Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Kyriacos Zygourakis, Chair
Department homepage
Enrollment Fall 2008
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Undergraduate students
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73
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| Graduate students |
69
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Graduates 2008
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| B.A. |
2
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B.S.Ch.E
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16
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M.S.
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3
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Ph.D
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6
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Number of faculty
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9
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Research areas
- Advanced materials and complex fluids
- Biosystems engineering
- Energy and environmental systems
Starting with its involvement in the emerging petrochemical industry in the 1920s and continuing with its pioneering work on artificial heart devices in the 1960s, the department has a long history of tackling problems and expanding chemical engineering to new areas.
Degrees offered
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science Chemical Engineering
Master of Chemical Engineering
Master of Science
Doctor of Philosophy
chbe@rice.edu
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