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 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Achievements

 From its beginning, our program has achieved marks of national distinction:

  • We were one of the first chemical engineering programs in the United States (1905)
  • The sixth AIChE student chapter was begun here (1924)
  • We were the sixteenth chemical engineering program to be accredited by ABET (1926)
  • We were the first to grant a Ph.D. in chemical engineering to an African-American woman (1972)
  • We established one of the first degree programs in chemical and biochemical engineering (1989)

Photo of Karl Kammermeyer

The University of Iowa College of Engineering