University Catalog 2024-2025

Chemical Engineering (MR)

Degree Requirements

Required Courses12
Chemical Engineering Process Modeling
Thermodynamics I
Transport Phenomena
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Elective Courses18
Select a minimum of six elective courses approved in conjunction with the academic committee

CHE Courses

CHE 543Polymer Science and Technology3
CHE 551Biochemical Engineering3
CHE 560Chemical Processing of Electronic Materials3
CHE 562Fundamentals of Bio-Nanotechnology3
CHE 563Fermentation of Recombinant Microorganisms2
CHE 568Conventional and Emerging Nanomanufacturing Techniques and Their Applications in Nanosystems3
CHE 577Advanced Biomanufacturing and Biocatalysis3
CHE 596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Core Chemical Engineering Concepts I (required of all non ChE majors; not available for others))1-3
CHE 596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Core Chemical Engineering Concepts II (required of all non ChE majors; not available for others))1-3
CHE 596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Colloid Science & Nanoscale Engineering)1-3
CHE 596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Green Chemical Engineering)1-3
CHE 596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Molecular Cell Engineering)1-3
CHE 596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Chemical Process Engineering)1-3
CHE 596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Polymer Rheology and Processing)1-3
CHE 596Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Drug Delivery Concepts)1-3
CHE 597Chemical Engineering Projects1-3
CHE 761Polymer Blends and Alloys3
CHE 775Multi-Scale Modeling of Matter3
MA 501Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists I3

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Ruben G. Carbonell
  • Michael David Dickey
  • Peter S. Fedkiw
  • Jan Genzer
  • Christine S. Grant
  • Carol K. Hall
  • Jason M. Haugh
  • Hasan Jameel
  • Robert M. Kelly
  • Saad A. Khan
  • Fanxing Li
  • Gregory N Parsons
  • Walter James Pfaendtner
  • Behnam Pourdeyhimi
  • Balaji M. Rao
  • Sindee Lou Simon
  • Richard J. Spontak
  • Orlin Dimitrov Velev
  • Phillip R. Westmoreland

Associate Professors

  • Milad Abolhasani
  • Adriana San Miguel Delgadillo
  • Chien Ching Lilian Hsiao
  • Albert Jun Qi Keung
  • Stefano Menegatti
  • Erik Emilio Santiso
  • Qingshan Wei

Assistant Professors

  • Nathan Crook
  • Artem Rumyantsev
  • Wentao Tang

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Cristina Boi
  • Lisa G. Bullard
  • Matthew Ellis Cooper
  • Kirill Efimenko
  • Gary Louis Gilleskie
  • Hassan Golpour
  • Gregory McKenna
  • Luke Neal
  • John H. van Zanten

Adjunct Faculty

  • Anthony L. Andrady
  • Orlando J. Rojas

Emeritus Faculty

  • Joseph M. DeSimone
  • Richard M. Felder
  • Michael Carl Flickinger
  • Keith Gubbins
  • Harold B. Hopfenberg
  • Harold Henry Lamb
  • Phooi K. Lim
  • Steven W. Peretti
  • Hubert Winston