Chemical and Biological Engineering

MS with Thesis

Chemical & Biological Engineering is a discipline that integrates chemistry and biology at the molecular level and uses this broad foundation along with engineering fundamentals to study the synthesis of new processes and products. Our graduate program in Chemical and Biological Engineering is an interdisciplinary program that combines chemical engineering fundamentals and systems biology to meet the research challenges of the future.

Degree Requirements

Applicants must have B.S. or B.A. degrees preferably in engineering or in sciences relevant to the particular degree program. In addition to course work, students are engaged in thesis research. Every student is supervised by an advisor. The M.S. Program with Thesis option requires that the students successfully complete a minimum of 21 credits (with 7 courses) beyond a Bachelor’s degree. In addition to the credit courses, students must complete the non-credit courses; CHBI 590 Seminar, ENGL 500 Graduate Writing and TEAC 500 Teaching Experience. Curriculum Required core courses (3 credit each): CHBI 501 Transport Phenomena CHBI 502 Reaction Engineering CHBI 503 Thermodynamics Elective courses (3 credit each): CHBI 504 Advanced Thermodynamics CHBI 505 Polymer Engineering CHBI 506 Bioinformatics CHBI 507 Advanced Mass transfer CHBI 509 Fundamentals of Environmental Technologies CHBI 510 Industrial Microbiology CHBI 511 Sustainable Energy CHBI 516 Biotechnology CHBI 521/MECH 521 Advanced Fluid Dynamics CHBI 522/MECH 522 Computational Fluid Dynamics CHBI 530 Systems Biology CHBI 584 Tissue Engineering CMSE 520 Biomolecular Structure, Function and Dynamics ENGR 500 Applied Optimal Control INDR 501 Optimization Models and Algorithms MASE 501 Structure of Materials (1,5 credits) MASE 502 Electrical & Optical Properties of Materials (1,5 credits) MASE 504 Thermal Properties of Materials (1,5 credits) MASE 505 Mechanical Properties of Materials (1,5 credits) MASE 506 Synthesis, Characterization & Processing of Materials MASE 538 Intermolecular and Surface Forces MASE 540 Surface & Interface Properties of Materials MASE 542 Biomaterials MASE 570 Micro and Nanofabrication MATH 503 Applied Mathematics Courses are selected by the students from the above list and from other courses not listed here in accordance with their areas of specialization and subject to the approval of their advisors. In addition, each student has to take a seminar course, CHBI 590 Seminar. Students also register for the thesis course. CHBI 590 Seminar CHBI 595 MS Thesis Students who have TA assignments must take TEAC 500: Teaching Experience during the semesters of their assignments. Students must also take ENGL 500: Graduate Writing course. Students from other disciplines Students who do not have a formal degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering are encouraged to apply. Once they are admitted, their course program is designed to make up for any lack of background. These students will attend our undergraduate courses in fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, if they have not taken such courses earlier. With this additional course work they will be able to take the graduate required courses and obtain a strong educational background. For these students the course schedule will be tailored but a typical coarse load includes: YEAR 1 Fall Semester CHBI 301 Fluid Mechanics MATH 503 Applied Math CHBI 503 Thermodynamics Spring Semester CHBI 302 Heat and Mass Transfer Graduate Electives (1 or 2) YEAR 2 Fall Semester CHBI 501 Transport Phenomena Graduate Electives (1 or none)