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Undergraduate Program
Degree. B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
The department offers a basic program and a cooperative
education program with several specialized options to
accommodate students who desire special preparation for a
career in a particular chemical-process area or in related
areas. Qualified students who devote full-time effort to the
educational program can complete the basic program of study
in four years. The cooperative education program may require
one additional year, but provides the opportunity for
alternating periods of chemical engineering employment and
on-campus instruction. Those who devote significant
additional time and effort to concurrent employment must
expect to take longer.
Students who have decided on a chemical engineering major
should follow the basic program. Applications from those
interested in entering the cooperative education program are
due as the student nears completion of the sophomore-year
chemical engineering course work. (See Cooperative Education
Program.) The academic advisors assist in planning study
programs for those who wish to enter chemical engineering
from another university-level program.
All courses listed by number in the basic program, as
well as courses selected to meet the technical-elective
requirement, must be taken for letter-grade credit.
Substitution of equivalent course work may be made upon
approval of a written request by an academic advisor. Degree
candidates must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in
required chemical engineering courses. They also must pass
the morning (general engineering) and afternoon (chemical
engineering) portions of the Fundamentals of Engineering
Examination. The National Council of Engineering Examiners (NCEE)
prepares the exam and the Utah Department of Professional
Licensing administers it.
Environmental Engineering. Every chemical engineer
is an environmental engineer. Graduates deal with the
environmental consequences of the production and use of
chemical, biological, forest and food products, and of fuels
and power. Many chemical engineers work in environmental
control agencies and in environmental consulting and control
firms. While a degree in environmental engineering is
offered only at the graduate (Master’s and Ph.D.) level,
interested chemical engineering undergraduates may satisfy
their B.S. chemical engineering elective requirements by
taking fundamental courses in environmental engineering.
Admission and Prerequisites. Any student admitted
to the University may elect the chemical engineering program
and initially be assigned pre-chemical engineering status.
Students in pre-chemical engineering who are qualified may
enroll in general education offerings and in technical
course work outside the
College of
Engineering
(e.g., in chemistry, mathematics, and physics). In addition,
the sophomore-level courses in chemical engineering (CH EN
2300, 2703, and 2800) are open to any student with the
required prerequisites.
Intermediate Status. The application for admission
to intermediate status may be submitted at any time after a
student has completed the following minimum requirements:
CHEM 1210, 1215, and MATH 1210 or 1270. In addition,
applicants must meet with an academic advisor in Chemical
Engineering and have completed or be currently enrolled in
the following courses: CH EN 1703, CHEM 1220, 1225, MATH
1220 or 1280, PHYS 2210, and WRTG 2010. Students may
substitute qualifying high school Advanced Placement (AP)
credit for any of the courses listed in the preceding
paragraph. Students must have achieved a minimum GPA of 2.3
in completed course work.
Major Status. All senior- and junior-level CH EN
courses are open only to students with major status in
chemical engineering (or in other engineering departments
with permission of the instructor). Students intending to
complete the requirements for a B.S. degree in chemical
engineering must be admitted to major status and should
normally apply at the end of the sophomore year. In order to
be admitted, students must have intermediate status and have
achieved a GPA of 2.3 in all required sophomore-level
chemical engineering course work (CH EN 2300, 2703, 2800).
Once admitted, to retain major status students must
maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 in their required chemical
engineering courses. Students are permitted to register no
more than twice for any engineering course; those receiving
grades of W or I, in addition to
other grades, are considered as having been registered.
To avoid unnecessary loss of time, the student should
make sure the prerequisites indicated under course
descriptions are satisfactorily completed prior to the time
the courses are scheduled to be taken. Factors to be
considered in planning your course work are:
1. CHEM 1220, 1225, CH EN 2300, and PHYS 2210 are
prerequisite to CH EN 2800. MATH 2250 and CH EN 1703 are
prerequisite or corequisite to
CH EN 2703.
2. MATH 1210 (or 1270) is prerequisite to PHYS 2210 and
MATH 1220 (or 1280) is prerequisite to PHYS 2220.
3. CHEM 3060 is prerequisite or co-requisite to
junior-year chemical engineering course work.
4. Students who do not achieve a grade of C or better in
prerequisite courses seldom develop satisfactorily in the
subsequent courses.
Graduation Requirements Specific to Chemical
Engineering
Residency. Chemical engineering graduates are
required to take CH EN 4903, 4905, and 5253 in residence at
the University
of Utah.
These courses may also be used, if necessary, to help
satisfy the University residency requirement.
