2011 Alumni D - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ...

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Graduate Program
Ranking
Th e 2012 U.S. News and World Report rankings of engineering graduate programs
placed the Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at #27.
While the college rankings are based in good part on objective measures such as
research funding, number of Ph.D. graduates, number of publications, etc., the
departmental rankings are based on subjective surveys of deans of engineering and
industrial executives.
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Ohio State College of Engineering 26 29 27 25 29
Engineering Specialties
Aerospace 21 21 22 19 19
Biomedical - - - 35 35
Chemical 26 27 27 27 27
Civil 36 38 36 36 36
Computer Engineering 23 29 20 28 23
Electrical 26 26 20 22 22
Environmental/Env. Health 39 39 39 42 42
Industrial/Manufacturing 19 18 21 16 16
Materials 14 14 16 15 15
Mechanical 21 20 22 21 21
Nuclear Nr Nr 13 15 15
Research Expenditures
For the past fi ve years, our research expenditures (data from the Ohio State
Research Foundation) have been outstanding. On a per-capita basis, expenditures
averaged over $700k per year during fi scal years 2007-2011. Our faculty are among
the most productive at Ohio State and near the top of all Chemical Engineering
departments in the nation.
Faculty Productivity
Th e following table, relating to faculty research and our Ph.D. program, attests to our
faculty’s productivity. In the past fi ve years the average graduation rate was 13 Ph.D.
students per year and a ratio of 0.73 Ph.D. degrees per faculty member. 2011 shows a
decline in research expenditures to $10.6M, refl ecting the end of substantial funding
from the “Th ird Frontier” program from the State of Ohio.
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Total Faculty 17 17 18 19 19
Publications 89 78 91 125 100
Publications per Faculty 5.23 4.58 5.06 6.58 5.26
Books or Book Chapters 11 8 14 10 13
Patents 1 2 3 4 1
Total Grad Students 96 95 95 88 89
Grad Students/Faculty 5.65 5.58 5.58 4.89 4.94
Ph.D. Degrees Granted 11 11 15 18 9
Ph.D. Degrees/Faculty 0.65 0.65 0.88 0.95 0.5
Research Expenditures* 12,249,000 12,462,000 13,332,000 16,181,000 10,648,893
Research Exp/Faculty 720,530 733,060 740,670 851,580 560,468
(Data from the Ohio State University Foundation (fi scal year))
$ Millions $10
Total Expenditures
Indirect Cost
$20
$18
$16
$14
$12
$8
$6
$4
$2
$0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011