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Chemical Engineering Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

Maximize your opportunities in high-level or complex chemical engineering, or pave the way for a career in academia.

With a versatile and wide-ranging universe of chemical engineering applications, a doctorate degree offers the bearer many exciting choices. This graduate program empowers students with the unique and broad-based expertise and skills they need to solve today’s most pressing global challenges, or pursue a career at higher learning institutes or academic research.

Program type:
Doctoral Degree
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
4-5 years
Credit hours:
90

Why earn your Ph.D. in chemical engineering at UND?

Application Deadlines
Fall:
Aug. 1
Spring:
Dec. 1
Summer:
May 1

From large-scale manufacturing to helping to design technologies, chemical engineering professionals have a huge impact on infrastructure, food supplies and the economy. Those with the highest level of technical skills lead innovation in these and many other areas.

The UND chemical engineering doctoral program is focused on arming you with the advanced knowledge and experience you need to:

  • Embark or further your research career in industry, government and academia.
  • Use proven chemical engineering principles to develop energy and material resources for the benefit of society.
  • Elevate your skills to include a very wide range of chemical engineering processes, applications and materials.

Chemical Engineering at UND

  • Establish mastery of fundamental topics in chemical engineering and apply them to vital research problems for practical outcomes.

  • Become a highly proficient researcher. You'll gain the skills needed to formulate, assess and effectively communicate a hypothesis to a technically literate audience.

  • Gain a high level of expertise in designing, conducting and managing an independent research project.

  • Become well-prepared for a chemical engineering career in industry, government or academia.

  • Participate in projects conducted in collaboration with the world-renowned Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC).

Chemical Engineering Doctoral Careers 

UND graduates can expect a range of opportunities in careers like:

  • Senior scientist or researcher
  • Project manager
  • Process manager
  • Production manager
  • Senior chemical engineer

UND Chemical Engineering Alumni

Chemical Engineering alumni have gone on to work at such companies as:

  • Marathon Oil
  • 3M
  • Cargill
  • Dow Chemical
  • Schlumberger
  • Intel
  • Energizer Battery
  • US Steel
  • Dakota Gasification Company, Inc.
  • Boston Scientific Corporation
  • Archer Daniels Midland Company

Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Courses

CHE 501. Advanced Transport Phenomena. 3 Credits.

This course is designed to give an advanced treatment of momentum, heat, and mass transfer suitable for graduate students in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and environmental engineering. This course will involve using advanced mathematics to model transport systems of importance in engineering science and design. Prerequisites: CHE 301 and MATH 266. S, even years.

CHE 535. Metallic Corrosion and Polymer Degradation. 3 Credits.

Reviews the forms of metal corrosion and of polymer degradation; discussion of control and mitigation techniques. F.

CHE 509. Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. 3 Credits.

Chemical Engineering processes from the standpoint of quantitative thermodynamics. Special emphasis on thermodynamics of chemical reactions. Prerequisite: Background equivalent to CHE 303 is expected. F, even years.

CHE 511. Advanced Chemical Engineering Kinetics. 3 Credits.

Theory and practice of industrial chemical reactor design. Advanced topics in kinetics of industrial chemical reactors. Prerequisite: Background equivalent to CHE 421 is expected.

CHE 515. Design of Engineering Experiments. 3 Credits.

Design and analysis of experimental data including block and factorial arrangements, significance of data, and mathematical modeling. Prerequisite: MATH 265.

CHE 530. Combustion Theory and Modeling. 3 Credits.

A theoretical and mathematical study of premixed and diffusion flames, laminar and turbulent combustion, solid fuel combustion and pollutant formation. Prerequisites or Corequisites: CHE 301 and CHE 303. S.

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