Department of Chemical Engineering

The Chemical Engineering field is becoming an emerging field of specialization for sustainable development of world economy. Because a rapid development in consumer demand and constraints stemming from skilled man power to public concern such as questions of environment and safety is becoming a challenge of the emerging process and manufacturing industries. Chemical engineering is the profession that is needed for the conception, creation (design), operation, control, optimization, and improvement of the process industries. Examples of products that are the results of the works of chemical engineers include various chemicals, petrochemicals, plastics, pharmaceuticals and other medicines, agrochemicals, processed foods, energy (fuels, nuclear energy, others), pulp and paper, beverages, cement, ceramics, and many others. It is the chemical engineer who is responsible for conceiving (product, process, and equipment), designing, operating, controlling, optimizing, and improving (modifying and modernizing) the industries that produce the aforementioned products and myriads of others. The profession of chemical engineering is unique among the engineering professions because of the fact that while all engineers (chemicals engineers included) use and manipulate mathematics, physics, and engineering art to solve technical problems in a safe and economical fashion, it is only the chemical engineer that uses the vast and powerful sciences of chemistry and nowadays biology in order to come up with a wide range of products for the common good of mankind. This actually makes the chemical engineer’s scope much broader than others. Chemical Engineering at Adigrat University Chemical Engineering, under the college of Engineering and Technology, has started in 2004 E.C. The Department of Chemical Engineering at AdU offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the under graduate level, the areas for specialization/streams include, but are not limited to: Process Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Food Engineering. Moreover, the department is planning to launch additional specializations/streams like, Biochemical engineering, Materials Engineering, fuels and energy in the near future. Moreover, the department launched postgraduate program in Chemical Engineering (specialization: Materials Science and Engineering and Environmental Engineering) on August 2018. The post graduate program of Chemical Engineering promotes research that is geared towards technology learning and adaptation, digestion and eventually innovation and produce skilled man power in science and technology. Furthermore, to contribute to the human capital demand of the countries industries and related institutions the continuation of the post-graduate program in the field of Chemical Engineering is imperative.

Vision

To see best and most motivated graduates that serve the nation and the world in the teaching -learning, conducting result oriented research and problem solving community services.

Mission

To deliver quality education through practical teaching and dedicated staff which enable to produce qualified chemical engineering graduates who give paramount contributions in solving problems they face in industry and other sectors, and who are also ethically strong.
To assist the attainment of technology transformation and development goal set nationally through well trained chemical engineers by implementing the industry based education of target industries

Core Values

Educating people with the necessary skills
Imparting knowledge to students at all levels including secondary, undergraduate, graduate, and lifelong learning
Discovery of new knowledge through innovative research that encourages entrepreneurship and economic development to benefit our society
Inclusiveness and collaboration on a worldwide basis
Originality and Innovativeness; Academic freedom and integri
Responsiveness, Sense of belongingness and ownership
Nurturing diversity and Professional ethics
Transparency and accountability

Objective and demand of the program

The prospective students shall be enabled to develop skills, academic values and professionalism oriented towards solving problems of majorly chemical and processes industries, production and utilization of energy, Environmental protection, Advanced materials etc . The students shall be educated to develop soft skills such as entrepreneurial skills, effective communication skills, team work, and management skills in addition to abilities in various areas of Fundamental to chemical engineering, reaction engineering, Mass and Heat transfer, Unit operations plant design and economics, advanced thermodynamics, Advanced transport phenomena( Msc), Advanced Instrumental Methods of Analysis( Msc) , Advanced Chemical Reaction engineering( Msc) and other elective courses which delivered to graduate programs.

Therefore, the study program is organized to equip the students with knowledge, skills and attitudes of:

Basic Sciences: Highly interdisciplinary knowledge in basic sciences, mathematics and engineering sciences shall enable the professionals with chemical engineering aspect.
Core courses:- The graduates will be equipped with knowledge and skill
Elective course: Courses which provide to graduate students

Programs

Undergraduate program

Chemical engineering( five year duration)

Postgraduate programs

Msc in Chemical engineering/ Environmental engineering- a two (2) year program
Msc in chemical engineering/ Material Science and engineering -a two (2) year program