Department Statistics

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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 192
191 Ph.D.
1 MChE

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

Fifteen (17) University Named Professors

Antony N. Beris – Arthur B. Metzner Professor
Wilfred Chen – Gore Professor of Chemical Engneering
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
Arthi Jayaraman – Centennial Term Professor for Excellence in Research & Education
Feng Jiao – Robert Grasselli Development Professor
April M. Kloxin – Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Development 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
Millicent O. Sullivan – Alvin B. & Julie O. Stiles Professor
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 & Biomolecular Engineering
Yushan Yan – Henry B. Du Pont Chair of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Six (6) Members of the National Academy of Engineering

Mark A. Barteau, Emeritus
Babatunde A. Ogunnaike, William L. Friend Chair of Chemical Engineering
E. Terry Papoutsakis, Unidel Eugene du Pont Chair
Stanley I. Sandler, H. B. du Pont Chair of Chemical Engineering
Levi T. Thompson, Elizabeth Inez Kelley Professor & Dean of College of Engineering
Norman J. Wagner, Unidel Robert L. Pigford Chair in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Thirteen (11) 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.