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【简介】 Chemical engineering has a long history at Vanderbilt, with the program first announced in 1903. A Department was initiated in the School of Engineering in 1939. The first M.S. and Ph.D. degrees awarded in the School went to chemical engineering students.
Today, chemical engineers play key roles in the development and production of pharmaceuticals and bioengineered materials, high strength composites and specialty polymers, semiconductors and microelectronic devices, a wide range of ultrapure fine chemicals, and so forth. Indeed, chemical engineering is essential for the operation of contemporary society. The solution of many of the problems facing society today - e.g., energy, the environment, development of high-performance materials - will involve chemical engineers.
Overall, the Department provides an intimate and supportive environment for undergraduate and graduate students. Each faculty member cares a great deal about education and student welfare. Classes are small. Advising is done face-to-face with faculty members. They have a high-bay undergraduate unit operations laboratory. The practice of technical communication has formally been part of their undergraduate program since 1982. Their faculty is well connected to industry, bringing considerable personal experience into the classroom.
Interdisciplinary research is also important at Vanderbilt. In addition to working with researchers in other departments in the School of Engineering, they collaborate outside the School with research groups in the natural sciences and medicine. Department faculty participate in University-supported interdisciplinary research initiatives such as the Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) and the Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Bioengineering Research and Education (VIIBRE).
