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Department of Chemical and Vanderbilt Biomolecular contents programs of study 2 Plasmonics and Nanophotonics: Rizia Bardhan Undergraduate Graduate is unique among the engineering disciplines Graduate work in chemical and biomolecular engineering provides Computational Nanomaterials and Engineering: Peter Cummings in that it is based on the molecular sciences of chemistry and an opportunity for study and research at the cutting edge—to 3 as well as physics, mathematics and computation. From its early contribute to shaping a new model of what chemical engineers do. foundation in petrochemical and bulk chemical processing, chemical All faculty members are active in research and direction of graduate 4 Modeling and Control in Biosystems: Kenneth Debelak engineering has expanded to play key roles in the development student projects. The department’s research focus areas can be and production of pharmaceuticals and , specialty broadly defined as materials, bioengineering and , and are Biomaterials and : Scott Guelcher polymers and high strength composites, semiconductors and synchronized with institutional strengths and areas of national and 5 microelectronic devices, fine chemicals and nanomaterials and so regional need. In their research endeavors, faculty pursue novel forth. Indeed, chemical engineering is essential for the operation of applications of chemical engineering principles, both in their own 6 Molecular and Surface Engineering: Kane Jennings contemporary society. The solutions to many of the problems facing research and as part of interdisciplinary teams. Interdisciplinary society today—energy, the environment, sustainable processes and research is important at Vanderbilt and can lead to “game-changing” Interfacial Science and Engineering: Paul Laibinis development of high-performance materials—will involve chemical new ideas and discoveries. Faculty collaborate outside the school with 7 engineers. Future opportunities in the field are very bright. faculty in the natural sciences and medicine, and through research initiatives such as the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science Molecular Biophysics: Matthew Lang 8 The Vanderbilt undergraduate program in chemical and and Engineering (VINSE), the Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative biomolecular engineering prepares students to contribute to these Bioengineering Research and Education (VIIBRE) and the Vanderbilt Novel Adsorbent Materials: Douglas LeVan critical technologies. It is the department’s mission to educate those Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB). 9 who will advance the knowledge base in chemical engineering, to Molecular Modeling: Clare McCabe conduct both basic and applied research in chemical engineering, Graduate students are provided with strong support throughout their 10 to become practicing chemical engineers and to be leaders in Ph.D. program and offered opportunities for professional development the chemical and process industries, academia and government. through future faculty programs, conferences and internships, as well Electrochemical Engineering: Peter Pintauro Graduates find meaningful careers in industry, in government as an active Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association 11 laboratories and as private consultants. Some continue their (ChEGSA). Thesis research gives unparalleled experience in problem Material Durability: Bridget Rogers education through graduate studies in chemical engineering, solving, the key to challenging research assignments in industry and 12 medicine, business or law. admission to a global community of scholars.

