About CBE

The Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (ChE-BmE) is one of five departments within the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, a joint venture between Florida A&M University and Florida State University. BS (ABET-accredited), MS, and PhD degrees are offered in Chemical Engineering, and MS and PhD degrees are granted in Biomedical Engineering. The Department emphasizes a balance of teaching and research in forefront areas of modern chemical and biomedical engineering, and it has made an impact on the field in many aspects of education and research.

Highlights of the Department

  • 15 Faculty Members (13 tenure track) - 6 New Faculty since 2005.
  • 550 Bachelor's, 63 Master's, and 26 doctoral Degrees Awards since 1985.
  • 150 Undergraduate students and 30 Graduate Students in Fall 2009.
  • Strong ABET-accredited Undergraduate Program, with well-equipped teaching laboratory and excellent opportunities for faculty-student interaction in research.
  • Undergraduate Major Options in: Chemical Engineering, Chemical-Materials Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. The Biomedical Engineering undergraduate major option is based upon the fundamentals of Chemical Engineering.

Major Research Activities

  • Tissue Engineering for Bone and Cartilage Replacement
  • Advanced Polymeric Materials Characterization and Rheology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cells, Tissues, and Organisms
  • Plasma Reaction Engineering for Pollution Control and Disinfection
  • Biomass Conversion to Energy by Enzymatic/Catalytic/Thermal/Plasma Methods
  • Advanced Computational Methods in Materials, Catalysis, and Transport
  • Solid State Materials Synthesis and Characterization

Research Facilities

  • 500 MHz NMR Spectrometer
  • Atomic Force Microscope
  • Extensive Cell/Tissue Growth Facilities
  • Rheological Apparatus
  • Pulsed and DC Power Supplies
  • Analytical Instruments (GC, HPLC, Spectrophotometers, TOC)
  • Access to FSU Department of Scientific Computing computing facilities, with 1) an aggregate of 800 interconnected CPUs, and 2) the HPC system, with 128 computer nodes (512 CPUs) and 4 head nodes (2.5 TFLOPS of throughput)
  • NMR and other facilities at the world-class National high Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL)

Active Research Collaborations

FSU

  • Institute of Molecular Biophysics (IMB)
  • Department of Scientific Computing (DSC)
  • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL)
  • Biomedical Research Facility - Laboratory Animal Resources (BRF-LAR)
  • Departments of Chemistry, Physics, and Biological Sciences

FAMU

  • Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

  • Departments of Civil, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering

Alumni

  • Former students are now faculty members at a variety of institutions: Johns Hopkins, U. Michigan Medical School, Miami, Missouri-Columbia, Montana State, Ohio U., U. Paris, Pittsburgh, Rose Hulman.
  • Former undergraduate students placed in graduate schools: Auburn, Duke, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Johns Hopkins, Louisiana State, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Rice, Texas A&M, Pennsylvania, Purdue, Virginia, Washington.
  • Former students are now working in varied industrial firms: Buckeye Cellulose, Cargill, Cooper Tire, Eli Lilly, Engelhard, ExxonMobil, Florida Power & Light, Ford, General Dynamics, General Electric Plastics, General Mills, Honeywell, Intel, International Paper, Levine-Fricke, Merck, Monsanto, Pfizer, Proctor & Gamble, Rohm & Haas, Shell, St. Marks Powder, Westinghouse.