Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering
About The Department
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 basedon 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
Professor Denis Wirtz awarded an NIH/NIGMS-RO1 grant Professor Denis Wirtz and his colleague Professor Didier Hodzic at Washington University in St. Louis were awarded a 1.42 million dollar research grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the structural role and functions of the connections between the nucleus and the cytoskeleton in normal cells and cells derived from models of human diseases, including progeria and muscular dystrophy. |
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NIH Director's New Innovator Award Goes to David Gracias On September 22, 2008 the National Institutes of Health named David Gracias the recipient of a 2008 NIH Director's New Innovator Award. The award, given in recognition of David’s pioneering work in microscale and nanoscale tools and devices for medicine, also serves as confirmation of his role as an exceptionally innovative engineer and acknowledges the great potential his research holds. This year, only 31 individuals were selected for the honor. Launched in 2007, the New Innovator Award is a key component of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and is intended to stimulate and sustain innovation. More information about the award can be found here. |
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Congratulations to Konstantinos Konstantopoulos who was promoted to Full Professor Professor Konstantopoulos awarded an NIH/NCI-R01 grant |
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Congratulations to Justin Hanes who was promoted to Full Professor Justin Hanes awarded a National Institutes of Health RO1 grant to study gene vectors for cystic fibrosis |
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Prof. Denis Wirtz Awarded T-32 National Cancer Institute Training Grant for $1.6 million Professor Denis Wirtz’s lab discovers how proteins control the process when bacteria multiply (Link to full article...) |
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Professor Gracias awarded 2008 DuPont Young Professor Award Gracias was selected as one of twelve recipients of the 2008 DuPont Young Professor Award. This 40 year old award at DuPont is meant to support young promising untenured faculty. (expand) |
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Sharon Gerecht receives Maryland Outstanding Young Engineer Award Gerecht is being recognized for her research in bioengineering stem cell systems for specific therapeutic applications. The differentiation and function of stem cells are greatly influenced by their microenvironment and Gerecht exploits modern microengineering techniques to alter these microenvironments to engineer stem cells that can be used to perform specific functions or tasks.(expand) |
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Joelle Frechette wins NSF Career Award Congratulations to Assistant Professor Joelle Frechette who received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award-the foundation's most prestigious award for new faculty members. Joelle’s CAREER program in materials design and surface engineering will support her research to harness interfacial phenomena and achieve external, reversible, and local control of wetting and adhesion properties between surfaces. Her award also supports the development of workshops created in conjunction with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) for visually impaired students. |
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Ben Tang wins Diversity Recognition Award ChemBE graduate student Ben Tang has been selected to receive a 2008 Diversity Recognition Award to be presented by President Brody at the Awards Ceremony scheduled for Thursday, May 1, 2008 at noon in the Glass Pavilion (Homewood). (expand) |
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2008 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Undergraduate Awards |
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Mike Betenbaugh awarded National Science Foundation-Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innnovation (EFRI) grant Mike Betenbaugh will lead an Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation effort titled, “An Integrated Computational and Experimental Model for Biochemical and Electrical Interactions in Ion Channels and the Impact of Sialic Acid on Neuronal Function”. The four year grant in the amount of approximately 2 million dollars was funded by the National Science Foundation. >> link to full article |
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)
JHU is first in overall research funding
