Chemical Engineering

About Chemical Engineering

Department Overview

The Department of Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus offers a strong integrated First Degree academic program (B. E. Hons.) in Chemical Engineering and also a dynamic Higher Degree Programme – M. E. (Chemical) that reflects the evolution of the Department. Over the years, the academic program has evolved in to a strong core curriculum complemented by electives in the important emerging areas of Chemical Engineering. This continually evolving program emphasizes on fundamental theory as well as practical applications in Chemical Engineering keeping in view the continuous changing scenarios in this discipline.

The Department has initiated a vigorous research program in a few thrust areas through significant funding from Industry and the Government funding agencies. In a short span of 8 years of its existence, the Department of Chemical Engineering has seen remarkable developments in evolving curricula, teaching, laboratory infrastructure and research programmes as well as consultancy and funded projects. It is poised for all round growth in the next few years spurred on through activities under the Vision 2020 - Mission 2012 program of BITS Pilani.

Academics

The academic programme aims to meet the present and future societal and industrial needs for Chemical Engineers by providing state-of-the-art education to its students. Apart from teaching core courses, the Department also focuses on

Imparting Research skills through projects at various levels
Providing knowledge in areas of environment and energy.

The Department of Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus currently offers three different programmes at various levels.The First Degree programme provides a strong foundation in Chemical Engineering along with basic sciences. The Higher Degree programme gives students an opportunity to build on their fundamentals and carry it further to an advanced level.

B.E. (Hons.) Chemical (First Degree)
M.E. Chemical (Higher Degree)
Doctoral Programme (Ph.D)

The Department has well developed laboratories with latest equipment. The Chemical Engineering Laboratory 1 and 2 courses cater to experiments in Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Engineering Chemistry, Separation Processes 1 and 2, Process Control, Kinetics and Reactor Design etc. In addition the CAD lab houses softwares like CHEMCAD, COMSOL, PRODYN, HYDRAFLASH etc. catering to courses in Simulation and Transport Phenomena.

Research

Faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering are engaged in basic research and applied research of interest to industry. The Department till through constant efforts of its faculty has secured research funding for projects to the tune of Rs. 6 crores from several Government agencies and industry. Research infrastructure has been created in a few areas with these funded projects and this is a constant ongoing activity. The Department has facilities to do research in areas of Energy, Environment, Material Science and Separation technologies. These experimental facilities are well complemented by theoretical modeling and simulation facilities with powerful process simulation software packages like CHEMCAD,COMSOL, HYDRAFLASH etc.

Faculty

The faculty in Department of Chemical Engineering has a mix of highly qualified and experienced people from both academic and industrial background and this helps the students to understand and appreciate Chemical Engineering knowledge and its relevance to Industry. The Department currently has 12 faculty members. More information can be found in the respective Faculty webpage.

Faculty Positions open

The Department invites applications from candidates with excellent record in research and teaching for positions of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor. For details please visit http://universe.bits-pilani.ac.in/careers.

Higher Degree and Ph.D. admissions

Applications are invited for admission to its Higher Degree and Ph.D. Programmes in the Department of Chemical Engineering. For details click here

Prof. Suresh Ramaswamy Memorial award

Geetansh Gupta and Aaditya Shah from the 2010 batch of Chemical Engineering have won the first edition of the Prof. Suresh Ramaswamy award for their idea on "Development of a Desktop (Torso) cooling system". Heartiest Congratulations to them.

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Department of Chemical Engineering