13 Metabolic Engineering: Jamey Young Contact Contact Director of Undergraduate Studies Director of Graduate Recruiting Kenneth Debelak Kane Jennings 1 programs of study Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: (615) 322-2088 Phone: (615) 322-2707 The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 15 admissions offers courses of study leading to B.E., M.E., M.S. and PhD. degrees. Our program leading to the 16 financial aid degree is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Com- Contact mission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD Director of Graduate Studies 18 faculty 21202-4012, phone (410) 347-7700. Clare McCabe Email: [email protected] Phone: (615) 322-6853 1 plasmonics and nanophotonics computational nanomaterials he research theme in our lab hinges nderstanding collective on the question: How does size Rizia Bardhan Peter Cummings phenomena is the ultimate reduction to the nanoscale alter Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering goal of our research group, material properties including pho- Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering using a combination of tonic, electronic, electrochemical The foundation of our research group is biomolecular analytes, for theranostics theory and computational and catalytic behavior? Understand- based on understanding the fundamentals that combines targeting, imaging and An enduring problem in science and connected set of unit operations be tools. For example, we ing these fundamental properties at of plasmonics and nanophotonics and therapy within a single nanoentity for engineering and the overriding focus of our optimized?) to cells (how does individual, perform computational the nanoscale has important technologi- applying these fundamental concepts disease detection and treatment, for research is: How does complex behavior of random cell motion, modulated by simulations of fluids and interfaces by tcal implications from chemical sensing to towards biomedical and energy plasmon-enhanced energy conversion a system composed of interacting entities chemotaxis, give rise to collective motion ucomputing the motions of the constituent energy conversion and storage to bio- applications. By combining colloidal processes including photoelectrochemistry emerge from the simpler dynamics of the at the population level?). The tools used in atoms and molecules. We also simulate medicine. Our research efforts are focused synthesis and nanofabrication, we design for water splitting into hydrogen, and individual entities and their interactions these disparate fields are those of statistical tumors by computing the motion and on interdisciplinary nanoscience, with optically active metal and metal-oxide CO2-to-fuel conversion and plasmon- with each other and their environment? mechanics and large-scale simulation. dynamics of individual cancer cells, their the convergence of multiple disciplines: nanostructures with unique photonic mediated heterogeneous . We The entities range from molecules (how We apply these tools to understanding interactions with each other and their engineering, material science, chemistry, characteristics driven by their geometry, also have active collaborations with do phase transitions and many-body nanoscale systems (nanowires, molecular environment. In order to do this, we use a physics and bioengineering. We combine dimensions and composition. We then other faculty members at Vanderbilt to thermodynamic and transport properties electronics devices, nanoconfined fluids), hierarchy of computational tools, from indi- both wet-chemistry and nanofabrication engineer assemblies of these metal and design and study phase transformations emerge from interactions?) to the energy-relevant interfaces and the ways in vidual workstations to local and national techniques to engineer plasmonic nano- metal-oxide nanostructures in functional in batteries and supercapacitors at the components of a chemical plant (how can which tumors form and metastasize to bone. parallel computing facilities and in some structures, utilize “smart” architectures for real-time biosensing in nanoscale. the plant-wide behavior of a complex, http://huggins.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/ptc cases, the largest computers in the world. techniques to design biologically active cellular media for detecting pathogens and https://my.vanderbilt.edu/bardhanlab We work closely with experimentalists, par- beacons and employ cutting-edge tools ticularly those that can perform molecular- such as molecular spectroscopy, ultrafast and atomic-level probes of structure and optics, electrochemistry and super-resolu- dynamics at the nanoscale, using methods tion imaging to characterize the nanostruc- such as X-ray scattering and neutron scat- tures. The ultimate goal of our research tering techniques. The computational tools program is to utilize these materials to we develop and apply in our laboratory will solve important global challenges—energy evolve into the design tools for new tech- and sustainability and human health. nologies in the future, such as next-gener- ation batteries and energy storage devices. Our group consists of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, with each student typically paired with a postdoctoral researcher to work on a specific project.

