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Historical Review
The Chemical Engineering Department of Cairo University is considered the
oldest Chemical Engineering department in Egypt and the Arab world. It was
the pioneer of all Chemical Engineering departments in the Middle East. The
department was established following the elaborate efforts of the late Prof. Mahmoud Omar, who was the pioneer of Chemical Engineering in Egypt.
Consequently, the University decided to take the first step toward
establishing a Department of Industrial Chemistry in the Faculty of
Engineering. In order to prepare staff, young faculty members were sent
abroad to conduct postgraduate studies in this branch of Engineering.
Students were enrolled in the Department of Industrial Chemistry for the
first time in 1942 and the first class was graduated in 1946. Initially, the
Chemical Engineering Department was temporarily located above the temporary
location of the main faculty library. This continued until 1952 when the present
building of the Department was completed.
In the early years, the courses leading to a Bachelor Degree in Chemical
Engineering were of technological nature. In the seventies, studies were
developed to increase the content the of Chemical Engineering Courses such
as plant design and economics, control, heat, mass and momentum transfer,
mechanical unit operation, pollution control engineering courses.
The Department houses several laboratories covering most of the courses
of Chemical Engineering. These include:
- Chemical Engineering
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
Chemical Engineering Department
- Inorganic Technology
- Organic Technology
- Petroleum Engineering
- Refractories (High Temperature)
- Process Control
- Central Services
During the past 50 years, hundreds of chemical engineers graduated from
this institute. They work in the fields of research, development, design and
operation in the Industrial Chemical Processes either in Egypt or abroad.
At present an Egyptian scientific research school is well established in
the field of Chemical Engineering. Staff members of the department have
supervised several M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees thesises in the different fields
of Chemical Engineering. Also, they participate in teaching, post an a auate.
Studies leading to Diplomas in Applied Chemical Engineering, and Petroleum
Processing Engineering.
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