We’re officially #6!
According to newly released rankings by the U.S. News & World Report, Michigan Chemical Engineering has the #6 best undergraduate ChE program.
Here, we believe chemical engineers have a critical role to play in driving human excellence and developing equitable engineering solutions to overcome society’s greatest and most complex challenges.
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Ever asked yourself, “what is chemical engineering?” well look no further.
Chemical engineering is a branch of engineering that applies the principles of chemistry, physics, mathematics and biology to design, optimize and operate processes that convert raw materials into valuable products.
At Michigan Chemical Engineering we believe chemical engineers have a critical role to play in driving human excellence and developing equitable engineering solutions to overcome society’s greatest and most complex challenges.
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Congratulations to eight students affiliated with Michigan Chemical Engineering as recipients of fellowships through the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)!
The program supports outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. It aims to help ensure the quality, vitality and diversity of the U.S. scientific and engineering workforce while broadening participation across the full spectrum of talent in STEM.
PhD students include:
David Amirsadri, Zachary Hart, Jocelyn Phung, Benjamin William Schwartz, Abigail Spangler, Kartik Kher and Sean Robinson
Undergraduate students include:
Andrew Timothy Philippart
*Andrew will join Michigan ChE this fall.
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"Engineering is more than the technology that we build. It’s about the people we serve, not users and stakeholders or whatever term we use in our design reports, but real people. People who are scared. People who depend on what we make. People whose lives change because of our decisions." - Jacob Robins, BSE CHE '26
Hear this year's full undergrad commencement student speech. Go Blue!
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This semester, ChE 296: Intro to Biology for Engineers, developed and taught by Assistant Professor Bradley Biggs, provided an engineering-focused foundation in areas such as synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. The course paired core biological concepts with the quantitative approaches central to chemical engineering.
Students were introduced to topics including the central dogma of molecular biology, biochemistry and metabolism, protein engineering and modern genetic cloning. These concepts were reinforced through engineering-focused material such as cellular organization and enzyme kinetics, helping students connect biological systems to process design and analysis.
The course also incorporated case studies that trace the evolution of synthetic biology, from early genetic circuits to current applications in sustainable chemical synthesis, advanced materials, therapeutics, diagnostics and bioremediation.
ChE 296 emphasizes biology as an engineering skill set rather than background knowledge.
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This video was filmed in 2025 before the class had been developed.
The finish is ALMOST HERE!! Soon, you will be a Michigan Engineer and we couldn’t be more excited for you all 💙💛
Hear from @umichche student and undergrad ceremony student speaker Jacob Robins as he congratulates the class of 2026.
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For more info on Saturday’s undergraduate commencement ceremony for U-M Engineering, follow the link in our bio.
Last week the 2026 Undergraduate Symposium brought together students, faculty, staff and alumni to provide a venue for exceptional undergraduate research projects from students’ work in faculty labs and process and product design courses.
This year, thanks to Warren (PhD ‘66) and Diane Seider, students were not only awarded for individual posters, but also, two additional honorary awards recognized the top product and process design teams via the Warren and Diane Seider Chemical Engineering Product Design Award and the Warren and Diane Seider Chemical Engineering Process Design Award.
The symposium saw 220+ attendees, marking it as one of the largest held by Michigan Chemical Engineering (U-M ChE). All 37 posters presented by ChE undergrads highlighted the excellence of research and design performed by students.
Congratulations to the following students on their awards:
Warren and Diane Seider Product Design Award:
Sand Guard: Preventative Anti-Sand Spray by Osvaldo Almanza, Lily Dalsin, Sydney Gratopp, Jiwoo Kim
Warren and Diane Seider Process Design Award: Ibuprofen API: Ibuprofiting Co. by Ethan Binns, Yassin Elmeligi, Kedar Padalkar, Vikas Sabnis
Research Poster Awards:
FIRST PLACE: Chiral Semiconductor Materials with Near-Infrared Circularly Polarized Light Emission by Vinh-Điển Lê
SECOND PLACE (tie): Influence of Ion Softness on Mixed-Salt Sorption in Ion-Exchange Membranes by Nethra Yandooru
SECOND PLACE (tie): In Vitro Performance of a Microfluidic Artificial Lung with Biomimetic Branching Networks by Archit Vig
