Chemical Engineering (MEng/MASc)

Chemical Engineering (MEng/MASc)

Address
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
161 Louis-Pasteur, Colonel By Hall, room B111
Ottawa, ON
K1N 6N5
Canada
Telephone: 613-562-5800 - 6189
Fax: 613-562-5129
Email : engineering.graduateadmissions@uottawa.ca
http://www.engineering.uottawa.ca/en/departments/chemical_engineering/

Professors
ANTHONY, Edward John, Adjunct Professor

BARANOVA, Olena, Assistant Professor

CAO, Xudong, Associate Professor

Biomaterials and tissue engineering

DUB,Marc,FullProfessor
Polymer reaction engineering and biodiesel

FENECH, Marianne, Assistant Professor

Biofluid dynamics and biorheology

GUPTA, Yash, Adjunct Professor

HORNOF, Vladimir, Emeritus Professor

To improve the recovery of oil from conventional oil reservoirs; heavy oil reservoirs and oil sands deposits

KIRKWOOD, Kathlyn, Assistant Professor

Biochemical engineering; Biofuels and bioproducts; Microbial fuel cells; Petroleum microbiology

KRUCZEK, Boguslaw, Full Professor

Membranes and separation processes; polymer characterization

LAN, Christopher, Associate Professor

Biochemical engineering; separation processes

MACCHI, Arturo, Full Professor

Multiphase reaction engineering

MATSUURA, Takeshi, Emeritus Professor

Membranes and separation processes

MCLEAN, David, Emeritus Professor

Process control and applied statistics

MEHRANI, Poupak, Associate Professor

Electrostatic charge generation in gas-solid processes

OMELON, Sidney, Assistant Professor

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ROBERGE, Dominique, Adjunct Professor

TAYLOR, David, Associate Professor

Process modelling and simulation; optimization; technology-assisted learning; object-oriented analysis; design; and programming

TERNAN, Marten, Adjunct Professor

Catalysts and reactors; fuel cells that use hydrocarbons directly in the electrochemical reaction; diesel fuel quality improvement;
upgrading heavy oil and bitumen by methylcracking, chemical heat pumps

TEZEL, F. Handan, Full Professor

Separation of gases and liquids; adsorption; adsorbent membranes; bio-ethanol; sustainable development; environmental engineering;
biomedical engineering; nanomaterials

THIBAULT, Jules, Full Professor

Biochemical engineering; process simulation and control; heat and mass transfer; heat and mass transfer; process control and simulation

TREMBLAY,Andr,FullProfessor
Membranes and separation processes; environmental engineering; interfacial phenomena

ZHANG, Zisheng, Full Professor

Bioprocess engineering; environmental control

General Information
The Department of chemical and biological engineering located in the Faculty of Engineering offers graduate programs leading to the
degrees of Master of Applied Science (MASc), Master of Engineering (MEng) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Chemical Engineering.

The main objective of the masters programs is to refine the skills and research expertise of the students by expanding their specialized
knowledge of chemical engineering primarily achieved through course work, research seminars, and technical training.

The PhD program prepares candidates for a career in teaching, research and/or development. Graduates are expected to have acquired
autonomy in conducting research, preparing scholarly publications, and promoting chemical engineering.

Members of the Department are involved in four main research fields: materials development; process engineering; clean technologies
and renewable energy; and, biomedical engineering. Further information is posted on the departmental website.

Most of the courses in these programs are offered in English. Research activities can be conducted either in English, French or both,
depending on the language used by the professor and the members of his or her research group.

The programs operate within the general framework of the general regulations of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
(FGPS) of the University of Ottawa, which are posted on the FGPS website.

Admission
Admission to the graduate program in Chemical Engineering is governed by the general regulations of the FGPS.

To be considered for admission, applicants must:

Hold an honours bachelors degree with specialization or a major in chemical engineering (or equivalent) with a minimum average
of 70% (B).
Demonstrate a good academic performance in previous studies as shown by official transcripts, research reports, abstracts or any

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other documents demonstrating research skills.

Provide at least two confidential letters of recommendation from professors who have known the applicant and are familiar with
the student work.
Provide a statement of purpose indicating the career goals and the interests in the proposed research area.
For admission to the MASc, identify at least one professor who is willing and available to act as thesis supervisor.
Be proficient (understand, speak and write) in English. Most of the courses in these programs are offered in English. Research
activities can be conducted either in English, French or both, depending on the language used by the professor and the members of
his or her research group.

The Department may require students to take additional courses depending on their backgrounds.

In accordance with the University of Ottawa regulation, students have a right to produce their work, their thesis, and to answer
examination questions in French or in English.

Program Requirements
A. Master of applied science (MASc)
The requirements of this program are as follows:

Successful completion of 12 credits in chemical engineering.

Successful completion of the seminar course CHG8101S.
Presentation and defense of a thesis (CHG7999) based on original research carried out under the direct supervision of a research
faculty member in the Department.

