Chemical Engineering Education346

BiosystemsEngineering Metabolic engineering, systems biology, nutri3onalsystems biology, protein engineering, cellular and3ssue engineering, microbial fermenta3ons, analysisanddesignofgenenetworks,cellularreprogramming,andcellpopula3onheterogeneity.

Formoreinforma1onand graduateprogramapplica1ons,writeto:Chair,GraduateAdmissionsCommi>eeChemicaland

BiomolecularEngineeringRiceUniversity,P.O.Box1892Houston,TX77251-1892www.chbe.rice.edu

THEDEPARTMENT

• OffersPh.D.,M.S.,andM.Ch.E.degrees

• Provides 12-month s3pends and tui3on waivers to full-3mePh.D.students.

• Currently has 86 Ph.D. and 35 MS/MCHE graduatestudents(Fall2016).

• Emphasizes interdisciplinary studies and collabora3onswithresearchersfromRiceandotherins3tu3ons,na3onallabs, the Texas Medical Center, NASA’s Johnson SpaceCenter,andR&Dcentersofpetrochemicalcompanies.

FACULTYRESEARCHAREAS

THEUNIVERSITY

•  Riceisaleadingresearchuniversity-small,private,andhighlyselec3ve - dis3nguished by a collabora3ve, highlyinterdisciplinaryculture.

• State-of-the-art laboratories, interna3onally renownedresearch centers, and one of the country’s largestendowments support an ideal learning and livingenvironment.

• LocatedonlyafewmilesfromdowntownHouston,itoccupiesan architecturally dis3nc3ve, 300-acre campus shaded bynearly4,000trees.

CHEMICALANDBIOMOLECULARENGINEERING

PeterRossky(Harvard,1978)

Professor,DeanofWeissSchoolofNaturalSciences

Ka-YiuSan (Caltech,1984)

Professor

Edwin“Ned”Thomas(Cornell,1974)Professor,DeanofGeorgeR.

BrownSchoolofEngineering

GeorgeBenne>(Purdue,1974)ProfessorCeciliaClemen1 (Intl.Schl.Adv.Studies,1998)ProfessorRobertJ.Griffin (Caltech,2003)Professor,CivilandEnvironmentalEngineeringChair

AnatolyKolomeisky(Cornell,1998) Professor

QilinLi(UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana–Champaign,2002) AssociateProfessor

AntoniosMikos(Purdue,1988)Professor

JOINTAPPOINTMENTS

SibaniLisaBiswal(Stanford,2004)AssociateProfessor

WalterChapman(Cornell,1988)Professor

KennethCox(Illinois,1979)ProfessorinthePrac3ce RamonGonzalez(Univ.ofChile,2001)

ProfessorGeorgeHirasaki(Rice,1967)ResearchProfessor

FrederickMacKintosh(Princeton,1989)Professor

DeepakNagrath(RPI,2003)AssistantProfessorMa>eoPasquali(Minnesota,2000)Professor,ChairofChemistry

LauraSegatori(UTAus3n,2005)AssociateProfessorFranciscoM.VargasLara(Rice,2009)AssistantProfessor

RafaelVerduzco(Caltech,2003)AssociateProfessorMichaelWong(MIT,2000)

Professor,ChairofChemicalandBiomolecularEngineeringKyriacosZygourakis(Minnesota,1981)Professor

Sco>Wellington(CaseWesternReserve,1972)Dis3nguishedFacultyFellow

FACULTY

AdvancedMaterialsandComplexFluidsSynthesis and characteriza3on of nanostructuredmaterials, catalysis, nano- and microfluidics, self-assemblingsystems,hybridbiomaterials, rheologyof nanostructured liquids, polymers, carbonnanotubes,interfacialphenomena,emulsions,andcolloids.

EnergyandSustainabilityTransport and thermodynamic proper3es of fluids,biofuels, CO2 sequestra3on, biochar, gas hydrates,enhancedoilrecovery,reservoircharacteriza3on,andpollu3oncontrol.

PulickelAjayan(Northwestern,1989)Professor