Fighting for faster virus detection

At Notre Dame, CBE Professor Nosang Myung and his colleagues have developed an electronic nose that detects bird flu biomarkers early, enabling faster diagnosis and fewer sick birds.

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CBE Graduate Student Zeinab Ramshani

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Alexander Dowling receives AIChE Outstanding Young Researcher Award

Alexander Dowling, the Tony and Sarah Earley Collegiate Associate Professor of Energy and the Environment, has won the …

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Notre Dame doctoral student wins first-place Judges’ Award in Three Minutes Thesis (3MT) competition

Shammah Lilonfe, a doctoral student in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular …

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Inaugural Notre Dame bioengineering club wins gold at international iGEM competition

A team of five undergraduate researchers from the University of Notre Dame’s College of Science and College of …

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EARTH: A New Way to View the Blue Sky

Academics and HVACR professionals say innovation is equal parts imagination and science. When Irish physicist John …

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Notre Dame Faculty Contribute to Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence at the Vatican

Fifty global experts gathered at the Vatican’s historic Casina Pio IV on October 16–17 to explore how artificial …

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Smarter filter uses electric charges to target pollutants and recover resources 

Purifying dirty water is an age-old problem that has become more urgent as the global population grows, and water …

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Feb
10

Organic solvent reverse osmosis membranes for complex mixture separations

Ryan Lively, Georgia Institute of Technology
11:00 a.m., February 10, 2026
Feb
17

On Dehydrogenation

Justin Notestein, Northwestern University
11:00 a.m., February 17, 2026
Feb
26

Understanding how the environment around active sites affects electrocatalytic activity

Joaquin Resasco, University of Texas at Austin
11:00 a.m., February 26, 2026

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Facilities and Resources

Our research facilities are part of a vibrant and growing Notre Dame research infrastructure. Research and innovation in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering take place in dozens of labs and core facilities, including those with Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering, Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineeering, Nieuwland Hall of Science, and the Multidisciplinary Research Building.

CBE Undergrad Anna Kleunder in Schleckser Family Unit Operations Laboratory

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You’ll gain a solid foundation in chemical engineering principles, integrated with modern data science and computational tools and have the flexibility to tailor your education to your interests and academic goals in areas that range from energy to bioengineering.

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You’ll have opportunities to conduct high-impact, meaningful research, with mentoring and training focused on developing you as an independent scholar and building your network within the engineering community.


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Research

Our research leverages deep fundamental insights to develop solutions to problems facing humanity in health, energy, and sustainability.

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From reaction to resolution: The future of allergy treatment

How a child’s simple request led to an extraordinary breakthrough in peanut allergy treatment.