ChBE@GT Graduate Program

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The School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) at Georgia help you fulfill your plans for a successful future. Ranked among the

Tech is the right school to

top engineering programs

in the nation, our program is also one of the oldest, largest, and most diverse in the world. With

40 full-time faculty members who are leaders in their fields, state-of-the-art research facilities, and access to numerous opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, our

more than

program is unlike

any other. We offer financial assistance to all of our Ph.D. students, giving ex-

ceptional opportunities to extraordinary people.

► Awarded $8.1 million by NSF for Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) to study graphene as a viable successor to silicon in microelectronics

Faculty Research Areas

► Awarded $4.8 million by the Department of Energy for two research projects that focus on developing advanced postcombustion technologies for capturing carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants

Mark Allen: microsystems, MEMS

► 10 women

Recent Faculty Honors & Awards

Sue Ann Bidstrup Allen: heterogenous catalysis

Research ► Strategic research initiatives in energy and sustainability, biotechnology, materials and nanotechnology, and complex systems

► Michael Filler – 2012 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation

Andreas Bommarius: biocatalysis, bioprocessing

ChBE Quick Facts Faculty ► 100+ combined national and international awards ► 7 National Academy of Engineering members ► 14 NSF CAREER Awards winners

► Core strengths in catalysis, separations, bioprocessing, drug delivery, biomedicine, microelectronics, process control, synthesis, and optimization

Program Highlights ► Named one of only 11 Strategic University Partners by Dow Chemical Company with a $25 million per year funding commitment until 2021 ► Awarded $11.6 million by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for $23.3 million Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory (C-NES) ► Awarded $20 million by Semiconductor Research Corp. for Interconnect Focus Center ► Awarded $10 million by KAUST to develop novel methods to purify oil and natural gas hydrocarbons

► Martha Grover – 2011 Young Researcher Award from AIChE CAST Division

Pradeep Agrawal: heterogenous catalysis

Sujit Banerjee: environmental engineering, pulp & paper Sven Behrens: polymers, colloids, responsive materials

Victor Breedveld: complex fluids, microfluidics Julie Champion: drug delivery, biomaterials

► William Koros – 2011 AIChE Institute Lecturer

Ronald Chance: CO2 transport, alternative fuels

► Hang Lu – 2011 CSB2 Prize in Systems Biology from the Council for Systems Biology in Boston

Rachel Chen: metabolic engineering, protein technology

► Athanasios Nenes – 2011 Kenneth Whitby Award from the American Association for Aerosol Research

Michelle Dawson: cell mechanics, regenerative medicine

► Mark Prausnitz – Named Regents’ Professor in 2011 by Georgia Board of Regents, bringing ChBE’s number of Regents’ Professors to six ► Elsa Reichmanis – 2011 PMSE Distinguished Service Award from the American Chemical Society ► Ronald Rousseau – 2011 Malcolm E. Pruitt Award from the Council for Chemical Research ► Mark Styczynski – 2011 Young Faculty Award from DARPA

John Crittenden: sustainable & environmental engineering

Yulin Deng: polymers, nanomaterials, papermaking Charles Eckert: thermodynamics, separations Michael Filler: solar energy conversion, optoelectronic materials Tom Fuller: systems for energy conversion & storage Martha Grover: systems engineering, materials processing Cliff Henderson: polymers, microelectronics, nanotechnology Dennis Hess: microelectronics, microfluidics, MEMS

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