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The Department of Chemical Engineering maintains an active research program
at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Undergraduate research activities include the undergraduate thesis project,
which is carried out during the senior year under the guidance of a faculty
advisor. Summer research internships with faculty members, or their industrial
research collaborators, have also been available. Students who want to be
actively engaged in research earlier in their careers are encouraged to
talk to their advisor. We typically have undergraduate freshmen, sophomores,
juniors, and seniors all doing research on campus!
Most of the undergraduate research is carried
out as part of externally sponsored research projects. The majority of the
externally sponsored research in the department is completed in collaboration with
industry and government agencies.
Recent Undergraduate Research Projects
Study of the Heat Treatment of Geobacillus Stearothermophilus,
advisor Dr. W. Kelly
Modeling Flow Dynamics in Charge-Modified Depth Filter Housings,
advisor Dr. W. Kelly
Feasibility Study of the Use of Spent Coffee Grounds for Consumer
Products
Experiments on a Pilot-Scale Distillation Column, advisor Dr.
D. Joye
A Study of Column Adsorption of Copper from Waste Water Utilizing
Chitosan Beads, advisor Dr. V. Punzi
Preparation of Metal Catalysts on Graphite Nanofibers for Use in a
Wacker-Type Reaction, advisor Dr. D. Skaf
Photocatalytic Degradation of 1,3, Dinitrobenzene, advisor Dr.
D. Skaf
Combustion Chemical Balance Analysis Including the Water-Gas Shift
Equation, advisor Dr. M. Smith
SBA-15: Formulation, Creation and Observation of Nanoporous Silicates,
advisor Dr. M. Smith
Diffusion of Liquid Carbon Dioxide into Polymer Spheres, advisor
Dr. R. Weinstein
Effects of Carbon Nanofibers on the Thermal Conductivity of Large-Scale
Phase Change Materials, advisor Dr. R. Weinstein
Dialkydithiol Carbamates for Copper Etching in Supercritical Carbon
Dioxide, advisor Dr. R. Weinstein
The Study of the Solubility of Ibuprofen in Carbon Dioxide for the
Making of a Polymeric Drug Delivery Device, advisor Dr. R. Weinstein
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