2 3 modeling and control in biosystems biomaterials and tissue engineering

n the Vanderbilt Biomaterials and Kenneth Debelak Scott Guelcher Tissue Engineering Laboratory, we are Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering exploring two main areas of research: Director of Undergraduate Studies Associate Professor of scaffolds and drug delivery systems for tissue regeneration and regulation of How cellular subsystems function together efforts in this direction with populations of We and countless others have observed that Restoration of form and function to tissue cell fate by the extracellular matrix. Our and are coordinated and controlled is have revealed the importance microbial population structure changes in defects caused by trauma or disease is 1,400 square feet of lab space house currently incompletely understood. We have of the cell cycle. We have shown that in order response to environmental parameters, but no a critical goal of regenerative medicine. equipment for polymer synthesis and char- explored particular biochemical and genetic to accurately decipher experimental data bifurcation theory, nor a framework for one, My research group investigates novel iacterization (including rheology, dynamic networks, such as nitrogen metabolism and from microbial populations we must first currently exists. Developing such a theory for biomaterials and drug delivery strategies mechanical analysis and chromatography), nitrogen catabolite repression, but we are understand and accurately model growth cultures, colonies and biofilms is currently for regenerating bone and soft tissue. We cell culture, and histology/histomorphom- rarely interested in specifics. We are generally and division. Microbes talk to each other, our central objective. There are a wide variety apply structure-property relationships etry. We also have access to imaging and interested in abstract notions of dynamics and this act often results in coordinated of applications for such a theory from basic to design polymeric tissue grafts with facilities in the Vanderbilt University Medical and control. For instance, we have explored behavior. We are currently exploring how biology to biofuels. biological, physical and mechanical Center. Projects are multidisciplinary and how structure theorems are encoded in cell cycle-dependent, quorum sensing-type properties targeted to the requirements students have extensive opportunities evolutionarily persistent networks. Our feedback influences population structure. of the clinical indication. As an example, to collaborate with life scientists in the we have designed dual-purpose bone Vanderbilt University Medical Center and grafts for treatment of contaminated with clinicians at the U.S. Army Institute wounds that release an to control of Surgical Research. Translation of new infection and a growth factor to heal the therapies based on laboratory discoveries bone. A critical feature of these dual- into the clinic is also an important goal of purpose grafts is the ability to control the the laboratory, which is being pursued in release of the antibiotic and growth factor collaboration with our corporate partners. independently at different time scales to therapies for blocking tumor growth in optimize healing. We are also designing bone. We collaborate with researchers injectable, settable grafts for healing of both in the Vanderbilt University Medical bone defects at weight-bearing sites. These Center and also at the U.S. Army Institute grafts are designed to maintain their initial of Surgical Research. Students participating bone-like mechanical properties as they in this multi-disciplinary research gain actively remodel and heal to form new experience in , cell culture bone. In addition to our work on tissue and preclinical studies. We also emphasize regeneration, we are also investigating translation of the technology developed how the mechanical properties of the in our laboratory to the clinic. Thus, we extracellular matrix affect invasion of are creating new intellectual property tumor cells in metastatic bone disease. and pursuing license agreements with By understanding the signaling pathways biomedical device companies. relevant to tumor-induced bone resorption http://research.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/ and destruction, we aim to create novel guelcher_research/Index

4 5 molecular and surface engineering interfacial science and engineering

rganic coatings on he relationships between the metal surfaces are used Kane Jennings Paul Laibinis chemical structure at a surface extensively in materi- Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the properties that result from als processing as solar Director of Graduate Recruiting Co-Director of Nanoscience and Minor this interface underlie both the energy-conversion films, systems we explore and the goals responsive interfaces, The common thread in my research efforts interfacial modification can greatly affect Our work focuses on the integration of DNA chains for sensing applications, of our projects. At a fundamental lubricating surfaces and is biologically inspired, molecular-scale the functional performance of the modified fabricated, non-biological systems with non-fouling coatings for controlling level, we explore surface reactivity robust protective coatings. Our research engineering for the design and fabrication surface, which is measured by electron or biological materials. In these systems, and improving separations and two-dimensional structure-property utilizes a molecular-level, biologically of coatings. We use the methods of ion transfer rates, lubrication effectiveness interfaces and a control over their surface methods, nanoparticles for enhancing trelationships using molecular systems that oinspired approach to design and assemble self-assembly as well as surface-initiated and stability and/or interfacial wettability chemistry play a large role in defining their transport within microfluidic chambers we design and develop to undergo self- tailor-made ultrathin organic films on metal polymerizations to modify surfaces with in different environments. In this research, performance. We routinely design and and patterned surfaces for directing crystal assembling coating processes. These often and semiconductor surfaces to impact molecular or (bio)macromolecular films I employ graduate and undergraduate apply thin organic coatings, often having growth for tissue-imaging applications. molecular and sometimes polymeric films the processing of advanced materials. For for applications in solar energy conversion, students to train a cadre of talented nanometer- or molecular-scale dimensions, We employ a variety of electrochemical, are developed for use within systems such example, we assemble photosynthetic responsive coatings, superhydrophobic young minds in the molecular aspects of as a way to control the properties of a optical and analytical methods through the as porous silicon waveguides, magnetically into well-defined monolayer and and superoleophobic surfaces and interfacial engineering. surface. Using methods of spontaneous and design and use of these systems. Students responsive nanoparticles, microfluidic and multilayer films to convert incoming light nanoscale tribology. For these applications, www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/groups/ directed assembly, we design systems that in this research develop an understanding microelectrode devices and photolitho- to electrochemical energy. As highlights, the attachment chemistry, thickness, gkjennings/GKJ_home.html can self-assemble into controlled structure of the connections between molecular- graphically patterned surfaces. Through we have recently prepared photosynthetic composition/structure and topology of the with defined properties. Examples scale interfacial engineering and system interdisciplinary collaborations with various films on p-doped silicon to achieve include the use of interfaces with grafted development. groups at Vanderbilt, we apply these coat- photocurrents that greatly exceed those ings to a range of systems. These include of uncoated silicon. We are also develop- porous silicon waveguides with controllable ing strategies for interfacing these proteins optical properties whereby the coatings with graphene for the potential design of provide chemical and biochemical sensing all- solar cells. In the area of coatings, possibilities for these structures. We use we have recently developed a method to another class of coatings to enhance the replicate microstructured surfaces, includ- imaging of biological tissue samples by ing those of plants and animals in nature, to mass spectroscopy, where the coatings provide biomimetic coatings for targeted simplify required processing steps and offer applications. The key innovation here is that possibilities for imaging at higher resolu- we can combine nature-engineered topog- tions. We continue to develop approaches raphy with innovative polymeric materials for generating non-fouling surfaces, for that can greatly surpass the performance of uses in microfluidics and separations, and the limited hydrocarbons of nature. future applications in biomedical devices. Many of these projects span the areas of materials science and molecular biol- ogy, where the research at the interface between these areas is our focus on surface engineering.

