Undergraduate Program

Our comprehensive undergraduate program prepares engineers who are able to take the lead in devising innovative and practical solutions to chemical and biochemical problems across a range of industries. Courses in math, science, and engineering teach students to design and conduct experiments and analyze and interpret data. Students are exposed to multidisciplinary work representative of the field with an emphasize on teamwork and collaboration. 

Academic Options

Biochemical engineering is an option to the chemical engineering course and offers students a deeper focus related to biological systems of living organisms. Biochemical engineers apply their skills in the food, agriculture, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and water treatment industries.

Students can also select technical tracks in energy and sustainability and advanced and nano materials.

Hands-on Experience

Dedicated faculty members are engaged in cutting-edge research in the areas of pharmaceutical science and technology, life sciences engineering, including biotechnology, biomolecular engineering, tissue engineering and the design, manufacture and applications of nanostructured materials. Undergraduates have many opportunities for research under the guidance of a faculty adviser and many further that by doing field work or securing internships among some of leading companies around the nation. 

Industry Connections

Internships, full-time during the summer or part-time during the semester, give students the opportunity to gain work experience in industry and to begin to make professional networking connections. Students who participate in the co-op program work full time for six months in a corporate engineering position and earn credits towards their degree. Students who participate in these programs are often offered full-time positions by their sponsoring companies after graduation.

We maintain close ties with leading corporations, including Dupont, ExxonMobil, Hess Corporation, and Merck, who support our undergraduate programs with research and on-site training opportunities and advisement. 

Chemical engineers are among the most versatile of engineers because their training touches on many areas of engineering and the sciences. CBE graduates are finding success in careers that include:

• Engineering alternative fuels
• Developing new biotechnologies
• Improve environmental health and safety
• Developing new foods and beverages
• Engineering new pharmaceuticals
• Creating new consumer goods
• Engineering waste management systems
• Manufacturing chemicals
• Designing and constructing chemical plants