Glenn L. Schrader, Department Head

21st century engineering will transform the world in which we live.  The critical challenges that we now face – in energy, water availability, quality of life, the environment, and global warming – will require a scale of technical innovation that is unparalleled in the history of the modern engineering professions.  For the next generation of chemical and environmental engineering students, having the requisite skills and tools to meet these challenges will make all the difference in achieving a successful, lasting career.  At the University of Arizona, we believe our Department is making critical and unique contributions to the demands that we face as a nation and as a member of the world community.  Our research programs have pioneered environmentally benign processing of “high tech” manufacturing for the semiconductor for over a dozen years.  To address the increasing demands on water resources (especially in Arizona and the Southwest), we have one of the largest groups of academic researchers and students working on problems that span issues from water purification to reclamation to desalinization.  Solutions to our nation’s energy crisis are being addressed too.  Research partnerships in solar energy and renewable resources have been established recently through centers and industrial collaborations.  At the University of Arizona there are world-class initiatives investigating air pollution, green house gas emissions, and global warming and we’re creating the engineering solutions that will actually resolve these problems.  Our strategy for approaching key issues centered on sustainability is comprehensive.  Conservation of water, energy, and materials continues to be a critical emphasis in our research programs, and our curriculum incorporates numerous themes of environmental preservation. 

 

People make a difference in our Department.  We invite you to join us as an undergraduate student, as a graduate researcher, as an industrial partner, or as one of our many outstanding alumni.   Our graduates continue to find the best professional opportunities available.  The faculty members of our Department have been recognized for their excellence in research, teaching, and mentoring at the local, state, and national level.  Many of our collaborations are international, spanning several countries and continents.  Most importantly, the diversity of our efforts – and of the people that will shape the future of the engineering profession – continues to be a hallmark of the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Arizona.  

 

You are always welcome to visit us!  As Department Head of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, please feel free to contact me directly.  And to all of our former students, we would especially invite you to visit the alumni section of our website – we’d like to keep in touch!

 

 

Glenn Schrader 
E-mail:  schrader@email.arizona.edu
Telephone:  (520) 621-2591    Fax:  (520) 621-6048
The University of Arizona
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
1133 E. James E. Rogers Way
Harshbarger #108, P. O. Box 210011
Tucson, AZ  85721-0011

 

P.S.  For several years, I've been involved in international exchange programs and summer schools.  The poster I'm holding represents an environmental sustainability short course for students and industry that I've held in Brisbane and Cairns Australia for several years.