Department of

Chemical Engineering

Designing molecular technology for the 21st century with biology and chemistry


Chemical Engineering at Penn State

The Department of Chemical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University has a proud tradition of scholarship and teaching that began with Professor Merrell Fenske, the first Head of our Department and a pioneer in the technology of distillation.

Under the guidance of succeeding department heads, we continue to remain highly diversified in each of the major sub-disciplines of chemical engineering. Our current strengths are in biomolecular, computational and nanoscale engineering.


05/16/12
Graduate student
Anthony Barthel is traveling to
Korea through the NSF EAPSI Fellowship

Photo of graduate student Anthony Barthel.

Graduate student Anthony Barthel will be traveling to Korea for research with the aid of the National Science Foundation EAPSI Fellowship.





05/15/12
Graduate Student
Chris Lee wins the best poster award

Photo of Graduate Student Chris Lee receiving his American Chemical Society best poster award.

Graduate student Chris Lee wins 2012 ACS Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials Best Poster Award.






05/14/12
Graduate Student
Ala Al-Azizi receives NSF Fellowship

Photo of graduate student Ala Al-Azizi.

Graduate student Ala Al-Azizi has been selected to receive a National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship for the 2012 NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference to be held in July 2012.




Contact Information


  • Department of Chemical Engineering
  • 158 Fenske Laboratory
  • The Pennsylvania State University
  • University Park, PA 16802-4400