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The Department of Chemical Engineering was initially established at the Colorado School of Mines in 1952. From its inception the Department has focused on education and basic and applied research aimed at problems of national interest. The graduate and research program in chemical engineering at CSM is extremely diverse and features programs in combustion, materials science (including electronic materials, membranes, polymers and colloids), transport processes, theoretical and applied thermodynamics, computer modeling, computational methods and atomistic simulation and fuels science.
At Mines, we believe that an important component of the graduate program is the personal relationship that develops between the faculty and students pursuing advanced degrees, hence we strive to maintain a high quality research and graduate education program. The department currently has a staff of 15 tenured, tenure track, and research faculty and a total enrollment of approximately 60 full-time graduate students. This student to faculty ratio of 4/1 facilitates the development of this mentoring relationship that we believe is one of the strengths of our department.
Research
An active and vital research program is an integral part of the Department's
mission. At CSM, we maintain a high quality, well funded graduate
research
program. The Departmental research menu is quite broad, and includes
major programs in materials (including new materials and polymers),
separation science
and technologies (including organic and inorganic membranes), theoretical
and applied thermodynamics (including phase equilibria and thermophysical
properties), combustion science and engineering, mathematical modeling
of
transport processes, and computer-aided process simulation and molecular
modeling. Major research centers in the department include
Mines
Polymer and Complex Fluids (MPAC)
The
Colorado Institute for Macromolecular Science and Engineering (CIMSE)
The Center
for Hydrates
The Center
for Environmental Risk Assessment
The Colorado
Institute for Fuels and Energy Research
The Center
for Space Resources
Microintegrated Optics
for Advanced Bioimaging and Control (MOABC)
Also, strong research ties exist with local national laboratories including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
The molecular modeling area has recently emerged as a pivotal component
for many of our research programs. In 1997, our efforts in this regard
were recognized by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education Excellence
award. Most recently (January, 1998) the department's activities in research
and application of molecular modeling led to an award from the IBM Corporation
through its Shared University
Research Program. The chemical engineering department at Mines is
the first chemical engineering department in the United States to be honored
by IBM through this prestigious grants program. Funds from the SUR Grant
have been used to purchase and install an IBM SP-2 8-node parallel processing
supercomputer which will facilitate further application of molecular modeling
in many different aspects of our research programs. This computer gives
our faculty and students access to state-of-the-art computational hardware
which anchors our powerful in-house distributed Unix workstation network.
The field of chemical engineering is extremely broad, and encompasses all technologies and industries where chemical processing is utilized in any form. Students with baccalaureate (BS) or advanced (MS,PhD) chemical engineering degrees from CSM can find employment in many and diverse fields, including: advanced material synthesis and processing, product and process research and development, food and pharmaceutical processing and synthesis, biochemical and biomedical products, microelectronics manufacture, petroleum and petrochemical processing, process and product design, academics and basic research.
Finally,
location- Golden is hard to beat! With over 300 days per year of sunshine
and the proximity to Denver and the Rocky Mountains, this area provides
a combination of year-round cultural, recreational, and entertainment
opportunities that are virtually unmatched anywhere in the United States.
