1910
"Chemical Engineering" first appeared in Washington University catalogs as a Bachelor of Science degree program in the School of Engineering.
1940
The Department of Chemical Engineering was founded.
1954
The initial Environmental Engineering Science program was established in the School of Engineering.
2000
After 30 years, the Environmental Engineering Science program was re-established as an interdisciplinary graduate program.
2006
Washington University became the first university in the world to create a department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering (EECE) by bringing together faculty involved in an interdisciplinary environmental engineering science graduate program and faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering.
Past Department Chairs
| Lawrence Stout |
1940 - 1948 |
| Donald Chamberlain |
1948 - 1956 |
| D.W. Ryckman * |
1954 - 1974 |
| Lawrence Stout |
1956 - 1962 |
| James McKelvey |
1962 - 1964 |
| Eric Weger |
1964 - 1977 |
| John Kardos (interim) |
1977 - 1978 |
| Rodolphe Motard |
1978 - 1991 |
| John Kardos |
1991 - 1998 |
| Milorad Dudukovic |
1998 - 2006 |
| Pratim Biswas * |
2000 - 2006 |
| Pratim Biswas |
2006 - |
* Director, Environmental Engineering Science Program