General Education Requirement: The Department
requires that all students meet the University’s general
education requirements. The Chemical Engineering required
courses automatically satisfy the physical and life science
intellectual exploration requirement, the upper-division
communication/writing requirement, the quantitative
reasoning requirement and the quantitative intensive
requirement. Therefore, the Chemical Engineering B.S.
students must satisfy the following:
Intellectual explorations requirements in the fine arts,
humanities, and social and behavioral science; Writing
requirement (WRTG 2010); American Institutions requirement;
International requirement and Diversity requirement.
Financial Assistance. Scholarships are awarded on
the basis of academic performance. Some employment as
research assistants or laboratory assistants is available,
with preference given to students who qualify under the
Work-Study Program.
Basic Program
Model Program of Study (for students working 20 hours or
less)
First Year
Fall Semester
MATH 1210 or 1270 Calculus I1
(4)
CHEM 1210 General Chemistry I (4)
CHEM 1215 General Chemistry Laboratory I (1)
CH EN 1703 Intro to Engineering Computing (2)
WRTG 2010 Introductory Writing (3)
General Education (3)
Total Hours: 17
Spring Semester
MATH 1220 or 1280 Calculus II1
(4)
CHEM 1220 General Chemistry II (4)
CHEM 1225 General Chemistry Laboratory II2
(1)
CH EN 4755 Undergraduate Seminar (0.5)
PHYS 2210 Physics for Scientists and Engineers (4)
General Education (3)
Total Hours: 16.5
Second Year
Fall Semester
MATH 2250 Ordinary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra
(3)
PHYS 2220 Physics for Scientists and Engineers (4)
PHYS 1809 General Physics Laboratory II (1)
CH EN 2300 Thermodynamics I (2)
ME EN 1300 Statics and Strength
of Materials (4)
General Education (3)
Total Hours: 17
Spring Semester
MATH Technical Elective (Mathematics)3
(2 to 4)
CH EN 2703 Numerical Methods Applications in Chemical
Engineering (2) CHEM 2310 Organic Chemistry I4
(4)
CHEM 2315 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (1)
CH EN 2800 Fundamentals of Process Engineering (3)
CH EN 4755 Undergraduate Seminar (0.5)
General Education (3)
Total Hours: 17.5
Third Year
Fall Semester
CHEM 3060 Physical Chemistry I (4)
CH EN 3353 Fluid Mechanics (3)
CH EN 3453 Heat Transfer (3)
CH EN 3853 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3)
CH EN 4753 Undergraduate Seminar (0.5)
Technical Elective3
(3)
Total Hours: 16.5
Spring Semester
CH EN 3603 Mass Transfer and Separations (3)
CH EN 3553 Chemical Reaction Engineering (3)
General Education/Bachelor Degree Requirement (3)
Technical Elective3
(6)
Total Hours: 15
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
CH EN 4903 Projects Laboratory I (4)
CH EN 4253 Process Design I (3)
CH EN 4203 Process Control (3)
CH EN 4753 Undergraduate Seminar (0.5)
Technical Elective3
(3)
General Education (3)
Total Hours: 16.5
Spring Semester
CH EN 4905 Projects Laboratory II5
(3)
CH EN 5103 Biochemical Engineering (3)
CH EN 5253 Process Design II (3)
Technical Elective3
(2)
General Education (3)
Total Hours: 14
Total Hours: 130
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1Students
with adequate AP scores are encouraged to take the MATH 1270
& 1280 and calculus series in place of MATH 1210 and 1220.
2Students
who qualify should take CHEM 1221, Honors General Chemistry
II, and CHEM 1241, Honors General Chemistry Laboratory II,
instead of CHEM 1220, General Chemistry II, and CHEM 1240,
General Chemistry Laboratory II.
3A
total of 18 credit hours of technical elective courses are
required.
4Students
who qualify should take CHEM 2311, Honors Organic Chemistry
I, instead of CHEM 2310, Organic Chemistry
I.
5CH
EN 4905 fulfills the upper division writing/communication
requirement
Technical Electives. Bachelor degree candidates
must complete 18 semester hours of approved technical
electives. At least two of the 18 hours must be an approved
upper-division math class taught by the Mathematics
Department (3000 level or above). At least nine of the 18
hours must be from the approved Chemical Engineering
classes. Technical elective credits are offered by area of
emphasis. Although not required, students may choose to take
their electives in one area. A list of approved courses
listed by emphasis areas is available from the department. A
student needs to petition the faculty, through the
undergraduate committee, if he or she wants to use a course
not listed in the approved courses as a technical elective.
