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Chemical Engineering at Tufts University was established in 1901 and the first Bachelor of Science degree was awarded in 1905, making Tufts one of the first five colleges in the United States to develop a chemical engineering curriculum. In 2000, Tufts became the first chemical engineering department in the nation to recognize the evolving interdisciplinary nature of the field by integrating biological engineering into its curriculum.
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Research Areas

Materials for Energy and Sustainability

Cell and Biomolecular Engineering

Systems and Process Modeling

Department Highlights

Professor Flytzani-Stephanopoulos gives invited lectures
Professor Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos spent a week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the Hougen Lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.

Alumni Notables

Recent News

Asatekin and Sadeghi develop new water filtration method

Prof. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos delivers the 2019 William Schwarz Lecture at Johns Hopkins University

Asatekin named to editorial board

Prof. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos is the 2019 Ensor Lecturer at Washington State University

Prof. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos wins the 2019 ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science

Electrospinning methods

Towards creating an extended metabolic model for E. coli

Stress relief for graduate students

Researchers develop gelatin biopolymer-supported alternative for wearable, flexible sensor applications

Alum Ryan Pandya named to Forbes '30 Under 30'

Tufts team wins Cambridge competition

Flytzani-Stephanopoulos gives invited lecture at AIChE annual meeting

Students receive poster awards at AIChE annual meeting

Flytzani-Stephanopoulos gives the 2018 Hougen Lectures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

The quest to build a better battery

A guide to weekend trips from Tufts

New approaches for challenging separations

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Botsaris Lecture

SAVE THE DATE: April 17, 2019
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The ChE Department announces successful closure on the Gregory Botsaris Fund campaign

Seminar Series

Dr. Todd Emrick
University of Massachusetts–Amherst
Monday, March 11, 2019
12:00-1:00pm
SciTech, Room 136

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Degree Programs

B.S. in Chemical Engineering
M.S. in Chemical Engineering
M.S. in Bioengineering: Cell and Bioprocess Engineering
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. in Biotechnology
Joint-Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering
Certificate in Biotechnology

Student Notables

Rising junior named 2018 Summer Scholar

Student and student groups receive Graduate Awards

Tufts senior to work for MLB

Tufts alums and students win at $100k New Ventures Competition

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