Course variations

Course summary

This program is designed to prepare engineers for leadership positions in industry, academia and government. It includes advanced graduate course work in engineering and allied subjects and research culminating in a doctoral dissertation.

Program modules

The modules are as follows: Core Requirements: Advanced Mathematics: 10/24.509 Systems Dynamics, 10/24.539 Mathematical Methods for Engineers; Thermal/Fluid Processes (select two of the following): 10.510 Advanced Separation Processes, 10.520 Advanced Thermodynamics, 10.528 Advanced Transport Phenomena; Solid Mechanics (select one of the following): 10.506 Colloidal, Interfacial and Nanomaterials Science and Engineering10.508 Material Science and Engineering,10.523 Nanodevices and Electronic Materials,10.525 Design and Packaging of Materials,10.535 Principles of Cell and Microbe Cultivation; Elective Requirements: Processing (in addition to the core courses): 10.506 Colloidal, Interfacial and Nanomaterials Science and Engineering, 10.518 Microprocessor Control, 10.522 Computer-Aided Chemical Process Design, 10.530 Advanced Control Strategies, 10.533 Macromolecular Science and Engineering, 10.535 Cell and Microbe Cultivation, 10.545 Isolation and Purification; Materials (in addition to the core courses): 10.504 Process Calculations of Paper and Pulp Processes, 10.506 Colloidal, Interfacial and Nanomaterials Science and Engineering, 10.508 Material Science and Engineering, 10.523 Nanodevices and Electronic Materials, 10.525 Design and Packaging of Materials, 10.529 Advances in Nanotechnology and Green Chemistry, 10.533 Macromolecular Science and Engineering, 10.535 Cell and Microbe Cultivation, 10.541 Nanostructural Characterization by SEM, TEM and AFM, 22.5xx (Any Dept of Mechanical Engineering graduate level materials course approved by the student's advisor), 26.5xx (Any Dept of Plastics Engineering graduate level materials course approved by the student's advisor), Biotechnology/Bioprocessing (in addition to the core courses): 10.535 Cell and Microbe Cultivation, 10.538 Advanced Separations in Biotechnology, 10.545 Isolation and Purification, 10.555 Biopharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance, 10.586 Bioprocessing Projects Laboratory, 81.519 Biochemistry I, 81.576 Cell Culture, 81.5xx (Any Dept of Chemistry graduate level materials course approved by the student's advisor), Nuclear (in addition to the core courses): 24.504 Energy Engineering Workshop, 24.505 Nuclear Reactor Physics, 24.506 Special Topics in Nuclear Reactor Physics, 24.507 Nuclear Reactor Engineering and Safety Analysis, 24.508 Special Topics in Nuclear Reactor Engineering, 24.511 Advanced Reactor Concepts, 24.514 Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Management, 24.519 Nuclear Reactor Operator Training I, 24.520 Nuclear Reactor Operator Training II, 22.5xx (Any Department of Mechanical Engineering graduate level course approved by the student’s advisor), 98.5xx (Any Department of Radiological Sciences graduate level course approved bythe student’s advisor).

Entry requirement for international students

Students should have a B.S. degree in engineering or science. They must have been earned with a satisfactory scholastic average to demonstrate that the applicant has had adequate preparation for the field in which graduate studies are to be undertaken.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

UMass Lowell

Department name

College of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering