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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
Sigifredo Castro Diaz, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*James H. Edgar, Ph.D., University of Florida
*Larry E. Erickson, Emeritus, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Larry A. Glasgow, Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Missouri
*Ryan Hansen, Ph.D., University of Colorado
*Urara Hasegawa, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
*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
Won Min Park, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
*Mary E. Rezac, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
*John R. Schlup, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
*Brian Tande, Ph.D., University of Delaware

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 sustainable energy, nanotechnology, 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 studying transport phenomena, 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, x- ray diffractometer, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, high performance computing cluster, nanotechnology, energy storage, heterogeneous catalysis , automated fluorescence microscopes for live cell microscopy, microfluidic device fabrication facilities, cell culturing facilities, confocal laser scanning microscope, microplate reader, free radical analyzer 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 $29,500 plus tuition and fees. Supplemental grants and fellowships are also available to outstanding candidates. Sponsored research work can be used toward thesis credit.