Cleaner fuels. Safer cars. Better pharmaceuticals. And more efficient ways to deliver those products to the consumer. Explore our department's degree programs, including the industrial engineering program.
In addition to majors and minors in chemical engineering and materials science and engineering, we offer a new major in industrial engineering.
We offer an M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering and materials science and engineering. Research and teaching assistantships are available for qualified students.
Our growing department has research expertise in a range of areas relating to chemical and materials engineering. Recent faculty hires have expanded our departmental expertise in areas such as high-performance computing, advanced manufacturing and renewable energy.
Our research-active department has funding from agencies including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Undergraduate research opportunities are a key part of our curriculum, and graduate students work closely with faculty to develop independent research.
Protein engineering research backed by $2 million NIH grant
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Nevada Engineering professor named a 2026 fellow of The Electrochemical Society
Dev Chidambaram is one of 11 scientists worldwide chosen for the honor this year
Assistant Professor Ming Chen co-authors review paper in Nature Materials
Comprehensive review examines real-time behavior of materials using in situ and AI-driven techniques
Join the College of Engineering students, faculty and alumni who are developing the ideas, techniques and technologies that change the world.