Professor John Yin (right) and postdoctoral researcher Karen Duca prepare to grow viruses in the laboratory. They aim to better understand how viruses hijack their hosts to promote their own growth — a complex autocatalytic process. (Large image)

Innovative research is the heart of the graduate program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Our faculty is an outstanding group of scholars whose interests span both traditional and emerging areas of research in chemical engineering. Their work puts them at the forefront of chemical engineering research, and many have been recognized for their contributions with awards from national and international organizations. Among our current faculty, 12 have won NSF CAREER (or precursor) awards and three have won Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

Our research and teaching programs are enriched by a full program of research seminars and the many visiting professors from the United States and abroad.

The interests and activities and selected publications of our faculty members are described elsewhere. Those interested in more detailed information are encouraged to correspond directly with individual faculty members.

The department's research strengths, with associated faculty:

Applied Mathematics

de Pablo, Graham, Klingenberg, Maravelias, Rawlings, Swaney

Bioscience and Engineering

Abbott, de Pablo, Graham, Lynn, Murphy, Nealey, Palecek, Pfleger, Rawlings, Reed, Root, Shusta, Yin

Colloids/Particle Technology

Abbott, Klingenberg, Rawlings

Kinetics and Catalysis

Dumesic, Mavrikakis, Root

Materials

Abbott, de Pablo, Kuech, Lynn, Mavrikakis, Nealey, Palecek, Root, Shusta

Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Abbott, de Pablo, Dumesic, Graham, Kuech, Lynn, Mavrikakis, Murphy, Nealey, Palecek, Root, Shusta, Yin

Polymers and Rheology

de Pablo, Graham, Klingenberg, Lynn, Nealey

Reactor Modeling and Reaction Engineering

Rawlings

Systems, Modeling and Control

Maravelias, Rawlings, Reed, Swaney

Thermodynamics

Abbott, de Pablo, Mavrikakis

Transport Phenomena

Graham, Klingenberg

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