Graduate Student Resources

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Department Resources

Quick Reference List for New Grad Students

• Log in with your UMBC credentials to view the list of campus resources provided by CBEE’s Graduate Student Reps

Feedback & Achievement Form 

Use this form to share

• comments or concerns about what is going on in the department
• announcement of achievements for you or a peer

COVID-19 Policies

• UMBC’s Retriever Ready COVID-19 Response
• COVID-19 compliance card on myUMBC profile

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Graduate Program Policies

Graduate Handbook

The department’s Graduate Handbook, together with the UMBC Graduate Catalog, contain the general rules and regulations that apply to the graduate degree programs within the Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering. All graduate students are expected to be familiar with this material, and each graduate student has the ultimate responsibility for following these rules and regulations.

To view the handbook, you must be logged in using your UMBC credentials.

• CBEE Departmental Graduate Handbook (Version: October 2021) (posted 10.25.2021)
• CBEE Departmental Graduate Handbook (Version: December 2020) (posted 12.16.2020)

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Milestones

• MS Thesis Proposal & Defense: Checklist
• Rotation: a) Plan, b) Report, c) Self-Evaluation
• PhD Qualifier: See Section 5.3.3 of Handbook vOct.2021
• PhD Proposal: Checklist
• PhD Defense and Graduation: Checklist

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Coursework

• Core Curriculum: 
  • Doctoral Programs: CENG & ENEN
  • Masters Programs: CENG & ENEN
• Electives – pre-approved courses 
• GA Enrollment Options (GRAD 600, GRAD 601, and GRAD 603)

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Annual Status Update Forms

The purpose of this form is to prompt a meaningful conversation between student and advisor fostering scientific and professional growth and progress toward degree completion. Projected Terms are not binding agreements, but rather reasonable expectations for degree milestones.  

Due Sept 1 to cbeegrad@umbc.edu

• PhD Annual Status Update (.pdf); Google Doc
• MS Annual Status Update (.pdf)

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Academic Integrity

• Academic Integrity Letter From Provost Rous, August 2019
• Statement of Values for Student Academic Integrity at UMBC, February 2001

Travel Guidelines / Pre-approval / Reimbursement

• Travel Instructions – CBEE Graduate Students
• UMBC Transit – between ENG & TRC (Stops 11 & 12 are near TRC) 

CBEE Student Organizations (GSOs) & Student Reps

These two Graduate Student Organizations work closely together to support the students though a variety of events and activities. The Graduate Student Representatives work to increase interaction among the CBEE graduate students and between the graduate students and faculty in the department, and between the current graduate students and alumni of the department.

• Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Graduate Student Organization (BioCHEGS)
• Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Organization (GEE)

2021-2022 CBEE Graduate Student Representatives

Presidents: Walker Huso (BioChEGs) and Jahir Batista Andrade (GEE)

Senators: Alexander Doan and Revati Kadolkar (They will be our vice-presidents/alternative contacts of GSOs)

Social Chairs: Chad Sundberg, Oindrila Ghosh, Walker Huso, and Jahir Batista Andrade

 

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Graduate School Resources

• UMBC New Student Checklist
• UMBC Graduate Assistant (GA) Handbook (NEW SPRING 2020)
  • Completion of Duties Form (FALL & WINTER due Feb 15; SPRING due Aug 1 ;  SUMMER due Sept 15 to cbegrad@umbc.edu)
• Graduate Catalog – Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
• Graduate Catalog – Environmental Engineering
• Graduation requirements: PhD
• Graduation requirements: MS

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CBEE Graduate Student Calendar

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