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.

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AI Builds Soft Machines

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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News & Events

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Jul 5, 2022

MEI2 Director discusses future EV battery tech on Fox29

Eric Wachsman on battery myths and facts

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I love science and the ChBE program seemed like the best logical step to pursue my interests.

Jun 8, 2022

Dongxia Liu Promoted to Professor with Tenure

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Jun 7, 2022

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

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May 27, 2022

Taylor Woehl Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

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