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Chemical Engineering (PhD)

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Degree Requirements

Required Courses16
Introduction to Chemical Engineering Research
Chemical Engineering Research Proposition
Chemical Engineering Process Modeling
Thermodynamics I
Transport Phenomena
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Additional Courses6
Select six additional credit hours at 500 or 700 level in any technical discipline approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Dissertation Research Course6
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Elective Courses44
"Elective Courses" are determined in conjunction with the academic committee to meet the 72 total credit hours
Preliminary Exam
The Preliminary Exam is taken in the 4th semester, however, it requires an annual progress report
Total Hours72

Elective Courses

°ä±á·¡Ìý543Polymer Science and Technology3
°ä±á·¡Ìý551Biochemical Engineering3
°ä±á·¡Ìý560Chemical Processing Of Electronic Materials3
°ä±á·¡Ìý562Fundamentals of Bio-Nanotechnology3
°ä±á·¡Ìý563Fermentation of Recombinant Microorganisms2
°ä±á·¡Ìý568Conventional and Emerging Nanomanufacturing Techniques and Their Applications in Nanosystems3
°ä±á·¡Ìý577Advanced Biomanufacturing and Biocatalysis3
°ä±á·¡Ìý596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Colloid Science & Nanoscale Engineering)1-3
°ä±á·¡Ìý596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Green Chemical Engineering)1-3
°ä±á·¡Ìý596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Molecular Cell Engineering)1-3
°ä±á·¡Ìý596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Chemical Process Engineering)1-3
°ä±á·¡Ìý596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Polymer Rheology and Processing)1-3
°ä±á·¡Ìý596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Drug Delivery Concepts)1-3
°ä±á·¡Ìý761Polymer Blends and Alloys3
°ä±á·¡Ìý775Multi-Scale Modeling of Matter3

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Ruben G. Carbonell
  • Joseph M. DeSimone
  • Michael David Dickey
  • Peter S. Fedkiw
  • Jan Genzer
  • Christine S. Grant
  • Keith E. Gubbins
  • Carol K. Hall
  • Jason M. Haugh
  • Hasan Jameel
  • Robert M. Kelly
  • Saad A. Khan
  • Harold Henry Lamb
  • Fanxing Li
  • Phooi K. Lim
  • Gregory N Parsons
  • Behnam Pourdeyhimi
  • Balaji M. Rao
  • Richard J. Spontak
  • Orlin Dimitrov Velev
  • Phillip R. Westmoreland

Associate Professors

  • Chase Beisel
  • Steven W. Peretti
  • Erik Emilio Santiso

Assistant Professors

  • Milad Abolhasani
  • Nathan Crook
  • Chien Ching Lilian Hsiao
  • Albert Jun Qi Keung
  • Stefano Menegatti
  • Adriana San Miguel Delgadillo
  • Qingshan Wei

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Lisa G. Bullard
  • Matthew Ellis Cooper
  • Kirill Efimenko
  • Gary Louis Gilleskie
  • Luke Neal
  • John H. van Zanten

Emeritus Faculty

  • Richard M. Felder
  • Michael Carl Flickinger
  • Harold B. Hopfenberg
  • David Frederick Ollis
  • Hubert Winston

Adjunct Faculty

  • Anthony L. Andrady
  • Christina Boi
  • Eric Muller Gomez
  • Raghubir P. Gupta
  • Patrick V. Gurgel
  • Michael R. Ladisch
  • Gregory B. McKenna
  • Orlando J. Rojas
  • Martin Schoen
  • Sindee Lou Simon
  • Malgorzata Sliwinska-Bartowiak
  • Simeon D. Stoyanov