The Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering offers programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering, with research specialization in the following areas:
• Biomaterials
• Drug Delivery
• Energy and Batteries
• Environmental Engineering
• Interfacial Engineering
• Materials Synthesis and Nanomaterials
• Membranes/Advanced Separations
• Molecular Dynamics
• Nanomaterials
• Polymer Science and Engineering
• Process Design
• Water Treatment
Admission Requirements
Admission to the M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs is on a competitive basis, and financial assistance is available through teaching and research assistantships, as well as a limited number of fellowships. Applicants should have a minimum grade point average of 3.0/4.0 on all undergraduate work,and should hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering or its equivalent. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission, as acceptance is on a competitive and space-available basis. Students with undergraduate majors not in chemical engineering (for example, chemistry or physics) may be eligible for direct admission into the M.S. or Ph.D. graduate programs; these individuals are expected to complete a program of selected undergraduate core courses during their first year of study.
Degree Requirements
The M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering requires 24 hours of course work, plus six credits of thesis research and completion of an acceptable thesis (Plan A). This course work includes the chemical engineering graduate core, which is comprised of CME 505 , CME 620 , CME 630 , CME 650 , and a graduate-level mathematics elective. In certain exceptional cases (as determined by the faculty), a non-thesis M.S. may be undertaken (Plan B). The non-thesis option requires 30 hours of course work which includes the chemical engineering core, as well as 3 hours of CME 780 SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING . The non-thesis option is only available to those students with prior research or industrial experience. For both Plan A and Plan B, at least half of all graduate course work must be at the 600 level or above.
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