About Us
The mission of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Princeton University is:
• To offer educational and research programs of the highest quality that will prepare students for leadership positions in the chemical, biochemical, and materials industries; academia; and government laboratories.
• To help define the frontiers of knowledge in modern chemical engineering through intellectual leadership in research and scholarship.
• To contribute to the nation’s technological leadership by accomplishing research that stimulates the development of new technologies.
Princeton University offered its first courses in chemical engineering in 1922 under the direction of Sir Hugh Stott Taylor. The first doctorate in Chemical Engineering at Princeton was awarded in 1948.
In 2008, our department is comprised of 17 faculty members, 81 graduate students, 114 undergraduate students, and 30 research and technical staff members. Together, this group comprises a dynamic and vibrant community of scholars and researchers.
• To offer educational and research programs of the highest quality that will prepare students for leadership positions in the chemical, biochemical, and materials industries; academia; and government laboratories.
• To help define the frontiers of knowledge in modern chemical engineering through intellectual leadership in research and scholarship.
• To contribute to the nation’s technological leadership by accomplishing research that stimulates the development of new technologies.
Princeton University offered its first courses in chemical engineering in 1922 under the direction of Sir Hugh Stott Taylor. The first doctorate in Chemical Engineering at Princeton was awarded in 1948.
In 2008, our department is comprised of 17 faculty members, 81 graduate students, 114 undergraduate students, and 30 research and technical staff members. Together, this group comprises a dynamic and vibrant community of scholars and researchers.
Message from the Chair
Welcome to the Department of Chemical Engineering at Princeton University. Our department comprises an outstanding and diverse group of faculty members, with research areas spanning applied and computational mathematics, bioengineering, environmental and energy science and technology, materials, process systems engineering, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, and transport phenomena.
Our students are our highest priority. Princeton University continues its tradition as an institution where teaching of the highest quality coexists happily with world-class research that defines the frontiers of knowledge. This is especially the case in Chemical Engineering, where our faculty of teacher-scholars includes many recipients of major national and international honors and awards for ground-breaking research, as well as award-winning teachers. We encourage you to visit the undergraduate and graduate pages to learn more about our program.
Richard A. Register
Chair of Chemical Engineering
