Faculty of Engineering

Chemical and Biological Engineering Overview

General Information

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.

Available programs of study

Admission

Students are admitted under the general regulations of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. An honours bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or equivalent with at least a B (70%) average is required for admission to the master’s level. A master’s degree in chemical engineering (with thesis or equivalent in terms of scholarly publications) with at least a B+ (75%) average is required for admission to the PhD program. Exceptional students registered in the MASc program may be permitted to transfer to the PhD program without being required to write a master’s thesis. To do so, they must meet the following conditions:

     
  1. have been registered full time in the MASc program for a minimum 3 sessions;
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  2. have completed four courses with an average of at least A- (80%), and
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  3. have received a positive recommendation from the graduate studies committee.

The transfer must take place within sixteen months of initial registration in the master’s. Following transfer, all the regular requirements of the PhD program must be met. The comprehensive exam must be taken within twelve months of transfer.

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/Default.aspx?tabid=1727&monControl=Renseignements&ProgId=527