The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science prepares, through education and research, chemical engineers in eight specializations:

Students attending a course.

• Engineering of Inorganic Substances and Environmental Protection,
• Chemistry and Engineering of Organic Substances, Petrochemistry and Carbochemistry,
• Science and Engineering of Oxidic Materials and Nanomaterials,
• Computer Aided Engineering of Chemical and Biological Systems,
• Biochemical Engineering,
• Food Chemistry and Biochemical Technologies and Chemistry,
• Economical Engineering in Chemical and Material Industry,
• Environmental Protection and Engineering in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry

for undergraduate programmes followed by master and doctoral programmes.

The main objectives of the teaching and training in the field of chemical engineering are based on the accumulation of:

Students working in a laboratory.

• knowledge of the basic principles, phenomena and theories of mathematics, physics, inorganic and organic chemistry, biochemistry, materials science for understanding and applying engineering methods in order to solve the problems arising in the chemical systems (chemical engineering reactions, modelling, simulation, control);
• skills for design, control, research and development of chemical processes, unit operations and complex technological systems according to the legislation for environmental protection (computer science, kinetics, statistics, thermodynamics, system theory);
• skills to use the modern computer and information technology for documenting, modelling, simulation and for controlling the chemical processes, for communicating with experts in other disciplines, including skills for using foreign languages;
• abilities to design and operate chemical processes based on momentum, heat and mass transfer (design projects);
• competence to apply the multidisciplinary knowledge of chemical, mechanical and electrical engineering associated to the economical and management knowledge for solving complex problems of chemical systems;

abilities to get engaged in lifelong learning, necessary for continuing high performance in whatever career path the engineer will choose.

The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science is part of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of the BABEŞ-BOLYAI University of Cluj-Napoca (BBU), ROMANIA.

The main building of the faculty.

The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science within the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of BBU has an old tradition.

Founded in the present form in 1952, our faculty originally included the organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry and analytical chemistry chairs.

The development of chemistry and chemical engineering fields during the years '60-'70 determined the foundation of a chemical engineering department in 1971 within the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. Following the restructuring of higher education, started in the academic year 1974-1975, this department was transferred to the Faculty of Chemistry of BABEŞ-BOLYAI University.

Thus, the Chair of Oxide Materials Science was founded in 1974 within the Faculty of Chemistry in Cluj-Napoca. The development of engineering education as well as the wide range of subjects studied in the area of chemical engineering has determined the transformation of this chair into the Chair of Chemical Engineering and Oxide Materials Science, starting from June 1978.

Nowadays, after more than 30 years of engineering education at BBU, the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science presents itself as a strong centre of education and research. It became renowned both nationally and internationally. Our graduates are well appreciated as well trained specialists both inside our country and abroad. A certain proof of this is the fact that most of them are admitted as PhD students or researchers in renowned European and American universities.

Computers & Software

Computer Network.

All laboratories of the department are equipped with computers connected to the Internet. From the Local Computer Network of the department, having 16 new generation Pentium D computers, our students have access to the state-of-the-art software in the field of process simulation: AspenPlus, ChemCAD, Pro/II, COMSOL, MATLAB.

Experimenting Equipments

• Pilot plants, Measuring and control instrumentation, Computers interfaced to the pilot plants, Dedicated software for data acquisition, simulation and control
• JAR TEST APPARATUS for studies of mixing and separation processes
• Absorption kit (Armfield UOP7)
• Thermal Analysis Q60
• BIOREACTOR Tryton
• Filtration Modul
• High Temperature Furnace LHT with MoSi2 heating elements (1600^oC)
• Automatic Multi-Process Control System UNIPRO/EV
• Counter Coulter SALD-7101 Shimadzu
• Mini Spray Dryer B-290
• Master Jet flame spray gun (Flame spraying equipment)
• VC 750 Ultrasonic cells disrupter
• Electronic measuring system Spider 8-HBM
• Chemical reactor kit (ElettronicaVeneta)

Library

The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science has a library with more than 200 scientific book including major titles in the field of chemical engineering, process control and computer science and more than 400 periodicals from EU and USA. Starting from 2001 is provided Internet access to more than 100 scientific journals in the field of chemical engineering from all over the world.

Cooperation Agreements, 1995-2008

• Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
• University of the South, Tennessee, U.S.A.
• University of Memphis, U.S.A
• University of Grenoble, France
• Ecole des Mines d’Albi, France
• Fachhochschule Gelsenkirschen, Germany
• Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• University of Stuttgart, Germany
• TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
• Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Loughborough University, England
• Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
• University of Veszprém, Hungary
• Tehnical University Nagaoka, Japan
• Universidad National Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
• Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru
• Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Peru
• Universidad Nacional del Centro del Peru, Huancayo, Peru

Doctor Honoris Causa title of the BBU

Prof.Dr. Manfred Morari
Automatic Control Laboratory, Electrical Engineering Department,
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland, 2003

1. The High School Final Examination Score - 30% weighting factor,
2. The General Average of the Scores obtained for Chemistry over the IX-XII grades in High School - 70% weighting factor.

1. Basic equations of transfer phenomena;
2. Homogeneous and heterogeneous reactors;
3. Basics on modelling;
4. Simulation and control in proces engineering.

1. Modelarea şi simularea de procese
2. Noţiuni de controlabilitate a proceselor chimice
3. Metode de control evoluat a proceselor chimice

1. Fenomene de transfer
2. Termodinamică aplicată în domeniul odorantelor
3. Fracţionare discontinuă

1. Transportul ionilor în soluţii de electroliţi
2. Potenţiale de electrod. Forţă electromotoare
3. Reacţii de electrod
4. Metode de investigare a interfeţei electrodice
5. Elemente de inginerie electrochimică
6. Electrochimia mediului
7. Electrosinteze
8. Electroliza apei
9. Electrometalurgie
10. Galvanotehnică

• National and International Research Projects:
• Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Code 70, Value: 294,750 USD - World Bank Grant, 1998-2001
• SCOPES - Computer Aided Engineering Education, Swiss National Science Foundation Grant, 2000-2003
• WIPOL - Wireless system for industrial pollution management, PNCDI Grant, 2003-2005
• Predictive Methods for Counteracting the Accidental Pollution Effect of Rivers by Advanced Control Based on Mathematical Modeling, CNCSIS Grant type A, 2006-2007
  
  
• Industrial Applications:
• Energy Management System at UPSOM Industrial Power Station
  
  
• Books and Scientific Papers:
• Agachi, P.Ş., Nagy, Z.K., Cristea, V.M., Imre-Lucaci, Á., Model Based Control. Case Studies in Process Engineering, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim, Germany, 2006
• Botar, C., Agachi, P.Ş., Study of NOx reduction in counter-current chromatographic reactor, International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics (AQTR), Ed. Library of Congress: 2006924077, p.102-106, 2006
• Roman, R., Nagy, Z.K, Agachi, P.Ş., Allgöwer, F., Dynamic modeling and nonlinear model predictive control of a fluid catalytic cracking unit, European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE-15, Barcelona, 2005
• Nagy, Z.K, Agachi, P.Ş., Roman, R., Allgöwer, F., A real-time approach for moving horizon estimation based nonlinear model predictive control of a fluid catalytic cracking unit, World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Glasgow, 2005
• Cristea, V.M., Agachi, P.Ş., Marinoiu, M.V., Simulation and Model Predictive Control of a UOP Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, Chemical Engineering and Processing, Elsevier Science, 42, p.67-91, 2003
• Cristea, V.M., Roman, R., Agachi, P.Ş., Neural Networks Based Model Predictive Control of the Drying Process, European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE-13, Lappeenranta, Finland, 2003

• Scientific Papers:
• Bâtiu, I., Vapor-liquid in the binary system (-)-beta-pinene+(+)-fenchone, Analysis in terms of group contributions models of some binary systems containing terpenoids, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 227(1), p.113 124, 2005
• Pop, Al., Ghirişan, A., Drăgan, S., Beschreibung des hydrodinamischen Modells des Druckverlustes durch eine Katalysatorschicht, STUDIA Universitatis "Babeş-Bolyai" Chemia, L(1), p.105 112, 2005
• Drăgan, S., Siminiceanu, I., Mathematical modelling and kinetic parameters identification, Rev. Chim., 12, p.952-956, 2004
• Ghirişan, A., Hofmann, R., Posten, C., Druckelektrofiltration von Hefesuspension, Filtrieren und Separieren, VDL-Verlag GmbH, 3, p.118 122, 2005
• Mişca, B.R.H., Marian, I.O., Ozunu, Al., Mărginean, S., Baciu, C., Permeability of block storage granular materials, 32nd International Conference of SSCHE, Tatranske Matliare, 2005

• National and International Research Projects:
• The use of clay-rich rocks and mining wastes in the production of lightweight aggregates with thermal insulation properties bilateral project BBU Romania and National&Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 2006 2007
• Preparation, characterization and deposition of apatites as materials or additive materials to artificial bone substitute, reasearch project for researchers reintegration, CEEX Grant, 2006
• Technical Mineralogy: Silicate Based Materials, 8th EMU School and Erasmus Intensive Programme ADVANCEMIN, 2006
  
