Section I

Sections II-III

Section IV

Section V

Sections VI-VII

Section VIII

I. INTRODUCTION

The following are the departmental regulations that govern the graduate program of the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department. These regulations, as well as other rules and requirements presented in the Bulletin of the Graduate School, apply to all graduate students in the department. Each graduate student should be thoroughly familiar with these regulations, since it is the student's responsibility to observe carefully the stated deadlines, time limitations and procedures for admission to candidacy. Since most students enter in the Fall quarter, the regulations are written from that standpoint. Appropriate adjustments will be made for students entering at other times. A. Entrance Requirements for Graduate Study

It is expected that incoming graduate students will have an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering. However, students with undergraduate degrees in related fields (such as chemistry, for example) may also be admitted. Such students are commonly required to take courses in the following areas without graduate credit, if they have not already taken equivalent courses. Final decisions on such requirements will be made by the department Graduate Admissions Committee.

Mathematics: Two years of calculus including ordinary differential equations.

Physics: One year of college physics.

Chemistry: One year of physical chemistry and one year of organic chemistry.

Engineering Sciences: One course each in (1) material and energy balances or separations, (2) thermodynamics, (3) kinetics, (4) fluid mechanics, (5) heat transfer, and (6) mass transfer.

B. Degrees Offered

Two advanced degrees are available to students pursuing graduate studies in chemical and biological engineering, the Master of Science (M.S.) and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). The M.S. degree is not a prerequisite for the Ph.D. degree.

C. Educational Assistance Program

The faculty of the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department believes that teaching experience is an important part of each graduate student's educational program. Some students obtain this experience through service as half time Teaching Assistants in the department or in the general undergraduate program of the Technological Institute. The Educational Assistance Program has been developed in order to provide similar experience for the remaining students in the department. All graduate students who do not hold other teaching assistant appointments are required to participate in this program for one quarter of each academic year. Each student will be assigned to assist a faculty member with a regularly scheduled course for approximately six to eight hours per week during that quarter. Duties usually consist of grading homework problems, leading problem discussion groups or office hours, or handling laboratory classes. New graduate students will not be assigned such duties until after their first quarter of residence.

D. Financial Assistance

It is the belief of the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department that all students should be given the best opportunity to receive a quality education, reflecting both classroom learning and individual research. As far as possible, students should participate in research projects that have been judged innovative and significant by, for example, periodic external review.

Students making satisfactory progress (defined as meeting the normal degree requirements specified in later sections) will usually be provided with financial support in the form of fellowships or assistantships by the Department with available funds. For students not receiving financial aid from the department, loans are available to United States citizens and permanent residents. A student should consider loan funds as a supplementary resource rather than the primary means of financing an advanced degree and should be careful not to accumulate excessive total indebtedness over the course of graduate studies. Detailed information regarding loans can be obtained by calling or writing the Financial Aid Office of The Graduate School.