Build a smarter future

Cleaner fuels. Safer cars. Better pharmaceuticals. And more efficient ways to deliver those products to the consumer. Explore programs in the Department of Electrical & Biomedical Engineering, including our industrial engineering program. 

Undergraduate programs

In addition to majors and minors in chemical engineering and materials science and engineering, we offer a new major in industrial engineering. 

Graduate programs

We offer an M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering and materials science and engineering. Research and teaching assistantships are available for qualified students.

Chemical & Materials Engineering news

Two people stand next to lab equipment used to research metallic glass.

Doctoral student explains metallic glass so it’s crystal clear

3-Minute Thesis winner Jerry Howard talks about research in Krista Carlson’s lab

Jade Beland, wearing safety goggles and a lab coat, operates scientific equipment in Krista Carlson's lab.

Grad of the pack: Jade Beland

Materials science student recognized for nuclear waste research

Dev Chidambaram, dressed in a suit, stands on an outdoor walkway with trees and a building in the background.

Engineering professor partners with UNLV and University of Houston on project to reduce carbon emissions in the iron industry

Dev Chidambaram and team bring expertise and key laboratory infrastructure

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