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the McKetta Department of
Chemical Engineering
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Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Program
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Graduate Chemical Engineering Program
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New Data Lab to Tackle Oil & Gas Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting
The University of Texas at Austin will be home to a new multidisciplinary research and education initiative based in its Cockrell School of Engineering – the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL) – that will address the growing need for accurate, timely, and clear accounting of greenhouse gas emissions across global oil and natural gas supply chains.
Energy Titans Collaborate With UT To Solve Most Pressing Global Energy Challenges
The Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin and four of the globe’s largest energy companies have launched a new membership program to advance science and create opportunities for energy community members and students.
Texas ChE-led Research Center Aims to Find Better Ways to Clean Water
With rising demand and dwindling supply, water is perhaps the earth’s most critical natural resource. Contaminated water from energy-related activities is both an enormous burden and an exciting untapped opportunity.
Plastic-eating Enzyme Could Eliminate Billions of Tons of Landfill Waste
An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-throttling plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days.
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Research Areas
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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
Applying chemical engineering principles for the development of biochemical processes and biomedical applications
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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
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
Design, modeling, optimization, and control of petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and microelectronic processes
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Theory & Simulation
The development and application of multiscale models and high performance computational simulations spanning atomic to continuum time and length scales
Events
Thursday, September 04All Day |
Thursday, September 04External Advisory Council Meeting All Day |
Thursday, September 04ChE Seminar Series: Harnessing Microbial Redox Processes for Sustainable Technologies 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
News
Reviving Semiconductors: UT Austin Training a New Generation of Chipmakers
From the phone in your pocket to the car in your driveway, semiconductors power modern life.
The Chamoun Legacy, 37 Years in the Making
A pair of graduates—father and son Habib Chamoun and Antoine Chamoun-Farah—received their Ph.D. from the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, 37 years apart. They also shared a professor who was instrumental in their education journey.
Published by Cockrell School of Engineering.
Texas ChE at 2025 AIChE
This November AIChE® Annual Meeting is held in Boston, MA. Learn how Texas ChE is showing up.
‘Conan the Bacterium’ Is Now a Poet
Texas Engineer Lydia Contreras teamed up with renowned poet Christian Bök to encode poetry into a “deathless bacterium.”
Published by Cockrell School on Engineering.
