Graduate Program and Department Overview
Our goal is to prepare our students, through both innovative coursework and challenging research, to be leaders in the many emerging fields that demand chemical and biological engineers.
Faculty Profile
• Faculty (tenured or tenure-track): 22 (including 2 joint
appointments with Chemistry)
• Number of peer-reviewed publications per faculty per year: 8
• Number of research presentations per faculty per year: 15
• Average sponsored research funding per faculty: $500,000/year
Graduate Student Profile
• Students: 114 (more than 95% are full-time PhD students)
• Undergraduate backgrounds:
• Biological Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Material Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Polymer Science
Faculty Excellence in Research
• 18/21 research faculty have won one+ major national research awards
• Major research awards:
• Elected member of National Academy of Engineering (2)
• Elected member of the Institute of Medicine (1)
• AIChE Professional Progress Award (2)
• National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow (1)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator (1)
• AIChE Colburn Award (2)
• NSF Presidential Young Investigator (4)
• Department of Energy Early Career Award (1)
• NSF CAREER Award (5)
• Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (3)
• Camille-Dreyfus Teacher Scholar (3)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) FIRST Award (2)
• MRS Outstanding Young Investigator (2)
• Department of Energy's Early Career Research Program Award (1)
• ASEE Dow Lectureship (1)
Faculty Excellence in Teaching
• 12/23 faculty have won one or more teaching awards
• Major teaching awards:
• Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar (3)
• CU President’s Teaching Scholars (1)
• Rocky Mountain ASEE Outstanding Faculty Award (7)
Graduate Student Excellence
• MRS Gold Graduate Student Award: 1
• Best PhD in AIChE Particle Technology Award: 2
• Society for Biomaterial's Outstanding Graduate Research Award: 1
• Innovation in Technology Award: 1
• NSF Graduate Fellows: 5
• NASA Graduate Researchers: 3
• NIH Fellows: 8
• Department of Education GAANN Fellows: 44
• Current alumni faculty members: 24
• PhD employment rate: 100%
• CU Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards: > 30
