Department Resources
Quick Reference List for New Graduate Students
Feedback & Achievement Form
COVID-19 Policies
CBEE Graduate Program Policies
Graduate Student Handbook
Milestone Checklists & Guidelines
Coursework and Electives
Annual Status Update Forms
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
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)
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
Classes & Coursework
- Core Curriculum:
- Electives – pre-approved courses
- GA enrollment — GRAD 601 – save money
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 : PhD Annual Status Update (.pdf); Google Doc; Google Spreadsheet (new)
- MS: MS Annual Status Update (.pdf); Google Spreadsheet (new)
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 Travel Reimbursement rates and other resources
- 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
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