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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

aerial view of a wastewater treatment plant

Jun 11, 2025

Researchers Create New Way to Remove Phosphorus from Contaminated Water

Researchers have created an inexpensive material that can filter phosphorus from contaminated surface waters, drinking water supplies or wastewater streams and reuse the phosphorus for agricultural applications.
NC State's Memorial Belltower stands in front of a clear summer sky.

May 22, 2025

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Backs Six Budding Inventions

This year’s CIF awardees are exploring how to ensure endpoint cybersecurity in the era of quantum computing; make veterinary eye surgeries safer; replace plastic foam with a biodegradable alternative; help farmers grow more crops with less fertilizer; and enhance a cutting-edge gene-editing technique that uses electrical pulses to deliver DNA into cells.
Veronica Augustyn, left, looks on as a research assistant explains test results on a computer.

May 19, 2025

COE Launches Battery and Energy Storage Systems Initiative

NC State University’s College of Engineering launched a new initiative that will lead efforts to advance research in battery and energy storage systems and develop new courses and curricula in support of North Carolina’s growing energy sector.
An image of microplastics in water.

May 16, 2025

Microcleaners to Catch Microplastics

Researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering are developing a system that could capture and remove microplastics from water simply by spreading small pellets made of organic material.
Annalise Kircik

Apr 30, 2025

From the Class of 2025: ‘The Four Years Really Do Fly By’

Graduating students share their favorite experiences at NC State, plans for their futures and the wisdom they've earned over the last few years.
A close up of one of the complex pieces of equipment used to purify biologics

Apr 29, 2025

NC State to Partner With ChromaGenix on Transformative Toolkit for Manufacturing Biological Therapies

The research partnership will seek to expand the ChromaGenix’s ligand discovery platform, which originated in the College of Engineering.
An illustration of self-driving labs surrounding planet Earth.

Apr 24, 2025

Could Self-Driving Labs Lead to a New Era of Scientific Research?

An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers is arguing the research community should make a concerted effort to capitalize on advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to expedite work that addresses sustainable energy, emerging diseases and other global challenges. “Self-driving labs (SDLs) will serve as collaborators for human researchers, significantly reducing the time and cost required…
Three NC State graduates stand side by side during the ceremony in Carter-Finley Stadium.

Apr 10, 2025

Daryl Caudle, Naval Commander and Engineering Alumnus, to Address 2025 University Graduates

Forty years after earning his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at NC State, the Winston-Salem native is returning to deliver the university’s spring commencement address.
Overlaying a dark red background, photos of three AAAS Fellow honorees.

Mar 27, 2025

Three CBE Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows

Two current NC State University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) faculty members and one incoming faculty member in CBE have been named 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).