The Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (ChEE) provides students with the knowledge to understand challenging problems in the chemical and environmental field.
Due to the changing relationship between human society, the economy and the natural environment, chemical and environmental engineers have many opportunities to make a meaningful and long-lasting contribution to their field. Students in this department work together to create multidisciplinary solutions that address today and tomorrow’s most pressing global problems.
September 15, 2020
University of Cincinnati engineering students won second place in the Environmental Challenge International Competition hosted by the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA). The contest asked students to propose effective solutions to an environmental problem relevant to the “host” site, San Francisco, for the AWMA 2020 virtual conference.
August 25, 2020
University of Cincinnati’s Protégé Undergraduate Research Program gives first-year College of Engineering and Applied Science students early access to research experience through a paid summer position working with faculty researchers or industry partners.
August 5, 2020
University of Cincinnati environmental engineers and chemists developed a biosensor to detect toxins in surface water such as streams, rivers and lakes. Funded through National Science Foundation (NSF) grants, the research was recently featured in an NSF video. The research is led by Dionysios Dionysiou, professor of environmental engineering, and addresses the importance of detecting toxic products of cyanobacteria algal blooms, which are formed mainly by agricultural runoff.
