Bioengineering
The Department has a longstanding strength in bioengineering, which includes a number of sub-areas such as biomaterials and bioseparation.
For a description of cutting-edge research activities in this area, please visit the web pages of the faculty members involved in this field (see below). We also offer an undergraduate degree specialization in this area:
Bioengineering Program
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.
To learn more about the undergraduate programs, visit the pages below.
Related Faculty
Dr. Carlos Filipe
Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Raja Ghosh
Professor
Dr. Todd Hoare
Professor
Dr. Gonzalo Hortelano
Adjunct Member, McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Zeinab Hosseinidoust
Associate Professor
Dr. Kim Jones
Associate Professor
Dr. David Latulippe
Associate Professor
Dr. Vince Leung
Assistant Professor, Associate Director of iBioMed
Dr. Kyla Sask
Assistant Professor
Dr. Heather Sheardown
Dean, Faculty of Engineering
Related Courses
| Code | Title | Instructor | Outline | Info |
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| CHEM ENG 3BK3 Undergraduate | Bio-reaction Engineering |
Jones |
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| CHEM ENG 3BM3 Undergraduate | Bioseparations Engineering |
Ghosh |
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| CHEM ENG 4T03/6T03 Graduate | Applications of Chemical Engineering in Medicine |
Zhang |
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| MECH ENG 4BB3 Undergraduate | Biomechanics |
Sessional Instructor: Fatemeh Jazinizadeh
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| MECH ENG 4BF3 Undergraduate | Biofluid Mechanics |
Motamed |
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| SFWRTECH 4AI3 Undergraduate | Artificial Intelligence |
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Polymer Materials and Manufacturing
The Department is renowned for its research in polymer science and engineering, which includes the study and design of polymers for bio applications, as well as polymer manufacture.
For a description of exciting research activities in this area, please visit the web pages of the faculty members involved in this field (see below). We also offer an undergraduate degree specialization stream in Polymer Materials and Manufacturing (PMM):
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. Charles de Lannoy
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Raja Ghosh
Professor
Dr. Todd Hoare
Professor
Dr. Robert Pelton
Professor
Dr. Heather Sheardown
Dean, Faculty of Engineering
Dr. Michael Thompson
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
Dr. Li Xi
Associate Professor
Dr. Shiping Zhu
Professor Emeritus
Related Courses
| Code | Title | Instructor | Outline | Info |
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| CHEM ENG 4B03/6B03 Graduate | Polymer Reaction Engineering |
Zhang |
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| CHEM ENG 4H03 Undergraduate | Big Data Methods and Modeling in Chemical and Materials Engineering |
Nease |
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| CHEM ENG 4L03 Undergraduate | Advanced Laboratory Skills |
Sessional Instructor: Darko Ljubic
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| CHEM ENG 4X03/6X03 Graduate | Polymer Processing |
Thompson |
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| CHEM ENG 724 Graduate | Materials Characterization by Electron/Ion Microscopy [FALL 2022] |
Bassim |
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| CHEM ENG 724 Graduate | Materials Characterization by Electron/Ion Microscopy [FALL 2022] |
Bassim |
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| MECH ENG 3C03 Undergraduate | Manufacturing Engineering |
Ng |
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| SFWRTECH 4AI3 Undergraduate | Artificial Intelligence |
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Process Systems Engineering
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. Technologies associated with PSE include process dynamics and control, mathematical modeling, optimization, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Please visit the web pages of the associated faculty members (see below) for a description of leading-edge research we are conducting in this area, as well as collaboration with industry through the McMaster Advanced Control Consortium (MACC). We also offer an undergraduate degree specialization stream in PSE:
Process Systems Engineering stream
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
Professor
Dr. Kamil Khan
Assistant Professor
Dr. Vladimir Mahalec
Professor
Dr. Prashant Mhaskar
Professor
Dr. Jake Nease
Associate Chair (Undergraduate)
Dr. Christopher Swartz
Professor
Dr. Philip Wood
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Li Xi
Associate Professor
Related Courses
| Code | Title | Instructor | Outline | Info |
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| CHEM ENG 4E03/6E03 Graduate | Digital Computer Process Control |
Khan |
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| CHEM ENG 4G03 Undergraduate | Optimization in Chemical Engineering |
Nease |
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| CHEM ENG 4H03 Undergraduate | Big Data Methods and Modeling in Chemical and Materials Engineering |
Nease |
Outline | More |
| CHEM ENG 4L03 Undergraduate | Advanced Laboratory Skills |
Sessional Instructor: Darko Ljubic
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| SFWRTECH 4AI3 Undergraduate | Artificial Intelligence |
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Water-Energy Technologies
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.
For a description of exciting research activities in this area, please visit the web pages of the faculty members involved in this field (see below). We also offer an undergraduate degree specialization stream in WET:
Water-Energy Technologies stream
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
Professor
Dr. Charles de Lannoy
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Shelir Ebrahimi
Assistant Professor
Dr. Drew Higgins
Assistant Professor
Dr. David Latulippe
Associate Professor
Dr. Robert Pelton
Professor
Dr. Keena Trowell
Assistant Professor
Related Courses
| Code | Title | Instructor | Outline | Info |
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| CHEM ENG 4L03 Undergraduate | Advanced Laboratory Skills |
Sessional Instructor: Darko Ljubic
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| CHEM ENG 4M03 Undergraduate | Separation Processes |
Latulippe |
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| CHEM ENG 704 Graduate | Current Topics in Chemical Engineering |
Khan |
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| CIV ENG 749 Graduate | Numerical methods in water and wastewater treatment processes |
Kim |
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| CIVENG 6L04 Graduate | Design of Water Resources Systems |
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