6 7 molecular biophysics novel adsorbent materials

he ability to separate and purify Matthew Lang Douglas LeVan gases and liquids is important in our Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering J. Lawrence Wilson Professor of Engineering society. Carbon dioxide needs to Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering be captured and concentrated for sequestration. Toxic chemicals are The general goal of our research program study of biological motors, in particular the advanced a number of optical and technical Adsorption processes are important in in nanoporous adsorbents including the present in the air we breathe and is to probe the inner workings of nature’s ClpXP motor protease, which destroys proteins methods for single-molecule biophysics purifying air and water and in separating determination of the types of mass transfer in the water we drink. Adsorbents molecular and cellular machinery. Building tagged for removal from cells; structure, including combined trapping and single- a variety of mixtures. My research group resistances present. On the computational are nanoporous materials with very large from a molecular perspective, we employ a function and nanomaterial applications of molecule fluorescence. Our long-range goals investigates phenomena important in gas- side, we have been performing molecular tsurface areas, and they are used in a wide measure-make-model approach including amyloid-based fibers; and recognition include laying the foundation for forward phase adsorption. Recently we have been simulations to predict adsorption variety of purification and separation pro- single-molecule biophysics measurements with and signaling through lymphocytes. engineering with physical biological parts focusing on the creation of novel adsorbent equilibria. We also simulate gas-phase cesses. My research group focuses on both optical tweezers, single-molecule fluorescence We collaborate with a number of groups and hybrid systems in addition to identifying materials for removal of carbon dioxide adsorption processes including pressure- experimental and computational work spectroscopy, functional mutations and that specialize in the biology and theory strategies for fighting disease. and toxic chemicals from air. We measure swing adsorption, temperature-swing related to adsorption. We have facilities for simulations. Example projects include the relating to the above projects. Our lab has www.vanderbilt.edu/langlab pure component and mixture adsorption adsorption, adsorption compression and adsorbent synthesis, and we have a wide equilibria for a variety of applications. We adsorption cooling. In recent years, NASA, range of tools for adsorbent characteriza- have constructed several novel apparatuses the U.S. Army and the Department of tion. Standard bench-top instruments are for the measurement of mass transfer rates Energy have funded our research. available for porosimetry, spectroscopy, etc. Major commitments to experimental work are in the areas of adsorption equilibrium measurement, for which we have several gravimetric, volumetric and chromato- graphic systems, and for measuring mass transfer rates. In this last area, we have truly unique capabilities with apparatuses that use frequency response methods to perturb pressures, concentrations and volumes. Our research includes theoretical components involving and transport phenomena. Our computa- tional research unites the theoretical and experimental components through simula- tion of molecular and macroscopic models.

