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the McKetta Department of
Chemical Engineering

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Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Program

$2.5M

Awarded in Scholarships

#8

Graduate Chemical Engineering Program

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Emerson partnership

Emerson Partnership Bolsters UT Expertise in Semiconductors and AI

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SC27 Antibody

Newly Discovered Antibody Protects Against All COVID-19 Variants

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Research Areas

  • Advanced Materials, Polymers & Nanoengineering Advanced Materials, Polymers & Nanoengineering

    Design and synthesis of inorganic and polymeric materials at the molecular level to achieve desirable properties for a wide range of applications

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  • Bioengineering Bioengineering

    Applying chemical engineering principles for the development of biochemical processes and biomedical applications

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  • Energy Energy

    The development of photovoltaics, catalysts for fuels from sunlight, and electrical energy generation and storage systems engineering for energy efficiency

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  • Environmental Engineering Environmental Engineering

    Programs to understand the fundamental science and engineering of air and water pollution, and to develop data for informed policy decisions. Process development for CO2 capture and sequestration

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  • Process Engineering Process Engineering

    Design, modeling, optimization, and control of petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and microelectronic processes

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  • Theory & Simulation Theory & Simulation

    The development and application of multiscale models and high performance computational simulations spanning atomic to continuum time and length scales

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News

Blue Hydrogen the focus of a Multi-University Student Design Competition

A collage of four hydrogen images with the text, Blue Hydrogen Student Design Competition.

Fourth-year McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering students take on a capstone project in CHE 473K, known simply as “Plant."

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Smoothing Over Rough Edges in Batteries

Dr. Zheng works with researchers in the Crystalline Materials for Energy & Sustainability (CMES) lab.

Texas Engineers have discovered a new phenomenon in modern batteries, one that could be used to improve their life cycles.

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New Research Boosts Future Whooping Cough Vaccines

Strain of Bordatello_Whooping Cough

Whooping cough, or pertussis–once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the introduction of vaccines in the 1940s–has made a troubling comeback in recent years as vaccine coverage declined after the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Green Fund Grant Energizes Texas ChE Labs

Texas ChE lab students, Green Fund spotlight.

Engineering practices promoting sustainable development–widely defined as development that meets present-day needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs–are gaining traction.

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