University Catalog 2025-2026

Chemical Engineering (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Required Courses25
Chemical Engineering Laboratory Safety and Professionalism
Introduction to Chemical Engineering Research
Chemical Engineering Research Proposition
Chemical Engineering Process Modeling
Thermodynamics I
Transport Phenomena
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Seminar ( 8 credit hours required)
Additional Courses6
Select six additional credit hours at 500 or 700 level in any technical discipline approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Dissertation Research Course6
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Elective Courses35
"Elective Courses" are determined in conjunction with the academic committee to meet the 72 total credit hours
Preliminary Exam
The Preliminary Exam is taken in the 4th semester, however, it requires an annual progress report
Total Hours72

Elective Courses

Polymer Science and Technology
Biochemical Engineering
Chemical Processing of Electronic Materials
Fundamentals of Bio-Nanotechnology
Fermentation of Recombinant Microorganisms
Conventional and Emerging Nanomanufacturing Techniques and Their Applications in Nanosystems
Advanced Biomanufacturing and Biocatalysis
Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Colloid Science & Nanoscale Engineering)
Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Green Chemical Engineering)
Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Molecular Cell Engineering)
Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Chemical Process Engineering)
Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Polymer Rheology and Processing)
Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Drug Delivery Concepts)
Polymer Blends and Alloys
Multi-Scale Modeling of Matter

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
  • Hubert Winston