阿尔伯塔大学

Degrees are granted in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Process Control and Welding Engineering. Welding Engineering is not available at the doctoral level. The MEng degree is intended primarily for part-time students who are working in industry, but can also be taken by full-time students.

General fields for research in chemical engineering include fluid mechanics and rheology; reaction kinetics and catalysis; mass transfer and separation processes; heat transfer; thermodynamics, hydrocarbon P-V-T and phase equilibrium studies; polymer reactor engineering; computer process control; dynamic simulation; biotechnology, mathematical modelling and environmental engineering. Many research programs are oriented toward better utilization of natural resources in the province, e.g., upgrading of Athabasca bitumen and heavy oil feedstocks; processing of natural gas.

Active research areas in materials engineering include mineral processing; coal preparation; modelling and simulation; intelligent processing of materials and solidification processing; hydrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; high temperature electrochemistry; corrosion; physical and mechanical metallurgy; process metallurgy; welding metallurgy; powder metallurgy; ancient materials; ceramic materials; and electronic materials. Active research areas in chemical process control include dynamic modeling, state and parameter estimation, model predictive control, fault monitoring and diagnosis and process optimization.

The MSc is a research-based program requiring the completion of a thesis.

The Department offers MSc degrees with specializations in Chemical Engineering, Process Control, Materials Engineering, and Welding Engineering.

Program Requirements

Students must successfully complete five courses (★12.5) and a thesis

Coursework(★12.5)

Four ★3 courses which must be approved by the Associate Chair (Graduate).

At least two must be 600-level or higher courses in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering. The following courses are considered to be equivalent to 600-level CME courses:

ECE 540
ECE 560
ECE 561
ECE 760
ECE 662
ECE 664
ECE 665
ENG M 646
MEC E 615

The remaining two courses must be at the 500-level or higher in the Faculty of Engineering, or be at the 400-level or higher in a Science department. Science courses at the 400-level must be approved by the Associate Chair (Graduate). The following courses are considered to be equivalent to 500-level Engineering courses:

ECE 450
ECE 457

Students specializing in Materials Engineering or Welding Engineering must take MAT E 640 (★3)- Advanced Materials Thermodynamics as one of their two 600-level courses
Reading or independent study courses will not count towards the total course requirements.

ENGG 600 (★0.5)- Engineering Ethics and Integrity

Thesis

Registration in 900-level THES.
Students are required to complete a thesis which embodies the results of independent research. All MSc students are required to deliver one public presentation on their research.

Length of Program

The maximum time to complete the thesis-based MSc program as set by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research is four years.