Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is characterized by its dynamic and innovative approach to both engineering education and research.

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About the department

Our mission is to generate and disseminate knowledge to meet the ever-changing needs of society and particularly to prepare students to practice their chosen profession in an increasingly competitive global market.

As part of the largest officially bilingual university in Ontario, we play a unique role in serving both Anglophone and Francophone students from across Canada. We seek to maintain high quality, broad-based programs that will provide our students with strong Chemical Engineering fundamentals. This includes seeing our students graduate with strong problem solving skills, a commitment to professionalism and ethical practice, an appreciation for health, safety and environmental issues, effective communication and inter-personal skills, a desire and ability for life-long learning, team skills, and an adaptability within an ever-changing workplace.

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Undergraduate programs

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Biotechnology

Learn how living organisms develop, and how we can use this knowledge to create manufacturing processes, chemical products and life-saving drugs.

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Chemical engineering

Chemical engineering is at the intersection of many disciplines, linking knowledge of basic and applied sciences, economics, and health and safety.

Graduate programs

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Biomedical engineering

The Ottawa–Carleton Institute for Biomedical Engineering (OCIBME) offers a multi-disciplinary graduate program and four main research fields.

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Chemical engineering

The main objective of the master’s programs is to refine the skills and research expertise of the students by expanding their specialized knowledge.

Research

The department supports over 60 graduate students working towards their master’s or doctoral degrees.

Research in the department consists of five major fields of specialization signifying the multidisciplinary nature and broad reach of modern chemical engineering practice. In particular, Clean Technologies, Renewable Energy, and Biomedical Engineering Research clusters reflect the department’s current research strengths as well as its vision for the future direction of its research programs.

Department research areas

Biomedical engineering

Biomedical engineering is a rapidly growing area of research in chemical engineering. Chemical engineers have traditionally played a significant role in medical research and practice. Research in biomedical engineering involving chemical engineers includes tissue engineering, drug delivery, the design of clinical therapies and materials synthesis, modification, and fabrication, to name but a few.

Researchers