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Departmental Research
As chemical and biochemical engineering researchers, members of our department explore and innovate in the core area of chemical engineering – safe and efficient production of valuable products and energy – as well as innovative research areas ranging from nanotechnology to medical applications to the global atmosphere. Research and knowledge discovery are a big part of who we are as a department.
Research Areas
![Animation of a weather map](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/ultrawide__768_x_329/public/2022-04/animation_organic_carbon.gif?h=8b87939f&itok=OLR2s2r8)
![Enlarged green and red cells](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/ultrawide__768_x_329/public/2022-04/fiegellab-drugspreadingonmucuslikegels.jpeg?h=1d888fd7&itok=SOf_G4BD)
![Illustration of satellites, crop fields, and the globe](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/ultrawide__768_x_329/public/2022-04/smart_and_remote_sensing_main_image_-_jun_wang.png?h=b8bb46e8&itok=YdzKNOLk)
![Visualization of machine learning using dots](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/ultrawide__768_x_329/public/2022-04/machine_learning_main_image_-_dots_and_crystals_more_contrast.jpeg?h=d5d7b25b&itok=9tDm9LkV)
![Green and blue polymers](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/ultrawide__768_x_329/public/2022-04/guymon_research_image_resized.jpeg?h=8962fc2a&itok=VveZbmRW)
![Clean water molecules](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/ultrawide__768_x_329/public/2022-04/iti_energy_and_clean_water_image.jpeg?h=3e16b80a&itok=LoVUQ57v)