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Chemical engineering is a broad and versatile discipline in which chemical engineers work on the development and application of processes that change materials either chemically or physically. This branch of engineering was originally based on the applications of chemistry, combined with the principles of physics and mathematics. Over time, and with increasing speed, it has evolved so that biological sciences and chemistry now fill the position once uniquely held by chemistry. This recent evolution led the School to add “biomolecular” to its official name in 2003. Revised undergraduate and graduate curricula reflect and support the diversification of the discipline.

Recent News

Congratulations to Denis Wirtz on being named the Theophilus Halley Smoot professor in the Whiting School of Engineering and also on his nomination as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  Denis Wirtz's current research is in cell adhesion and de-adhesion, a question of central importance in understanding cancer metastasis. Denis is the director of the new Engineering in Oncology center that is funded by a nearly $15 million grant from the National Cancer Institute.

Congratulations to Konstantinos Konstantopoulos for being elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

Congratulations to Jeannine Coburn from Dr. Elisseeff's group, who has received a pre-doctoral fellowship from NIH.

Congratulations to Noy Bassik, who has been selected as a Seibel Scholar The Siebel Scholars program recognizes outstanding graduate students from the world’s most prestigious business, computer science, and bioengineering graduate schools. New Siebel Scholars and program alumni comprise a distinctive and diverse community that brings together the best and brightest to solve some of society’s most pressing issues. Click here for more information...

Graduate Training Programs in NanoBioTechnology

The Institute for NanoBioTechnology at Johns Hopkins University will revolutionize health care by bringing together internationally renowned expertise in medicine, engineering, the sciences, and public health to create new knowledge and groundbreaking technologies.

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• NanoBio IGERT -The NSF sponsored Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) is a pre-doctoral / graduate training program that teaches students how to design and develop nanoprobes such as functionalized nanoparticles and lab-on-a-chip technologies.
• NBMed - The Johns Hopkins University Interdisciplinary Graduate Training Program in Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine-or NBMed program-is an exciting graduate / pre-doctoral training program housed in the Institute for NanoBioTechnology.
  
  The program focuses on a new frontier for scientific exploration: the interface between nanotechnology, biology, and medicine for creating new diagnostics and therapeutics to detect, treat, cure, and prevent human diseases.
  
  Funding for the program comes from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Fast Facts

14 Full-time Faculty
324 Undergrads, 63 Grads
Two major graduate programs in nanobiotechnology
Hopkins ChemBE ranked 9th (Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, 2005)
ChemBE department is ranked 17th nationally in terms of the number of undergraduates we graduate