Chemical Engineering Department faculty members participate in interdisciplinary activities through University centers and research facilities such as the Massachusetts Biomanufacturing Center, the Center for Advanced Materials, the Radiation Laboratory, the Toxics Use Reduction Institute, Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence, and the Center for Green Chemistry. For many courses, students are required to assimilate classroom theories with laboratory experiments by working in one of several research and teaching laboratories specializing in biotechnology and bioprocessing, ceramics, advanced materials characterization, pulp and paper testing and computers. The faculty is involved with applied research projects sponsored by industry and government agencies, and some of the current active research areas are in biotechnology and bioprocessing, advanced engineering materials and nuclear engineering.
The department's commitment to research and laboratory utilization further prepares students for the work world.
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