Chemical and Biological Engineering - University at Buffalo

CBE earns $7.6 million in grants in ’22 for hydrogen, vaccine and nano research

Two UB students chosen for prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

Lea Kyle and Sydney Swedick are recipients of the most prestigious research scholarship offered for undergrad STEM students.

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Research Focus Areas

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.

LATEST NEWS

Chemical Engineering students honored at Celebration of Student Excellence
5/4/23
Five students in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering were honored during the University at Buffalo’s Celebration of Academic Excellence, earlier this semester.
UB engineers developing new polymer to escort cancer drugs with $2.4 million NIH grant
3/30/23
Immune response to polyethylene glycol creates need for alternative drug delivery system.
Thundat named SUNY Distinguished Professor
5/18/23
Thundat is an internationally renowned scholar known for developing micro- and nanomechanical chemical and biological sensors.

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