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    3001B Ghausi Hall
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-7952
    Fax: (530) 752-1031
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Chemical Engineering

Application Deadline

  • 2013 ADMISSION
  • Final: Jan. 15

    2013 FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec. 1

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plan I
  • M.S. Plan II
  • Ph.D. Plan B

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores
  • Minimum TOEFL score for the Department is 600 on the paper test, 250 on the computer-based test, and a minimum total score of 100 based on the reading, listening, writing, and speaking categories on the internet-based test for TOEFL (iBT)

Degree Requirements

Administrative Bylaws

Exceptions

  • 9 quarter appointment rule exception: 12 quarters allowed

Students gain advanced knowledge of chemical engineering theory and its relationship to related engineering processes, including biochemical; biomolecular; biomedical; biotechnology; catalysis, colloid and surface science; computational modeling; environmental; fluid mechanics and rheology; materials processing; nanotechnology; polymers; thin films; process control; process design; separations; transport phenomena; thermodynamics; and modeling. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in chemical engineering.

This is a departmentally-based Graduate Program.

For more information, visit the Chemical Engineering website.

Contacts

Program Chair
Ahmet N Palazoglu
(Department Chair)
Chemical Engr & Material Sci (530) 752-8774
Yayoi Takamura
(Graduate Program Chair)
Chemical Engr & Materials Sci (530) 754-7124
Academic Advisers
Nael H El-Farra
(Adviser: General)
Chemical Engr & Material Sci 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-8775
Marjorie L Longo
(Adviser: General)
Chemical Engr & Material Sci 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 754-6348
Gregory H Miller
(Adviser: General)
Engr Applied Science - (530) 754-7059
Ronald J Phillips
(Adviser: General)
Chemical Engr & Material Sci 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-2803
Pieter Stroeve
(Adviser: General)
Chemical Engr & Material Sci 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-8778
Yayoi Takamura
(Adviser: Admissions and Primary Contact)
Chemical Engr & Materials Sci - (530) 754-7124
Klaus van Benthem
(Adviser: General)
Chemical Engr & Material Sci 9/1/10 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-5117
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Alisha L Bartolomucci Chemical Engineering & Material Sci (530) 752-7952
Debbie Snyder Chemical Engineering & Material Sci (530) 752-7306
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Amelia Brown Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-1473