PHIL 4540 may be used to fulfill both technical elective and
general education requirements.
Cooperative Education Program. A Cooperative
Education Program is available for undergraduates in
Chemical Engineering to provide periods of practical
employment experience as a complement to the on-campus
academic program. The employment may be in locations remote
from the campus with employers who have agreed to
participate with the University in this program.
Participants in the COOP are selected in concert with
participating employers from applicants who are enrolled in
or who have completed their sophomore course work. Employers
typically use the on-campus organization, Career Services,
SSB-350, (801)581-6186, http://careers.utah.edu/, to recruit
the participating students. Once employed in a COOP, the
student requests admittance into CH EN 4977. Up to six
credit hours may be awarded for CH EN 4977. Contact the
department office (801)581-6915 or Professor Terry Ring,
(801)585-5705, t.ring@m.cc.utah.edu, for admittance
procedures and deadlines.
Students who enter the COOP alternate between engineering
employment and on-campus study in order to complete the two
semesters of junior-level courses. Students who enter the
COOP must make a commitment to their employer and the
Chemical Engineering Department to complete their employment
and to spend full time, without outside employment, on their
academic program while on campus. All students return to the
University campus full time for their senior-level courses.
To receive credit for CH EN 4977, the student is required to
write a 15-20 page report, submitted to the
department, that describes in
detail the engineering activities and work performed for the
employer. CH EN 4977 may be used as a technical elective in
the student’s curriculum of study.
Students working part time for an engineering employer
during a semester may also apply for admittance to CH EN
4977 and receive credit for their work experience.
Requirements for the Major
MATH 1210, 1220, 2250
CHEM 1210, 1215, 1220, 1225, 2310, 2315, 3060
PHYS 2210, 2220, 1809
ME EN 1300
CH EN 1703, 2703, 2800, 2300, 3353, 3453, 3553, 3603, 3853,
4203, 4903, 4905, 4253, 5103, 5253
Four semesters of CH EN 4753 and/or 4755.
Eighteen credit hours of technical elective.
Must pass the morning (general engineering) and afternoon
(chemical engineering) sessions of the Fundamentals of
Engineering Exam (F.E.)
B.S./M.S. Degree.
Students must apply for the combined B.S./M.S.
program by May 1st of the student’s junior year. Students
admitted to this program complete Thesis Research during the
summers after their junior and senior year. Both the B.S.
and M.S. degrees are awarded upon completion of all M.S.
degree requirements, which is expected to be approximately
12 months after the completion of all B.S. degree
requirements.
Graduate Program
Degrees. M.E., M.S., M.Phil.,
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering; M.E., M.S., Ph.D. in
Environmental Engineering.
For more detailed information, please visit our website
at www.che.utah.edu or see the Graduate Information section
of the General Catalog.
Admission and degree requirements for the Environmental
Engineering Graduate Program are specific to that program.
Entry into the Environmental Engineering Graduate Program
may be gained through the Department of Chemical Engineering
or one of the four other participating departments. Please
contact the Environmental Engineering Graduate Program
administrator for details.
Director of Graduate Studies, Eric
Eddings, Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization. (1) Biotechnology,
biomaterials and the role of interfaces in biological
processes, bioseparations, cell
culture, virus propagation, biological transport phenomena;
acid rock drainage. (2) Liquid crystals, polymer structure
and dynamics, ceramic powder synthesis and processing,
rheology, sensors. (3) Fossil
fuel and petroleum characterization, production,
transportation, and processing; heterogeneous catalysis;
hydrocarbon chemistry and high-pressure thermodynamics;
advanced jet and aerospace fuels; conversion of biomass to
liquid fuels, including biogasoline;
hydroprocessing; process control
and optimization. (4) Combustion, fires, pollutant
emissions; physical and chemical characterization of fine
particles; utilization of coal, biomass, and opportunity
fuels; simulation of turbulent reacting flows, multi-phase
flows, and fires.
Fellowships and Assistantships. Graduate
Assistantships are available. Contact the department office
or our web site for specific financial aid information.
