About the Department
With seven full-time faculty and more than 160 full-time undergraduates, the department of chemical and materials engineering is a bustling scene of scholarship, research and lab work. We work to help you establish a successful career in the chemical process industry with the skills necessary to pursue opportunities in multidisciplinary and nontraditional industries and positions.
Our acclaimed classroom/laboratory environment gives you hands-on experience in fields like product and process development, manufacturing, process design, and chemical engineering research. In conjunction with your courses, you work in our transport phenomena lab to learn about heat transfer, fluid flow and mass transfer; the unit of operations lab to experiment with fluid-moving machinery, heat transfer and separation processes; the process control lab for data acquisition and process control systems; and the chemical preparation lab and state-of-the-art design studio to perform process simulations and process design. You can broaden this experience with cooperative education and internships.
Chemical engineering faculty work closely with you in and out of the classroom/laboratory — advising, counseling and helping you develop professionally. You also have opportunities to assist in research projects, including developments in fuel cells and nanomaterials. We want you to be able to think critically, build on strong engineering and ethical principles, and engage in continued intellectual and personal growth.
Educational Objectives
- Chemical engineering graduates have successful careers in the chemical process industry with the skills necessary to pursue opportunities to work in multidisciplinary and nontraditional industries and positions.
- Chemical engineering graduates are successful at prestigious graduate, medical and law schools.
- Chemical engineering graduates are committed to performing ethically while serving their professions, companies and communities.
- From the depth of their foundation in engineering principles and breadth of their general education, our chemical engineering graduates exhibit strong critical-thinking, technical and professional skills; and engage in continuous intellectual and personal growth.
