Research at Ohio State CBE
HIGHLIGHTS
Unique Faculty Achievements
CBE's internationally-known faculty have done extraordinary things. Some specific achievements include:
- World leader in chemical looping processes that conserve resources and reduce or eliminate emissions while producing valuable industrial products;
- Industrially-viable innovative membranes for gas separations that vastly reduce pollution;
- Unprecedented early-stage cancer detection using liquid biopsy;
- World leader in research to develop artificial blood for emergency usage;
- Breakthrough gene therapy: injectable, programmable nanocarriers for custom medicine;
- Groundbreaking technology that accelerates biopharmaceutical development from bench to clinic;
- 'One-touch healing' tissue-regenerating nanochip;
- Nanobiotech leaders: DNA nanomachines, magnetic quantum dots for diagnostics, and much more;
- Novel drug delivery system that reduces the need for painful eye injections.
- Wearable EKG clothing.
- A novel breast cancer treatment that could be more effective while increasing patient comfort, eliminating or reducing side effects such as those resulting from chemotherapy.
- A new shape-changing polymer that could transform how future soft materials are constructed.
Funding
CBE's grant-funded research expenditures are $8-$10M annually -- an average of $500,000 per faculty. Funds from entities such as the Department of Energy, NIH, NSF, and DARPA help create opportunities for student researchers while advancing cutting-edge research that benefits society.
For more information, visit our pages on:
Research Resources, which provides more information on Facilities and Equipment, Research Centers, and Global Engineering
Roster of CBE Faculty by Methodology and Area, which offers a list of faculty by research area and methodology (experimental / computational)