Admission. Applicants should have a previous
degree in one of the branches of Engineering, the sciences,
or a related field. Applicants whose bachelor’s degree is in
a related field-- chemistry, physics, mathematics, or
another branch of engineering -- may seek an advanced degree
in chemical engineering provided that they demonstrate
equivalent knowledge in the following subjects: Physical and
Organic Chemistry (2 semesters) Calculus, Ordinary
Differential Equations, Computer Language, Material and
Energy Balances: CH EN 2800, Fluid Mechanics: CH EN 3353,
Engineering and Equilibrium Thermodynamics: CH EN 2300 and
3853, Reaction Engineering: CH EN 3553, Heat Transfer: CH EN
3453, Mass Transfer and Separations: CH EN 3603.
The
Graduate
School requires
applicants from foreign countries to achieve a minimum score
of 500 (173 on computer-based exam) on the TOEFL (Test of
English as a Foreign Language), and the Department of
Chemical Engineering requires general GRE (Graduate Record
Examination) scores of all international applicants.
Students who graduated from an ABET accredited
Utah
university with a GPA of 3.2 or better, are not required to
take the GRE test. Three letters of recommendation from
individuals who can adequately assess your academic
performance are also required of all graduate applicants.
Graduate students work with a research advisor and a
supervisory committee to arrange a program of study suited
to the student’s interests and to guide them through their
research project.
Application forms for admission to the
Graduate School
are on the department homepage. Applicants must complete the
College of
Engineering Application and the
University of Utah
Admissions Application.
Credit Limitations. Students may count no more
than 9 credit hours of non-matriculated graduate work toward
any graduate degree without prior approval. Candidates for
graduate degrees are required to maintain a 3.0 or higher
GPA, with no grade below C- accepted for credit toward
degrees. For more detailed information, see the Graduate
Information section of this catalog.
Preliminary Examination/Core Coursework. A student's
performance in the five graduate core courses serves as the
preliminary examination for the department. Students must
attain a minimum GPA in these courses to be allowed to
continue on towards a graduate degree. The minimum average
GPAs are 3.0 for students pursuing master's degrees and 3.3
for students pursuing a doctoral degree. Note that Chemical
Engineering graduate students cannot take these courses
using a CR/NC option. It is in the best interest of students
to complete these courses as soon as possible.
The five core classes are CH EN 6353: Fluid Mechanics
(3), CH EN 6453: Heat Transfer (3), CH EN 6553: Chemical
Reaction Engineering (3), CH EN 6603:
Multicomponent Mass Transfer (3), and CH EN 6853:
Thermodynamics (3). Graduate students are also required to
take two semesters of Graduate Seminar (CH EN 7753 and/or
7755).
Graduate students may petition the Graduate Committee to
waive up to three of the five core courses required by the
University of Utah Chemical Engineering Doctor of Philosophy
degree if they have taken a similar class at the graduate
level in a previous institution. Students who have taken
these classes outside of the
United States or from a
department other than a chemical engineering department must
provide sufficient documentation to support their petition.
The petition to waive these classes must be signed by both
the student and their research advisor. The Graduate
Committee will review the student’s performance in the
class, as well as the class content.
M.E. Degree. The degree of Master of Engineering
recognizes achievement in which design is emphasized, in
contrast to the typical Master of Science emphasis on
research. It is a terminal degree typically for professional
engineers. A satisfactory score must be achieved on the
preliminary examination. A minimum of thirty (30) semester
hours is required.
M.S. Degree (non thesis).
The degree of Master of Science (non-thesis) recognizes
academic achievement without an emphasis on research. A
satisfactory score must be achieved on the preliminary
examination as described in Section XII.
A minimum of thirty (30) semester hours is required.
However, a thesis is not required.
This degree is only available to students who are
working full time as professional engineers and attending
school part time.
M.S. Degree. The M.S. degree allows for
specialization in a particular discipline of Chemical
Engineering with an emphasis on research. A minimum of 30
credit hours, including 6 credit hours of thesis research,
is required. The course of study must be approved by the
student’s supervisory committee. A satisfactory score must
be achieved on the preliminary examination.
Ph.D. Degree. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.) in Chemical Engineering represents scholarly
achievement demonstrated by independent research. To be
considered for the Ph.D. degree, students must achieve a
satisfactory score on the preliminary examination. In
addition, a Ph.D. candidate must demonstrate general
competence in the subject matter of the student's chosen
field. Of major importance to the Ph.D. degree is the
student's research and dissertation. The dissertation must
embody the result of independent research and constitute a
significant contribution to knowledge in the student's
field. The intellectual and creative matter presented in the
dissertation must meet the standards of the college, the
department, and the student's Supervisory Committee.
The course of study is planned with the assistance of the
student’s research advisor and approved by the student’s
supervisory committee. On completion of the core course
work, a qualifying examination must be passed before
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