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The principal requirements for the M.S. degree include 30 graduate-level semester hours of course work distributed as follows: 12 semester hours in the basis of chemical engineering courses, 9 additional hours in the engineering science core area, 1 semester hour of graduate seminar for each academic semester in residence, and individual work on a research thesis for 6 semester hours. The program requires the submission of a thesis approved by the student's Supervisory Committee. The M.S. NT degree is a nonthesis program intended for students whose B.S. degree is from an accredited chemical engineering curriculum who would like to complete a masters program in one year. The principal requirements for the M. S. NT degree include 32 semester hours of graduate courses and 6 credits of either supervised research work or an industrial internship. The ME. degree is a nonthesis program intended for students whose B.S. degree is not from an accredited chemical engineering curnculum. Depending upon their prior education, students are generally required to take a set of undergraduate courses in chemical engineering. In addition, the program requires a minimum of 32 graduate-level semester hours. The Ph.D. degree is primarily a research degree, the granting of which is based essentially on general proficiency and distinctive attainments in chemical engineering, particularly on the demonstrated ability to conduct an independent investigation as exhibited in a required doctoral dissertation. The formal requirements for the Ph.D. degree include successful completion of a qualifying/admission exam within the first fourteen months after admission, submission of a written dissertation based on original research, passing a dissertation defense examination, and the completion of 90 graduate-level semester hours of course work, including those required by the MS. degree. Research Facilities The Department of Chemical Engineering is housed in a 51,000-square-foot building, much of which is devoted to research. The department's research equipment includes a Spire Il-VI MOCVD system, a polaron CV profiler, a Japan oxygen Ill-V MOCVD system, a Keithley Hall measurement system, four custom CVD systems, a Mellon Bridgman crystal grower, a JY-Ramanor 1000 laser Raman spectrometer, and a scanning electron microscope. Processing and testing equipment for semiconductor device fabrication and testing include a CHA electron beam metal deposition system, a Plasma Therm plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition system, a Karl Zuss contact aligner, a JEOL electron beam direct-write system, an HP 4145 semiconductor parameter analyzer, an HP 4284 precision LCR meter, and a cascade probe station. The department has Instron, Rheometrics, and Haske instruments for rheological experiments. Also available are a Brabender and a Killion extruder with die attachments for coextrusion, as well as pressure-jump, temperature-jump, and stopped-flow instruments. Some laboratories are equipped with low-angle light scattering, VPO, HTHPLC, ion chromatography, and UV-visible spectroscopy equipment. Two ultrahigh vacuum characterization systems are equipped with XPS, AES, LEED, ELS, ISS, TPD, SIMS, and ESD instrumentation. There is a complete electrochemical laboratory for in situ ellipsometry (Gaertner) and impedance instrumentation (Solartron 1250/1286). Other major instruments include a System 7 DSCITGA, a Setaram microcalorimeter, a combustion calorimeter, a Brookhaven quasielastic light scattering spectrometer, a Langmuir film balance, and a contact angle goniometer. Large-scale equipment available for industrial research include a wood digestor, a fully instrumented pilot plant for processing and control of slurries, an emulsion polymerization reactor, and a spun-bond pilot plant for nonwoven tissue processing. Financial Aid The department offers research assistantships and/or fellowships to all MS. and Ph.D. students. Students in the M.E. and MS. NT programs are not eligible for financial support. Graduate assistantships pay very attractive stipends plus tuition and are awarded to students for teaching and/or research duties, depending upon the source of funds available and student desires and qualifications. Provided satisfactory progress is maintained, support is continued for the minimum number of credits to reach the student's degree objective. Students can also be nominated by the department for a College of Engineering Fellowship and a University Graduate Minority Fellowship. External fellowships below the department's stipend are usually supplemented up to the level of a graduate assistantship stipend if funds are available. Cost of Study The registration fee for most graduate course work is $163.66 per credit hour for Florida residents and $570.82 per credit hour for out-of-state students. Tuition waivers are granted to most students holding graduate assistantships and fellowships. Living and Housing Costs Rents for apartments provided by the University for single graduate students and those with families begin at $250 per person per month. There are also many apartment complexes in the area, with rent for one-bedroom apartments starting at approximately $250 per month, excluding utilities. Student Group The total enrollment at the University of Florida is more than 44,000. The Department of Chemical Engineering currently has 77 graduate students. Student Outcomes The diversity of research activities in the department has produced an equally diverse record of placement of its graduates. Recent alumni with graduate degrees are currently working in academia (Oregon State University, University of Alabama), industry (Intel, Texas Instruments, DuPont, Procter & Gamble, International Paper, Hewlett-Packard, Monsanto), and government laboratories (Argonne National Lab) or attending law and medical schools. The University and Department The University of Florida is located in sunny Gainesville, consistently ranked one of the top ten best places to live in the U.S. by Money magazine for the past five years. A city of approximately 93,500, it is situated in north-central Florida. Gainesville is served by several airlines and bus lines and is located along 1-75, 1 hour south of 1-10 and 2 hours north of Orlando and Tampa. The Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico are within a 2-hour drive. A combined state university and land-grant college, the University of Florida has sixteen upper-division colleges and schools and four professional colleges (dentistry, law, medicine, and veterinary medicine). The College of Engineering consists of twelve degree-granting departments. The chemical engineering department's graduate study and research emphasize chemical engineering science (transport phenomena, thermodynamics, kinetics and catalysis, interfacial phenomena, and materials science), chemical engineering systems (chemical and biochemical reaction engineering, computer-aided design, optimization, and control), and interdisciplinary chemical engineering (electrochemical engineering, microelectronics, biomedical interfaces, and cell and tissue engineering). Applying An application package containing the required forms, additional information about the program, and a brochure about the department is available upon request. You will need: admission application and processing fee, official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended, official GRE scores (international students must also submit official TOEFL scores), financial assistance application, and three recommendation letters. The first three items should be sent to the Office of Admissions at the University of Florida, and the latter two items should be sent to the Graduate Admissions Coordinator in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Students are encouraged to apply well in advance of the deadline. Late applications are considered based on availability of funds.
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