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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Chemical Engineering

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Offered by: Chemical Engineering     Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Program Requirements

Thesis

Required Courses

  • CHEE 681 Laboratory Safety 1 (1 credit)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : The basics of laboratory safety in a chemical engineering laboratory. Mandatory safety orientation (administration, contacts, fire, waste, emergency procedures) and official WHIMIS training.

    Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2012

    Instructors: Maric, Milan (Fall) Maric, Milan (Winter) Maric, Milan (Summer)

    • The course must be completed by the end of the first semester in which the course is offered during the student's program.

    • Restriction: Restricted to Chemical Engineering students.

  • CHEE 682 Laboratory Safety 2 (1 credit)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Demonstration of the safety of students' thesis experiments to the departmental safety committee.

    Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2012

    Instructors: Maric, Milan (Fall) Maric, Milan (Winter) Maric, Milan (Summer)

    • M.Eng. students must complete the course by the end of the first year of their degree. Ph.D. students must complete the course by the end of the third term of their degree.

    • Corequisite: CHEE 681

    • Restriction: Restricted to Chemical Engineering students.

  • CHEE 795 Ph.D. Thesis Proposal

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Independent work under the supervision of the thesis advisor(s) leading to a thesis proposal.

    Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2012

    Instructors: Kietzig, Anne-Marie (Fall) Kietzig, Anne-Marie (Winter) Kietzig, Anne-Marie (Summer)

  • CHEE 796 Ph.D. Proposal Defence

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Presentation and defence of thesis proposal at an oral examination.

    Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2012

    Instructors: Kietzig, Anne-Marie (Fall) Kietzig, Anne-Marie (Winter) Kietzig, Anne-Marie (Summer)

  • CHEE 797 Ph.D. Seminar

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Required for all Ph.D. candidates. Presentation of a seminar on an aspect of their thesis work.

    Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012

    Instructors: Kietzig, Anne-Marie (Fall) Kietzig, Anne-Marie (Winter)

Complementary Courses

(6-12 credits)

6-8 credits of Chemical Engineering courses (two courses) at the 500, 600, or 700 level.

12 credits (three courses) from the following list must be taken during the M.Eng. and/or Ph.D. program:

  • CHEE 611 Heat and Mass Transfer (4 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Heat and mass transfer in laminar and turbulent flows; scaling; models for interphase transport.

    Terms: Fall 2011

    Instructors: Coulombe, Sylvain (Fall)

  • CHEE 621 Thermodynamics (4 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Theory and application of phase and chemical equilibria in multicomponent systems.

    Terms: Fall 2011

    Instructors: Servio, Phillip (Fall)

  • CHEE 631 Foundations of Fluid Mechanics (4 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Rigorous derivation of equations of motion; creeping flow inviscid flow; boundary layer theory; hydrodynamic stability; turbulent flow, separated flows, drag on submerged bodies.

    Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012

    Instructors: Hill, Reghan James (Winter)

  • CHEE 641 Chemical Reaction Engineering (4 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Interpretation of chemical reaction data, especially for heterogeneous systems. Residence time, complete segregation, maximum mixedness, other advanced concepts. Reactor design.

    Terms: Winter 2012

    Instructors: Berk, Dimitrios (Winter)

  • CHEE 651 Advanced Biochemical Engineering (4 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : The use of chemical engineering and biological principles in the study, design, use and creation of biologically-based processes and products. Topics: biochemical thermodynamics, protein engineering, manipulation of gene expression, transport phenomena and bioreactor design.

    Terms: Winter 2012

    Instructors: Jones, Elizabeth; Leask, Richard L (Winter)

    • Restriction: Restricted to graduate students

  • CHEE 662 Computational Methods (4 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Methods of weighted residuals; solution to non-linear algebraic equations; stability in nonlinear equations; bifurcations; mesh refinement strategies; convection dominated transport; hyperbolic equations, particle simulation methods.

    Terms: Fall 2011

    Instructors: Rey, Alejandro D (Fall)

  • CHEE 672 Process Dynamics and Control (4 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Process representation and identification and simulation; sensor stability; sensitivity of feedback control systems; feedward control; discrete representation of continuous systems; controller tuning; adaptive control.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

* Note: 8 credits from the list, if taken during the Ph.D. program, can be used to meet the first coursework requirement of 6-8 credits of Chemical Engineering courses.

Faculty of Engineering—2011-2012 (last updated Jan. 26, 2012) (disclaimer)
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