The recent revolutionary advances in nanoscale science and molecular biology open exciting new avenues for developing new materials, biological products, and medical therapeutics. At the same time, economic and social forces are driving a transition towards sustainable energy sources and production methods that are friendly to our environment.

To meet the challenges of the new century, our department is constantly working to develop and enrich an integrated research and educational program aiming at:

• conducting world-class research in the areas of advanced materials & complex fluids, biosystems engineering, and energy & sustainability;

• educating outstanding undergraduate and graduate chemical engineers to rise to leadership roles in academia, industry, law, business, medicine and government; and

• promoting interdisciplinary collaborations and forming bridges linking Rice innovations to applications in the chemical, energy, biotechnology and materials industries.

We invite you to explore our site to get the full story about all these changes, to learn about the research conducted by our faculty and students, to get information about our graduate and undergraduate degree programs, to catch up on the latest news and to find out about lectures and events hosted by our department.

And please feel free to contact us or visit our beautiful campus in Houston, Texas.

Cordially,

Kyriacos Zygourakis

CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING DEPT. MS-362
Rice University PO Box 1892 Houston, Texas 77251-1892	E-mail: chbe@rice.edu	Phone: (713) 348-4902 FAX:(713) 348-5478