8 9 molecular modeling electrochemical engineering

ur research group aims ew and innovative to solve outstanding Clare McCabe Peter Pintauro membrane morpholo- problems in energy, the Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering H. Eugene McBrayer Professor of Chemical Engineering gies are being designed environment, biology Director of Graduate Studies Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and created to address and medicine. The deficiencies in existing common thread in our Professor of Chemistry Polymeric membranes play a critical role membrane-based salt-splitting processes. materials. Thus, multiple- approach is the use of With today’s advances in computational structure of bilayers in an effort to during the generation of in Two membrane fabrication schemes polymer electrospinning molecular-based computational methods, power and evolving architectures, such as understand the barrier function of human fuel cells and batteries. The membrane are currently being pursued: nanofiber is being used to fabricate polymeric proton which include molecular simulation (both graphical processing units, also known as skin, determine the mechanism by which in such devices performs three roles: electrospinning of composite membranes nexchange membranes for hydrogen/air fuel oMonte Carlo and molecular dynamics), it physically separates the positive and as an alternative approach to polymer cells, hydrogen/bromine regenerative fuel the video cards in computers and game depolymerize , and to quantum chemistry and molecular theory, consoles, the future of computational develop enhanced lubrication schemes. negative electrodes, it prevents mixing of blending, the use of block copolymers cells and water electrolyzers, where the final to elucidate the molecular-level behavior research has never been brighter! The We also work in the area of molecular and crosslinked systems membranes exhibit better high tempera- responsible for the observed macroscopic complexity, in both size and detail, of the theory, to develop accurate tools to and uniaxial polymer film ture and low humidity ion conductivity, properties. Molecular-level understanding systems we can now study, compared to predict the thermodynamics of separation stretching to improve improved mechanical properties, low water provides a rational basis for prediction, even ten years ago, means computational processes relevant to the chemical industry, the mechanical and/or swelling and better long-term durability. design and optimization of new physi- studies can make a real impact and drive with particular emphasis on green solvents transport properties of Gradient-through-plane nanofiber struc- cal and biological systems. Much of our experimental research. We use molecular and carbon capture. membranes. A second tures and uniaxial stretching of fluorinated research is computationally intensive simulation to elucidate the self-assembled http://huggins.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/clare/ research thrust area ionomers are two approaches being in nature. Thus, in addition to our own involves the use of polymer explored to improve the methanol barrier dedicated computational cluster, we use electrospinning techniques properties of proton conducting mem- computational facilities at the National to fabricate high-surface branes for direct liquid methanol fuel cells. Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) area, inexpensive and Similarly, mechanically resilient and highly at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the durable nanofiber mat conductive nanofiber composite anion- National Energy Research Scientific Com- electrodes for fuel cells and exchange membranes are being fabricated puting Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berke- batteries. For a hydrogen/ for use in alkaline fuel cells via polymer ley National Laboratory. We collaborate air fuel cell, the emphasis electrospinning. Electrospun Pt-based closely with experimentalists at Vanderbilt is on lowering the precious nanofiber electrode mats for hydrogen/air as well as groups at other universities and metal catalyst loading of fuel cells are being developed with low Pt national laboratories in the United States fuel and oxidant and it provides a conduit the oxygen reduction cathode. Much of loading, high-power output and excellent as well as abroad to validate and enhance for ion movement between the electrodes. the work in my lab is experimental in long-term durability. Oxygen transport our work. Ion-exchange membranes are also used in nature. When necessary, mathematical and the kinetics of oxygen reduction in a variety of water clean-up and industrial modeling is used to better understand such electrodes are being studied using AC electrochemical processes. There is a need the interrelationship between membrane impedance, cyclic voltammetry and Tafel- for new fabrication strategies and new or electrode structure and function. My slope polarization experiments. Research nano-morphologies for cation-exchange, research is highly interdisciplinary and is funded by a combination of federal and anion-exchange and bipolar membranes. the graduate students in my lab receive industrial money. Students collaborate My research group is addressing this training in the fields of polymer chemistry, with researchers in industry and at national need by designing, creating, and membrane science, electrochemistry, laboratories and other universities. evaluating membranes for fuel cells, chemical engineering and polymer fiber batteries, electrodialysis separations and electrospinning. 10 11 material durability metabolic engineering

