Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering

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WashU is home to the world's first and only Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering. We find solutions for global energy challenges through research in environmental engineering science and chemical engineering.​

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"[I chose to get a graduate engineering degree for] technical training to advance climate and health-relevant science as well as to bring that science to discussions among community members including business and policy leaders."

Audrey Dang​

Audrey Dang '11


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35 international university research partners through mageep
$7.4
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https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Tae-Seok-Moon.aspx58Tae Seok Moon<img alt="Tae Seok Moon" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Moon_Tae-Seok.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Associate ProfessorTae Seok Moon - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - His research applications include energy, environment & health challenges
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Pratim-Biswas.aspx46Pratim Biswas<img alt="Pratim Biswas" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Biswas_Pratim.JPG?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Assistant Vice Chancellor & Department ChairPratim Biswas - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - ​International leader in aerosols research
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Fangqiong-Ling.aspx178Fangqiong Ling<img alt="Fangqiong Ling" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Fangqiong%20Ling.JPG?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Assistant professorFangqiong Ling - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - ​Studies microbial ecosystems to improve water supply safety and public health
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Fuzhong-Zhang.aspx65Fuzhong Zhang<img alt="Fuzhong Zhang" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Zhang_Fuzhong.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />​Associate ProfessorFuzhong Zhang - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - ​Works to make the microbial production of biofuels more economically viable
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Young-Shin-Jun.aspx56Young-Shin Jun<img alt="Young-Shin Jun" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Jun_Young-Shin.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />ProfessorYoung-Shin Jun - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - ​Explores the environmental impact of human activities
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Vijay-Ramani.aspx108Vijay Ramani<img alt="" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Ramani_Vijay.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />ProfessorVijay Ramani - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - Advances electrochemical energy conversion & storage
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Jian-Wang.aspx126Jian Wang<img alt="" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Jian%20Wang%202018.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />​ProfessorJian Wang - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - ​Impact of aerosols on climate and air quality
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Peng-Bai.aspx122Peng Bai<img alt="" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Bai_Peng.JPG?RenditionID=6&r=1" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Assistant ProfessorPeng Bai - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - Focuses on the development of next-generation batteries
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Daniel-Giammar.aspx53Daniel Giammar<img alt="Daniel Giammar" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Giammar_Daniel.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />ProfessorDaniel Giammar - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - ​Researches sustainable solutions to produce safe drinking water
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Jay-Turner.aspx63Jay Turner<img alt="Jay Turner" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Turner_Jay_8714.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />​Vice Dean for Education & ProfessorJay Turner - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - Serves on the EPA’s chartered Science Advisory Board​
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Brent-Williams.aspx64Brent Williams<img alt="Brent Williams" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Williams_Brent.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Associate ProfessorBrent Williams - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - Researches chemical properties of atmospheric and indoor gases & particles
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Rajan-Chakrabarty.aspx48Rajan Chakrabarty<img alt="" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Chakrabarty_Rajan.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Assistant ProfessorRajan Chakrabarty - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - Leads the Aerosol Physics & Technology Laboratory
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Marcus-Foston.aspx52Marcus Foston<img alt="Marcus Foston" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Foston_Marcus.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Assistant ProfessorMarcus Foston - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - ​Finds innovative ways to utilize biomass resources for fuel production
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Kimberly-Parker.aspx124Kimberly Parker<img alt="" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Parker_Kim%202018.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />​Assistant ProfessorKimberly Parker - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - ​Studies environmental organic chemistry in natural & engineered systems
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Milorad-Dudukovic.aspx50Milorad Dudukovic<img alt="Milorad Dudukovic" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Dudukovic_Mike.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />ProfessorMilorad Dudukovic - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - Aims to produce environmentally clean processes for fuel production
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Elijah-Thimsen.aspx62Elijah Thimsen<img alt="Elijah Thimsen" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Thimsen_Elijah.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Assistant ProfessorElijah Thimsen - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - Basic & ​applied research on nanomaterials​
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/John-Fortner.aspx51John Fortner<img alt="John Fortner" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Fortner_John.JPG?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Associate ProfessorJohn Fortner - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - ​Investigates new ways to develop novel & high efficient water treatment processes
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/John-Gleaves.aspx54John Gleaves<img alt="John Gleaves" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Gleaves_John.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />Associate ProfessorJohn Gleaves - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - Co-inventor of the TAP reactor system
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Richard-Axelbaum.aspx47Richard Axelbaum<img alt="Richard Axelbaum" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Axelbaum_Richard.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />ProfessorRichard Axelbaum - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - ​Investigates ways to eliminate the formation of pollutants, such as soot
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Yinjie-Tang.aspx61Yinjie Tang<img alt="Yinjie Tang" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Tang_Yinjie.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />ProfessorYinjie Tang - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - Earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Ben-Kumfer.aspx137Benjamin Kumfer<img alt="" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/ben-kumfer.jpg?RenditionID=6" width="293" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />​Research Assistant ProfessorBenjamin Kumfer - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering -
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Palghat-Ramachandran.aspx60Palghat Ramachandran<img alt="Palghat (P. A.) Ramachandran" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Ramachandran_%20Palghat.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />ProfessorPalghat Ramachandran - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering - ​Has over 150 publications in refereed journals
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Avni-Solanki.aspx181Avni Solanki<img alt="Avni Solanki" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Avni%20Solanki.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />LecturerAvni Solanki - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering -
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Trent-Silbaugh.aspx139Trent Silbaugh<img alt="" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Silbaugh_Trent.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />LecturerTrent Silbaugh - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering -
https://engineering.wustl.edu/Profiles/Pages/Janie-Brennan.aspx138Janie Brennan<img alt="" src="/Profiles/PublishingImages/Janie-Brennan.jpg?RenditionID=6" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />LecturerJanie Brennan - Energy, Environmental ＆ Chemical Engineering -

 

 

2019 Engineering Awards: Deadline for Nominations18212019 Engineering Awards: Deadline for Nominations12/17/2018 6:00:00 AM
Faculty and Staff Holiday Party1822Faculty and Staff Holiday Party12/19/2018 6:00:00 AM
First Day of Classes — Spring Semester1784First Day of Classes — Spring Semester1/14/2019 6:00:00 AM

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  • CASE - Center for Aerosol Science and Engineering
  • CCCU - Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization
  • InCEES - International Center for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
  • MAGEEP - McDonnell Academy Global Energy & Environment Partnership

  • Nano Research Facility

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