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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

The mission of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering program is to educate qualified students in engineering sciences and engineering design methods to prepare them for successful professional careers and to contribute to the needs of society.

At UNL you'll find faculty who bring passion into both the research laboratory and the classroom with exciting studies like:

• Developing new regenerative medical materials and therapies using bio- and nanotechnologies to speed the repair and regrowth of bone, blood vessels and soft tissues in vivo.
• Developing cutting-edge genomic techniques like ultra-fast polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to search for emerging disease threats such as antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.
• Using proteomic instruments like a specialized mass spectrometer designed to search for new genetically engineered protein medicines.
• Developing a new pliable bandage that can stop fatal bleeding from trauma in civilian and military applications.
• Partnering with international health care systems to develop abundant supplies of hemophilia medicines from the milk of genetically engineered livestock to treat 80 percent of the world's hemophilia patients.
• Discovering a device to give robots a human sense of touch using nanotechnology.
• Developing a process for sustainable biofuels production.
  

To see current funding needs for the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department visit their Web site at che.unl.edu.