Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Programs:
The undergraduate curriculum has systematically revised over the years to reflect the emergence of chemical engineering as a modern discipline and its changing role in society. The present curriculum includes a standard core curriculum and elective opportunities in the areas of chemical engineering principles, transport phenomena (heat, mass, fluid), thermodynamics, unit operations, polymer and plastics technology, chemical reaction, engineering materials, process control and design, corrosion, energy sources, biochemical, environmental, water wastewater treatment, petrochemicals and many other topics. The curriculum also include training that prepares students for employment, including communication skills, ethics, and financial engineering. (See Appendix A)

The department offers a five-year program which is sufficiently general to prepare the graduate for all aspects of the chemical industry, whether in process engineering or research and development. The aim of the first two years is to provide the necessary background in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and basic engineering subjects such as electrical engineering, materials science, the third year is concentrated on fluid mechanics thermodynamics, heat transfer, unit operations, mass and energy balances in chemical engineering. The fourth and fifth years are designed around the core topics of separation processes, environmental aspects, biochemical engineering, reaction kinetics, plant design and process control.

Many of our Faculty Members have published research papers in international and national journals. Also they have presented papers and acted as resource persons in national level conferences. (See Appendix B)

The chemical engineering department has 11 core experimental laboratories for teaching, 2 computer laboratories for teaching and approximately 2 research laboratories to support undergraduate projects. The teaching laboratories are equipped with necessary equipment to facilitate running the experiments to enhance student understanding of the material.

Qualified technicians look after these laboratories, preparation of experiments, repair of equipment, copying, and distribution of lab manuals, etc. In addition, we have about two research laboratories supervised by faculty members to carry out research in their specialization area and to support graduate study activities

The core curriculum includes the following laboratory courses:

• Fluid Mechanics
• Heat Transfer,
• Mass Transfer
• Unit operation
• Particulate solid
• Thermodynamics
• Process control
• Environmental
• Chemical reaction
• Physical chemistry
• Polymer and plastics

The research laboratories are:

• Oil shale
• Renewable energy