  
• Books and Scientific Papers:
• Aneziris, C.G., Barabás, R., Hubalkova, J., MgO-C refractories with superior properties due to TiO₂ and Al additions, Journal of European Ceramic Society, 2006
• Benea, M., Gorea, M., Mineralogy and technological properties of some kaolin types used in ceramic industry, Studia Universitatis "Babeş-Bolyai", Geologia, XLIX, 1, p.33 39, 2004
• Gorea, M., Benea, M., Clay raw material characteristics used in ceramics, Revista Română de Materiale, XXXIII, 3, 2003

• National and International Research Projects:
• Regional Center for Major Industrial Accident Prevention (C.R.A.I.M.), MENER Grant, 2000-2003
• VIRTHUALIS Virtual Reality and Human Factors Application for Improving Safety, FP6 Project, 2005-2007
  
  
• Books and Scientific Papers:
• Anghel, C.I., Mechanical Engineering. Safety and Structural Risk (in Romanian), Editura Risoprint, Cluj Napoca, Romania, ISBN 973 656 820 2, 2005
• Lazăr, I., Numerical Methods with functions in C++ (in Romanian), Editura Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj Napoca, Romania, 2001
• Anghel, C.I., Lazăr, I., Risk assessment for vessels affected by corrosion, Per.Polyt. Budapesta, Ser.Chem.Eng., 48(2), p.103–118, 2005
• Anghel, C.I., Ozunu, Al., Prediction of Pollution Level Based on Artificial Intelligence Methods, Chem. Pap., 60(6), p.410 415, 2006
• Anghel, C.I., Artificial Intelligence Methods in the Pollutant Concentrations Prediction, Rev. Chim., 57(7), 773-779, 2006

Visiting professors

Dr. Yuri Avramenko
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Period: April 29 – May 11, 2008

Prof.Dr. Nordine Mouhab
Université de Rouen, France
Period: March 2008

Prof.Dr. Laureano Jimenez Esteller
Universitat Rovira i Virgili Tarragona, Spain
Period: : June 20-30, 1999, June 2001, Mai 2003 (Socrates), CAPE FORUM 2006, ESCAPE 2007

Prof.Dr.Ing. Radu Barna
Ecoles des Mines d’Albi, France
Period: May 2007

Dr. Christian Holtze
Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Postdam, Germany
Period: February-June 2005

Prof.Dr. Barresi Antonello
Department of material science and chemical engineering
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Period: February 25-29, 2005

Prof.Dr. Andrzej Kraslawski
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Period: February 2005

Prof.Dr.Ing. Manfred Morari
Automatic Control Laboratory, Electrical Engineering Department,
Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Period: October 2003

Dr. Franta Kraus
Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Period: October 2003

Prof.Dr. Jean-Pierre Caire
Univ. Toulouse, France
Period: November 2002

Prof.Dr. Xuan Meyer
Institut National Politechnique de Toulouse, France
Period: November 2002

Prof.Dr. Pierre Strehaiano
Institut National Politechnique de Toulouse, France
Period: November 2002

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Josef Markos
Technical University of Bratislava, Slovakia
Period: October 2002

Prof.Dr.Ing. Anton Friedl
Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Period: October 2000

Dr. Michael Harasek
Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Period: October 2000

Prof.Dr.Ing. Waltraut Brandl
Fachhochschule Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Period: May 24-25, 2000

Dr. Henry.V. Kehiaian
ITODYS, Universite Paris 7, France
Period: September 26-29, 1999

Post-doctoral students

Dr.Ing. Eliana Jara Morante
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco – Cusco, Peru
Period: February 2007 – July 2008
Research field: process simulation

Dr.Ing. Maria Jose Fernadez Torres
University of Alicante, Department of Chemical Engineering, Spain
Period: October 1998 – January 1999
Research field: vapor-liquid equilibria, DISQUAC model

Doctoral students

Ms. Ing. Jesus Flores Arizaca
Universidad Nacional Amazaonia Madre de Dios Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Period: Oct. 1, 2008 – Sept. 30, 2011
PhD thesis title: Contribution to the valorization of the Amazonian flora of Peru (supervisor: Prof.Dr.Ing. Bâtiu Ioan)

Internship students

Mr. Ashis Verma
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (Prof.Dr.Ing. Paul Agachi Şerban)
Period: May - July 2008

Mr. Tamal Daas
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (Prof.Dr.Ing. Paul Agachi Şerban)
Period: May - July 2008

Mr. Abhilash Nair
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (Prof.Dr.Ing. Paul Agachi Şerban)
Period: May - July 2007

Mr. Priyank Kanade
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (Prof.Dr.Ing. Paul Agachi Şerban)
Period: May - July 2007

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