Department Statistics

1Rankings

Undergraduate Program — 7th in the U.S.A. (ranked by U.S. News & World Report)

Graduate Program — 8th in the U.S.A. (ranked by U.S. News & World Report)

Undergraduate students 408

Graduate students 161
159 Ph.D.
2 MChE
3 NSF Fellows

Thirty-one (31) full-time faculty; three (3) Emeritus

Fifteen (15) University Named Professors

Antony N. Beris – Arthur B. Metzner Professor
Wilfred Chen – Gore Professor
Thomas H. Epps, III – Allan & Myra Ferguson Distinguished Chair of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Marianthi G. Ierapetritou – Bob & Jane Gore Centennial Chair of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Feng Jiao – Robert Grasselli Development Professor
April M. Kloxin – Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Professor
Kelvin H. Lee – Gore Professor
Abraham M. Lenhoff – Allan P. Colburn Professor
Raul F. Lobo – Claire D. LeClaire Professor
Babatunde Ogunnaike – William L. Friend Chair of Chemical Engineering
E. Terry Papoutsakis – Unidel Eugene du Pont Chair
Levi T. Thompson – Elizabeth Inez Kelley Professor of Chemical Engineering
Dionisios Vlachos – Unidel Dan Rich Chair in Energy Professor
Norman J. Wagner – Unidel Robert L. Pigford Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Yushan Yan – Henry B. Du Pont Chair of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Five (5) Members of the National Academy of Engineering

Stanley I. Sandler, H. B. du Pont Chair of Chemical Engineering
Mark A. Barteau, Emeritus
Babatunde A. Ogunnaike, William L. Friend Chair of Chemical Engineering
E. Terry Papoutsakis, Unidel Eugene du Pont Chair
Norman J. Wagner, Unidel Robert L. Pigford Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Thirteen (13) Presidential/NSF Young Investigators/CAREER Awards

Typical Career Paths

75% Employment in private industry, government laboratories and agencies, and nonprofit research centers.

25% Graduate school.

Other careers: academia; medical, law or business school. Graduates who have completed ROTC may be commissioned as officers in the Army or Air Force.