Chemical Engineering
Graduate Program

The graduate programs in chemical engineering prepare men and women for advanced work in the chemical, petroleum, environmental, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries and for careers in university teaching. Graduate study, which may lead to the Master of Science, Master of Engineering, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, begins with course work extending the fundamental theory of transport processes, thermodynamics, chemical reactions, mass transfer, and mathematics. Additional courses include process control and dynamics; applied surface chemistry; polymer chemistry and engineering; and biochemical engineering.

Study in related disciplines is encouraged. Students often take suitable courses in applied mathematics, chemistry, materials science, mechanical engineering, systems engineering, environmental sciences, or in the life sciences.

The department’s diversified research areas include adsorption, bacterial migration, bioengineering/biotechnology, biological separations, bioremediation, chromatography, crystallization, electrochemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, ion exchange, mass transfer, molecular simulation, multiphase systems, nonlinear chemical dynamics, thermodynamics, and pollution prevention technology. Students entering the graduate program are invited to discuss research projects with all of the faculty.