he theme of our research is iving cells rely on metabolic reaction “From Atoms to Applications.” Bridget Rogers Jamey Young networks to break down nutrients and Our research includes making Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering synthesize complex . My lab the materials, characterizing their Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics is applying a combination of experi- properties and testing them in the Our research focuses on using surfaces, beam backscattering spectrometry, electron mental and computational approaches targeted applications. Our labora- interfaces, films and powders to engineer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The overarching theme of my research I am also interested in enhancing to understand these processes and tory facilities include processing materials and microstructures for We use the characterization results as program is to apply engineering biological production of fuels and how they can be redirected to fight and characterization equipment. We have technically important applications such feedback into process optimization. Having approaches to analyze quantitatively and chemicals. This work involves engineering disease or to produce valuable biological a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor as microelectronics, catalysis, ultra-high a complete knowledge of a material’s redirect cellular metabolism. My lab is mammalian cells to eliminate byproduct products. We use isotope tracers, gas and tto form thin solid films on substrates. We liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, temperature environments, radiation chemical and physical properties also helps currently applying metabolic flux analysis formation and resist toxicity in industrial have the ability to characterize our materi- detection and energy. The Rogers group us to understand why certain materials and metabolomic profiling to investigate . Furthermore, my lab is microscopy, expression analysis and various als using electron, ion, X-ray and optical creates materials and structures using work well in a particular application, but a variety of cell and animal models of collaborating with biologists to enhance the other biochemical and molecular biology probes. Our X-ray photoelectron spectrom- thin film processing techniques as well as not in others. This understanding enables relevance to human disease, including efficiency of photosynthetic carbon fixation techniques to assess metabolic phenotypes eter supports the research projects of many combustion synthesis. We characterize us to engineer materials with desired cancer and type-2 diabetes. Through this in plants and cyanobacteria, which is a in both cultured cells and plant or animal investigators across the Vanderbilt campus. our materials using a myriad of techniques properties for optimal performance in the work, we are elucidating the molecular key step toward solving food, energy, and tissues. We combine these experimental We also have Auger electron spectrom- including spectroscopic ellipsometry, ion targeted application. alterations that contribute to these diseases environmental challenges of the future. measurements with computational models eters that are optimized for depth profiling and developing novel strategies to target www.vanderbilt.edu/younglab of metabolic reaction networks, which materials to give compositional informa- these processes therapeutically. enables us to extract detailed information tion through the depth of a material. We about the flow of material and energy also have a spectroscopic ellipsometer within these networks and to understand with optical components mounted on the how they are regulated. We are collaborat- CVD reactor for in situ analysis and another ing with cancer biologists, physiologists set of optical components mounted on and endocrinologists to apply these an ex situ stage. A Pelletron ion beam approaches to cell and animal models accelerator has recently been installed on that mimic human disease states. Further- campus, giving us access to a wide variety more, we are working with biologists to of ion beam backscattering and nuclear engineer transgenic plants and transgenic resonance analysis techniques. Our group lines of animal or bacteria cells that exhibit also uses the processing capabilities in the enhanced productivities in agricultural or Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science industrial applications. and Engineering (VINSE) core facilities and characterization instruments found in labs across Vanderbilt and Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s user facilities.

