Chemical Process Industry - Master of Engineering in Chemical Process Industry (Online)

The MECPI is a 30 credit hour coursework and/or project-based degree with flexibility of program design for professionals in the Chemical Process Industry.  Proposals for the MECPI may be submitted at https://chme.nmsu.edu/academics/grad/mecpi-degree-plan-proposal/.  MECPI requirements are as follows:

Prefix Title Credits
CHME Coursework
A minimum of 12 credits of CHME 500+ courses, 6 credits must come from the following:12
Graduate Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineers3
Graduate Transport Phenomena(s)3
Graduate Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering3
Graduate Reactor Analysis and Design (s)3
CHME 595, CHME 596, and CHME 597 cannot be used to fulfill this requirement
3
Three credits in Industrial Safety Coursework3
Industrial Safety (Recommended) 1
Professional Communications Course
Professional Communication in Chemical Engineering
and Graduate Seminar (both are recommended) 2
Open Electives
Students are expected to take a minimum of 6 credits of electives from any areas such as chemical engineering, other engineering, business, economics, fundamental sciences, environmental sciences, etc., to be consistent with their personal MECPI theme or emphasis. 6
Optional Engineering Project Sequence or CHME Coursework 36
Chemical Process Design and Business Analysis3
Chemical Process Industries Research1
Advanced Chemical Process Industry Analysis2
A minimum of 3 credits in professional communication3
Total Credits30
1

CHME 548 Industrial Safety is recommended, though other course options with similar content can be proposed. 

2

CHME 594 Professional Communication in Chemical Engineering and CHME 690 Graduate Seminar are recommended to fulfill this requirement , but students may propose 500+ level communications courses beyond CHME to fulfill this requirement.

3

Students will define and execute an engineering project through their employer while taking the following 3-semester course sequence (after completion of  a minimum of 9 credit hours of CHME coursework toward the MECPI)

MECPI students may replace the project with an additional 6 credit hours of CHME coursework.  

Students accepted into the MECPI program may use the online MECPI degree plan proposal form to request a tailored curriculum personalized to their individual needs based on their current or planned employment in the chemical process industries.

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
FallCredits
CHME 501 Graduate Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineers 3
CHME 516 Graduate Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering 3
CHME 548 Industrial Safety 3
 Credits9
Spring
CHME 506 Graduate Transport Phenomena(s) 3
CHME 594 Professional Communication in Chemical Engineering 2
CHME 690 Graduate Seminar 1
CHME 595 Chemical Process Design and Business Analysis 2 3
 Credits9
Second Year
Fall
CHME 596 Chemical Process Industries Research 2 1
CHME Elective 1 3
CHME Elective 1 3
 Credits7
Spring
CHME 542 Graduate Reactor Analysis and Design (s) 3
CHME 597 Advanced Chemical Process Industry Analysis 2
 Credits5
 Total Credits30

1  Students are expected to take a minimum of 6 credits of electives from any area such as chemical engineering, other engineering, business, economics, fundamentals sciences, environmental sciences, etc., to be consistent with their personal MECPI theme or emphasis.

2 MECPI students may replace the project (CHME 595, 596, 597) with an additional 6 credit hours of CHME coursework (CHME 450 and above).