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.
graduate student information |
department
website
