Energy and Fuel
Chemical engineers continue to invent and optimize methods for extracting energy from oil (petro), natural gas and coal. 80% of the world's energy comes from these fuels.
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What is Chemical Engineering?
Chemical engineers use CHEMISTRY, OTHER SCIENCES and MATH to IMPROVE the quality of life by inventing, optimizing, and economizing NEW TECHNOLOGIES and PRODUCTS.
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Global Engineering
Chemical engineering is a global profession. Our Global Engineering Outreach (GEO) clubs and course at BYU work to improve the quality of lif of developing communities through engineering. Projects include building efficient stoves that reduce pollution, water purification, and washing machines. These projects recently took place in Peru.
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Undergraduate Research
Approximately 80% of our undergraduate students work in our labs. These students strongly contribute to cutting edge research in a number of areas. Many of these students are authors and coauthors on archival publications. Around 25% of our students go on to graduate school.
News
Former BYU Graduate Student Named Central PA Engineer of the Year
Charles S. Merris Jr., P.E. has been selected by the Central Pennsylvania Engineers Week Council to receive the 2020 Engineer…
BYU Ranked a Best College for Chemical Engineering
The Chemical Engineering program at Brigham Young University is featured on the 2020 Best Colleges list! Rankings are the first…
BYU College of Engineering Awarded $800k Grant to Fund Research in Clean Energy
Three BYU professors from the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering are taking big steps toward clean energy with the…
Remembering Doug Smoot
Douglas Smoot peacefully passed away on Jan. 13th. He left an impressive legacy as a man of faith who made…
AIChE CCPS Safety Bootcamp held at BYU
AIChE's Center for Chemical Process Safety hosted a Bootcamp at BYU on September 13-14, 2019. This workshop was sponsored by…
Larry Baxter's Climate Change Seminar
Climate change regularly appears at or near the top of lists of the greatest challenges of the 21st century and…
Colton Van Wagoner Wins AIChE Scholarship
Congratulations to Colton Van Wagoner on winning an AIChE Donald and Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship. This is a very competitive…
AIChE Student Chapter Wins Outstanding Chapter Award
The BYU AIChE Student Chapter has won an Outstanding Chapter Award for the seventh year in a row. This award…