chemical and biological engineering department
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CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
PhD Program
Colorado School of Mines Founded in 1874 as the first college in the state
A public university of science and engineering
6268 total students
4908 undergraduates
1262 graduate students
15:1 student to faculty ratio
Chemical and Biological Engineering
• high-quality, well-funded research program (~$7 million per year in research awards)
• ~ 80 graduate and postdoctoral students
• major programs in conventional and renewable energy, soft materials, biotechnology, catalysis and separations, simulation and modeling
• top-notch faculty, including one PECASE Award winner, eight NSF CAREER Award winners, one DOE Young investigator Award winner, and one American Diabetes Association Career Award winner
PhD Program Curriculum (30 + 42 credits)Chemical Engineering Core
Applied Math in Chemical Engineering (CBEN 507)Advanced Thermodynamics (CBEN509)Advanced Kinetics (CBEN518)Introduction to Chemical Engineering Research and Teaching (CBEN568)Transport Phenomena (CBEN516)
Additional Curricula
1 hour Thesis Proposal Preparation in Chemical Engineering (CBEN630)3 hours (1 courses) 600-level chemical engineering electives 11 hours (4 courses) additional electivesColloquium (CBEN605) every semesterThesis research credits (42 credits)
PhD Program Timeline (4-5 years) 1st semester: course work: Math, Thermo, Rxn Kinetics, and
Intro to Research 2nd semester: Qualifying Exam (50% core GPA + 50% written
and oral proposal) 2nd semester: join a research group after passing the
qualifying exam 4th semester: thesis proposal defense
Literature review, preliminary data, and proposal in a written document and an oral defense with your thesis committee
4th-5th year: PhD thesis defense
Research Advisor Selection
Project descriptions will be provided to you in mid-September of the 1st semester. Faculty will make presentations about their projects over the course of the semester.
Make appointments with faculty members with projects of interest to you. Talk to their group members.
Turn in your top 3 choices by December 1. Advisors are assigned in early January shortly after the
Oral component of the Qualifying Exam.
Course credits transfer – if you have a MS degreeYou can request waiver of core courses to the graduate affairs committee with (1) Course syllabus (taken within recent 5 years)(2) Transcript (A- and above)(3) Letter provided the lecturer stating that the course was
taught for Ph. D. students.
You can request transfer of other course credits to your thesis committee once it is formed (usually after the spring semester)
A maximum of 24 credit hours can be transferred (unless you obtained master’s degree with thesis)
Research Portfolio
Research areasEnergy: solar cell, battery, biofuel, fuel cell, catalysis, CO2 capture, and natural gas hydrates.Materials: organic and inorganic membranes, electronic materials, colloids and complex fluids, and rheology.Bioengineering: systems biology, metabolic engineering, biosensors, microfluidics, tissue engineering, and drug delivery.Computation: molecular simulation and numerical modeling of materials.
Strong collaboration and research opportunities with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Children's Hospital Colorado, National Institutes of Standards and Technology.
Biomaterials and bioengineering (Boyle, Cash, Chauhan, Farnsworth, Krebs, Marr)
BiosensorsDiagnosticsDrug deliveryBiofuelMicrofluidicsTissue engineering
tPA-µwheel-induced reperfusion of occluded channels
Nanosensors for in vivo monitoring of metabolites
Metabolic engineering of photosynthetic organisms
contact lenses to slowly deliver anesthetics after laser eye surgery
extracellular matrix interactions
Hydrates (Koh, Sum, D. Wu, N. Wu)Hydrates in
NatureHydrates in
ScienceHydrates in
Flow Assurance
Membranes and Catalysis(Carreon, Gomez-Gualdron, Herring, Kwon, Wolden)
Carbon captureCatalytic membrane reactorsFuel cellsHydrogen purificationZeolite membranesModeling
CO2separation
CO2
Flue gas
N2
Post-combustion capture and conversion
Metal-organic frameworks for CO2 capture
Design and simulation of proton exchange membranes
Computational design of materials for energy applications
CO2 utilization for fuel synthesis
Soft Matter and Complex Fluids(Herring, Krebs, Marr, Samaniuk, D. Wu, N. Wu)
ColloidsComplex fluidsInterfacial rheologyMicro-robotsPolymersAssembly
Magnetically actuated colloid pump and valves
Colloidal molecules assembled by electric fields
Heptane
Water
GrapheneTEM: Graphene Films
Dynamics of fluid-fluid interfaces
Assembly of colloidal dimers into chiral clusters
Solar, electrical, and optical materials (Agarwal, Wolden)
Solar cellsBatteriesThin film synthesisPlasma processingColloidal synthesis
Plasma synthesis of silicon nanocrystals
Atomic layer deposition
CuSbS2 solar absorber
Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Association (CEGA)
• Formed in Oct. 2018• Professional development
Different career paths for chemical engineersHow to publishing a paperConference presentation and networkingJob interview
• Graduate Students Symposium• First-year student outreach• Recruitment• Social
BenefitsPhD graduate research assistants Annual stipend $28,000
Fully paid tuition, fees, health insurance
Total value: > $60,000/year
15 miles from downtown Denver…
…minutes from world class outdoor recreation
Things to do in Golden, Denver, and ColoradoCSM Geology
Museum
Pike’s peak
Beer tasting & tour
Denver Art MuseumFood and wine
Food and wine
Where do our graduates get jobs?
IndustryOil and Gas: ConocoPhillips, Exxon, HaliburtonChemical: Pall, Dow, DuPont, Cargill, P&GBiotech: NovoNordisk, Cerus, HoribaSemiconductor: Intel, Motorola, SunBeer: Mountain Toad, New Terrain, Coors
National LaboratoriesNREL, ORNL, LLNL
AcademiaKansas State, Carnegie Mellon, University of Colorado, Stanford, Oregon Health & Sciences University
Application materialsTranscriptPersonal statementYour resumeThree letters of recommendationAnything else you’d like us to knowGRE scores are no longer required and will not be considered in reviewing your application.
Application deadline: Dec. 15, 2020.
Apply: https://www.mines.edu/graduate-admissions/applying-for-graduate-studies/
Contact
Kim LuzeckyjDepartment [email protected]
Prof. Ning WuChair of graduate [email protected]
https://chemeng.mines.edu/graduate-program/
Graduate school admission https://www.mines.edu/graduate-admissions/
Chemical and biological engineering