Program in Chemical Engineering (MS. MEng.)

The Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Tulsa has a long and distinguished record dating back to 1930 when Wilbur L. (Doc) Nelson joined the University of Tulsa as the first Head of Petroleum Engineering. Dr. Nelson became the father of the chemical engineering program in 1932 when Petroleum Engineering was divided and Doc became the Head of Petroleum Refining. In 1939 the Refining program was renamed Chemical Engineering and Doc continued as Head until 1954. Under Dr. Nelson's leadership, the Refining program developed a national and international reputation for excellence; due primarily to Dr. Nelson's pioneering achievements. His "Petroleum Refinery Engineering" appeared in 1936 and rapidly became the definitive work worldwide.

Our Educational Objectives are to prepare graduates such that, within a few years of graduation, they have established chemical engineering careers in the petroleum, natural gas, chemicals, alternative energy, environmental, materials, or biotechnology industries, and/or have begun graduate studies in chemical engineering or related fields such as medicine, law, and business administration.


Research Details：
1.Alternative fuels
2.Biofuels
3.Sensors
4.Computational fluid dynamics
5.Surface science
6.Thermodynamics
7.Phase equilibria
8.Oilfield processing of petroleum
9.Oilfield-related environmental problems
10.Heterogeneous catalysis
11.Zeolites
12.Biological treatment of hazardous waste
13.Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons
14.Microbial enhancement of oil recovery
15.Reaction engineering
16.Multiphase reactors
17.Multiphase flow
18.Stochastic modeling
19.Risk analysis
20.Life cycle analysis for biofuels
21.Retrofitting energy infrastructure
22.Health Care Modeling
23.Directed evolution
24.Biocatalysis
25.Metabolic engineering
26.Natural product biosynthesis