Immunotherapy for Gum Disease?

Interdisciplinary Pitt Study in Mice Shows Promise

Pitt Engineering graduate students are finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition

Pitt Appoints Distinguished Professor Steven Little as the Bevier Endowed Chair

The Glug of it All

A paper recently published by a Pitt professor and his son studies how the flexibility of containers affect how fast they drain

Sex and the Flu

Pitt and University of Wisconsin Researchers Seek to Understand How Hormones Impact Influenza in Men and Women

American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Elevates Pitt Distinguished Professor Steven Little to Fellow

The Swanson School’s Sweetest Student

ChemE student Cailey Dolata receives the Future of Chemistry Scholarship for Women

The Clues for Cleaner Water

Pitt, Drexel, and Brookhaven engineers solve the “catalysis vs corrosion” mystery in electrochemical ozone production

Pitt’s Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Program Establishes Shiao-Hung Chiang Seminar Series

Two Swanson School Students Compete at Prestigious Rice Business Plan Competition

The Rice Business Plan Competition awards millions in prizes to the best student startups across the globe

Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

The Chemical and Petroleum Engineering department at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering was established in 1910, making it the first department for petroleum engineering in the world. Today, our department has over 40 expert faculty (tenure/tenure-stream/joint/adjunct), a host of dedicated staff, more than 20 state-of-the-art laboratories and learning centers, and education programs that enrich with strong fundamentals and hands-on experience.

Chemical engineering is concerned with processes in which matter and energy undergo change. The range of concerns is so broad that the chemical engineering graduate is prepared for a variety of interesting and challenging employment opportunities. Chemical engineers with strong background in sciences are found in management, design, operations, and research. Chemical engineers are employed in almost all industries, including food, polymers, chemicals, pharmaceutical, petroleum, medical, materials, and electronics. Since solutions to energy, environmental, and food problems must surely involve chemical changes, there will be continued demands for chemical engineers in the future.