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.
Here in the ChEE department, we offer a unique, first two-year curriculum for the undergraduates in our programs through the integration of basic math, chemistry, physics, materials, transport phenomena, statistics and systems analysis, which also allows students to seamlessly transfer from one program to another if they so desire. When students graduate from our department, they are prepared to make a difference in the chemical and environmental engineering field with satisfying careers in private research firms, testing laboratories and government agencies, and in a wide array of industries in the chemical, pharmaceutical and manufacturing fields.
Students gain knowledge to apply chemical reactions and separations to the development and production of new materials. Students learn how to design and optimize largescale processes to produce petrochemicals, plastics, fibers, fuel cells, pharmaceuticals and microelectronics.
Students gain knowledge in green engineering design to explore sustainable solutions for controlling pollution and preserving resources. Common applications for environmental engineering include the analysis and design of water and wastewater treatment systems, solid waste substance management, air pollution control and sustainability.
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February 19, 2025
Chemical engineering students with the University of Cincinnati examined the benefit of using ultraviolet light and chlorine in combination to treat drinking water contaminated with toxins from blue green algae.
February 11, 2025
A chemical engineering professor at the University of Cincinnati is developing new ways to deliver treatments for infectious diseases and cancer using the technology found in COVID-19 vaccines.
January 13, 2025
University of Cincinnati Professor Joo-Youp Lee and his students have developed a promising and efficient system of removing carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere.
