Areas of Specialization

Bioengineering
This program is another unique 5 year program offered leading to the degree Bachelor of engineering and Biosciences. It combines the core chemical engineering undergraduate curriculum with courses from the life sciences (biology, human anatomy and physiology, biochemistry of macromolecules, cellular and molecular biology) as well as specific courses (bioreactors and bioseparations) related to bioengineering.
Related Faculty

Dr. Carlos Filipe
Chair of the Department
We create engineering solutions for a healthier society: thermal stabilization of vaccines, enzymes, antibodies, and phage; application of functional nucleic acids for biosensing including the development of materials able to detect pathogenic bacteria.

Dr. Raja Ghosh
Professor
bioseparation using ultrafiltration; bioseparation using membrane chromatography; biomimetic membranes

Dr. Todd Hoare
Professor
nanotechnology, interfacial engineering, biomaterials engineering, polymer science, pharmaceutical science

Dr. Zeinab Hosseinidoust
Assistant Professor
Bacteriophage Biotechnology, Bacterial Biofilms, Phage Antimicrobials, Targeted Antimicrobial Delivery, Biohybrid Systems

Dr. Kim Jones
Associate Professor
tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, immune and inflammatory responses to biomaterials, host remodelling of implanted constructs.

Dr. David Latulippe
Associate Professor
separation processes for water/wastewater treatment, biopartitioning and purification, microscale processing for high-throughput studies,unit operation modeling and optimization

Dr. Vince Leung
CLA, Assistant Professor
Molecular biology, phage antimicrobials, vaccines, thermostabilization strategies

Dr. Heather Sheardown
Professor
biomaterials, tissue engineering, mathematical modeling of physiologic processes, ophthalmic drug delivery.
Related Courses
Code | Title | Instructor | Outline | Info |
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CHEM ENG 3BK3Undergraduate / Technical Elective | Bio-reaction Engineering | Outline | More Info. | |
CHEM ENG 3BM3Undergraduate / Technical Elective | Bioseparations Engineering | Outline | More Info. | |
CHEM ENG 4T03/6T03Undergraduate / Graduate / Technical Elective | Applications of Chemical Engineering in Medicine | Outline | More Info. | |
CHEM ENG 711Graduate | Introduction to Biofabrication [WINTER 2022] | More Info. |

Polymer Materials and Manufacturing stream
Polymer Materials and Manufacturing (PMM) provides knowledge and skills to enable engineers to address manufacturing problems and processes. The recommended courses recognized that manufacturing engineering is an interdisciplinary team- based problem solving activity and so courses from Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical engineering supplement and enrich the existing Chemical Engineering curriculum.
Required courses: ChE 3Q03, ChE 4B03, ChE 4H03, ChE 4L02 (PMM laboratories completed), and ChE 4X03. Other courses may be substituted with permission of the Department Chair. Students in the Management or Society program are required to also take Engineer 2O03 (or MATLS 1M03).
Recommended technical electives courses: Mechanical Engineering 3C03, Materials engineering 3M03 and 4P03
Students who complete the required courses and the technical electives, within the overall annual credit requirements, will be eligible to have a transcript notation denoting the completion of the elective stream.
Related Faculty

Dr. Emily Cranston
Adjunct Associate Professor
Sustainable nanocomposites; Surface forces and interfacial engineering; biopolymers and thin films (primarily focused on nanocellulose materials)

Dr. Charles de Lannoy
Assistant Professor
Functional surfaces and thin films, polymer nanocomposite materials, active membranes for desalination, water and wastewater treatment, fouling, membranes for gas separation, CO2 capture, nanosorbents

Dr. Raja Ghosh
Professor
bioseparation using ultrafiltration; bioseparation using membrane chromatography; biomimetic membranes

Dr. Todd Hoare
Professor
nanotechnology, interfacial engineering, biomaterials engineering, polymer science, pharmaceutical science

Dr. Robert Pelton
Professor
polymer colloids, water soluble polymers, interfacial engineering, flocculation, adhesion, cellulose, and pulp and paper technology

Dr. Heather Sheardown
Professor
biomaterials, tissue engineering, mathematical modeling of physiologic processes, ophthalmic drug delivery.

Dr. Li Xi
Assistant Professor
computing in chemical engineering; polymers; fluid mechanics; rheology; molecular simulation; computational fluid dynamics; process modeling

Dr. Shiping Zhu
Professor Emeritus
Polymer reaction engineering and materials, polymer synthesis and characterization, polymerization modeling, digitalization of polymerization processes, precision production of polymers, industrial big data, process trouble shooting, smart polymers, polymer biomaterials, polymer microelectronics, surface modification and interfacial engineering
Related Courses
Code | Title | Instructor | Outline | Info |
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CHEM ENG 4B03/6B03Undergraduate / Graduate / Technical Elective | Polymer Reaction Engineering | Outline | More Info. | |
CHEM ENG 4H03Undergraduate / Technical Elective | Big Data Methods and Modeling in Chemical and Materials Engineering | Outline | More Info. | |
CHEM ENG 4L02Undergraduate | Advanced Laboratory Skills | Outline | More Info. | |
CHEM ENG 4X03/6X03Undergraduate / Graduate / Technical Elective | Polymer Processing | Outline | More Info. | |
CHEM ENG 724Graduate | Materials Characterization by Electron/Ion Microscopy [FALL 2021] | Outline | More Info. |

