Areas of specialization for graduate students include catalysis, enzymatic synthesis, filtration, biocompatible materials, bio-reaction engineering, chemical vapor deposition, molecular simulation colloids and adhesion, chaos, and controls.
Chemical engineers study and perform research to convert raw materials into useful products, determine how chemical processing affects people and the environment, and solve chemical, materials and biotechnology problems.
The department offers programs leading to the M.S.Ch.E. and Ph.D. degrees. The M.S.Ch.E. thesis option requires 24 semester hours of graduate course work and 6 semester hours of thesis research. The non-thesis option requires 36 hours of course work. As of Fall 2000, an option is available for students with BS degrees in subjects other than Chemical Engineering interested in bridging to a MS ChE degree.
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