CHEME-MS - Chemical Engineering (MS)

The Department of Chemical Engineering offers opportunities for undergraduates and graduate students to pursue coursework and research in energy sciences and technology, including the chemical, physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences. 

In addition, undergraduates and graduate students can pursue work in interdisciplinary biosciences, including the chemical, biological, physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences. Students are encouraged to review course offerings in all departments of the School of Engineering and to seek academic advising from individual chemical engineering faculty. Students wishing assistance should talk with student services staff in the department.

Graduate Degrees summarizes the university’s requirements, including residency requirements, for the MS, Engineer, and PhD degrees.

Current research and teaching activities cover several advanced topics in chemical engineering, including applied statistical mechanics, biocatalysis, biochemical engineering, bioengineering, biophysics, computational materials science, colloid science, dynamics of complex fluids, energy conversion, functional genomics, hydrodynamic stability, kinetics and catalysis, microrheology, molecular assemblies, nanoscience and technology, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, polymer physics, protein biotechnology, renewable fuels, semiconductor processing, soft materials science, solar utilization, surface and interface science, and transport mechanics.

Fellowships and Assistantships

Qualified predoctoral applicants are encouraged to apply for nationally competitive fellowships, for example, those from the National Science Foundation. Applicants to the PhD program should consult with their financial aid officers for application information and advice. In the absence of other awards, incoming PhD students typically are awarded departmental fellowships. Matriculated PhD students are supported primarily by fellowship awards and assistantship research or teaching appointments. All students are encouraged to apply for external competitive fellowships and may obtain information about various awarding agencies from faculty advisors and student services. Assistantships are paid positions for graduate students that, in addition to a salary, provide the benefit of a tuition allocation. Individual faculty members appoint students to research assistantships; the department chair appoints doctoral students to teaching assistantships. Contact departmental student services for additional information.