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Dunn

Northwestern to Lead Midwestern Carbon-Capture Hub

With Professor Jennifer Dunn as the principal investigator, the project has received nearly $4 million to test the feasibility of direct air capture technologies.Read more

Seitz

Linsey Seitz Wins ACS CATL Early Career Award

This award recognizes and encourage accomplishments and innovation of unusual merit by an individual in early stages of their career. Read more

Graduation

Jeffrey Lopez Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

The award, worth $623,708 over five years, will back Lopez’s work to design and evaluate new fluorine-free electrolytes.Read more

Study abroad

International Experiences Expand Engineering Perspectives

Northwestern Engineering students deepen their understanding of global challenges firsthand through learning experiences worldwide.Read more

About the Department

Pioneering transformational discoveries to tackle global challenges

Our internationally recognized Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University prepares the next generation of engineers by fostering their growth in a collaborative, multidisciplinary community built on excellence in research and education.

We impact and shape the world through inventions and innovations in soft materials, complex systems, synthetic biology, biotechnology, and catalysis and use them to tackle global challenges in renewable energy, biomanufacturing, clean water, sustainability, and human health.

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Setting ourselves apart

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NSF CAREER awards

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interdisciplinary research centers, institutes, and programs

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startup companies

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Research Areas

From transformational discoveries to impactful solutions

Our department combines the fundamentals of physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics with technology development to drive discoveries in our core research areas.

Programs

Fostering growth in a collaborative, multidisciplinary community built on excellence in research and education

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Combined BS/MS Degree Program

Minor in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering

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Graduate

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

PhD in Chemical Engineering

Synthetic Biology Minor

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Affiliated

Master of Science in Biotechnology

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Discover Our Whole-Brain Engineering Philosophy

We augment the analytical core of engineering with design, entrepreneurship, leadership, personal development, and unusual collaborations to imagine what's next and take the world in a whole new direction.

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