Chemical Engineering Research Areas

Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University has a commitment to performing field-defining research that is regarded worldwide for its impact and quality. Our faculty is among the largest in the country. We are proud of our distinguished faculty members, including six elected members to the National Academy of Engineering and a recent recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. These numbers rank among the largest in the nation in chemical engineering. The range of research topics pursued at Purdue is very broad.

Research by Fundamental Topic Area

  • Franses (Interfacial Engineering)
  • Liu (Biomaterials, Protein Engineering)
  • Morgan (Biocatalysis, Bioinformatics, Metabolic Engineering)
  • Ramkrishna (Bioinformatics, Metabolic Engineering)
  • Wang (Bioseparations)
  • Won (Transport of Nanoparticles in Cancer Cells/tissues)
  • Andres (Cluster-Based Materials)
  • Gounder (Catalysis, Surface Science and Kinetics)
  • Greeley (Catalysis, Computational Catalysis, Surface Science and Kinetics)
  • Martinez (Catalysis)
  • Miller (Surface Science and Kinetics, Ordered Nano-Alloys, Synchrotron X-ray Absorption and Diffraction)
  • Ramkrishna (Reaction Engineering)
  • Ribeiro (Catalysis, Surface Science and Kinetics)
  • Tackett (Surface Science and Kinetics, Electrocatalysis)
  • Thomson (Computational Catalysis)
  • Agrawal (Adsorption, Distillation, Membranes)
  • Boudouris (Novel Polymers for Membrane-based Separations)
  • Wang (Adsorption, Bioseparations, Chromatography)
  • Wankat (Adsorption, Chromatography, Distillation)
  • Agrawal (Devices and Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Structures, Nanoscale Phenomena and Processes)
  • Andres (Devices and Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Structures, Nanoscale Phenomena and Processes)
  • Beaudoin (Nanoscale Adhesion Phenomena)
  • Boudouris (Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Structures)
  • Corti (Nanoscale Phenomena and Processes)
  • Dou (Devices and Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Structures, Materials Discovery and Characterization, Synthesis)
  • Franses (Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Structures, Nanoscale Phenomena and Processes)
  • Harris (Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Structures, Nanoscale Phenomena and Processes)
  • Miller (Structure and Spectroscopy, Synthesis)
  • Pol (Nanostructured Electrodes, Materials Discovery and Characterization)
  • Ribeiro (Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Structures)
  • Savoie (Nanoscale Phenomena and Processes, Materials Discovery and Characterization)
  • Tackett (Nanostructured Electrocatalysts, Atomic Layer Modification)
  • Thomson (Devices and Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Structures, Nanoscale Phenomena and Processes)
  • Won (Devices and Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Structures, Nanoscale Phenomena and Processes)
  • Boudouris (Synthesis and Nanostructural Characterization of Optoelectronically-active Polymers)
  • Caruthers
  • Dou (Polymers and Materials, Synthesis and Nanostructural Characterization of Optoelectronically-active Polymers, Interfacial Phenomena of Polymers and Colloids)
  • Harris
  • Liu (Biomaterials)
  • Martinez
  • Narsimhan
  • Pipes
  • Savoie (Polymer/polyelectrolyte Brushes)
  • Won (Interfacial Phenomena of Polymers and Colloids, Polymer/polyelectrolyte Brushes, Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers)
  • Agrawal (Energy Systems, Solar Economy, Transportation)
  • Kim
  • Li (Product and Process Systems Engineering, Energy Systems, Process Control and Optimization)
  • Nagy (Process Control and Optimization, Systems Engineering)
  • Pekny (Deliberate Innovation)
  • Reklaitis
  • Corti (Molecular Simulation, Nucleation, Theories of Fluids)
  • Greeley (1st Principle Study of Interfaces)
  • Narsimhan (Molecular and Nanoscale Modeling)
  • Savoie (Molecular and Nanoscale Modeling, Molecular Simulation)
  • Thomson (Molecular and Nanoscale Modeling)
  • Won (Self-consistent Field Modeling of Polyelectrolytes)

 

Research by Application Area

  • Franses (Bioseparations)
  • Harris (Biotemplated Materials)
  • Liu (Biomaterials, Protein Engineering)
  • Martinez (Protein Engineering)
  • Ramkrishna (Modeling Disease and Recovery)
  • Wang (Bioseparations)
  • Won (Cancer Drug/Gene Delivery, Imaging, Theranosis)
  • Yuan (Biomaterials, Protein Engineering)
  • Agrawal (Solar Cell Devices)
  • Beaudoin (Adhesion in Microelectronics Manufacturing)
  • Boudouris (Microelectronics, Organic Electronics)
  • Agrawal (Biofuels, Energy Systems Analysis, Solar)
  • Boudouris (Solar)
  • Greeley (Electrochemical Energy Storage - Batteries)
  • Laird (Energy Systems Optimization)
  • Li (Energy Systems Analysis)
  • Miller (Shale Gas, Petroleum Processing, Biomass)
  • Morgan (Biofuels)
  • Pekny (Energy Systems Analysis)
  • Pol (Electrochemical Energy Storage - Batteries, Environmental Engineering)
  • Reklaitis (Energy Systems Analysis)
  • Ribeiro (Biofuels, Solar)
  • Tackett (Electrochemical Hydrogen Generation and Fuel Cells for Energy Storage and Conversion, Renewables-Powered CO2 Conversion)
  • Agrawal (Separations)
  • Basaran (Ink-jet Printing)
  • Corti (Ink Particle Engineering)
  • Franses (Ink Particle Engineering)
  • Harris (Ink-jet Printing)
  • Laird (Systems Engineering)
  • Pekny (Process Planning and Optimization)
  • Pol (Materials Processing, Technology Developments)
  • Reklaitis (Process Planning and Optimization)
  • Wang (Separations)
  • Basaran (Personalized Dosage Forms)
  • Beaudoin (Particle Engineering and Behavior, Powder Processes and Characterization)
  • Harris (Personalized Dosage Forms, Powder Processes and Characterization)
  • Laird (Systems Engineering)
  • Nagy (Crystallization and Crystal Engineering, Particle Engineering and Behavior)
  • Reklaitis (Systems Engineering)
  • Boudouris (Functional Macromolecules, Polymers and Polymer Composite Systems)
  • Caruthers (Polymers and Polymer Composite Systems)
  • Harris (Sol gels)
  • Liu (Biomaterials)
  • Pipes (Carbon Nanotubes, Polymers and Polymer Composite Systems)
  • Won (Lung Surfactant, Polymer-based Nanomedicine, Theranostic)
  • Beaudoin (Explosives detection)
  • Boudouris (Explosives detection)
  • Laird (Critical Infrastructure Protection, Online Response Systems)

 

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