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PhD Degree Requirements

The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in the Student Services section of this Web site.

Coursework Requirements

Courses
Units
Department Courses
≥6
Transport Processes ≥2
     CHEM ENG 424-1 Transport Phenomena I  
     CHEM ENG 424-2 Transport Phenomena II  
Reaction Engineering/Kinetics ≥1
     CHEM ENG 408 Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design  
     CHEM ENG 409 Advanced Reactor Design  
     CHEM ENG 410 Applied Catalysis and Reaction Engineering  
     CHEM ENG 414 Modern Analytical Techniques for Chemical Engineers  
Thermodynamics ≥1
     CHEM ENG 404 Advanced Thermodynamics  
     CHEM ENG 406 Selected Topics in Thermodynamics  
Departmental electives 2
Courses outside department (300-, 400-, or 500-level science/engineering)
≥2
Additional electives  
Total required units:
14

Other PhD Degree Requirements

  • Examinations: oral defense of dissertation research proposal during first nine quarters of residency
  • Research/Projects: toward dissertation
  • PhD Dissertation: based on independent, original research
  • Final Evaluations: oral defense of dissertation


 
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