Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering - Artificial Intelligence, Theory, and Simulation

The PhD degree in chemical engineering is a research-based doctoral degree program. The program requirements are designed to provide candidates with fundamental understanding of core chemical engineering principles and intensive original research experience. Research opportunities are available in advanced materials, catalysis and electrocatalysis, batteries, biological and medical systems, computational fluid dynamics, functional interfaces, optical materials and theory, simulations and artificial intelligence in well-funded, department-affiliated research groups.
The Department of Chemical Engineering offers graduate programs leading to PhD and MS degrees in chemical engineering. Students in our department participate in groundbreaking, multidisciplinary research and education in an innovative environment. Students can join one of our distinguished and well-funded research groups and benefit from close interactions with our faculty, through carefully designed courses and cutting-edge research projects.
Our faculty value interdisciplinary research, giving students the opportunity to collaborate with other departments like chemistry, optics, biomedical engineering, and materials science. The department and the university offer state-of-the-art research equipment and computer facilities to perform high-impact research.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and the subfield of deep learning within it have become standard tools in many fields. In chemical engineering, AI shows robustness in a broad range of tasks, for example, rational design of molecules and materials, chemical properties prediction and complex system analysis.
AI enables us to learn empirical predictions and new physics from existing data. For example, neural networks can replace expensive quantum mechanical calculations, leading to new highly accurate simulations of molecular-level systems like proteins. Recent trends in areas like deep learning are creating new directions for chemical engineering research, leading to new advances in catalysis, protein structure, and molecular design.