Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering
Department Director: Dr. Bill Elmore, Interim
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Todd French
330 Swalm Chemical Engineering Building
Box 9595
Mississippi Condition, MS 39762
Telephone: 662-325-2480
E-mail: gradstudies@che.msstate.edu

Graduate study is provided within the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering leading to date by Master of Science in Chemical Engineering. Two choices available like the standard Chemical Engineering program along with a program with emphasis in Industrial Hazardous Waste Management. The College also cooperates in a interdisciplinary program leading to date by Physician of Philosophy in Engineering obtaining a concentration in Chemical Engineering. Graduate research assistantships can be found. To secure additional information, email the Graduate Coordinator .

Admission Criteria

M.S. in Chemical Engineering Ph.D. in Engineering with Chemical Engineering Concentration

Admission criteria differ while using graduate degree searched for. GRE scores are crucial across the quantitative, analytical, and verbal sections.

Cumulative GPA of three.20 across the last 64 hrs of undergraduate coursework and GRE

Cumulative GPA of three.00 and GRE

Cumulative GPA of three.00 across the last 64 hrs of undergraduate coursework and GRE

Worldwide students should have a TOEFL score of 550 PBT (79 iBT) or 6.5 across the IELTS.

For individuals applicants not having a B.S. in Chemical Engineering or individuals via institutions that aren’t ABET-accredited, admission will most likely be looked at round the situation-by-situation basis.

If recognized, individuals students will most likely be needed to complete the right prerequisites along with the Chemical Engineering undergraduate core curriculum:

You need to have a b – – -.Utes. in a engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited program. Admission criteria needs a cumulative GPA of three.00 and GRE score.

Needs for the M.S. with emphasis in Industrial Hazardous Waste Management include 24 hrs of coursework, no under 12 hrs which must be inside the 8xxx level. No under 6 hrs of Thesis/Studies needed. The composition within the program of study is flexible, offering students an chance to choose courses while using research consultant which allow his/her concentration within the particular part of waste management and/or chemical engineering.

Provisional Admission

Provisional admission is usually unavailable to students searching to obtain graduate admittance for the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering.

Academic Performance

The Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering is dedicated to maintaining high standards for the graduate programs provided through the school. In order to ensure acceptable performance of students enrolled in the college, the rules for unsatisfactory performance receive.

• Failure to keep an over-all B average (3.00) in graduate courses attempted after admittance with this program
• Greater than two grades of C in graduate level courses
• A grade of D or F within the graduate level course
• Failure within the qualifying exam
• Unsatisfactory think about a thesis or maybe a dissertation
• Failure to keep an over-all B average (3.00) in prerequisite undergraduate courses
• Official withdrawal in school because of academic difficulties

Plenty of students need that you simply follow these standards.

Failure to accomplish this leads to the next actions using the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering.

• Students who not keep a general B average in graduate courses is going to be provided one semester only one article her/his overall GPA in graduate level courses. When the student presently holds an assistantship inside the school, pointed out assistantship might be ended. Students will most likely go on probation to begin with semester. The graduate level courses attracted within this probationary semester must participate the graduate student’s program of study and could constitute a whole load. Failure to achieve an over-all B average in graduate courses inside the finish in the probationary semester can lead to dismissal inside the graduate program.
• Students who earns greater than two grades below a b – – -, or earns a D or F in almost any graduate level course will most likely be overlooked inside the graduate enter in the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering.
• Students who formally withdraws in school with the semester because of academic difficulties will most likely be overlooked inside the graduate enter in the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering.

Appeals Process

Students who’s overlooked based on academic performance within the graduate program provided through the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering may appeal the choice. The appeals procedure is often as follows.

