Departmental Overview

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The Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University is rapidly developing into one of the leading departments in the Nation. Established in 1924, our 20 dedicated and enthusiastic faculty supervise 85 full-time graduate students, 75 percent of whom are PhD candidates. The Department is routinely among the top chemical engineering departments in research expenditures in the country. In fact, in 1996 the National Research Council ranked NC State's Graduate Chemical Engineering program first in the Southeast. Our department includes strong multidisciplinary programs in biotechnology, catalysis, electronic materials, polymers, molecular thermodynamics, colloid and surface science, and pollution prevention. Looking toward the future, we are busy planning a new Chemical Engineering laboratory and teaching facility on our university's Centennial Campus. Centennial Campus is a unique enterprise and vision of the future campus, designed to enable professors and graduate students to work side-by-side with researchers from industry.

We take special pride not only in our research and teaching accomplishments, but also in our long tradition of departmental collegiality, in the belief expressed by the faculty that "your success is my success." Our goal is to give students the support and encouragement they need to achieve their individual intellectual promise. This attitude has been highly effective in the development of a new generation of researchers. Graduates from the NC State Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering program are faculty at universities across the country and are contributing to a wide range of industrial enterprises, from large corporations to small start-up companies. NC State continues to offer the environment and faculty support necessary to prepare hard-working graduate students for the rigors of academic and industrial research.

We invite you to join the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department at North Carolina State University, to show your potential as a researcher and to explore and develop engineering solutions to society's pressing technological questions.

Opportunities for Innovation

Creativity, collaboration, and innovation are characteristics emphasized and nurtured in the NC State Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department. While analysis is at the core of undergraduate instruction, creativity and synthesis are key aspects of the graduate experience. Practical solutions to technological problems require the creative synthesis of often disparate ideas and approaches.

At NC State, graduate research often results in the development of innovative and patentable ideas, leading to new technologies and, sometimes, new companies. Faculty members in the Department have strong interactions with industry, including consulting,sponsored research, and/or advisory board activities. Opportunities continue to arise to use your technical and entrepreneurial abilities to create new solutions to societal problems.