Chemical Engineering

Turn new ideas into useful products for consumers and businesses! Use your knowledge of chemistry to solve manufacturing problems! Be the link between invention and mass production!

The UMass Lowell Chemical Engineering Department boasts an accomplished faculty, a diverse range of programs and degrees and well-established ties to industrial and research institutions. Join thousands of successful UMass Lowell alumni working in industry, academia and research in the chemical engineering field. Learn more.

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Fall 2018 Undergraduate Enrollment
2017 Undergraduate Degrees
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Peter Trearchis

Chemical Engineering

Peter enjoys solving complex problems in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. He’s grateful for opportunities to conduct research.
Nicholas Marinelli

Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering major, Nicholas Marinelli, finds the campus veteran community to be very welcoming. He says it really helps to be surrounded by fellow student-veterans who share a unique bond with him.
Nicholas Langberg

Chemical Engineering

By working with the Office of International Experiences & Study Abroad, chemical engineering major Nicholas Langberg was able to add a two-month internship to his summer school program in Germany.

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11/7/2019 Featured Story

Chemical Engineering Professor Recognized with NSF CAREER Award

Chemical Engineering Professor Recognized with NSF CAREER Award

The National Science Foundation recently recognized Asst. Prof. Hsi-Wu Wong of the Department of Chemical Engineering with a prestigious faculty early career development grant, called the “CAREER” award. This highly competitive annual program selects the nation’s best young university faculty-scholars “who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization.”

11/7/2019 Featured Story
11/6/2019 Department News

‘Support the Other Women Around You’

‘Support the Other Women Around You’

Students from Manning Women in Business and the Society of Women Engineers learned how the tech industry is addressing diversity issues in a panel discussion hosted by the Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at the UMass Club in Boston.

11/6/2019 Department News
10/10/2019 Featured Story

Researchers Develop New Biomaterials to Improve Repair of Heart Muscle

Researchers Develop New Biomaterials to Improve Repair of Heart Muscle

A research team led by Asst. Prof. Gulden Camci-Unal of the Department of Chemical Engineering is developing new “breathable” biomaterials that can repair heart muscle damaged by disease or heart attack.

10/10/2019 Featured Story
7/18/2019 Featured Story

Summer Program Trains Young Professionals for the Nuclear Industry

Summer Program Trains Young Professionals for the Nuclear Industry

Reactor system fundamentals and technology and advanced reactor designs were just some of the topics discussed at this year’s Intercontinental Nuclear Institute (INI), an annual summer fellowship program organized by UMass Lowell and the Czech Technical University in Prague.

7/18/2019 Featured Story

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