Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering

Jennifer L. Anthony, Head 
John R. Schlup, Director of graduate studies

1701A Platt St
1005 Durland Hall
785-532-5584
Fax: 785-532-7372
che@k-state.edu
www.che.ksu.edu

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 biomaterials science, biomass conversion, biochemical engineering, biological interfaces, biosensing, bionanotechnology, protein engineering, catalytic conversion of light hydrocarbons, chemical vapor deposition of electronic materials, environmental pollution control, heterogeneous catalysis, 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, Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry, catalyst preparation equipment, tubular gas reactors, gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, polymer characterization equipment such as dynamic mechanical analysis, gas adsorption analysis, chemical vapor deposition reactors, ultra-high temperature furnaces, epifluorescent microscopy, patterned illumination system, x-ray diffractometer, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, high performance computing cluster, energy storage, heterogeneous catalysis , automated fluorescence microscopes for live-cell microscopy, microfluidic device fabrication facilities, cell culturing facilities, confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscope, dynamic/static light scattering, size exclusion chromatography, microplate reader, free radical analyzer DNA/protein electrophoresis, 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.