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Requirements |
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| General Requirements - Students
accepted into our Ph.D program must demonstrate
excellent graduate coursework performance
(ordinarily a GPA of 3.45 or higher in the chemical
engineering core courses), pass the Qualifying
Exam, and demonstrate satisfactory progress in
research during the first six quarters (1.5 years)
of their graduate study at Ohio State. After
passing the Qualifying Exam, the student's
progress will be monitored by his or her faculty
advisor. In accordance with The Ohio State
University Graduate School policy, each student
must pass a Candidacy Examination after having
completed all required course work. Upon passing
the Candidacy Examination, the student becomes a
Ph.D Candidate. The Ph.D Candidate will then
complete a satisfactory Ph.D Dissertation and Oral
Examination. The Department also requires several
Teaching Experiences. The intention of this
experience is to expose students to classroom
teaching; he or she will assist faculty members.
After the first year of study, one Chemical
Engineering course Teaching Experience is required
per year until graduation. Additional
requirements, such as residency and guidelines for
preparation of the dissertation, and time limits
are explained in the Graduate School Handbook. In
general, a student may complete the Ph.D degree in
four to five years, depending on the research area
and if he/she already has a Master's of Science
(M.S.) degree.
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Course Requirements - The minimum course requirements beyond the
Bachelor's degree are classified into three areas:
(To see the requirements beyond the Master's degree, please open the link Ph.D-Study Plan Checklist with MS Degree.)
a. Core Courses in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The minimum requirement is 22 credit hours. These
courses and the material prerequisite to them must
be mastered by all Ph.D. students.
| ChBE
801* |
Chemical
Engineering Analysis |
3
credit hours |
| ChBE
808 |
Advanced
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics |
3
credit hours |
| ChBE
812 |
Advanced
Chemical Engineering Kinetics |
3
credit hours |
| ChBE
815.01 |
Advanced
Mass Transfer - I |
3
credit hours |
| ChBE
815.08 |
Advanced
Momentum Transfer - I |
3
credit hours |
| ChBE
881 |
Research Methods in Chemical Engineering |
3
credit hours |
| ChBE
981 |
Research
Seminar in Chemical Engineering |
2
credit hours |
| Chem
685 |
Safety
Seminar |
2
credit hours |
b. Advanced Graduate Courses in Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering
The minimum requirement is 12 credit hours.
Courses in this area must be selected with the
advisor's guidance and will be integrated into a
program that is of greatest value to the student.
These courses are listed below and may change from
year to year.
| ChBE
626 |
Digital Control
Techniques in Chemical Engineering |
| ChBE
694 |
Group Studies in
Chemical Engineering (new and pertinent
courses) |
| ChBE
712 |
Catalysis and
Catalytic Processes |
| ChBE
715 |
Particle Technology |
| ChBE
717 |
Colloids and Surfaces |
| ChBE
726 |
Chemical Process
Dynamics and Control - II |
| ChBE
733 |
Novel
Separations |
| ChBE
739 |
Knowledge-Based
Systems in Engineering |
| ChBE
761 |
Chemical
Engineering Processes |
| ChBE
765 |
Biochemical
Engineering Fundamentals |
| ChBE
766 |
Biotechnology
and Bioprocess Engineering |
ChBE
769 |
Biomedical Nanotechnology |
| ChBE
771 |
Air Pollution
Control |
| ChBE
772 |
Principles of Sustainable Engineering |
| ChBE
773 |
Introduction to
High Polymer Engineering |
| ChBE
774 |
Polymer Membranes |
| ChBE
775 |
Rheology of
Fluids |
| ChBE
776 |
Principles of
Polymer Conversion Operations |
| ChBE
779 |
Chemical
Engineering Experimental Design |
| ChBE
781 |
Chemical
Engineering and Optimization |
| ChBE
790 |
Process Modeling
and Simulation |
| ChBE
801 |
Advanced Special
Problems in Chemical Engineering |
| ChBE 809 |
Advanced
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II |
| ChBE
813 |
Advanced
Chemical Engineering Kinetics II |
| ChBE
815.05 |
Advanced Heat
Transfer |
| ChBE
815.09 |
Advanced
Momentum Transfer - II |
| ChBE
815.10 |
Advanced
Momentum Transfer - III |
| ChBE
815.15 |
New or Unusual
Chemical Engineering Operations |
| ChBE
899 |
Teaching
Experience |
c. Other Elective Courses
Graduate level courses in chemical and biomolecular engineering
(6xx or higher) or other scientific, mathematics,
or engineering disciplines (5xx or higher) are to
be selected to fit the candidate's goals with the
consent of the advisor. Nine (9)
quarter-credit hours are required.
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| Research Requirements - At least 77 credit hours of research (ChBE 999)
are required. It is recommended that each student
select a research topic by the end of the first
quarter of work in the Ph.D program. A
satisfactory dissertation, as judged by the
advisor and the Reading Committee under the
Graduate School Rules, must be submitted as one of
the requirements for the Ph.D degree.
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| Total Credit Hour Requirements - The minimum requirement for the Ph.D degree is
120 credit hours beyond the Bachelor's degree. The
total academic course requirement, not including
research or special project, is 43 credit hours.
All courses taken at Ohio State for the M.S.
degree count toward the Ph.D degree. If a student
obtained the M.S. degree from another university,
he or she may obtain credit and/or have the
requirement waived for an OSU Core Course, if the
advisor and the professor at OSU in charge of the
Core Course concur, subject to approval by the
Graduate Studies Committee. Transfer credit for
other graduate courses is subject to approval by
the advisor and the Graduate Studies Committee. A Master's degree from another university transfers as 45 credit hours.
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| Language Requirements - All students must be proficient in written and
oral English. Non-native English speaking students
must pass the equivalent of English 106, 107, 108
and English 104 and 105. Note that these
requirements must be fulfilled, including passing
the Test of Spoken English or SPEAK Test, prior to
undertaking the Teaching Experience Requirements.
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Teaching Experience Requirements -
After successful completion of the first year of
Ph.D coursework, students are required to gain
Teaching Experience as an instructional associate (IA) by assisting a
faculty member in teaching chemical engineering courses
for one academic quarter per year. Each Ph.D. student
must fulfill two IA assingment (equivalent
to 2 credit hours of ChBE 899). If students are required to serve additional terms, they will be hired as a graduate teaching associate (GTA). Prior to starting the IA service, each student must complete the required training and orientations.
The purpose is to
experience interactions with students and other
responsibilities that may affect career decisions
with regard to teaching. When possible,
participation in at least two different courses
will be required, with the selection made by the
Department Graduate Studies Committee Chair or
designee in consultation with the student and the
student's advisor. Responsibilities include:
conducting recitations, holding office hours,
grading and possibly presenting a few lectures
and/or supervising and grading experiments in
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| Additional Requirements - The
advisor and Graduate Studies Committee may
determine that additional requirements are
appropriate for an individual student's academic
preparation. The nature of such requirements would
be to fill unusual deficiencies or to provide
special enrichment. These will be established
within 6 months of the student's passing the
Qualifying Exam.
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