Yale University

Welcome to the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering at Yale University. We are a vibrant community of scholars where chemical engineering guided by sustainability, and environmental engineering with a molecular focus, come together at one of the world’s leading academic institutions. Our 16 full time faculty members lead research efforts in nanomaterials, soft matter / complex fluids, interfacial phenomena, biomolecular engineering, energy, water, and sustainability. Our graduate and undergraduate students come from all corners of the globe to pursue PhD and BS degrees in Chemical or Environmental Engineering.

Yale has a long and illustrious history in Chemical Engineering. Formal instruction began in 1922, and the early years were strongly influenced by Professor Barnett Dodge, who served as Department Chair for thirty years (1931-1961). Professor Harding Bliss was the first Editor of the AIChE Journal in 1955, the same year Professor Dodge served as AIChE President. More recently, Professor John Fenn won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work done while in Yale’s Department of Chemical Engineering.