Program Requirements
The Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering focuses on advanced materials and polymers, biomedical engineering and biotechnology, environmental engineering, energy, plasma science and artificial intelligence-assisted design and optimization. The program offers advanced training in fundamentals as well as research methods and techniques, laboratory safety and research ethics.
Thesis
A thesis for the doctoral degree must constitute original scholarship and must be a distinct contribution to knowledge. It must show familiarity with previous work in the field and must demonstrate ability to plan and carry out research, organize results, and defend the approach and conclusions in a scholarly manner. The research presented must meet current standards of the discipline; as well, the thesis must clearly demonstrate how the research advances knowledge in the field. Finally, the thesis must be written in compliance with norms for academic and scholarly expression and for publication in the public domain.
Required Courses (4 credits)
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CHEE 681 Laboratory Safety 1 (1 credit)
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 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Maric, Milan (Fall) Maric, Milan (Winter)
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.
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CHEE 682 Laboratory Safety 2 (1 credit)
Overview
Chemical Engineering : Demonstration of the safety of students' thesis experiments to the departmental safety committee.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Maric, Milan (Fall) Maric, Milan (Winter)
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.
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CHEE 687 Research Skills and Ethics (2 credits)
Overview
Chemical Engineering : The course provides a foundation in three areas: (i) integrity and ethical conduct, (ii) knowledge dissemination and translation, and (iii) research management. Ethical considerations in situations involving conflict of interest, authorship, and intellectual property attributions are discussed. Students will gain experience in identifying and selecting key information for different situations. Best practices in data reporting, maintenance of research notebooks and legal aspects of data ownership and rights are discussed.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Moraes, Christopher (Winter)
Restriction(s): Restricted to graduate students registered in the Department of Chemical Engineering.
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CHEE 795 Ph.D. Thesis Proposal
Overview
Chemical Engineering : Independent work under the supervision of the thesis advisor(s) leading to a thesis proposal.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Servio, Phillip (Fall) Servio, Phillip (Winter)
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CHEE 796 Ph.D. Proposal Defence
Overview
Chemical Engineering : Presentation and defence of thesis proposal at an oral examination.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Servio, Phillip (Fall) Servio, Phillip (Winter)
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CHEE 797 Ph.D. Seminar. 1
Overview
Chemical Engineering : Presentation of a seminar on an aspect of the Ph.D. candidate's research thesis work.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Servio, Phillip (Fall) Servio, Phillip (Winter)
Prerequisite: CHEE 796
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CHEE 798 Ph.D. Seminar 2
Overview
Chemical Engineering : Presentation of a seminar on an aspect of the Ph.D. candidate's research thesis work.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: CHEE 797
Complementary Courses (6-12 credits)
6-12 credits at the 500 level or higher, in consultation with the supervisor and depending on student's background. May include the following:
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CHEE 611 Heat and Mass Transfer (4 credits)
Overview
Chemical Engineering : General conservation equations for volumes and interfaces; scaling analysis and approximate solutions to diffusion problems; reaction-diffusion processes; phase changes; convective heat and mass transfer; selected advanced topics.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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CHEE 621 Thermodynamics (4 credits)
Overview
Chemical Engineering : Theory and application of phase and chemical equilibria in multicomponent systems.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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CHEE 631 Foundations of Fluid Mechanics (4 credits)
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: Winter 2025
Instructors: Hill, Reghan James (Winter)
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CHEE 641 Chemical Reaction Engineering (4 credits)
Overview
Chemical Engineering : Interpretation of chemical reaction data, especially for heterogeneous systems. Residence time, complete segregation, maximum mixedness, other advanced concepts. Reactor design.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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CHEE 651 Advanced Biochemical Engineering (4 credits)
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: Fall 2024
Instructors: Hoesli, Corinne (Fall)
Restriction: Restricted to graduate students
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CHEE 662 Computational Methods (4 credits)
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: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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CHEE 672 Process Dynamics and Control (4 credits)
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: Winter 2025
Instructors: Coulombe, Sylvain (Winter)
Prerequisite: CHEE 455
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CHEE 688 Advanced Materials in Chemical Engineering (4 credits)
Overview
Chemical Engineering : Fundamentals of materials science and engineering for chemical engineers,applying thermodynamic, transport, reaction kinetics principles to thesynthesis, characterization and performance of advanced nano-, micro- and meso-structured materials, polymer solutions, gels, colloidal dispersions, emulsions, natural materials, bio-inspired materials, and composites. Applications of advanced materials in chemical engineering, including design for sustainability, and environmental/health considerations. Critical analysis of contemporary advanced-materials research literature.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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