Melbourne School of Engineering Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is mainly concerned with the design, construction and operation of industrial scale process in which materials undergo chemical and physical changes, to give us products we need for every day life.

News

Sally Gras Humans to Walk on Walls
The Age, 3 February 2010
Chemical Engineering researcher Sally Gras is interviewed about new adhesion technologies, which could soon allow humans to walk on walls.
Gavin Jennings $2.95 million Government funding for alternative to silicon in breast reconstruction
October 2009
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, in partnership with other Victorian researchers, receives a grant from Victoria’s Science Agenda (VSA) Investment Fund. Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings said the project was important in the treatment and recovery of women with breast cancer.
Ray Dagastine Australian Research Council Future Fellowship
September 2009
Dr Ray Dagastine has been awarded an inaugural ARC Future Fellowship to enable him and his research group to undertake a project entitled "Fundamentals and applications of dynamic interfacial forces in soft matter" over the next four years.
Researcher Dr Colin Scholes, from  Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, adjusts the membrane rig that is part of the Australia's first pre-combustion carbon capture project - the CO2CRC/HRL Mulgrave Capture Project. Greenhouse Gas Research attracts $20M
August 2009
The CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) has been successful in their bid for re-funding. They have received $20M for the period 2010-2015. (Photo courtesy of CO2CRC)

 

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Dr Sally Gras What is Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering?
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