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As a M.S. student in UW ChemE, you can earn a degree in as little as one year with a fully tailored experience focused on tackling real-world challenges and learning advanced data science techniques.

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2025 Distinguished Staff Award

ChemE facilities manager Ben Hornburg was nominated for the UW Distinguished Staff Award, in the Impact category.

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Advancing water treatment

UW Chemical Engineering graduate student Joelle Scott, from the Bergsman Research Group, is working toward a more sustainable and equitable future through advanced materials research, testing new methods to remove toxic forever chemicals and other contaminants from wastewater.

Proteins use logic for targeted drug delivery

By adding smart tail structures to therapeutic proteins, researchers in the Deforest Lab demonstrated that the proteins could be “programmed” to act based on the presence of specific environmental cues.

Protein switches for safer, smarter medicines

Adam Broerman, a chemical engineering Ph.D. student in the Baker Lab, is leading new research to potentially control when drugs are active or inactive in the body, making medicines smarter and safer.

2025 BMES Award

Buddy Ratner, professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering, has received the Athanasiou Medal of Excellence in Translational Bioengineering Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society.
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