Technical Electives for Options and Concentrations
The Department offers the chemical engineering student a traditional program as well as formal options in Biological Engineering, Nanomaterials Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Paper Engineering and concentrations in Engineered Materials and Computer-Aided-Process Design and Controls. A student who wishes to obtain a minor in chemistry would have to take only one additional advanced chemistry course.
For the latest course information, please consult the UMass Lowell online Catalog.
Biological Engineering Option
Nanomaterials Engineering Option
Nuclear Engineering Option
Paper Engineering Option
Biological Engineering Option
The biological engineering option is designed to prepare the student for work in the biopharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. One technical elective is required and must be selected from the following list of courses.
Elective Courses (choose one) | cr. |
| 10.584 | Process Analytical Technology & Quality by Design for Biopharmaceuticals | 3 |
| 10.555 | Biopharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance | 3 |
| 10.586 | Bioprocessing Projects Laboratory | 3 |
| 81.476 | Cell Culture | 3 |
| 84.493 | Immunology | 3 |
| 22.575 | Industrial Design of Experiments | 3 |
XX.XXX Approved Technical Elective 3
Nanomaterials Engineering Option
The nanomaterials engineering option is designed to prepare the student to work in a materials related industry. One technical electives are required and must be selected from the following list of courses.
Elective Courses (choose four) | cr. |
| 10.450 | Nanoscale Transport Phenomena for Manufacturing Nanodevices | 3 |
| 10.523 | Nanodevices and Electronic Materials | 3 |
| 10.524 | Self-assembly and Nanotechnology | 3 |
| 10.541 | Nanocharacterization by SEM, TEM and AFM | 3 |
| 16.710 | Selected Topics: Nanoeletcronics | 3 |
| 25.550 | Introduction to Nanotechnology | 3 |
| 22.553 | MEMS & Microsystems | 3 |
| 22.570/26.589 | Polymer Nanocomposites | 3 |
| XX.XXX | Approved Technical Elective | 3 |
Nuclear Engineering Option
The nuclear engineering option consists of a sequence of four courses that are specifically designed to give a traditional chemical engineer concentrated training in a variety of nuclear technologies. The course selection integrates the key nuclear-related subjects usually taken as part of an undergraduate degree program in nuclear engineering. The four-course sequence is designed to be taken during the junior and senior years, one course per semester. These courses satisfy the technical and chemical engineering elective requirements in the curriculum. One technical elective is required and must be selected from the following list of courses.
Elective Courses (choose one) | cr. |
| 24.435/496 | Undergraduate Directed Studies | 3 |
| 24.505 | Reactor Physics | 3 |
| 24.506 | Special Topics in Reactor Physics | 3 |
| 24.507 | Reactor Engineering and Safety | 3 |
| 24.514 | Chemical and Nuclear Waste | 3 |
| 98.514 | MCNP for Radiological Sciences | 3 |
| XX.XXX | Approved Technical Electrive | 3 |
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Paper Engineering Option
The Paper Engineering Option consists of four courses that are designed to give chemical engineers training in the processing and testing of paper and paper-like materials in order to prepare them for work in the paper industry. The courses required for the option are to be selected from the areas of advanced chemistry, materials or materials characterization or environmental sciences. The choice of electives should be directed towards materials or processes that are used in the paper industry. Course selection must be approved by the Paper Engineering program coordinator.