B. Master of engineering (MEng)

The requirements of this program are as follows:

24 course credits and an engineering report (6 cr.)or

30 course credits

The courses for the MEng

Course credits must be earned according to the following rules:

A minimum of 15 credits (excluding the engineering project) must be taken among the courses offered by the Department of
Chemical Engineering. These may be either graduate courses or fourth-year electives (requirement 2 limits the number of fourth-
year electives that can be taken).
A part of the total course-credit requirement may be satisfied by taking advanced undergraduate courses to a maximum of nine
credits. These can be either fourth-year Chemical Engineering electives or fourth year courses offered by other departments of the
faculties of Engineering or Science.
Graduate courses offered by other departments may be taken for credit with permission of the program director, provided the first
requirement is also satisfied.

Thesis

Students enrolled in the master in applied science and doctorate may submit their thesis in traditional monograph format or as a series of
articles prepared for publication in scholarly journals. The regulations for submitting theses in article format can be found on the FGPS
website in the guide 'Preparing a Thesis or Research Paper'.

Duration of Program

Students are expected to complete all requirements within two years. The thesis must be submitted within four years of the date of initial
registration in the program.

Residence

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All students must complete a minimum of three sessions of full-time registration.

Minimum Standards

The passing grade in all courses is C+. Students who fail two courses (equivalent to 6 credits) must withdraw from the program.

Courses

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Not all of the following courses are necessarily given each year. Attendance at courses is compulsory.

CHG6000RAPPORTENGNIECHIMIQUE/CHEMICALENGINEERINGREPORT(6cr.)

CHG7999THSEDEM.Sc.A./MASc.THESIS

CHG8101S

CHG8102S

CHG8110 FLUID MECHANICS(3cr.)

Stream function, circulation and vorticity, form drag and drag coefficients, equations of motion, boundary layer theory, modern theory of
turbulent motion, flow in porous media, non-Newtonian flow.

CHG8115 HEAT TRANSFER I(3cr.)

The general law of heat conduction. Steady and unsteady heat conduction in solids with or without internal heat sources. Radiant heat
transmission.

CHG8116 ADVANCED TRANSPORT PHENOMENA(3cr.)

Advanced study of momentum, heat and mass transfer relevant to chemical engineering and also to areas such as environmental
engineering, medicine and other scientific disciplines. Review of the analogy between mass, momentum and thermal transport and, in
particular, of the physical principles and mathematical foundations required for the analysis of fluid flow, heat transfer and mass transfer,
and of the advanced methods for the analysis of transport problems. Main emphasis on formulation of a given physical problem in terms
of appropriate conservation equations, and obtaining an understanding of the associated physical phenomena. Use of many chemical
engineering applications to illustrate the various principles.

CHG8120 RHEOLOGY AND POLYMER PROCESSING(3cr.)

Introduction to continuum mechanics. Viscometric flows. Introduction to viscoelasticity. Material properties and their measurements.
Elastic phenomena (extrudate (die) swell). Extensional flows. Constitutive equations. Polymer processing. Extrusion, calendering, wire-
coating. Numerical methods in polymer processing. Finite element analysis of polymer processes.

CHG8123 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS I(3cr.)

Presentation of the fundamentals and the contemporary research developments in chemical engineering thermodynamics.
Thermodynamic properties and formulations. Properties of fluids. Stability of thermodynamic systems. Criteria of equilibrium. Evaluation
of thermodynamic properties. Mathematical methods and data handling.

CHG8132 (ENVE 5105) ADSORPTION SEPARATION PROCESSES(3cr.)

Discussion of different microporous materials and molecular sieves as adsorbents. Adsorption equilibrium and adsorption kinetics.
Equilibrium adsorption of single fluids and mixtures. Diffusion in porous media and rate processes in adsorbers. Adsorber dynamics: bed
profiles and breakthrough curves. Cyclic fluid separation processes. Pressure swing adsorption. Examples of commercial separation
applications.

CHG8141 (ENVE 5105) SPECIAL DIRECTED STUDIES I(3cr.)

CHG8143 (ENVE 5105) SPECIAL DIRECTED STUDIES II(3cr.)

CHG8145 (ENVE 5105) SPECIAL DIRECTED STUDIES III(3cr.)

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CHG8153 (ENVJ5500) STATISTICAL MODELLING AND CONTROL OF DYNAMIC PROCESSES(3cr.)

Discrete, linear, stochastic models for dynamic processes. Univariate Time Series. Identification of transfer function models. Fitting and
checking transfer function models. Design of feedforward and feedback control schemes. Applications to chemical processes.

CHG8157 (ENVJ5500) STRATEGIES FOR ENGINEERING PROCESS ANALYSIS(3cr.)

Statistical experimental design and analysis techniques for industrial and laboratory investigations are presented. Topics include: the
nature and analysis of process variation, comparisons of two or more processes, empirical modelling of processes, applications of factorial
and fractional factorial designs, mixture designs, response surface methodologies and empirical optimization techniques. Prerequisite:
MAT 2377 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.

CHG8158 (ENVJ5304) POROUS MEDIA(3cr.)

