The research within the department is carried out in different research groups:

• BioCo - Biosystems Control
• CEER - Centre for Environmental and Energy Research
• LCA - Laboratory for Chemical Analysis
• LCPE - Laboratory for Circular Process Engineering
• LIWET - Laboratory for industrial water and ecotechnology
• Ecochem - Analytical Chemistry and Applied Ecochemistry
• EnVOC - Environmental Organic Chemistry and Technology
• STEN - Sustainable Systems Engineering
• Green Technology @ Campus Kortrijk
• ISOFYS - Isotope Bioscience Laboratory
• PaInT - Particle and Interfacial Technology
• SynBioC - Synthesis, Bioresources and Bioorganic Chemistry
• TCCB - Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass