UMBC Chemical, Biochemical & Environmental Engineering Department
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Faculty in our department focus their research in nine core areas encompassing biological, environmental, and educational research. Our department offers an undergraduate course of study leading to a B.S. in Chemical Engineering through three tracks of study: (i) Traditional Track, (ii) Biotechnology and Bioengineering Track and (iii) Environmental Engineering and Sustainability track. We also offer both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees through two different graduate programs. Details can be found on our website: http://www.umbc.edu/cbe
Recent Submissions
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The Acidity of Atmospheric Particles and Clouds
(EGU, 2019-10-18)Acidity, defined as pH, is a central component of aqueous chemistry. In the atmosphere, the acidity of condensed phases (aerosol particles, cloud water, and fog droplets) governs the phase partitioning of semi-volatile ... -
Trends in PM2.5 transition metals in urban areas across the United States
(IOP Publishing, 2019-10-04)Using data from the Environmental Protection Agency's Chemical Speciation Network, we have characterized trends in PM2.5 transition metals in urban areas across the United States for the period 2001–2016. The metals included ... -
Biomimetic Strategies To Treat Traumatic Brain Injury by Leveraging Fibrinogen
(ACS Publications, 2019-06-27)There were over 27 million new cases of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in 2016 across the globe. TBIs are often part of complicated trauma scenarios and may not be diagnosed initially because the primary clinical focus ... -
Multivariate CuBTC Metal–Organic Framework with Enhanced Selectivity, Stability, Compatibility, and Processability
(American Chemical Society, 2019-09-27)A novel, mixed-linker metal−organic framework (MOF) was synthesized, and the resulting macromolecular assembly had enhanced activity and stability in comparison to the isostructural CuBTC (aka HKUST-1). Mixtures of ... -
Programmable biomolecular switches for rewiring flux in Escherichia coli
(Nature, 2019-08-21)Synthetic biology aims to develop programmable tools to perform complex functions such as redistributing metabolic flux in industrial microorganisms. However, development of protein-level circuits is limited by availability ... -
Deep-UV standoff Raman spectroscopy
(SPIE, 2019-05-13)The availability of high peak-power laser systems capable of delivering intense deep-UV pulses has brought renewed interest in using Raman spectroscopy as both a selective and sensitive analytical technique for ... -
Importance of lotus effect on surface sensing
(SPIE, 2019-05-02)Superhydrophobic polymer films are a material of interest for aircraft deicing fluids to achieve the selfcleaning lotus effect. Hydrophobic polymer films were obtained by a solvent selective method composed of hydrophilic ... -
Effect of processing on morphology of hydroxyapatites: bioactive glasses and crystalline composites
(SPIE, 2019-05-02)Recent studies on multinary oxides for applications as laser hosts and high dielectric capacitors have shown that processing at high temperature provides glassy or crystalline materials based on thermal treatments and ... -
There’s a new generation of water pollutants in your medicine cabinet
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Wastewater-based epidemiology in Beijing, China: Prevalence of antibiotic use in flu season and association of pharmaceuticals and personal care products with socioeconomic characteristics
(Elsevier Ltd, 2019-04)Wastewater-based epidemiology is an emerging field that has mostly been applied to investigate consumption of illicit drugs. In this study, the wastewater-based epidemiology approach was employed to study consumption of ... -
Nanoparticles for Environment, Engineering, and Nanomedicine
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Degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by UV 253.7 and UV-H2O2: Reaction kinetics and effects of interfering substances
(Elsevier B.V., 2019)This work investigates the degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) using UV irradiation and the UV-H₂O₂ advanced oxidation process (AOP). For UV irradiation at 253.7 nm, ∼66% degradation was observed for a ... -
Coupling feedback genetic circuits with growth phenotype for dynamic population control and intelligent bioproduction
(Elsevier B.V., 2019-03-30)Metabolic engineering entails target modification of cell metabolism to maximize cell's production potential. Due to the complexity of cell metabolism, feedback genetic circuits have emerged as basic tools to combat metabolic ... -
Effects of antimicrobial exposure on detrital biofilm metabolism in urban and rural stream environments
(Elsevier B.V., 2019-05-20)The occurrence of antimicrobials and other pharmaceuticals in streams is increasingly being reported, yet the impacts of these contaminants of emerging concern on aquatic ecosystems are relatively unknown. Bacteria and fungi ... -
Nanoparticles for Environment, Engineering, and Nanomedicine
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Modeling transcriptional factor cross-talk to understand parabolic kinetics, bimodal gene expression and retroactivity in biosensor design
(Elsevier B.V., 2019-02-05)Transcriptional factor-based biosensor has been widely used to reprogram and adjust cellular activity to the changing environment. These biosensors translate an internal cellular signal to a transcriptional reporter ... -
Combining 26s rDNA and the Cre-loxP System for Iterative Gene Integration and Efficient Marker Curation in Yarrowia lipolytica
(American Chemical Society, 2019-01-29)Conventional plasmid-based gene expression tends to introduce genetic instability and gene copy number variations that lead to degenerated production. The limited number of auxotrophic markers in Yarrowia lipolytica also ... -
Understanding lipogenesis by dynamically profiling transcriptional activity of lipogenic promoters in Yarrowia lipolytica
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2019-02-07)Lipogenesis is a complicated process involving global transcriptional reprogramming of lipogenic pathways. It is commonly believed that nitrogen starvation triggers a metabolic shift that reroutes carbon flux from Krebs ... -
Proteomic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm cells grown under physiologically relevant fluid shear stress conditions
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2014-04-30)Background: The biofilm forming bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for maladies ranging from severe skin infection to major diseases such as bacteremia, endocarditis and osteomyelitis. A flow displacement ...
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