12 13 admissions

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Graduate Dates to remember To apply for admission to the graduate program in chemical January 15 and biomolecular engineering, you must first meet the general Application deadline for fall requirements of admission established by the Vanderbilt University admissions Graduate School. Application for admission may be made December 15–January 31 electronically through the Graduate School website at Faculty review of applications www.vanderbilt.edu/gradschool December 20–March 31 The Graduate School Catalog may be viewed at Fall admissions offers made www.vanderbilt.edu/catalogs April 15 Deadline to accept admission Contact Engineering Graduate Programs ATTN: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Vanderbilt University 411 Kirkland Hall Nashville, TN 37240, U.S.A. Tel: (615) 322-2441 www.vanderbilt.edu/gradschool

14 15 financial aid Undergraduate Graduate

Vanderbilt is committed to enrolling talented, motivated students Graduate students in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular from diverse backgrounds. More than 60 percent of Vanderbilt Engineering seeking the Ph.D. degree receive a competitive stipend, students receive some type of aid. The university offers a full range full tuition waiver, and health insurance. Typically students are first of merit-based scholarships, need-based financial assistance and supported on a teaching assistantship and then a research assistantship, financing/payments options to families of all income levels. More once a thesis adviser has been identified. Students on a teaching information can be found at www.vanderbilt.edu/financialaid. assistantship assist the faculty with undergraduate courses, typically by grading assignments and holding office hours. Opportunities to Expanded Aid Program teach are available for those that wish to gain such experience. Both Beginning in the fall of 2009, need-based financial aid packages for teaching and research assistantships can be supplemented by any one all undergraduate students no longer include need-based loans. This of the following university fellowships, which are awarded through a latest initiative does not involve the use of income bands or “cut-offs” competitive process to highly qualified applicants. to pre-determine levels of eligibility and applies to all undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need who are U.S. citizens or l University Graduate Fellowships eligible non-citizens. The end result is that, in addition to a realistic $10,000/year for up to 5 years academic year earnings expectation, all need-based aid packages l Provost’s Graduate Fellowships now include scholarships and/or grants (gift assistance) in place of $10,000/year for up to 5 years need-based loans that would have previously been offered to meet l Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Graduate Scholarships demonstrated need. $6,000/year for up to 5 years l school of Engineering IBM Fellowships $4,000/year for up to 4 years plus an award of $1,000 for professional development

In order to be considered for these fellowships, an applicant’s file must be complete by January 15. Prospective applicants are also urged to apply for external fellowships or grants from national, international, industrial or foundation sources.