• Students may appeal his/her dismissal within the graduate program by submitting instructions of attract the Appeals Committee. This letter should have a detailed explanation within the conditions resulting in his/her dismissal (identified among seven points indexed by academic performance policy) and could explain any extenuating conditions resulting in failure to keep acceptable academic progress.
• The Appeals Committee will consist in the next five people.
  • Director within the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering
  • Graduate Coordinator of Chemical Engineering
  • Major professor for the student
  • A professor from another department inside the College of Engineering (requested for everyone using the Director and/or Graduate Coordinator of Chemical Engineering)
  • Affiliate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies for the College of Engineering
• The Appeals Committee will measure the provided documentation and obtain a consensus decision on should you uphold or overturn the dismissal. When the appeal inside the program level is not effective, students will attract the school dean. When the appeal inside the college level is not effective, students will attract the Provost and V . P . for Academic Matters.

Physician of Philosophy in Engineering with Chemical Engineering Concentration – Direct Admission

Completion Needs for M.S. Students

All M.S. thesis students must prepare and effectively defend his/her thesis before a committee made up of faculty individuals in the school. All non-thesis MS students must satisfactorily produce a comprehensive examination.

Completion Needs for Ph.D. Students

Qualifying Examination

A Ph.D. student current must produce a qualifying exam with the summer time time time semester following his/her first full academic year. The qualifying exam includes acceptable finishing an analysis proposition course by which students will most likely be introduced through advancement of a nationwide Science Foundation-formatted research proposal along with a final defense within the proposal before a committee made up of College graduate faculty.

Comprehensive Examination

Upon acceptable finishing the graduate coursework, or within 6 hrs of completion, a Ph.D. student must indicate an extensive examination. Students must give his/her defense committee the outcome so far and planned research efforts while using finishing the Ph.D. program. This dental comprehensive examination will most likely be made up of an exhibit using the student along with a resulting question and answer session it’ll provide a way of calculating the student’s research skills and research progress. The wonderful examination needs to be passed no under six a few days before graduation. Effective finishing the wonderful exam can lead to the Ph.D. student’s being proven to Ph.D. candidacy.

Dissertation Defense

The candidate must prepare and effectively defend her/his dissertation before a committee made up of faculty individuals in the school.

CHE 6113 Chemical Reactor Design: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CHE 3123 and MA 3253 ). Three hrs lecture. The essential concepts of chemical reaction kinetics with applications

CHE 6134 Process Design: 4 hrs.

(Prerequisite: IE 3913 and Grade of C or better in CHE 3123 ,CHE 3213 and CHE 3223 ). Three hrs lecture. Two hrs laboratory. Design and analysis of chemical and ecological engineering processes utilizing momentum, energy, and mass transport concepts

CHE 6143 Advanced Polymeric and Multicomponent: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisite: Junior standing CHE 3413. ME 3403. EM 4133 or equivalent materials course.) Three hrs lecture. Nomenclature, synthesis, portrayal, processing, and characteristics of condition-of-the-art polymeric and multicomponent materials

CHE 6153 Overview of Particle and Crystallization: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisite: Junior standing, C or better in CHE 2114. MA 1723. PH 2213. and/or consent of instructor). Three hrs lecture. Fundamentals of particle and crystallization technology including theory and practical applications that highlight unit operations additionally for their interaction with solids

CHE 6163 Nanotechnology in Chemical Applications: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisite: Junior standing, C or better in CH 1223. PH 2213. MA 1723. and/or consent of instructor). Three hrs lecture. Fundamental concepts, applications, and preparation and synthesis of colloidal systems. Includes portrayal methods and applications in nanotechnology

CHE 6193 Automotive Engineering: 3 hrs.

Three hrs lecture. Fundamentals of automotive engineering, including power units, mechanical systems, electrical systems, and industrial and systems engineering aspects. (Similar to ECE 4193 /6193,IE 4193 /6193 and ME 4193 /6193)

CHE 6223 Process Instrumentation and Control: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisites: CHE 4113 and C or better in CHE 3223 ). Three hrs lecture. Measurement of process variables characteristics of control elements automatic control instruments dynamic behavior of process equipment process control systems

CHE 6233 Chemical Plant Design: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisite:CHE 4134 and CHE 4113 ) Three hrs lecture. Usage of scientific and engineering concepts for that design and economic check out industrial chemical plants

CHE 6313 Transport Phenomena: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CHE 3213. MA 3253 and merely CHE 3203 or EM 3313 ). Three hrs lecture.Fundamental concepts of momentum, heat and mass transport. Relationships between transport processes along with the physical property distributions in fluids and solids

CHE 6423 Fundamentals of economic Corrosion: 3 hrs.

