The University of Iowa Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering offers both thesis and non-thesis Masters of Science programs, a Doctor of Philosophy program, and a 5-year BS/MS program.
Graduate students in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering gain an understanding of the principles of engineering science and use those principles in contemporary applications related to energy, the environment, biotechnology, and materials. The department emphasizes research, since most opportunities for graduates are in research and development.
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CBE:5000 Spring 2017 Seminar Schedule
Graduate Courses
Job Placement Destinations
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Graduate Courses
Core Courses
- CBE:5110 Intermediate Thermodynamics
- CBE:5115 Transport Phenomena
- CBE:5105 Introduction to Literature Review and Proposal Writing
Plus one of the following to satisfy the Chemical Reaction Kinetics requirement:
- CBE:5205 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering
- CBE:5425 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
- CBE:5315 Polymer Chemistry
Course Requirement in Ethics for Ph.D. and M.S. Thesis Students:
- ENGR:7270 Engineering Ethics
Energy and Environmental Courses
- CBE:4410 Sustainable Systems
- CBE:5152 Environmental Chemistry
- CBE:4459 Air Pollution Control Technology
- CBE:5417 Physical Meteorology & Atmospheric Radiative Transfer
- CBE:5419 Statistical & Computational Analysis of Weather & Climate Data
- CBE:5425 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
- CBE:5405 Green Chemical and Energy Technologies
- OEH:6450 Aerosol Technology
Biochemical Engineering Courses
- CBE:5205 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering
- CBE:5215 Advanced Biochemical Engineering
- CBE:5210 Bioseparations
- CBE:5250 Introduction to Biocatalysis
- CBE:6210 Biotechnology of Extremophiles
- CBE:6215 Engineering Aspects of Animal Cell Culture
- CBE:5701 Tissue Engineering
- CBE:5875 Perspectives in Biocatalysis
Polymer and Material Science Courses
- CBE:5309 Polymer Fundamentals
- CBE:4156 Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis
- CBE:5390 Photopolymerization Topics
- CBE:5310 Polymer Science and Technology
- CBE:5315 Polymer Chemistry
NOTE: Our students often take additional courses in other departments, including: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacy, Occupational & Environmental Health, and in other College of Engineering departments (e.g., Biomedical, Electrical & Computer, Civil & Environmental, Mechanical & Industrial).
Job Placement Destinations
Graduates of the department's M.S. and Ph.D. programs have gone on to hold positions at a variety of widely recognized institutions and concerns, both public and private. Here is a sampling of chemical and biochemical engineering graduates' employment destinations.
Graduate Student Destinations
| Abbott Laboratories AER Atmospheric and Environmental Research Battelle BioStrategies Group Brookhaven National Laboratory Carnegie Institute at Stanford Degree Visa Consultants, Thailand Dow Chemical Dow Corning Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, India DuPont Ebeam Technologies Eli Lily and Company Evolve Systems Exxon, Taiwan Frito Lay Honda Integrated DNA Technologies Institute for Advanced Sustainable Studies Iowa State University Research Park Jordan University of Science and Technology |
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology LBL in Berkeley Marathon Oil Monsanto Occidental Petroleum Ohio University Pacific Northwest Labs PEER Consultants, P.C. Pure Fishing Schafer Corporation Searle Texas A&M University-Kingsville University of Cincinnati University of Colorado Denver University of Iowa University of Kentucky University of Missouri-Columbia U.S. Department of Energy Zoetis 3M |