Current research projects in the department pursue new knowledge and technological advancements in the chemical sciences and engineering. Areas of interest include process safety, process systems engineering, applied thermodynamics, polymers, mineral processing, and biochemical engineering. Many investigations are being driven by University initiatives in sustainability, biotechnology, and alternative energy.
The department’s level of external funding is currently at $3 million. Chemical and materials industries and federal and state agencies—including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, the National Institutes of Health, and the US Department of Energy—support the department’s research programs.
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FeMET Curriculum Development Proposal
| Investigators | |
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| Principal Investigator: Surendra Kawatra | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: American Iron & Steel Institute
Project 3 Frontier Renewable Resources Center of Energy Excellence: Improving Forest Feedstock Harvesting, Processing and Hauling Efficiencies
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: David Shonnard | |
| Co-PI: Robert Froese | |
| Co-PI: Pasi Lautala | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: Frontier Renewable Resources, LLC
Bimetallic Overlayer Catalysts for Sustainable Fuel Production from Lactose
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Joseph Holles | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
GAANN: Chemical Engineering Doctoral Fellowship Program for Environmentally Benign Chemical Manufacturing
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Surendra Kawatra | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Education
Various Sponsors: Membership in the Center for Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel Making
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Surendra Kawatra | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: COREM
Targeting elF2alpha siRNA to Alpha(v)beta(3) Integrin-Bearing Tumor Cells
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Ching-An Peng | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Health & Human Services
High Performance One Dimensional Nanocable Catalysts for Fuel Cells
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Wenzhen Li | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: American Chemical Society
RET: Site: "Wood-to-Wheels (W2W)"" - Research Experiences for High School Teachers in Sustainable Transportation Technologies"
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: David Shonnard | |
| Co-PI: Bradley Baltensperger | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
BRIGE: One-Dimensional PdFe Core-Pt Shell Nanowires for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Wenzhen Li | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) in Support of UOP and Envergent Renewable Energy and Chemicals Projects in 2013
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: David Shonnard | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: UOP, LLC
CAREER: ABO Blood Antigen Dielectrophoresis for Medical Diagnostics: Synergy with Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos)
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Adrienne Minerick | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Life Cycle Assessments to Support Sustainable Algae-Based Biofuels Production for the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB): Year 3
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: David Shonnard | |
| Co-PI: Robert Handler | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: UOP, LLC
BRIGE: Functionalized Electrospun Membrane Development and Characterization for Water Disinfection
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Caryn Heldt | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Collaborative Research: EAGER: Studying Lignocellulosic Fine Structure and Its Dynamics in Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Biomass using Molecule-recognizing AFM and Computational Modeling
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Wen Zhou | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Life Cycle Assessments to Support LanzaTech: DOE FOA 0000467
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: David Shonnard | |
| Co-PI: Robert Handler | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: LanzaTech
RCN:SEES: A Research Coordination Network on Pan American Biofuels and Bioenergy Sustainability
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: David Shonnard | |
| Co-PI: Richard Donovan | |
| Co-PI: Kathleen Halvorsen | |
| Co-PI: Barry Solomon | |
| Co-PI: Samuel Sweitz | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Precipitation and Self-interaction of Viruses by Preferential Hydration
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Caryn Heldt | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Selective Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Biorenewable Polyols over Bimetal Catalysts
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Wenzhen Li | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Nano and Microprinting Equipment for Novel Bioparticle Separations
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Adrienne Minerick | |
| Co-PI: Caryn Heldt | |
| Co-PI: Wan Jin Jahng | |
| Co-PI: David Shonnard | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Graphene-based Biosensor for Protein Detection
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Caryn Heldt | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-MICHIGAN SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM
Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) in Support of UOP-USDA BRDI Proposal 2011
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: David Shonnard | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: US Dept of Agriculture
Environmentally Responsible Treatment and Generation of Useful Products from Aluminum Extraction Waste Materials
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Gerard Caneba | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
SEP: Sustainable Forest-Based Biofuel Pathways to Hydrocarbon Transportation Fuels: Biomass Production, Torrefaction, Pyrolysis, Catalytic Upgrading, and Combustion
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: David Shonnard | |
| Co-PI: Ezra Bar-Ziv | |
| Co-PI: Andrew Burton | |
| Co-PI: Audrey Mayer | |
| Co-PI: Jeffrey Naber | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Enterprise: Garment Waste Utilization
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Tony Rogers | |
| Co-PI: Richard Berkey | |
| Co-PI: Michael Clancey | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: Kimberly-Clark Corp
Rapid Nutritional Analysis from Infant Tears
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Adrienne Minerick | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: Gerber Foundation
Collaborative Research: Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Small Organic Fuels on Encapsulated Metal Catalysts in Gas Diffusion Electrode Environment
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Wenzhen Li | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Enterprise: Low Friction Techniques for Folding Material Webs
| Investigators | |
|---|---|
| Principal Investigator: Tony Rogers | |
| Co-PI: Richard Berkey | |
| Co-PI: Michael Clancey | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: Kimberly-Clark Corp
I-Corps: ABO-Rh Blood Type Identification Using Dielectrophoretic Microdevice
| Investigators | |
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| Principal Investigator: Adrienne Minerick | |
| Co-PI: Mary Raber | |
| College/School: | College of Engineering |
| Department(s): | Chemical Engineering |
Sponsor: National Science Foundation