Part of ITMO’s School of Computer Technologies and Control, the Center for Chemical Engineering specializes in the development of advanced materials and technologies for chemical engineering, bioengineering, medicine, agriculture, and sustainable production.

Education

Bachelor’s programs

Bioengineering (12.03.04 Biotechnical Systems and Technologies; 18.03.02 Energy- and Resource Saving Processes in Chemical Technology, Petroleum Chemistry and Biotechnology)

This Bachelor’s program trains highly-skilled professionals who are competent in computer modeling and analysis of biological objects and systems, as well as in creating biological materials. In this program, students study biotechnology, bioengineering, biopolymers, information systems and modeling, molecular spectroscopy, analytical and physical chemistry, as well as automation of biotechnical processes and productions.

Master’s programs

Chemoinformatics and Bioengineering (12.04.04 Biotechnical Systems and Technologies)

The program provides training in chemistry, multidimensional data processing, modeling, bioengineering, chemical engineering, as well as biotechnical systems and sensors, thus preparing students to solve such tasks of product engineering as comprehensive analysis of scientific,  business, and production issues.

The program’s partner is Pasteur Institute in St. Petersburg.

Bioeconomics and Resource Management (18.04.02 Energy- and Resource Saving Processes in Chemical Technology, Petroleum Chemistry and Biotechnology)

Students of the program study the principles of information technology and modeling, ecology and physical and chemical analysis methods, recycling and waste management, nanotechnology and general chemistry technology. In addition to technical disciplines, students master economics, logistics, and enterprise resource planning.

The program’s partner is Gazprom Neft. 

Research

The center includes the following departments: 

1. Research Center for Bioengineering;

2. Gazprom Neft-ITMO Research and Education Center;

3. Laboratory of Nonlinear Laser Crystals.

Among the key research areas of the center are: 

• degradable materials based on production plastics; composting plastics; 

• structure and properties of molecules through computing methods with the subsequent visualization of the results, providing their 3D simulations under desired conditions;

• chemometric and industrial data mining and chemoinformatics of materials and biomaterials;

• synthesis and study of hydrogels;

• electrospun nanofibrous materials;

• chemical, physical, and biological sensors and sensory systems based on them;

• biological methods of studying cell materials;

• study and analysis of microplastics;

• biocompatible coatings for vegetables and fruit with increased strength characteristics and gas permeability;

• study of oil and oil products, industrial chemistry and cognitive technologies, instrumentation and metrology in petrochemistry, integrated analyzers, and use of machine learning in the oil and gas industry;

• synthesis of polymer materials; 

• design of chemical productions, equipment selection, and creation of integrated complexes;

• mathematical and thermodynamic modeling of chemical processes.