The CurtisLab is a hybrid of Traditional Biochemical / Bioprocess engineering and the latest technologies of metabolic engineering in microorganisms as well as plants (the green ones). Recent and ongoing projects include:
We collaborate with many different scientific backgrounds in plant science, molecular biology, materials research, ... Students in the lab have backgrounds in Chemical Engineering (of course) ... but also Plant science, Applied Biotechnology, Bio-engineering, Agricultural engineering, and Industrial Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering .... Students from the lab have gone on to become: Chemical Engineers (of course); Professors, Doctors, ... even physical therapists and (2) veterinarians? Lab Tour 2017 (in the temporary laboratory during new Building construction). |