All students seeking admission to the graduate program in the Chemical Engineering Department must satisfy the general admission requirements of Louisiana Tech University and the College of Engineering. International students must present a score on the TOEFL of 550 or higher for admission to the Graduate School. All students must submit a GRE score before being considered for admission to the Graduate School.
For admission to the M.S. program, the applicant must have a score on the GRE of at least 1070 and an undergraduate GPA of 3.00 or higher from an ABET accredited program.
The Department has a limited number of Graduate Assistantships (Masters Program) and Teaching Assistantships (Doctoral Program). The student is expected to devote approximately 20 hours per week to duties associated with the assistantship and must carry nine hours per quarter. Our assistantships are most often awarded on a competitive basis, based on the student's demonstration of diligence during his first year in the program. Occasionally an assistantship is awarded to a student based on the student's undergraduate and/or graduate academic record, scores on the GRE, and letters of recommendations if the scores are outstanding. To be eligible for a state funded Graduate or Teaching Assistantship, new international students must have a GRE score of 1170 or higher. NOTE that admission to Graduate School does not automatically result in an award of assistantship. Out of state fees are waived for those students holding an assistantship; however, the regular tuition fees are not waived.
A student must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours of approved graduate courses, including 6 semester hours of research and thesis.
For the non-thesis option, a student must complete a minimum of 36 semester hours of approved graduate courses, including 3 semester hours of practicum. An average grade of at least "B" must be maintained. A written comprehensive examination is required for non-thesis students. An oral (defense of thesis) exam is required for a student in the thesis option.
For the doctoral program, a student must complete a minimum of 90 semester hours of approved graduate courses after the baccalaureate, including 30 semester hours of research and dissertation. There is no language requirement for the Doctor of Engineering Degree. An average grade of at least "B" must be maintained. A written and oral comprehensive examination is required after a student completes all work. An oral (defense of dissertation) examination is required after the dissertation has been completed.
The program of study in the master's and Doctoral programs is relatively flexible. Only the "core" courses are required of all students, and the remaining course work required to meet the minimum requirements may be selected by the student in consultation with and with the approval of the student's Graduate Advisory Committee.
During the first quarter of graduate enrollment, the student will select his/her Graduate Advisory Committee, which consists of a minimum of tree faculty for the Master's program and a minimum of four faculty plus one representative from the College of Administration and Business for the Doctor of Engineering program. In general, at least three of the Committee members must be graduate faculty in the College of Engineering, and at least two members must be in the Chemical Engineering Department. One Committee member may be in the Mathematics and statistics Department. The Committee chairman must be a graduate faculty member in Chemical Engineering.
When the Advisory Committee has been formally appointed, the student should meet with the Committee chairman and develop the Plan of Study. The plan of study must be completed by the end of the first quarter of graduate enrollment. The plan may be revised with the written approval of the student's Advisory Committee. The Plan of Study serves as the student's curriculum for his graduate program.
Environmental modeling and remediation; Prediction of flash points using fundamental properties; Exergy analysis of industrial processes.
Gamma ray spectroscopy; Environmental radioactivity; Radiation protection; Development of real time analytical methods for measuring composition of various materials.
Modeling of pressure relief system designs considering profess reactions; process Simulation an optimization; Knowledge based systems; Two phase flow and reactive systems; Non sharp separation synthesis; Microreactors.
Fermentation of coal synthesis gas to higher fuels and alcohols; Prediction of mass transfer and intrinsic kinetics for optimization of biological processing; Bioremediation of hazardous wastes; Microreactors.
Fluid mechanics; Multi phase flow computer simulation; Membrane separations with environmental applications; Emulsion liquid membrane reactors/Seperators; Microreactors.
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