Pharmaceutical Engineering Program
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Particle Processing Research Center
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ 08854

Faculty:

A new chemical engineering graduate program, focused on the technologies of the pharmaceutical industry at large, has just started at Rutgers. The curriculum is extensive, for a total of 67 credit hours of course work required to obtain the Certificate of Training in Pharmaceutical Engineering, as well as the degree of Master of Science in Chemical Engineering. A doctoral research track, based on the vigorous pharmaceutical processing research component of the Program, is also available for students seeking a PhD degree.
After a series of undergraduate and two graduate introductory courses available to BS ChemE students, the curriculum enters its graduate cycle of three semesters, during which all core ChemE graduate courses (15 credits) and nine pharmaceutical technology courses (27 credits) are taken. The first semester focuses on the technologies of bulk drugs and fine chemicals, whereas the second and third semesters offer two options:

Pharmaceutical option - focused on the technologies of dosage forms and devices
Biologicals option - focused on the whole range of biotechnology products and processes.

Students from institutions other than Rutgers with BS ChemE degrees and a sufficient number of biochemical engineering and related courses should be able to enter the program at the first graduate semester with no more than the two introductory courses in pharmaceutical technology as an additional requirement to meet during their work toward the Certificate.
All full-time students are required to do an Industrial Internship during the summer between the second and third graduate semesters.
Students wishing to enroll on a part-time basis, including those not seeking the MS degree or the Certificate, are most welcome to the program as well, and might be able, in most cases, to receive credit for the Industrial Internship on the basis of their technical work at their place of employment.
Please refer to the Curriculum Chart.

Research Areas:

Blending: equipment design; size and shape segregation; time-of-mix studies; content uniformity; numerical modeling of powder flow.
Compaction: thermodynamics of nucleation; growth kinetics; impact of mixing on particle size distribution; population balance modeling; on-line monitoring.
Granulation: melt granulation; high shear granulators.
Milling: ball mills; high shear mills.
Sampling: content uniformity; design of sampling schemes; infra-red monitoring; image analysis of particulates
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Industrial Consortium Membership: Fernando Muzzio - ()

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