Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

NIH awards over $15 Million to CBE in 2022-2023

Seven Chemical and Biological Engineering faculty members have secured $24 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the last seven years.

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Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering
3/9/23
Our Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering faculty and students focus on tissue replacement and regeneration.
Nanoscale Science and Engineering
4/15/22
Our research in Nanoscale Science and Engineering focuses on nanotechnology, advanced polymers, innovative catalysts, electrode materials, colloids, and self-assembly and crystallization phenomena.
Computational Science and Engineering
4/15/22
Research in Computational Science and Engineering focuses on thermodynamic behavior, fluid dynamics, reaction mechanisms (both biological and chemical), bioinformatics, and modeling devices and systems.

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The Catalyst 2023
11/17/23
The Catalyst 2023 is now online featuring breakthrough collaborations in health, energy, and the environment.
UB researcher receives $3 million as part of the Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Shot
7/5/23
UB researcher and professor Gang Wu and his lab have recently been awarded a $3 million grant by the Department of Energy as part of the Hydrogen Shot, an initiative that promotes the use and development of hydrogen fuel as a clean and affordable alternative to fossil fuels.
The unique life story of Emmanuel Nsengiyumva
11/10/23
The UB postdoc survived “unforgivable” atrocities in a Rwandan refugee camp to thrive as an NSF MPS-Ascend postdoctoral research fellow.
New Faculty 2023
11/28/23
A successful transition to a sustainable, carbon-neutral society of the future requires unprecedented collaboration across multiple disciplines.

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UB CBE's Annual Newsletter The Catalyst

Our Scholars

From refugee to NSF postdoctoral research fellow

Emmanuel Nsengiyumva, a UB PhD student in CBE, has defied unimaginable odds on his journey and finally, his story is being told. Escaping the civil war in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as a child, he faced harrowing moments at a Congolese refugee camp in Rwanda. Witnessing the loss of loved ones, Nsengiyumva's story is one of survival, resilience, and academic triumph.