Chemical and Biological Engineering
Illinois Tech's Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering—established in 1901—was one of the first chemical engineering programs in the country. It continues to be one of the most innovative programs on the leading edge of relevance to society and industry.
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About CHBE
Our students and faculty look at the world through a different lens, and are engaging in breakthrough research addressing some of the most serious problems that will impact communities worldwide. Emerging research areas include managing and purifying water, developing alternates to fossil fuels, designing strategies for environmental cleanup, and engineering technologies for improved drug delivery.
In addition to the fundamentals of science, math, and engineering, our chemical engineering curriculum emphasizes applications of transport processes, thermodynamics and kinetics, automatic control, and design. The degree program emphasizes coursework in equipment design, control-system design, fluid mechanics and heat-transfer operations, mass-transfer operations, and chemical reaction engineering.
The Illinois Institute of Technology program in Chemical Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org.
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In the Master of Pharmaceutical Engineering program, students first learn the basics of pharmaceutical engineering, drug delivery, bioprocess engineering, and entrepreneurship/intellectual property management before selecting elective courses. New course offerings include:
CHE 583 Introduction to Pharmaceutical Engineering
Faculty: Seok Hoon Hong, Assistant Professor
CHE 585 Drug Delivery
Faculty: Mudassir M. Rashid, Adjunct Part-Time Instructor
*CHE 514 Process Analytical Technology
Faculty: Mudassir M. Rashid, Adjunct Part-Time Instructor
*CHE 514 will be offered in spring 2020 and provides a framework to enhance process understanding, while assisting in the development of reliable and efficient pharmaceutical operations.
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University News
Wetting the Ball: Improving Ballpoint Performance
Ballpoint pens are cheap and reliable, making them immensely popular. They originated around the time of air travel, quickly replacing fountain pens that would often leak in a plane cabin’s low air...
Closing the Carbon Cycle With Green Propane Production
Illinois Institute of Technology Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Mohammad Asadi has published a paper in Nature Energy that describes an electrolyzer device that can convert carbon dioxide...
Inaugural Robert W. Lyczkowski Endowed Lecture
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology hosted the inaugural Robert W. Lyczkowski Endowed Lecture with a talk by Augusto Neri (Ph.D. CHE ’98)...
Master of Pharmaceutical Engineering Degree
Engineer solutions for the challenges within the pharmaceutical industry with our highly specialized master's program—the first pharmaceutical engineering program of its kind in the Chicago area.
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Faculty Research
Faculty research includes topics in emerging areas such as nanomaterials, complex fluids, nanofluids, molecular modeling, novel catalysts, and membranes for fuel cells and batteries.
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Student Research
Participate in breakthrough research with our chemical and biological engineering faculty, applying real-world applications and working on projects that will impact cities and communities across the globe.
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Illinois Tech prepared Tejaswini Ramakrishna Hegde to become part of the team manufacturing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Tejaswini Ramakrishna Hegde (M.A.S. PHME ’21)
As a student president, Jessica Forbes is building the skills to one day run her own business.
Jessica Forbes (CHE ’22)
Through IPRO and undergraduate research, Derek Bergstedt prepares for a chemical engineering career.
Derek Bergstedt (CHE, M.A.S. CHE 4th Year)
Lizz Elliott received a United States Department of Energy scholarship to continue her nuclear energy research.
Lizz Elliott (CHE 4th Year)
Elizabeth Foot’s journey from studying chemistry and chemical engineering to working in automation.
Elizabeth Foot (M.A.S. CHE ’22)
Deborah Adesina achieved her dream of conducting biomedical research beyond the classroom. This one-of-a-kind experience brings her one step closer to launching a career in research and development.
Deborah Adesina (BME/M.A.S. CHE 3rd Year)Contact Chemical and Biological Engineering
Department Type
AcademicCollege
Armour College of EngineeringOffice Location
Department of Chemical and
Biological Engineering
10 West 33rd Street
Perlstein Hall, Suite 127
Chicago, IL 60616