Chemical Engineering, M.S.
The MS in Chemical Engineering prepares students for the many unique roles played by chemical engineers in translating molecular insights and discoveries into products, processes, and ideas to address the world’s most pressing challenges. Our curriculum integrates a combination of advanced fundamentals, modern topics, and practical skills to refine students’ analytical, research, business, and leadership skills, combining the technical and the practical to add value and breadth to their expertise.
All MS students work closely with our leading faculty on research projects. Examples of research themes within the department include nanomaterials, polymers, and biomaterials, computational & theoretical materials design, catalysis and electrochemical engineering, immunoengineering, drug delivery and biometrology, energy conversion and storage, techno economic and lifecycle analysis, and decarbonization and sustainable chemical manufacture.
Our MS experience is designed to meet the demand for capable chemical engineers in growing areas of the discipline. To enhance the value of their study and support their future transition to the workforce, and in consultation with their academic advisor, students are further encouraged to consider concentrating their elective choices by selecting courses within one of the areas of emphasis listed below.
Find out about Admission Requirements.
Curriculum
To meet graduation requirements, you must have an overall B average in all courses (excluding MS Thesis or Guided Study Project) and must not obtain more than 2 grades of C in required subjects.
Emphasis Areas: Elective Options
Biotechnology and Biomaterials
BT-GY 6093 Biomedical Materials & Devices for Human Body Repair
BT-GY 6043 Biocatalysis in Industry
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Cosmetic Product Formulation
CBE-GY 8373 Engineering Principles of Drug Delivery
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Natural Polymers and Materials
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Bio Optics
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Design of Chemical and Biological Microsystems
BE-GY 6523 Biomems and Microfluidics
BT-GY 6033 Biosensors and Biochips
Data Science & Intelligence
MG-GY 6193 Statistics for Data Analysts
MG-GY 8691 AI Based Business Model Innovation
MG-GY 8863 From Correlation to Causation: Data Science for Decision Making
BMIN-GA 4551 Artificial Intelligence in Genomics
BI-GY 7743 Machine Learning and Data Science for Bioinformatics
CUSP-GX 7009 Urban Sensing
ECE-GY 6143 Machine Learning
ECE-GY 7123 Deep Learning
Finance & Risk Analytics
FRE-GY 6023 Financial Economics
FRE-GY 6103 Valuation for Financial Engineering
FRE-GY 6273 Corporate Valuation: From Startups to Giants
FRE-GY 7831 Financial Analytics and Big Data
Materials
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Nanoscale Properties and Characterization of Materials
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Natural Polymers and Materials
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Colloids and Surface Chemistry
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Cosmetic Product Formulation
ME-GY 6413 Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals
Sustainable Engineering & Systems Design
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Distributed Renewable Energy Access Systems
ME-GY 6823 Energy Policy, Regulations, and Incentives
CE-GY 7913: Climate Science: Realities & Risks of a Changing Climate
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Energy, Carbon and Climate Mitigation Technologies
CUSP-GX 8123: Climate Risk Analysis & Urban Sustainability
CBE-GY 9413 Selected Topics: Electrochemical Engineering
CE-GY 7373 Environmental Chemistry & Microbiology
CE-GY 7233 Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution
CE-GY 7673 Environmental Impact Assessment
Technology Management & Leadership
MG-GY 7703 Entrepreneurship
MG-GY 6023 Economics & Strategy
MG-GY 6033 Financial Analysis for Technology Managers
IE-GY 6203 Project Planning and Control
IE-GY 7993 Supply Chain Engineering
IE-GY 6213: Systems Planning and Design
IE-GY 7873 Lean Transformation
