Chemical engineering research
Understanding the fundamental chemistry of matter and energy to develop new technologies and useful products.
Research areas
Faculty members and students in the chemical engineering program at ASU strive to advance their understanding of how to best apply chemistry to convert raw materials into novel technologies and products.
Sustainability and Renewable Energy
Includes air/water pollution control, renewable/sustainable fuel and energy generation, green chemicals and materials, environmentally conscious manufacturing, and assessment of sustainable operations.
Biomolecular Engineering
Encompasses drug and gene delivery, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, biomanufacturing, microbial platforms for bioproducts, metabolic engineering and synthetic biology, and biotechnologies for generating renewable resources.
Reaction and Control Systems Engineering
Involves process control and systems engineering, computational chemistry and quantum simulations, reaction kinetics, research on surface chemistry, and materials design for catalysis in chemical and environmental processes.
Advanced Materials and Interfaces
Covers polymer synthesis/processing and recycling, physical property measurements and advanced processing, dynamic networks, additive manufacturing (3D printing), photochemistry, self-healing materials, foams and elastomers, biomaterials, nanocomposites, membranes for separations, chemical and biosensors, materials for semi-conductor manufacturing, smart materials, and advanced manufacturing.
World-class faculty
Awards and recognitions
Chemical engineering faculty have won six National Science Foundation CAREER Awards since 2019.
Eileen Seo to tackle materials’ sustainability with DOE’s Early Career Research Award
Seo is studying a novel approach to manufacturing self-repairing polymer objects with high mechanical properties.
Mani Modayil Korah and Matthew Green receive the Direct Air Capture Pre-Commercial Technology Prize from the DOE
Korah and Green won $100,000 in cash and $50,000 in technical assistance to support their commercialization efforts of a novel technology to remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere.
From ASU to Artemis: Abril Ramos helps astronauts suit up for moon mission
Through an internship, Ramos was instrumental in helping Swift Coat secure a spot as one of two companies funded by NASA to develop a new anti-fog coating for the spacesuits to be worn by the Artemis moon mission crew.
Mohamed El Mistiri earned the Dean’s Dissertation Award for designing interventions to increase physical activity by sedentary adults
El Mistiri conducted multiple National Institutes of Health-funded clinical human trials aimed at behavior change via control engineering approaches.
Opening doors to STEM
Andino is set to broaden participation in STEM with a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, working in collaboration with researchers from Chicago State University, Rutgers University, the University of Texas at El Paso, Argonne National Laboratory and Sagefox Consulting Group.
Physics and chemistry journal Surface Science recognized ASU doctoral student Daniel Rivera for his work to prevent corrosion of palladium membranes
Rivera developed a method to prevent sulfur corrosion of palladium using electric fields.
Our faculty members
The chemical engineering program at ASU consists of distinguished and complementary faculty members who have received various prestigious recognitions, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award.