(Co-requisite: CHE 3413 ). Three hrs lecture. Identifying and eliminating the various corrosion that induce the failure of engineering structures

CHE 6513 Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Processes: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisite: CHE 2113 and consent of instructor). Three hrs lecture. Research of pulping and paper making processes with focus on usage of fundamental engineering methods for special problems within the pulp and paper industry

CHE 6613 Polluting In The Atmosphere Control Design: Theory and fitness: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisite: Consent of instructor). Three hrs lecture. Research within the unit operations of polluting in the atmosphere control systems obtaining a particular focus on polluting in the atmosphere dynamics, equipment design, and equipment operation

CHE 6624 Experimental Methods in Materials Research: 4 hrs.

(Prerequisites: CHE 3413 or ABE 3813 or ME 3403 or permission of instructors).Three hrs lecture.Three hrs laboratory. Presenting research methodologies generally based in the appearance at treatments, and mechanical testing.(Similar to ABE 4624 /6624 and ME 4624 /6624)

CHE 6633 Chemical Process Safety: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisites: C or better in CHE 2114. CHE 3203. and MA 1723 ). Three hrs lecture. Fundamentals of chemical process safety, including toxicology, industrial hygiene, source modeling, dispersion modeling, fires explosion and style for reliefs

CHE 6673 Industrial Microbiology: 3 hrs.

Three hrs lecture. Overview of microbial anatomy, physiology, and genetics. Use of microorganisms additionally for their by-products. Identification and charge of biofouling, biocorrosion,and biodegradation of products and processes. (Similar to BIO 4673 /6673)

CHE 6683 Fundamentals of Biofuels Production: 3 hrs.

Three hrs lecture. Engineering and economic research to the chemical processes put on produce biofuels

CHE 6990 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering: 1-9 hrs.

Credit and title to obtain arranged. This program will probably be put on a little basis to provide developing material areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses restricted to two choices under one title within two academic years)

CHE 7000 Directed Individual Study in Chemical Engineering: 1-6 hrs.

Hrs and credits to obtain arranged

CHE 8000 Thesis Research/ Thesis in Chemical Engineering: 1-13 hrs.

Hrs and credits to obtain arranged

CHE 8011 Chemical Engineering Seminar: one hour.

(Prerequisite: Graduate standing). Library assignments and reports across the current chemical engineering literature

CHE 8113 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisites: CHE 3123 and CHE 4113 or equivalent). Three hrs lecture. Advanced study of fundamental laws and regulations and rules and rules of thermodynamics as put on unit operations, nonideal fluids and solutions, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry along with other topics

CHE 8123 Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisite: consent of instructor). Three hrs lecture. Theory and interrelations of phenomemological chemical kinetics and molecular reaction dynamics

CHE 8223 Advanced Process Computations: 3 hrs.

(Prerequisite: CHE 3223 ). Three hrs lecture. Record methods. Record solution of ordinary and partial differential equations for process applications. Use of algebraic and matrix methods. Digital computer applications

CHE 8523 Advanced Transport Phenomena: 3 hrs.

Three hrs lecture. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing). Fundamental concepts in momentum, heat, and mass transport. Conservation equations. Continuity, motion, energy equations, and multicomponent mass equation of change

CHE 8713 Scientific Proposal Instruction and Development: 3 hrs.

Three hrs lecture. Detailed instruction in research proposal preparation and review including, article and proposal reviewing, budgeting, literature searches, broader impact statements, and full proposal development and defense

CHE 8990 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering: 1-9 hrs.

Credit and title to obtain arranged. This program will probably be put on a little basis to provide developing material areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses restricted to two choices under one title within two academic years)

CHE 9000 Dissertation Research/ Dissertation in Chemical Engineering: 1-13 hrs.

Hrs and credits to obtain arranged