Classification and structural properties of porous media. Porosity, permeability, tortuosity, pore size distribution, anisotropy, heterogeneity.
Capillary phenomena in porous media. Capillary pressure-saturation function. Single-phase fluid flow, electrical conduction and diffusion
in porous media. Phenomenological flow models, capillary models, cell models. Darcy's Law and the Brinkman Equation. Two-phase flow
in porous media. Computer simulations of water/oil displacement in porous media.

CHG8161 (ENVJ5304) CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING(3cr.)

Kinetics of chemical reactions and its application to chemical engineering problems. Rate expressions and heterogeneous kinetics.
Preparation and evaluation of catalyst activity. Promoters and poisons. Physical properties and transfer of mass and energy in porous
catalysts. Interpretation of kinetic data and determination of mechanisms of catalyzed reactions.

CHG8175 (ENVJ5304) MATERIAL TRANSPORT(3cr.)

Diffusivity and mechanisms of mass transport. Equations of change for multi-component systems. Boundary layer theory with
simultaneous heat, mass and momentum transfer. Concentration distributions in turbulent flow. Interphase transport in multi-
component systems. Film theory. Penetration theory. Macroscopic mass, momentum, energy and mechanical energy balance equations.

CHG8181 (ENVJ5501) BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING(3cr.)

Kinetics of bioreactions, growth and product formation. Batch and continuous bioprocesses. Mass and heat transfer in bioreactors. Novel
bioreactor design. Industrial microbiology. Animal and plant cell culture. Downstream processing. Biosensors, biological waste-water
treatment, biocorrosion, bioleaching. Nitrogen fixation. Genetic engineering.

CHG8186 (ENVJ5506) MODELLING OF STEADY-STATE PROCESSES(3cr.)

A comprehensive examination of techniques for building and analyzing process models is made. Topics include: linear least squares
estimation, non-linear least squares estimation, multiresponse parameter estimation, error in variables estimation, heterosedasticity,
design of experiments for precise parameter estimation and model discrimination.

CHG8187 (ENVJ5506) INTRODUCTION TO POLYMER REACTION ENGINEERING(3cr.)

Introduction to principles governing polymerization reactions and the resultant physical properties of polymers. Theory and experimental
methods for the characterization of polymers. Mechanism and kinetics of polymerization reactions with emphasis on chain-growth
polymerizations. Mathematical modelling and polymer reactor design.

CHG8188 (ENVJ5506) POLYMER PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERIZATION(3cr.)

Polymer properties are described and discussed in the context of their nature, source and means of measurement. Chemical and
microstructural properties; physical states and transitions; thermal properties; mechanical properties and viscoelasticity models;
degradation and stability; surface, electrical and optical properties, polymer additives; structure-property relationships.

CHG8189 (ENVJ5506) CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS(3cr.)

Treatment and interpretation of experimental data. Formulation of ordinary and partial differential equations for the solution of problems
arising in chemical engineering. Emphasis will be on problems requiring numerical techniques with examples taken from fluid flow, heat
transfer and mass transfer. Selection of boundary conditions.

CHG8191 (ENVJ5506) SELECTED TOPICS CHEM ENGINEER(3cr.)

Discussion of recent progress in chemical engineering.

CHG8192 (ENVJ5502) MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING(3cr.)

Course emphasizing the applications of membrane separation processes in the resolution of various environmental problems. Applications
of reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration and pervaporation to the treatment of industrial waste waters. Applications of membrane gas and vapor
permeation to the removal of pollutants from air. Discussion of fundamentals underlying each separation process.

CHG8194 (ENVJ5504) MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESSES(3cr.)

Advanced topics of membrane separations including reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, gas separation, non-aqueous liquid separation, and
membrane applications in biotechnology. The course involves problem solving in membrane transport, membrane design, and membrane

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process design.

CHG8195 (ENVJ5505) ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS IN TRANSPORT PHENOMENA(3cr.)

Survey course of numerical methods for solving linear and non-linear ordinary and partial differential equations. Techniques reviewed
include Runge-Kutta and predictor-corrector methods, shooting techniques, control volume discretization methods and finite elements.
Example problems from the field of transport phenomena.

CHG8196 (ENVJ5507) INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA IN ENGINEERING(3cr.)

Interfacial tension and interfacial free energy; contact angles; spreading of liquids; wetting of surfaces; experimental techniques.
Interfacial tension of mixtures; Gibbs equation; absorbed and insoluble monolayers; properties of monolayers and films. Electrical
phenomena at interfaces; the electrical double layer; zeta-potential; electrokinetic phenomena (electrophoresis, electro-osmosis, streaming
potential); surface conductance. Dispersed systems; formation and practical uses of emulsions; spontaneous emulsification; flocculation.

CHG8198 (ENVJ5503) REVERSE OSMOSIS(3cr.)

Physical chemical criteria for reverse osmosis separations, membrane materials, and membrane casting techniques. Basic transport
equations for single and mixed solute systems. Prediction of membrane performance. Process design, specification, and analysis
applications.

CHG9998(ENVJ5503)EXAMENDESYNTHSE(DOCTORAT)/COMPREHENSIVEEXAMINATION(PhD)

CHG9999(ENVJ5503)THSEDEDOCTORAT/DOCTORALTHESIS

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