80% of CBEE students who graduated in 2024 and 2025 engaged in applied learning (internships, co-ops, research, etc) while at UMBC.
95% of the class of 2022 reported employment, enrollment in graduate or professional school, or both.
97% of those employed, were in positions directly related to their career goals.
(as of April 2024, Class of 2022 data is the most current data available)
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CAST Lab members present at IFPAC 2026
Six students from the CAST lab went to the 2026 IFPAC (International Forum for Process Analytical Chemistry) meeting in Bethesda, MD on March 2-5, 2026, and all six students presented posters....
Posted: March 9, 2026, 10:37 AM
New Publication by CBEE Alumni
Vida Rahmatnejad, Ph.D in CAST with Dr. Rao.
Vida Rahmatnejad, 'M.S. Chemical and Biochemical EngineeringPh.D. '23 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering with Michael Tolosa, Xudong Ge & Govind Rao have a new paper, published in the...
Posted: October 2, 2024, 11:24 AM
Women in STEM continue to rise over the years
a much-needed change for the future
During the summer of 2023, three interns, two high school students and a UMBC sophomore, worked together with Dr. Venkatesh Srinivasan, Assistant Research Scientist, CAST and Dr. Govind Rao,...
Posted: October 23, 2023, 10:54 AM
Erick Gutierrez ('18) receives ACS Young Professional Award
Erick Gutierrez was selected as the recipient of the Young Professionals Award in Upstream and Downstream Processing for his poster “Microscale Chromatography toolkits for rapid screening and...
Posted: October 31, 2019, 10:55 AM
Congratulations to Mustafa Al-Adhami!
Winner of the 3MT Competition
Congratulations to Mustafa Al-Adhami! Mustafa is a Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate in Dr. Rao's lab. After a series of rigorous training sessions with professional 3MT coach, Scott...
Posted: February 18, 2019, 1:11 PM