{"56274":{"#nid":"56274","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Focus on Chemical \u0026 Biomolecular Engineering Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChemical reactions occur in a variety of different systems and are essential to most technological areas. Research in the field of catalysis, reaction kinetics, and reaction engineering plays an important role in the development and improvement of numerous applications, including the network of reactions during combustion, the chain reactions that form polymers, the multiple steps in the synthesis of complex pharmaceutical molecules, and the specialized reactions of proteins and metabolism. Catalysts influence the rate of a reaction. Chemical and biomolecular engineers study catalysts with the goals of improving the reaction conditions, emphasizing a desired product, or reducing waste. They are researched to develop methods for increasing production, improving the reaction conditions, and emphasizing a desired product. Chemical engineers design catalysts that are highly effective and stable and then they develop methods to manufacture them. Current topics under investigation in the School include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Catalysis, Reaction Kinetics \u0026 Reaction Engineering"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Three Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering professors highlight recent research accomplishments in catalysis, reaction kinetics, and reaction engineering.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Catalysis, Reaction Kinetics \u0026 Reaction Engineering"}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2008-07-16 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:01","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-07-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-07-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2507","name":"catalysis"},{"id":"560","name":"chemical engineering"},{"id":"1700","name":"Chris Jones"},{"id":"9418","name":"pradeep agrawal"},{"id":"9419","name":"rachel chen"},{"id":"9417","name":"Reaction Kinetics \u0026 Reaction Engineering"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJosie Giles\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jg234\u0022\u003EContact Josie Giles\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-2299\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["josie.giles@chbe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}