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Clarkson sets a world-class standard in research by concentrating its strengths and leveraging expertise through cross-disciplinary centers of excellence.

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Biomolecular Engineering Concentration: Research Opportunities

Clarkson combines two distinctive strengths that benefit students: Personalized teaching and high-powered research. With a 15:1 faculty-to-student ratio, our professors get to know students as individuals. They conduct world-class research in areas of vital importance — and involve undergraduates as well as graduate students in the process. Our CAMP (Center for Advanced Materials Processing) building provides an outstanding facility for boundary-spanning research, including 70 state-of-the-art labs. CAMP is designated a New York State Center for Advanced Technology.

Some of the research areas our faculty and students pursue are:

  • Bio-sensors
  • Bioelectrochemistry
  • Models of biosystems
  • Applied convective transport processes
  • Biodiesel fuel production
  • Biomolecular surface immobilization
  • Air-pollution monitoring

Students also participate in a wide range of research projects funded by the National Science Foundation and other government and corporate sources. Recent student projects include:

  • Modeling Analysis to Determine Source Locations for Air Particles
  • Creep in Injection Molded Parts
  • Biosensor Development