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Students Grace Morgan and Quyen Tonnu piece together the seat of a toddler mobility trainer during the 2024 makeathon
November 12, 2024

Helping a ‘little’: Volunteers make wheels for kids who can’t walk

During a September 2024 makeathon at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Design and Innovation Lab @ Wendt, dozens of volunteers from across the UW-Madison community created assistive mobility devices for toddlers….

Matt Gebbie and Ryan Cashen in the lab
October 10, 2024

DURIP grant will allow Gebbie lab to acquire cutting-edge microscope

Matthew Gebbie, Conway Assistant Professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a grant from the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) to acquire a…

Bascom Hall with tulips in foreground
September 26, 2024

PhD Funding and Financial Information

Did you know that a vast majority of students receive a 5-year financial guarantee? Learn more about funding here.

September 26, 2024

PhD Program Information and Milestones

Program requirements are detailed in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering’s Academic Policies Procedures, also referred to as the Graduate Handbook. The Graduate Handbook is a resource for the requirements of our graduate program. Current and past Graduate Handbooks and related forms will be available on the intranet. Key program information and requirements are summarized below.

graduate student activities
September 26, 2024

Why Wisconsin?

Synergistic research, diverse collaboration, supportive peers—that’s Why Wisconsin! Read more about what makes UW-Madison the place to be.

UW Crest with engineering background
September 24, 2024

UW-Madison ranks 7th among publics in U.S. News undergraduate engineering program rankings

The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering was ranked seventh overall among public universities in the 2025 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Engineering Schools undergraduate rankings. Individual…

Bianca Navari off stage at ballet concert
September 24, 2024

From Pirouettes to Pipettes with Bianca Navari

Senior Bianca Navari grew up in Hyattsville, Maryland and started ballet at 11 years old. With natural talent, Navari moved to Moscow when she was 16 to study at the…

Research scientist Dillon Hofsommer adjusts a membrane flow bioreactor in his lab at the Wisconsin Energy Institute. Scientists with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center use the reactor to extract valuable aromatic chemicals from lignin, a part of plant cells often treated as waste.
September 23, 2024

Root is part of a project turning plants into plastics

A team of researchers with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center led by Thatcher Root, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and chemistry professor…

Clair Lesnjak and fellow teammates at the US Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition
September 17, 2024

Riding the wind with Claire Lesnjak

A junior majoring in chemical engineering and a Madison native, Claire Lesnjak was raised by a single mother her entire life. Her mom is one of her biggest inspirations and…

September 5, 2024

Lens into future technology

When asked to picture a microscope, many might conjure up something close to the clunky, portable microscopes used in middle school or high school. But Srini Ramu, a junior in…