16 faculty Rizia Bardhan Scott Guelcher Matthew Lang Bridget Rogers Assistant Professor of Chemical and Associate Professor of Chemical and Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Biomolecular Engineering Engineering; Associate Professor of Molecular Biomolecular Engineering Plasmonics and nanophotonics, nanomedicine Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Physiology and Biophysics Processing, characterizing, and utilizing films, and nanobiosensing, nanomaterials for energy Polymer science and engineering, biomaterials, Molecular and cellular machines, biological motors, coatings and powders for applications in conversion and storage drug delivery and tissue engineering, colloid and single molecule biophysics microelectronics, aerospace, defense and energy surface chemistry, electrophoretic deposition Peter Cummings Douglas LeVan Sandra Rosenthal John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering Eva Harth J. Lawrence Wilson Professor of Engineering Jack and Pamela Egan Professor of Chemistry Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Associate Professor of Chemistry Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Statistical mechanics, molecular simulation, Associate Professor of Chemical and Air purification, gas separation, novel nanoporous Synthesis, characterization, surface modification computational materials science, computational Biomolecular Engineering adsorbents, adsorption equilibria, mass transfer in and ultrafast carrier dynamics of semiconductor and theoretical nanoscience and computational Polymer and organic chemistry, nanomaterials, adsorbents, adsorption cycles nanocrystals for applications in biological imaging, biology drug delivery and bioconjugates photovolatics and solid-state lighting Clare McCabe Kenneth Debelak Kane Jennings Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Julie Sharp Associate Professor of Chemical and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Director of Graduate Studies Professor of the Practice of Technical Biomolecular Engineering Director of Graduate Recruiting Professor of Chemistry Communications Director of Undergraduate Studies Organic thin films, surface science, solar energy Molecular modeling of fluids and materials, Job search communication, learning styles and Automotive catalyst coating, plant-wide conversion, tribology, superhydrophobic surfaces, bioenergy processes, biological self-assembly, integrating communication in engineering courses modeling, simulation and control surface-initiated polymers, self-assembled molecular rheology and tribology, molecular monolayers theory, phase equilibria Russell Dunn Jamey Young Professor of the Practice of Chemical and David Kosson Peter Pintauro Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Biomolecular Engineering Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Civil and H. Eugene McBrayer Professor of Chemical Engineering Engineering, Assistant Professor of Molecular Process integration, plant-wide design and Environmental Engineering Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Physiology and Biophysics optimization strategies, polymer product Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Electrochemical engineering, membrane science, Metabolic engineering, systems biology, diabetes, characterization and failure analysis, chemical Chemical and nuclear environmental engineering, fabrication and characterization of polymeric obesity and metabolic disorders, tumor metabolism, product and process safety contaminant mass transfer, environmental ion-exchange membranes for fuel cell applications, cell culture engineering, enhancing photosynthesis remediation and waste management membrane transport modeling, organic Todd Giorgio electrochemical synthesis Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering Paul Laibinis Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering David Piston Biologically responsive nanomaterials, Co-Director, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Minor Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics cancer immunology, drug and gene delivery, Self-assembly, organic thin films, chemical and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering multifunctional inorganic nanostructures biochemical sensors, surface modification, Metabolic engineering, biochemical processes in interfacial phenomena, directed adsorption, living cells and organisms, metabolism, biomolecules at surfaces fluorescence imaging methods

18 19 department setting Vanderbilt Nashville

Cornelius Vanderbilt had a vision of a place that would “contribute Vanderbilt’s hometown of Nashville is a vibrant, engaging city known to strengthening the ties that should exist between all sections of proudly as “Music City, U.S.A.” The university’s students, faculty, staff our common country” when he gave a million dollars to create a and visitors frequently cite Nashville as one of the perks of Vanderbilt, university in 1873. Today, that vision has been realized in Vanderbilt, with its 330-acre campus located a little more than a mile from an internationally recognized research university in Nashville, downtown. Tenn., with strong partnerships among its 10 schools, neighboring From serving as home to the nation’s largest Kurdish population institutions and the community. to being named America’s friendliest city for three years in a row, Vanderbilt offers undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and Nashville is a metropolitan place that exudes all of the charm and sciences, engineering, music, education and human development, hospitality one expects from a Southern capital. as well as a full range of graduate and professional degrees. The The city was settled in 1779 and permanently became state capital combination of cutting-edge research, liberal arts education, nationally in 1843. The city proper is 533 square miles with a population of recognized schools of law, business and divinity, the nation’s top nearly 570,000. Major industries include tourism, printing and ranked graduate school of education and a distinguished medical publishing, technology manufacturing, music production, higher center creates an invigorating atmosphere where students tailor their education, finance, insurance, automobile production and health education to meet their goals and researchers collaborate to address care management. Nashville has been named one of the 15 best U.S. the complex questions affecting our health, culture and society. cities for work and family by Fortune magazine, was ranked as the An independent, privately supported university, Vanderbilt is the No. 1 most popular U.S. city for corporate relocations by Expansion largest private employer in Middle Tennessee and the second largest Management magazine and was named by Forbes magazine as one of private employer based in the state. the 25 cities most likely to have the country’s highest job growth over the coming five years.

Insight ◦ Innovation ◦ Impact® The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering is internationally recog- nized for the quality of its research and scholarship. Engineering faculty and students share their expertise across multiple disciplines to address four specific research initiatives that characterize the school’s commit- ment to help solve real-world challenges with worldwide impact. They are health and medicine, energy and natural resources, security, and entertainment. All programs leading to the bachelor of engineering degree are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (www.abet.org).

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