Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 151 Amundson Hall, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-0382; fax: 612-626-7246)

Research activities in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (CEMS) Department focus on the development of renewable energy technologies, the solution of important medical and biological engineering challenges, the development of advanced materials and characterization methods, and the application of sophisticated mathematical and theoretical models. Graduate courses offered cover core areas of chemical engineering (fluid mechanics, applied mathematics: linear and nonlinear analysis, transport, chemical thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics and kinetics, and analysis of chemical reactors) and core areas of materials science (structure and symmetry of materials, thermodynamics and kinetics, transport, advanced mathematics, electronic properties of materials, and mechanical properties of materials). In addition, several specialized topics are offered, including biochemical engineering, biological transport processes, colloids, principles of mass transfer in engineering and biological engineering, rheology, process control, ceramics, polymers, scattering, and electrochemical engineering.

Students interested in the minor are strongly encouraged to confer with their major field advisor and director of graduate studies, and the Materials Science and Engineering director of graduate studies regarding feasibility and requirements.

The minor must be approved by the director of graduate studies in Materials Science and Engineering. Courses must be taken on the A-F grade basis, unless only offered S/N, with a minimum grade of B- earned for each course. The minimum cumulative GPA for the minor is 3.00.