General Information about Graduate Studies in Chemical Engineering

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Applied Science (MASc), Master of Engineering (MEng) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

Members of the Department are engaged in research in the following fields: adsorption, applied kinetics and catalysis, biochemical engineering, cryogenics, gas separations, distillation processes, enhanced oil recovery, equations of state, fermentation and enzyme technology, fuel cells, heat transfer, non-Newtonian flow and rheology, phase equilibria, porous media flow and filtration, process dynamics and control, process optimization spc, statistical modelling and experimental design, thermodynamics of solutions, transport phenomena and waste treatment, two-phase flow, homogeneous flow reactor design, polymerization, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, numerical methods, numerical simulation of polymer processing, rheology, biomedical engineering. State-of-the-art computer facilities include fully networked RS/6000 Unix servers, SGI, SUN and DEC work stations and numerous Intel based PCs. Direct access to parallel computing facilities is available through HPCVL.

The Industrial Membrane Research Institute (IMRI) is housed within the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and is engaged in basic research into membrane separation processes and in the development of membranes for water desalination, pollution control, gas and liquid separations, and other practical applications.

Thesis

Students enrolled in the master in applied science and doctorate may submit their thesis in traditional monograph format or as a series of articles prepared for publication in scholarly journals. The regulations for submitting theses in article format can be found on the FGPS website in the guide ‘Preparing a Thesis or Research Paper’.

For more information visit: http://www.grad.uottawa.ca