Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering

Chemists discover and create new compounds, but it’s chemical engineers who turn them into products that people need and use. Chemical and biomolecular engineers are developing frontier technologies in drug design and delivery, biotechnology, nanotechnology, alternate energy resources, and environmentally neutral manufacturing. In these fields and many others, chemical engineers provide the intellectual capital that powers today’s global enterprises.

Electrical  and computer engineering play central roles in the development of new products and technologies. Electrical engineering is at the core of just about every technology, which is why electrical engineers’ agile solutions to real-world problems and flexible skill sets are always in high demand. Our students advance the modern world by harnessing the power of electricity to build devices and systems, from nanoscale computer chips to multinational communications systems. Computer engineering spans across the disciplines of electrical engineering and computer science and involves designing, programming, and evaluating computer systems to continually improve performance and speed. Computers play an essential role in everyday life, from the computer system that controls a car’s digital displays to the tablet that we use to download our music, books, and games. 

Materials science and engineering (MSE) focuses on the design, selection, and development of materials. It is a field that deals with “stuff” - the metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites - that everything around us is made from. It looks beyond the question of what materials these devices and gadgets are made from, to what should they be made from. From there, it explores whether the  structure can be modified to alter the properties and design materials to achieve the desired performance for specific applications.