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History
Georgia Tech's School of Chemical Engineering was established in 1901, making it one of the first chemical engineering programs in the nation. The School has a distinguished history of providing education to students who have become leaders in academics, business and industry.
That tradition continues today, expanding to include research at the forefront of many traditional and nontraditional areas of chemical engineering.
This website provides a perspective on the breadth and vigor of the programs in chemical engineering at Georgia Tech. The brief descriptions of faculty and their research emphasize the diversity of interests in the School of Chemical Engineering. This diversity offers students a wide range of research opportunities.
The School of Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech is dedicated to growth in size and program quality. Georgia Tech is following a long-range plan calling for, among other things, a significant increase in the faculty-to-student ratio. The School of Chemical Engineering is using this initiative as an opportunity to expand into new research areas. Today, the School enrolls more than 800 students, and graduated 177 students from summer 2004 through spring 2005, awarding 126 bachelor's degrees, 22 master's degrees, and 29 doctoral degrees.
In addition to the traditional areas in chemical engineering, faculty research interests include biomedical engineering; biotechnology, bioinformatics & bioprocessing; catalysis, reaction kinetics & engineering; complex fluids & multiphase flow; energy transformation & utilization; environmental science & sustainable development; microelectronics, microfluidics, and MEMS; nanotechnology; polymers & materials science; process systems engineering; pulp & paper; separations; and thermodynamics & intermolecular interactions. In support of these evolving areas, the school maintains a strong involvement with the Microelectronics Research Center (MiRC), the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB), the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST), and the Institute for Sustainable Technology and Development (ISTD).
Formerly known as "Chemical Engineering," the School officially added "Biomolecular" to our name in 2003, thereby indicating that both chemistry and biology are scientific foundations supporting the education of our students. Our graduates are crucial to the manufacturing of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, computer chips, plastics, paper, and fibers; they are essential in providing the everyday energy needs of the nation. They are devising new ways for living organisms to perform molecular transformations, discovering new schemes for delivery of medicines to specific sites in the body, and they know how to work with a systems perspective. They are also concerned about managing a sustainable environment.