Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
We foster a sense of responsibility and community, create a desire for lifelong contribution and learning, and nurture an appreciation for scholarship creativity.
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Chemical and biomolecular engineers are very essential to provide leadership, and research in developing innovative technological solutions for a better today and future. Our core focus on chemical and biomolecular research, and our rigor, depth, breadth and interdisciplinarity we are uniquely placed to integrate knowledge, methods, tools, and data across scientific and engineering disciplines to solve the difficult, complex, critical issues of our today.
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School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut is committed to teaching our next generation of researchers, inventors and contributors to the field of chemical and biomolecular engineering that is regarded nationally for its impact and quality. Our undergraduate program is highly renowned in the state and region. We are very proud of our distinguished undergraduate program for its contributions to chemical and biomolecular engineering. Our undergraduate students rank among the highest in Connecticut, and region.
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Graduate work in chemical and biomolecular engineering provides an opportunity for students to further their studies and research. Our graduate program uses cutting edge tools, and resources so that we can contribute to shaping new methodologies for chemical and biomolecular engineering research. We help provide coursework and guided research for the M.S. and Ph.D. students. This exposure allows students to have core principles augmented that students receive as undergraduates. Their research gives unparalleled experience in problem solving, a key component to challenging issues of today for a better tomorrow.
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Dr. Cato T. Laurencin is the first professor from the University of Connecticut to be elected to the Academia Europaea for his outstanding achievements as a researcher, along with his scholarship and eminence in his field.
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Feb
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CBE Seminar Series - Dr. David Miller, National Energy Technology Laboratory - "Optimizing Innovative Industrial and Energy Systems of the Future"9:30am
CBE Seminar Series - Dr. David Miller, National Energy Technology Laboratory - "Optimizing Innovative Industrial and Energy Systems of the Future"
Thursday, February 9th, 2023
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Storrs Campus GN (IMS) 20
Abstract: Over the next two decades, hundreds of billions of dollars will be invested in new, 21st century energy systems and industrial processes to meet 2035 and 2050 decarbonization goals. These processes will be more dynamic and interconnected than ever before, offering unprecedented opportunities for innovation and the development of novel integrated systems. Such systems will extend significantly beyond current experience making heuristic and evolutionary development approaches insufficient to identify the most promising technologies, designs, and operating characteristics. Instead new approaches for the design and optimization of complex, interacting multiscale systems will be needed to ensure holistic understanding of the opportunity space and to accelerate development of the best technology options. The Institute for the Design of Advanced Energy Systems Integrated Platform (IDAES) was developed as an open-source, fully equation-oriented platform to enable the direct optimization of new designs and dynamic operations while incorporating uncertainty to support process innovation at multiple scales, from process to enterprise. IDAES enables the discovery the lowest cost, most environmentally sustainable solutions by solving across vast, complex design spaces that cannot be adequately searched using traditional approaches. Thus, IDAES enables the design and optimization of complex integrated energy and industrial systems, accelerating their development and deployment to support rapid decarbonization of the energy and industrial sectors.
Speaker biography: Dr. David C. Miller is the Senior Fellow for Strategic Systems Analysis and Engineering at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) where he leads the Institute for the Design of Advanced Energy Systems (IDAES), a collaboration among universities and national laboratories to develop and apply next generation, multiscale modeling and optimization capabilities. Previously, he served as the Technical Director of the Carbon Capture Simulation Initiative (CCSI), which pioneered new ways to maximize learning during pilot scale testing to reduce technical risk during scale-up. Dr. Miller is a recipient of the Arthur S. Flemming Award for Exceptional Federal Service, Applied Science and Engineering. He earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from The Ohio State University.
Livestream URL: http://www.kaltura.com/tiny/lqwurContact Information: Katie O'Keefe, katie.okeefe@uconn.edu, (860) 486-6096
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Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Engineering II, Room 204
191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3222
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-3222
Phone: (860) 486-4020
Fax: (860) 486-2959
Email: tiffiny.thibodeau@uconn.edu