The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland

UMD Invention of the Year

Srinivasa Raghavan and Leah Borden create suture-free adhesive from bio-polymer gel.

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Capitol Hill Visit

Chemical engineering students visited the office of Congressman Sean Casten, learning how applicable their degree can be to the forging of public policy.

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Undergraduate Excellence

Engineering at Maryland honors 69 undergrads who exemplify the college's commitment to excellence.

Published in Nature Machine Intelligence, ChemE researchers create soft robots that provide safer human-machine interaction.

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$21M +

in current research expenditures

Lasting Partnerships

ChBE faculty members frequently partner with ARL and national labs across the U.S. to solve society's most pressing energy problems.

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45%

of student body are female

Student Diversity

Women account for roughly 45 percent - and minorities, nearly 25 percent - of the ChBE student body.

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96%

retention rate of ChBE majors at the end of freshman year

Leading Programs

Chemical engineering at Maryland ranked #19 in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report, while the Clark School of Engineering ranked #10 for its graduate program.

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Jul 5, 2022

MEI2 Director discusses future EV battery tech on Fox29

Eric Wachsman on battery myths and facts

I love how ChBE research focuses on applying fundamental science concepts to create useful real-world products.

Jun 8, 2022

Dongxia Liu Promoted to Professor with Tenure

Jun 7, 2022

Rethinking the Architecture of Solid-State Batteries: ION...

May 27, 2022

Taylor Woehl Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

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CHBE Seminar: Polymer Brush-Based Redox Active Poly(Ionic Liquid) and Non-noble Electrocatalyst for

August 10, 2022

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland

UMD Invention of the Year

Srinivasa Raghavan and Leah Borden create suture-free adhesive from bio-polymer gel.

Capitol Hill Visit

Chemical engineering students visited the office of Congressman Sean Casten, learning how applicable their degree can be to the forging of public policy.

Undergraduate Excellence

Engineering at Maryland honors 69 undergrads who exemplify the college's commitment to excellence.

AI Builds Soft Machines

Published in Nature Machine Intelligence, ChemE researchers create soft robots that provide safer human-machine interaction.

News & Events

MEI2 Director discusses future EV battery tech on Fox29

Dongxia Liu Promoted to Professor with Tenure

Rethinking the Architecture of Solid-State Batteries: ION...

Taylor Woehl Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

CHBE Seminar: Polymer Brush-Based Redox Active Poly(Ionic Liquid) and Non-noble Electrocatalyst for