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Department Head:

James H. Edgar

Director of graduate studies:

James H. Edgar

Graduate faculty:

Richard G. Akins, Emeritus, Ph.D., Northwestern University
*Placidus Amama, Ph.D., Yokohama National University
*Jennifer L. Anthony, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
*Karen Burg, (Vice President for Research) Ph.D., Clemson University
*Peter Czermak, Ph.D., Technical University of Munich, Germany
*James H. Edgar, Ph.D., University of Florida
*Larry E. Erickson, Emeritus, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Larry A. Glasgow, Ph.D., University of Missouri
*Keith L. Hohn, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Benjamin G. Kyle, Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Florida
*Bin Liu, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines
John C. Matthews, Emeritus, D.Sc., Washington University
*Peter H. Pfromm, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
*Mary E. Rezac, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
*John R. Schlup, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
*Walter P. Walawender Jr., Emeritus, Ph.D., Syracuse University

Ancillary:

*Praveen Vadlani, Ancillary, Ph.D. IIT Delhi

Adjunct:

*Peter Czermak, Ph.D., Technical University of Munich, Germany

*Denotes graduate faculty that are certified to serve as the major professor for doctoral students.

Program description

The department offers M.S. and Ph.D. programs in chemical engineering and in interdisciplinary areas of bio-based materials science and engineering, food science, environmental engineering, and materials science.

Areas of study and research emphasize biotechnology, reaction engineering, materials science and transport phenomena. Specific areas include advanced separation systems, biomass conversion, biochemical engineering, biological interfaces, biosensing, catalytic conversion of light hydrocarbons, chemical vapor deposition of electronic materials, environmental pollution control, heterogeneous catalysis, membrane science and technology, microfluidics, polymer science, semiconductor crystal growth, short-contact time reactors, surface science, molecular modeling, and high performance computing.

For more information about the Ph.D. program, see the Engineering section of this catalog.

Research facilities

The Department of Chemical Engineering has modern, well-equipped research laboratories for transport phenomena, environmental pollution control, materials science and engineering, chemical reaction engineering and biochemical engineering. Specialized instrumental capabilities include atomic absorption spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry, catalyst preparation equipment, electrodialysis, fermentors, tubular gas reactors, gas and liquid chromotography, mass spectrometry, polymer characterization equipment such as dynamic mechanical analysis, gas adsorption analysis, chemical vapor deposition reactors, membrane permeation systems, ultra-high temperature furnaces, epifluorescent microscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscope, x- ray diffractometer, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, high performance computing cluster, nanotechnology, energy storage, heterogeneous catalysis and more.

Admission procedures

Highly motivated students interested in earning an advanced graduate degree and the research activities of the department are encouraged to apply. All applicants must submit a completed application form, official copies of their undergraduate transcripts, 3 letters of recommendations, official GRE scores and TOEFL scores, if they did not earn their BS degree from an ABET accredited institution.

Financial support

Graduate research assistantships and fellowships are available to qualified students. The base stipend begins at $29,000 plus tuition and fees. Supplemental grants and fellowships are also available to outstanding candidates. Sponsored research work can be used toward thesis credit.

Programs

Doctor of Philosophy

• •  Chemical Engineering (Ph.D.)

Master of Science

• •  Chemical Engineering (M.S.)

Graduate Certificate

• •  Air Quality Graduate Certificate

Courses

Chemical Engineering

• •  CHE 520 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I
• •  CHE 521 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II
• •  CHE 522 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
• •  CHE 530 - Transport Phenomena I
• •  CHE 531 - Transport Phenomena II
• •  CHE 542 - Unit Operations Laboratory
• •  CHE 550 - Chemical Reaction Engineering
• •  CHE 560 - Separational Process Design
• •  CHE 561 - Chemical Process Dynamics and Control
• •  CHE 565 - Health and Safety in Chemical Engineering
• •  CHE 570 - Chemical Engineering Systems Design I
• •  CHE 571 - Chemical Engineering Systems Design II
• •  CHE 580 - Problems in Chemical Engineering or Materials Science
• •  CHE 626 - Bioseparations
• •  CHE 642 - Fundamentals of Conversion of Biorenewable Resources
• •  CHE 643 - LifeCycle Assessment
• •  CHE 648 - Processing of Composite Materials
• •  CHE 650 - Hazardous Waste Engineering Seminar
• •  CHE 653 - Ceramic Materials
• •  CHE 656 - Polymer Science and Engineering
• •  CHE 661 - Processing of Materials for Solid State Devices
• •  CHE 663 - Environmental and Ecological Risk Assessment
• •  CHE 664 - Electrochemical Engineering
• •  CHE 670 - Sustainability Seminar
• •  CHE 681 - Engineering Materials II
• •  CHE 682 - Surface Phenomena
• •  CHE 715 - Biochemical Engineering
• •  CHE 725 - Biotransport Phenomena
• •  CHE 735 - Chemical Engineering Analysis I
• •  CHE 745 - Analysis of Physiological Processes
• •  CHE 750 - Air Quality Seminar
• •  CHE 768 - Geoenvironmental Engineering Design
• •  CHE 802 - Selected Topics in Materials Science
• •  CHE 805 - Selected Topics in Biochemical Engineering
• •  CHE 810 - Research in Chemical Engineering
• •  CHE 815 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
• •  CHE 822 - Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering
• •  CHE 826 - Advanced Unit Operations I
• •  CHE 842 - Advanced Biomass Thermochemical Conversion
• •  CHE 850 - Advanced Chemical Process Dynamics
• •  CHE 862 - Advanced Transport Phenomena I
• •  CHE 867 - Advanced Transport Phenomena II
• •  CHE 871 - Advanced Process Design and Optimization
• •  CHE 875 - Graduate Seminar in Chemical Engineering
• •  CHE 898 - Master’s Report
• •  CHE 899 - Master’s Thesis
• •  CHE 901 - Selected Topics in Reaction Engineering
• •  CHE 906 - Selected Topics in Semiconductor Processing
• •  CHE 910 - Selected Topics in Transport Phenomena
• •  CHE 915 - Selected Topics in Process Dynamics
• •  CHE 920 - Selected Topics in Unit Operations
• •  CHE 925 - Selected Topics in Process Design and Optimization
• •  CHE 930 - Selected Topics in Thermodynamics
• •  CHE 999 - Dissertation Research