical engineers also produce products such as chemicals, polymers and pharmaceuticals for society at large.

Specific research programs cover areas such as catalysis, next generation pharmaceutical engineering, drug delivery systems, modeling of metabolic pathways, refinery operations, nucleation and solubility of drugs in polymers, biomass conversion, risk management, etc.

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