2013–2014 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

Free Elective* ......................................................................... 3
Restricted Elective (CHE) ..................................................... 3
Technical Electives* ............................................................... 6
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TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED........................................ 135
*BUS 3xxx may be taken in place of three credit hours of Technical Elective.
CWE 1001 may be taken as the Free Elective; CWE 2001 may be taken in
place of three credit hours of Technical Elective.
Electives
The Restricted Elective (Advanced Chemistry) should be satisfied by
completion of one of the following courses:
BIO 2010 Microbiology
BIO 4010 Biochemistry 1
CHM 3002 Physical Chemistry 2
CHM 3301 Analytical Chemistry 1
CHM 4222 Environmental Chemistry
CHM 4550 Polymer Chemistry
A list of other recommended electives is available in the chemical
engineering department office.
Areas of Emphasis
A wide variety of career paths are open to chemical engineering graduates.
Many students, however, are interested in a specific area of
chemical engineering and choose electives related to that area. The
department office maintains lists of electives appropriate for students
interested in alternative energy engineering, biochemical engineering,
biomedical engineering, environmental engineering, materials
science and engineering, nuclear technology, petroleum engineering
and systems engineering. Students may also select as electives courses
required for graduate study in business, law or medicine.
Minors
It is the policy of the College of Engineering not to offer minors in
areas of engineering. Students may elect, however, to pursue minors
in other areas such as computational mathematics, biology, chemistry
or environmental science.
Five-Year Master’s Degree Program
More than one-third of all chemical engineering graduates choose
to continue their education beyond the bachelor’s degree. A program
has been developed within the department that allows students to
complete a master’s degree in one calendar year following completion
of requirements for the bachelor’s degree. The program includes
the opportunity to work with a departmental faculty member on an
undergraduate research project that may be expanded into a master’s
thesis topic. To qualify, students must have earned a GPA of 3.0 or
above following his or her junior year. Additional information concerning
the program may be obtained by contacting the department head.
GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
Chemical Engineering, M.S. ___________________
Major Code: 8033 Degree Awarded: Master of Science
Age Restriction: N Admission Status: graduate
Delivery Mode/s: classroom only Location/s: main campus
Admission Materials: 3 letters of
recommendation, résumé, objectives, GRE
The objective of the master of science program is to study the basic
principles of chemical engineering in greater depth, including transport
phenomena, thermodynamics, reactor design and process control.
Electives in other areas to broaden the student’s exposure are
also required. The program’s emphasis is research and the writing
of a thesis on a current problem. The results of the thesis must be
publishable in a technical journal. A nonthesis option is also offered,
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which requires the completion of a special project in lieu of a thesis.
Students are advised to see members of the faculty to determine
compatibility of interests before selecting a research area. Program
policies are available in the program office.
Admission Requirements
The applicant must have a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
or its equivalent. Applicants with degrees in other fields of engineering,
or in science or mathematics, are ordinarily required to take preparatory
undergraduate courses before starting the master of science
program. These courses are established by the faculty advisor and the
department head when the student obtains admission to the program.
Applicants must submit three letters of recommendation from academic
references, a statement of purpose addressing reasons for graduate
study in chemical engineering, a current résumé, undergraduate
transcripts and recent GRE scores.
General admission requirements and the application process are presented
in the Academic Overview section.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Chemical Engineering requires satisfactory
completion of 30 credit hours, including six credit hours of thesis
research for the thesis option and at least three credit hours of a faculty-supervised
graduate project for the nonthesis option, as shown
below. Required courses include the zero-credit Chemical Engineering
Seminar (CHE 5100) that all graduate students are required to register
for and attend every semester. The elective credits may be satisfied
by taking chemical engineering graduate courses or other courses
approved by the graduate advisor. The thesis option requires completion
and successful defense of a thesis, while the nonthesis option
requires a passing score on the final program examination based on
both a written report and an oral presentation on the graduate project
before the student’s faculty committee. A thesis or graduate project
proposal must be approved in advance by the faculty committee. All
graduate students partly or fully supported by teaching or research
assistantships are required to enroll in the thesis option.
Curriculum
Prior to the completion of nine credit hours of graduate study each
student establishes an appropriate program of study with the guidance
of a graduate committee, subject to final approval by the department
head.
Thesis Option
CHE 5100 Chemical Engineering Seminar ............................................. 0
CHE 5101 Transport Phenomena 1 ......................................................... 3
CHE 5110 Equilibrium Thermodynamics ............................................... 3
CHE 5120 Process Control ...................................................................... 3
CHE 5150 Chemical Reactor Design ....................................................... 3
CHE 5999 Thesis ..................................................................................... 6
Electives ............................................................................... 12
Nonthesis Option
In the nonthesis option, the six credit hours of Thesis (CHE 5999)
are replaced by three credit hours of Graduate Project in Chemical
Engineering (CHE 5998) and three credit hours of an approved elective,
which may be CHE 5998.
Areas of Specialization
The student may select electives and the thesis or graduate project
topic to provide an emphasis in any of the following areas including
environmental engineering; materials synthesis, processing and characterization;
transport and separation processes; computer-aided modeling,
processing and control; or hydrogen and fuel cell technology.