Graduate Information at The University of Tennessee
Students interested in applying to our graduate program are encouraged to visit our on-line application pages.
Graduate students and faculty working together to reach common goals-that partnership is at the heart of the University of Tennessee's Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.
It's a partnership that works, creating exciting and productive research in six major areas
- Bioprocess engineering
- Molecular science and engineering
- Separations and transport phenomena
- Computer-aided process simulation and design
- Polymer and composite processing
- Process control.
These research programs reach out to other engineering and science departments, to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and to industry-forming larger partnerships and creating an unsurpassed research environment.
Chemical engineering faculty and students are involved in three Centers of Excellence: the Center for Materials Processing, and the Waste Management Research and Education Institute. Created in 1984 as part of Tennessee's commitment to higher education, the Centers of Excellence program recognizes educational and research programs of national prominence and provides substantial state funding.
The chemical engineering department also participates in the Measurement and Control Engineering Center, a partnership which includes the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the National Science Foundation and numerous corporations. The Measurement and Control Center facilitates the exchange of ideas between industry and University researchers.
The oldest and most important partnership for chemical engineering students is between the department of the Chemical Technology Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Cooperation between the University and the Laboratory creates opportunities for graduate students in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's extensive research program.
The University of Tennessee and its College of Engineering are creating new models of cooperation among universities, research laboratories, and industry. These partnerships create exceptional research opportunities for graduate students in chemical engineering.