Process Systems Engineering stream
Process Systems Engineering (PSE) provides knowledge and skills that enable engineers to analyze integrated processes using mathematical methods and computer tools. PSE analysis is based on engineering fundamentals and seeks to design and operate systems that achieve desired steady-state and dynamic behaviours, including safety, consistent product quality and high profit.
Required courses: ChE 4H03, ChE 4E03, ChE 4G03, and ChE 4L02 (PSE laboratories completed). Other courses may be substituted with permission of the Department Chair.
Recommended technical electives outside ChE: Electrical Engineering 4CL4, Mechanical Engineering 4H03, Engineering Physics 3W04
Students who complete the required courses and the technical electives, within the overall annual credit requirements, will be eligible to have a transcript notation denoting the completion of the elective stream.
Related Faculty

Dr. Thomas Adams
Associate Chair (Graduate)
green energy conversion; semicontinuous systems; process design; modeling; simulation and optimization

Dr. Kamil Khan
Assistant Professor
Deterministic global optimization, batch and semi-batch systems, sensitivity analysis and optimization for discrete/continuous systems

Dr. Vladimir Mahalec
Professor
Optimization of plant operations (production planning, scheduling, real-time optimization) and supply chain management; integration of planning, scheduling, RTO, and control; reduced size hybrid models for optimization; energy recovery from low temperature sources

Dr. Prashant Mhaskar
Professor
process control, nonlinear Lyapunov-based and model predictive control, fault-tolerant control, control of hybrid systems

Dr. Jake Nease
Associate Chair (Undergraduate)
Process simulation, life-cycle analyses, system optimization, process control, Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs), carbon capture

Dr. Christopher Swartz
Professor
operations optimization, integration of design and control, mathematical modeling, scheduling and supply chain optimization

Dr. Li Xi
Assistant Professor
computing in chemical engineering; polymers; fluid mechanics; rheology; molecular simulation; computational fluid dynamics; process modeling
Related Courses
Code | Title | Instructor | Outline | Info |
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CHEM ENG 4E03/6E03Undergraduate / Graduate / Technical Elective | Digital Computer Process Control | More Info. | ||
CHEM ENG 4G03Undergraduate / Technical Elective | Optimization in Chemical Engineering | Outline | More Info. | |
CHEM ENG 4H03Undergraduate / Technical Elective | Big Data Methods and Modeling in Chemical and Materials Engineering | Outline | More Info. | |
CHEM ENG 4L02Undergraduate | Advanced Laboratory Skills | Outline | More Info. |

Water-Energy Technologies stream
Water-Energy Technologies (WET) provides knowledge and skills to enable engineers to address issues related to water and energy provision in our lifetimes, and beyond (sustainability), as well as at the intersection of water and energy.
Required courses:ChE 4A03 , ChE 4M03, ChE 4L02 (WET laboratories completed), and one of ENGINEER 4V04 or CIVENG 4V04. Other courses may be substituted with permission of the Department Chair.
Related Faculty

Dr. Thomas Adams
Associate Chair (Graduate)
green energy conversion; semicontinuous systems; process design; modeling; simulation and optimization

Dr. Emily Cranston
Adjunct Associate Professor
Sustainable nanocomposites; Surface forces and interfacial engineering; biopolymers and thin films (primarily focused on nanocellulose materials)

Dr. Charles de Lannoy
Assistant Professor
Functional surfaces and thin films, polymer nanocomposite materials, active membranes for desalination, water and wastewater treatment, fouling, membranes for gas separation, CO2 capture, nanosorbents

Dr. Shelir Ebrahimi
Assistant Professor (CLA)
Ion exchange process, Advanced oxidation process, Biological water/wastewater treatment, Detection of microplastic in water samples

Dr. David Latulippe
Associate Professor
separation processes for water/wastewater treatment, biopartitioning and purification, microscale processing for high-throughput studies,unit operation modeling and optimization

Dr. Robert Pelton
Professor
polymer colloids, water soluble polymers, interfacial engineering, flocculation, adhesion, cellulose, and pulp and paper technology
Related Courses
Code | Title | Instructor | Outline | Info |
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CHEM ENG 4A03/6A03Undergraduate / Graduate / Technical Elective | Energy Systems Engineering | Outline | More Info. | |
CHEM ENG 4L02Undergraduate | Advanced Laboratory Skills | Outline | More Info. | |
CHEM ENG 4M03Undergraduate / Technical Elective | Separation Processes | Outline | More Info. |