Nebraska Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering students enjoy numerous resources for exciting, cutting-edge research. Our students benefit from the quality, energy and ingenuity of faculty members who propose and receive grants from prestigious institutions such as the National Institutes for Health, the National Science Foundation, and the United States Army.
In the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (CHME), our main research areas include biomolecular engineering, tissue engineering, nanotechnology, biomaterials, biotechnology, biocatalysis, and molecular medicine. You will interact with faculty who bring passion to the research laboratory and the classroom, with exciting studies like:
- Developing new regenerative medical materials and therapies using bio- and nanotechnologies to speed the repair and regrowth of bone, blood vessels and soft tissues in vivo
- Developing cutting edge genomic techniques like ultra-fast polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to search for emerging disease threats such as antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis
- Using proteomic instruments like a specialized mass spectrometer designed to search for new genetically engineered protein medicines
- Developing a new pliable bandage that can stop fatal bleeding from trauma in civilian and military applications
- Partnering with international healthcare systems to develop abundant supplies of hemophilia medicines from the milk of genetically engineered livestock to treat 80% of the world's hemophilia patients
- Discovering a device to give robots a human sense of touch using nanotechnology
- Developing a process for sustainable biofuels production
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering News
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AIChE's liquid nitrogen ice cream hands-on activity featured on the KOLN-TV News April 16, 2012- Lincoln, NE
UNL AIChE students showed guests at the E-Week Open House how to make liquid nitrogen ice cream. Their hands-on-activity brought many prospective students to Othmer Hall to learn more about chemical engineering and to enjoy sundaes! Visit the KOLN-TV website to watch a short video about the Open House. |
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Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and AIChE Student Awards Banquet April 3, 2012- Lincoln, NE
Students, faculty and staff of the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering are invited celebrate academic and research achievements on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. |
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DNA analyzing device goes from idea to market — all in Nebraska February 23, 2012 - Omaha World Herald
Streck Inc.'s Philisa Thermal Cycler, can greatly accelerate DNA testing. Inventors of the device, Professor Hendrik Viljoen, and alumni Joel TerMaat and Scott Whitney, devloped the idea for the device about eight years ago at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. |
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February 15, 2012 - Lincoln, NE
The College of Engineering at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) is embarking on an unprecedented period of transformation and growth. This is powered by UNL’s admission into the Big Ten coupled with ambitious plans to double the University’s research productivity to $300M and to grow its total enrollment by 20% to 30,000 in six years. There is already an increase in construction in and around campus as a visible testament to a highly committed State government and equally committed and engaged alumni base. |
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January 2012- Lincoln, NE
More than 30 chemical engineering students took time on a fall afternoon to work alongside several members of the department’s industry advisory board on a project to help improve a city park in Lincoln. They cleaned up plantings and spread mulch at Pentzer Park, a mile from UNL. When the work was done they enjoyed snacks and socialized. View additional pictures from this event in the UNL AIChE photo gallery. |
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Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and AIChE Student Awards Banquet April 3, 2012- Lincoln, NE
Students, faculty and staff of the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering are invited celebrate academic and research achievements on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. |
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Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Videos
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AIChE's liquid nitrogen ice cream hands-on activity featured on the KOLN-TV News April 16, 2012- Lincoln, NE
UNL AIChE students showed guests at the E-Week Open House how to make liquid nitrogen ice cream. Their hands-on-activity brought many prospective students to Othmer Hall to learn more about chemical engineering and to enjoy sundaes! Visit the KOLN-TV website to watch a short video about the Open House. |
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Jeff Lopez Nebraska Admissions Magazine Credit: UNL Media Hub
Senior CHME Jeff Lopez has made the most of his college career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He shares how he has been involved outside of the classroom. |
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Red Horizon: Design-Build-Fly Team Credit: Engineering Communications
Leonard Akert, prototype design specialist and lab manager for the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering volunteers his service to mechanical engineering students to build a remote control airplane. |
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Professor researches how the brain functions Credit: NewsNetNebraska
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N The Know - Why Did Harrison Ford Visit UNL to Prepare For His Movie Role As a Scientist? Credit: N The Know, UNL Media Hub
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Featured Husker Jay Keasling working to cure malaria Credit: Put Yourself on the Map, UNL Media Hub
Jay Keasling, UNL '86, is working to influence the health and well being of every person on the planet. He and his colleagues are developing an affordable malaria medicine that - in combination with an existing drug - appears to permanently eradicate the disease in an infected individual. |
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William Velander: Life Saving Bandage Credit: UNL Communications
A clotting treatment can prevent blood-loss fatalities from the battlefield to highways. |
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Credit: UNL Communications
A sensitive nanoparticle device enhances surgical instruments and ultrasounds |
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