Gas & Petroleum Engineering

The Gas and Petroleum concentration will prepare students in fundamental concepts related to the conversion of light hydrocarbons from shale resources to chemicals and transportation fuels. The last 10 years have witnessed an unprecedented revolution in the U.S. supply of shale hydrocarbon reserves with the potential to lower the cost of our nation’s electricity, power, chemicals, and fuels for the next 100 years. In addition, substitution of natural gas for coal for electrical power generation has, and will continue, to be a major contributor to the reduction in greenhouse gas until economic, renewable energy future can be developed. Similar developments are witnessed or expected around the globe. Students will study current and proposed innovative technologies related to the gas and petroleum conversion, understand economic factors relevant for the  energy mix, and explore safe and environmentally responsible ways to use hydrocarbon resources.
 
Through a close association with CISTAR, students will benefit from specialized educational opportunities designed to create a technically excellent and inclusive community of hydrocarbon systems practitioners. Students will also benefit from interactions with company members of the CISTAR industrial consortium, such as special research programs and mentoring.

Professional Master’s Program Degree Map

MSChE – Gas & Petroleum - 12-month Track

  • Students must earn a “C” or better in all graduate-level coursework
  • Students must complete at least 15 credits of coursework with a CHE prefix
  • Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher to graduate

Degree Requirements

30 credits required for graduation:

  • 6 Credits of Core ChE Course:
    • (3) CHE 69700 – Statistical Methods in Chemical Engineering OR CHE 53000 – Engineering Math
    • (3) CHE 54000 – Transport Phenomena
  • 9 Credits of Concentration Elective Courses
  • 9 Credits of Management/Business Courses from the following:
    • (3) CHE 59700 – Engineering Applications in Marketing Mgmt
    • (3) CHE 59700 – Financial Analysis & Management of Projects
    • (3) MGMT 65000 – Strategic Management I
    • (3) MGMT 66000 – Intro to Operations Management
  • 6 Credits of ChE Capstone Project

Degree Map Example

Fall Semester (12 credits)

___ (3) CHE 69700 – Statistical Methods in Chemical Engineering

___ (3) CHE 59700 – Engineering Applications in Marketing Mgmt

___ (3) Concentration Elective Course (chosen from the list below)

___ (3) Concentration Elective Course (chosen from the list below)

Spring Semester (12 credits)

___ (3) CHE 54000 – Transport Phenomena

___ (3) CHE 59700 – Financial Analysis & Management of Projects

___ (3) MGMT 65000 – Strategic Management I OR (3) MGMT 66000 – Intro to Operations Management

___ (3) Concentration Elective Course (chosen from the list below)

Summer Semester (6 Credits)

___ (6) CHE 59700 – Prof. MS Capstone Project

Potential Concentration Elective Courses:

___ (3) CHE 46300 – Applications of ChE Principles
___ (3) CHE 55000 – Optimization in ChE
___ (3) CHE 55800 – Rate Control Sep Process
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Data Science in ChE
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Catalytic Processes
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Chemical Technology
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Process Synthesis
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Process Safety
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Sustainable Chemical Engr.
___ (3) CHE 66200 – Catalysis
___ (3) CHE 66600 – Methods in Catalysis
___ (3) CHE 66800 – Colloidal & Interfacial Phen.
___ (3) CHE 69700 – Advanced Modeling for Catalysis Studies

Professional Master’s Program Degree Map

MSChE – Gas & Petroleum – 16-month Track

  • Students must earn a “C” or better in all undergraduate and graduate-level coursework
  • Students must complete at least 15 credits of coursework with a CHE prefix
  • Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher to graduate

Degree Requirements

41 credits required for graduation

  • 11 credits of pre-requisite courses:
    • (4) CHE 20500 – Chemical Engineering Calculations
    • (3) CHE 30600 – Separations Processes
    • (4) CHE 34800 – Reaction Engineering
  • 6 Credits of Core ChE Course:
    • (3) CHE 53000 – Engineering Math
    • (3) CHE 54000 – Transport Phenomena
  • 9 Credits of Concentration Elective Courses
  • 9 Credits of Management/Business Courses from the following:
    • (3) CHE 59700 – Engineering Applications in Marketing Mgmt
    • (3) CHE 59700 – Financial Analysis & Management of Projects
    • (3) MGMT 65000 – Strategic Management I
    • (3) MGMT 66000 – Intro to Operations Management
  • 6 Credits of ChE Capstone Project

Degree Map Example

Fall Semester 1 (10 credits)

___ (4) CHE 20500 – Chemical Engineering Calculations

___ (3) CHE 53000 – Engineering Math

___ (3) Concentration Elective Course (from the list below)

Spring Semester 1 (13-16 credits)

___ (3) CHE 30600 – Separations Processes

___ (4) CHE 34800 – Reaction Engineering

___ (3) CHE 54000 – Transport Phenomena

___ (3) CHE 59700 – Financial Analysis & Management of Projects

___ (3) MGMT 65000 – Strategic Management I OR (3) MGMT 66000 – Intro to Operations Management

Summer Semester 1 (6 Credits)

___ (6) CHE 59700 – Prof. MS Capstone Project

Fall Semester 2 (9 Credits)

___ (3) CHE 59700 – Engineering Applications in Marketing Mgmt

___ (3) Concentration Elective Course (from the list below)

___ (3) Concentration Elective Course (from the list below)

Potential Concentration Elective Courses:

___ (3) CHE 46300 – Applications of ChE Principles
___ (3) CHE 55000 – Optimization in ChE
___ (3) CHE 55800 – Rate Control Sep Process
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Data Science in ChE
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Catalytic Processes
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Chemical Technology
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Process Synthesis
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Process Safety
___ (3) CHE 59700 – Sustainable Chemical Engr.
___ (3) CHE 66200 – Catalysis
___ (3) CHE 66600 – Methods in Catalysis
___ (3) CHE 66800 – Colloidal & Interfacial Phen.
___ (3) CHE 69700 – Advanced Modeling for Catalysis Studies