Ambitious students looking to make their mark should consider a Chemical and Petroleum Engineering degree. Under the research-based program, students are expected to grow their skills as they produce a significant original contribution to fundamental engineering knowledge. This degree is generally a requirement for a career in academia or government/industrial research. A PhD can also be a first step toward a chief scientific officer (CSO) position.
Completing this program
- Courses (excluding Petroleum Engineering): Topics may include mass transfer, chemical reactor design, heat transfer, fluid mechanics and more.
- Professional Development Courses: Students take two professional development courses on communication styles, presentation skills and more.
- Candidacy: Students will complete both oral and written candidacy exams.
- Petroleum Engineering: Core courses include Reservoir Simulation, Secondary and Tertiary Recovering, Thermal Recovery Methods and more.
- Doctoral Courses: Students complete Experimental Design and Error Analysis and Advanced Mathematical Methods in Engineering prior to candidacy.
- Thesis: Students will be required to submit and defend an original research thesis.
Specializations
- Chemical Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Engineering, Energy and Environment (Interdisciplinary)
- Environmental Engineering (Interdisciplinary)
- Energy and Environmental Systems (Interdisciplinary)