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In the next five years, we will:

• Be a leader in conducting and disseminating field-leading and field-defining research.
• Be home to world-class facilities that provide the foundation to achieve research breakthroughs.
• Be a leader in establishing and partnering in research centers and consortia that represent the leading edge of chemical and biological engineering.

To enable this vision, we will:

• Grow the department in priority research areas, making faculty hires within the department and via campus partnerships.
• Establish two or more national agency-funded research centers in core research areas for the department
• Increase the number of laboratories housing shared facilities that can serve multiple research groups.
• Enhance our department’s recognition as a leader in chemical and biological engineering, as indicated by national rankings, awards, and key performance measures.
• Increase the number of collaborative research programs with the BioFrontiers, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, and the Materials Science and Engineering Program.

In the next five years, we will:

• Be a leader in educating, graduation, and placement of successful students and postdoctoral associates.Ìý
• Be an innovator in teaching a curriculum that prepares students for the future of chemical and biological engineering.
• Be an internationally recognized hub for developing innovative, scalable teaching tools and approaches.

To enable this vision, we will:

• Enroll a 15% larger pool of top graduate students via efforts such as improved publicity and outreach, summer research programs, a research symposium, and enhanced department-level financial support.
• Expand the LearnChemE initiative so that it remains an internationally recognized department effort.
• Build on the department’s success with Coursera to offer online courses with broad appeal and visibility.
• Develop degree or certificate programs that include a data science focus or certificate programs.
• Enhance the biological emphasis of our Chemical & Biological Engineering degree program by modernizing theCBEN curriculum.
• Create new courses and update existing curricula to emphasize sustainability in chemical engineering.
• Develop new courses with high appeal across campus related to chemical and biological technology, the circular energy economy, and pharmaceutical/vaccine development.

In the next five years, we will:

• Be a department that is inclusive of and celebrates the achievements of our undergraduates, graduate students, staff, faculty,and alumni.
• Be a unit that attracts, supports, and retains diverse faculty, staff, and candidates to our degree programs.
• Be a department that provides leadership across the university and externally, and that benefits the broader community through our research and educational missions.

To enable this vision, we will:

• Invest in efforts to establish a formal inclusion emphasis across the three core committees.
• Build a sense of community among our faculty and research trainees by working with our graduate leadership committee to establish regular student-and postdoc-focused events, including one major annual event.
• Celebrate faculty and staff successes through department-organized events to communicate that contributions of diverse department members are valued.
• Implement support systems to aid graduate students in placement in research groups and ensure their early successand retention.
• Establish initiatives to maximize inclusion in admissions and hiring practices and to retain diverse students, staff, and faculty after they arrive.
• Increase the participation of undergraduate students in research and as course assistants to enhance their sense of belonging in the department.
• Support the department community in taking leadership positions on campus, in professional societies, and in the community.