Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology Design and synthesis of inorganic and polymeric materials at the molecular level to achieve desirable properties for a wide range of applications Biotechnology Applying chemical engineering principles for the development of biochemical processes and biomedical applications Energy The development of photovoltaics, catalysts for fuels from sunlight, and electrical energy generation and storage systems engineering for energy efficiency Environmental Engineering Programs to understand the fundamental science and engineering of air and water pollution, and to develop data for informed policy decisions. Process development for CO2 capture and sequestration Modeling & Simulation The development and application of multiscale models and high performance computational simulations spanning atomic to continuum time and length scales Process Engineering Design, modeling, optimization, and control of petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and microelectronic  processes