Chemical Engineering

M.S. Chemical Engineering

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  • INTRODUCTION
  • WHAT IT TAKES
  • WHAT PEOPLE DO
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  • FACULTY

Combine the sciences of chemistry and biology with the discipline of engineering to work in such broad fields as energy, semiconductors, petrochemicals, biofuels, petroleum and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals , and emerging areas such as biomedical and nano materials.

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Faculty Involvement

Complete list of faculty memebers.



Dr. Aaron Thomas, an associate professor with the Chemical Engineering Department
Aaron Thomas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
BEL 310 | 208-885-7652
Dr. Thomas is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and an affiliate faculty member of the American Indian Studies program at the University of Idaho.
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Dr. Eric Aston, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Eric Aston, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
BEL 301 | 208-885-6953
After joining the Chemical Engineering faculty at the University of Idaho in the summer of 2001, Dr. Eric Aston branched out into various areas of colloids, thin films, polymeric and magnetic materials, nanotechnology and nanomechanics using atomic force microscopy (AFM), Langmuir-Blodgett deposition, and other complimentary techniques.
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Supathorn Phongikaroon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Idaho Falls Center for Higher Education | 208-533-8123
Pyroprocessing technology--theoretical and experimental studies in electrorefinery, oxide reduction and chemistry, and ion exchange. Interfacial phenomena and multi-phase flow systems involving in nuclear and chemical engineering applications.
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Vivek Utgikar, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Idaho Falls Center for Higher Education | 208-533-8117
Dr. Utgikar has process development, design and engineering experience in organic chemical industry and has been a consultant to a number of industries in the areas of process/product improvement and environmental compliance.
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