Chemical Engineering at Villanova University

6 faculty and 40 courses in Chemical Engineering at Villanova University.

Faculty

• Randy D. Weinstein, Professor, Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning h-index 18
  Notable: “A direct comparison of three different material enhancement methods on the transient thermal response of paraffin phase change material exposed to high heat fluxes” (2011) · 121 citations
• Vito Punzi, Professor, Director of Chemical Engineering Graduate Studies h-index 8
  Notable: “Removal of micron-sized microplastic particles from simulated drinking water via alum coagulation” (2019) · 229 citations
• Noelle Comolli, Associate Professor, Director of Polymeric Biomaterials Lab h-index 7
  Notable: “In vitro analysis of PNIPAAm–PEG, a novel, injectable scaffold for spinal cord repair” (2008) · 95 citations
• Chris Kitchens, Professor, Department Chair
• Ron Ozer, Visiting Assistant Professor
• Weijian Diao, Assistant Professor

Courses

• Material Balances CHE 1102
• Thermodynamics 1 CHE 2101
• Thermodynamics 2 CHE 2102
• Fluid Dynamics CHE 2201
• Heat Transfer CHE 2202
• ChE Computational Methods CHE 2301
• Technical Communications CHE 2402
• Mass Transfer CHE 3201
• Reactor Design CHE 3202
• ChE Applied Mathematics CHE 3301
• Unit Operations Lab 1 CHE 3401
• Unit Operations Lab 2 CHE 3402
• Process Design CHE 4201
• Process Controls CHE 4202
• Senior Project Studio I CHE 4831
• Senior Project Studio II CHE 4832
• Industrial Liq & Sld Waste CHE 5001
• Prin of Air Pol Control CHE 5002
• Equipment Design & Spec. CHE 5032
• Transport Phenomena CHE 5132
• Brewing Science & Tech CHE 5133
• Industrial Catalytic Processes CHE 5232
• Special Topics in CHE CHE 5332
• Gene Therapy Methods & Research CHE 5530
• Intro to Biotechnology CHE 5532
• Bioseparations CHE 5533
• Biomaterials CHE 5534
• Bioengineering Lab Techniques CHE 5535
• Biochemical Data Analysis CHE 5536
• Cellular Engineering CHE 5540
• Tissue Engineering CHE 5545
• Synthetic Biology CHE 5550
• Polymer Sci and Engr CHE 5632
• Nanomaterials & Surface Science CHE 5633
• Intro to Material Science CHE 5634
• Alternative Energy CHE 5715
• Petroleum Engineering CHE 5720
• Carbon Capture and Utilization CHE 5725
• Green Engineering CHE 5730
• CBE Co-Op CHE 6000

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.