The Gene and Linda Voiland School of
Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
Research
Leader in Catalysis Research
In the past decade, the WSU Voiland School has become one of the nation’s top chemical engineering programs in catalysis with high-impact research in transformational energy technologies. Catalysts are critically important to more than 35% of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and are a vital key to our economic, environmental, and public health.
Partnerships
The Voiland School faculty and students collaborate extensively with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). In addition, the school has developed education partnerships with the University of Alaska and with China’s Chambroad Holding Co., Ltd. to train students, including more than 60 doctoral students, in chemical engineering.
- National Leader in Catalysis Research
- Cutting-edge Biofilm Research
- PNNL Collaboration
- Student Entrepreneurship
- 60+ PhD Students
- From 99 to over 400 undergraduate students since 2009
Biofilm Engineering
- Electrochemically active biofilms
- Biofilm engineering for health, environment and energy
Biomechanics
- Musculoskeletal mechanics
- Mammalian cellular mechanics
Catalysis & Kinetics
- Biofuels
- Fuel cells
- Bioremediation
- Catalyst characterization,
testing, and design - Reaction kinetics
- Systems modeling
Engineering Education
- Integrated multidisciplinary design education
- Hands-on learning
- Engineers in the K–12 classroom
- K–12 teachers in the engineering laboratory
Protein Molecular Engineering
- Protein separation, purification and characterization
- Protein-protein interactions
- Drug mechanisms
Sensors
- Ion selective electrodes
- Biomolecular and biomarker sensors
- Chemical sensors