Graduate Program
Coursework
The graduate program in Chemical Engineering focuses on developing Ph.D. level students. It builds upon the foundation of knowledge developed in the course of prior studies at the B.S. and M.S. levels. The Ph.D. degree requires the five core courses that form part of the M.S. degree plus twelve additional courses that are decided between the Ph.D. candidate and the faculty thesis advisor. Many of these courses are special topics and independent study courses. Students must pass a qualifying examination for the doctorate degree and perform novel and innovative research that leads to a written thesis. The thesis is defended in a final oral examination by the Doctoral committee that is chaired by the thesis advisor. It takes approximately five years post B.S. degree to complete the Ph.D. degree plan.
In addition to the Ph.D. program, the Chemical Engineering Department also offers an M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering. The structure of the master's program requires the five core courses: Advanced Chemical Engineering Techniques (ChE 5310), Transport Phenomena (ChE 5312), Thermodynamics (ChE 5321), Numerical Methods (ChE 5323), and Reaction Engineering (ChE 5343). Additionally, one additional chemical engineering course and at least two other elective courses are required, as specified by the MS candidate's advisory committee. A written thesis and a minimum of 24 hours of graduate-level course work, exclusive of thesis and seminar, are required for the master's degree. In addition, a final oral exam in defense of the completed thesis will be administered by the candidate's thesis committee.
Specifically, the graduate courses offered by the department of Chemical Engineering are as follows:
- CH E 5000 - Advanced Topics in Chemical Engineering
- CH E 5121 - Graduate Seminar
- CH E 5310 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Techniques
- CH E 5312 - Fluids Trasport Principles and Analysis
- CH E 5314 - Process Dynamics and Automatic Control
- CH E 5316 - Linear Chemical Process Control Theory
- CH E 5317 - Chemical Process Model-Based Control
- CH E 5321 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
- CH E 5323 - Digital Computational for Chemical Enigneers
- CH E 5335 - Advanced Transport Phenomena
- CH E 5340 - Polymer Processing
- CH E 5341 - Polymer Chemistry and Processing
- CH E 5342 - Polymer Physics and Engineering
- CH E 5343 - Reaction Kinetics
- CH E 5344 - Polymers/Materials Lab
- CH E 5345 - Dynamics of Polymeric and Nonlinear Fluids
- CH E 5346 - Polymer Viscoelasticity
- CH E 5360 - Advanced Industrial Waste Treatment
- CH E 5363 - Biochemical Engineering
- CH E 5364 - Chemical Engineering Applications in Biological Systems
- CH E 5615 - Topics in Process Engineering and Intelligent Control
- CH E 5635 - Advanced Topics in Transport
- CH E 5640 - Topics in Polymer and Materials Science
- CH E 5660 - Advanced Bioengineering
- CH E 6000 - Master's Thesis
- CH E 7000 - Research
- CH E 7121 - Doctoral Seminar
- CH E 8000 - Doctoral Dissertation
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