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School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Creating resources and technologies to transform industries and developing processes that reduce pollution and protect the world

We resolve critical challenges in food, energy, health, medicine and address climate issues, recycling, sustainability, and the shift to clean energy. We educate aspiring engineers and empower innovators in Chemical and Biomolecular engineering and Environmental engineering.

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Our research spans food engineering, water, environmental resources, biomolecular and cell engineering, carbon neutrality, and chemical processes and innovation.

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Latest news

11 September 2024

Duy Tung Le, Engineering PhD student from Vietnam

Studying a PhD in engineering – from Vietnam to Australia

For Vietnamese international student, Tung Le, the opportunities to deepen his knowledge of materials engineering were found at Sydney.

Tackling industrial emissions begins at the chemical reaction

University of Sydney researchers are proposing a new way to curb industrial emissions, by tapping into the "atomic intelligence" of liquid metals to deliver greener and more sustainable chemical reactions.

Solutions for a net zero world the focus of Sydney's newest research flagship

The University of Sydney has elevated a previously grassroots collective of researchers to one of its flagship research centres to accelerate solution-based research and assist the world in meeting its climate change goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Methane emissions from landfill could be turned into sustainable jet fuel in plasma chemistry leap

A new plasma technique developed by researchers at the University of Sydney could help create a circular economy for waste-generated methane emissions.

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Mid-career engineering researchers awarded $1.9 million in ARC Industry Fellowships

Professor Jinman Kim and Professor Yuan Chen from the Faculty of Engineering lead the University of Sydney’s ARC Industry Fellowship awards.

Nanothin printing of electronics hardware could slash costs

Engineering researchers have developed a 2D printing process using liquid metals that they say could create new ways of creating more advanced and energy efficient computing hardware that is manufactured at the nanoscale.

26 February 2024

Researchers closer to understanding hydrogen's great challenge

Embrittlement is one of the biggest obstacles facing the transition to a global hydrogen economy. A new process uncovered by researchers at the University of Sydney is helping shed light on how to better prevent it.

10 November 2023

Close-up of gallium liquid metal in a petri dish. [Credit USYD and Philip Ritchie]

Liquid metals shake up century-old chemical engineering processes

Liquid metals could be the long-awaited solution to "greening" the chemical industry, according to researchers who tested a new technique they hope can replace energy-intensive chemical engineering processes harking back to the early 20th century.

11 October 2023

Professor Hesham El Gamal appointed Dean of Engineering

Information theory expert Professor Hesham El Gamal has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, commencing in July 2024.

08 September 2023

How Australia can achieve net zero

The University's Net Zero Initiative has released a portfolio of "ready-to-go" solutions and technology to address key issues in the transformation towards net zero.