About the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Maryland

A student in the lab of Professor Dimitrakopoulos works with models of leukocytes (white blood cells) and red blood cells. The group's research includes studying factors which cause blood cells to deform and adhere as they move through the body.

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Maryland provides students with a fundamental understanding of physical, chemical and biological processes and the ability to apply molecular and biomolecular information and methods of discovery into products and the processes by which they are made. The department was established in 1937, and is currently chaired by Professor F. Joseph Schork.

Our Undergraduate and Graduate programs provide the unique interdisciplinary academic foundation and scholarly training needed to address complex engineering problems with emphasis on the advancing fields of biological engineering and nanotechnology.

• Annual B.S. degrees granted: 25 to 50
• Undergraduate enrollment: 125 to 235
• Graduate enrollment: 50 to 70 (mainly Ph.D.)
• 17 faculty members
• Diversity in students and faculty