Research Areas
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Research within our department is generally divided into four groups:
Biomaterials and Biochemical Engineering
Environmental and Green Engineering
Particle Technologies and Fluidization
Reaction and Process Systems Engineering
CBE Research Areas slide show (.pdf)
Biomaterials and Biochemical Engineering
Group members include Amarjeet Bassi, Beth Gillies, Dimitre Karamanev, Argyrios Margaritis, Kibret Mequanint, Lars Rehmann,
Amin Rizkalla, Wankei Wan and Jin Zhang.
A common theme in these areas is the application of biology, biophysics and biochemistry
principles to the solution of the practical engineering problems. Research
interests of this group focus on the bio-separation, bio-remediation,
bio-pharmaceuticals, bio-polymers, bio-sensors, bio-reactor design, tissue
engineering, materials for biomedical applications, and drug delivery.
Some of the research projects in this field of
specialization include:
Environmental and Green Engineering
Group members include Amarjeet Bassi, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens, Paul Charpentier,
Hugo de Lasa, Jose Herrera,
Dimitre Karamanev, Argyrios Margaritis, George Nakhla, Anand Prakash, Ajay Ray, Mita Ray, Lars Rehmann and Jesse Zhu.
Research in this cluster focuses on the development of physical, chemical, and biological processes that control,
reduce, and prevent pollution in the environment (air, water and soil). Researchers are working on emerging green
products and process engineering to design sustainable and safe chemical processes, which integrate new
environmentally friendly chemical routes and technical innovation to achieve green process development.
Research activities in this area include green energy from agriwaste and hydrogen production by water splitting,
biofuel cells, bio-refinery, solar powered degradation of air and water pollutants, green solvents and materials
development, and chemical and biological wastewater treatment.
Some of the research projects in this area of specialization include:
Particle Technologies and Fluidization
Group members include Amarjeet Bassi, Maurice Bergougnou, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens,
Lauren Briens,
Andrew Hrymak, Anand Prakash, Mita Ray, Sohrab Rohani, Jin Zhang and Jesse Zhu.
Particle synthesis, handling and processing play a major role in a variety of industries, including:
chemicals, food, coal combustion plants, pharmaceuticals, mining and minerals processing, oil, and petrochemicals.
Fundamental and applied research is conducted in fluidization (gas-solid, liquid-solid, multi-phase, circulating
fluidized bed), industrial crystallization, coating, drying and high shear granulation.
Some of the research in this area of specialization includes:
Reaction and Process Systems Engineering
Group members include Maurice Bergougnou, Paul Charpentier, Hugo de Lasa, Jose Herrera,
Andrew Hrymak,
Dimitre Karamanev, Argyrios Margaritis, Anand Prakash, Ajay Ray, Mita Ray and Sohrab Rohani.
Deals with chemically reactive systems of engineering significance and provides intellectual leadership in
complex design and operational issues faced by process industries. Our underlying approach focuses on the
development of new catalytic materials and innovative reactor design for multiphase and multifunctional reactors.
Moreover, our research goals is based on developing and advancing systematic modeling and solution methods for the
optimization and advanced control of multi-scale process systems, ranging from molecular level to the enterprise level.
Some of the research in this area of specialization includes:
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