2024-05-182024-05-18https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/714745INTRODUCTION: The Department of Chemical Engineering was established in 1941 as the Department of Applied Chemistry. In 1945, it was reorganized and changed to its present status as the Department of Chemical Engineering within the College of Engineering. The department moved to its present building in 1963, which occupies a total area of 5,000 square meters. An undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree has been offered since the establishment of the department. The Master of Science program was initiated in 1964 and the Doctoral program in 1970. The current enrollment in this department is 487 undergraduate students and 244 graduate students. Our programs emphasize the application of chemical engineering principles to major problems in chemical engineering as it is practiced, especially in chemical process industries. Examples of current research activities conducted by our faculty include: dynamic modeling and analysis of chemical processes, colloidal and interfacial engineering, polymer composites, prediction of thermodynamic properties, membrane technology, biomaterials, electro-chemical engineering, catalysis, gas-liquid stirred reactors, boiling heat transfer, catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons, powder technology, crystallization, process systems engineering, environmental technology, biochemical and biomedical engineering, and electronic materials processing. In addition to the high reputation for particulate and colloidal technology, and materials science, the department is strengthening its research in new fields such as biochemistry, biomedical engineering, and molecular simulation and design. FACILITIES: All Department laboratories are equipped with specialized instrumentation in various research fields. In addition, the Department consolidates major equipment in two centralized laboratories: the Instrumental Analysis Laboratory and the Particulate Technology Laboratory. These two laboratories provide services to all of our faculty members and students for their research and / or teaching needs. For the purpose of promoting education and research in particulate techniques, the Particulate Technology Laboratory also offers related courses every semester, and symposia and seminars are hosted, some regularly and some occasionally. Furthermore, the Particulate Technology Laboratory collaborates with industry so as to link the needs of industry with its projects and to receive support from concerned enterprises.本系以日據時代台北帝國大學工學部應用化學科之形態,創設於1941年。當時因太平洋戰爭方熾,無力建館,校方乃撥本校最具歷史之七號館(木造樓)為其館舍(該館為台北帝大前身─台北高等農專之行政大樓),同時沿用日本大學之體制,設有燃料化學、有機工業化學、電氣化學、無機工業化學及分析化學等五個講座。光復後,改制為國立台灣大學工學院化學工程學系,學生人數漸增為每年四十人左右,但課程及研究內容仍承繼應用化學之本質。 1949年,政府遷台後,本系羅致了不少化工方面的教授,使本系之教學及研究由應用化學之體系,逐漸蛻變為名符其實的化學工程學系。至1952年,班次增為兩班,並於1954年起招收僑生,每年新生人數亦超過了一百人。由於學生人數遞增,館舍老舊,且空間不敷使用,新化工館乃由錢思亮校長,沈熊慶、陳成慶等教授悉心規畫,並於1960年正式啟用,使本系之教學與研究有較充裕空間。1970 年,本系曾於大學部試行分組教學,共設高分子化工組及一般化工組,但三年後又再度合併。為提高國內化工人才之水準,本系於1965年創設研究所,招收碩士班學生,並於1970年設立博士班,至此本系已建立完整之教學體制。研究所之增設,僑生人數之不斷增加,旋即使化工館有不敷使用之感,於1971年,本系獲准擴建東西兩側,本系空間不足之困,暫獲解決。化工系目前使用空間約1,500坪(化工館 1,400坪及工綜館100坪),因教師與學生人數眾多,空間可謂嚴重不足,許多研究室及實驗室皆十分擁擠。最近化工系籌建新館,或申請使用綜合教室空間,並於工綜館二期工程中劃分部分空間,使化工系面積可達3,500坪,將可解決空間不足之困境。 1990年,化工系以推廣台灣有關粉粒體技術之研究與教育為宗旨,集中了全系粉粒體技術相關之儀器,創設了共同實驗室型態之『粉粒體技術實驗室』,目前共約有十餘位教授參與,粉粒體技術實驗室之運作已成為國內重要實驗室之一個範例,並與工業界合作關係良好,對學術界及工業界多所貢獻,化工系並於2001年以粉粒體技術與界面科學為主題,向教育部提出追求卓越研究計畫。 1997年,化工系規劃成立石油化學工業研究中心,為隸屬於工學院之研究單位。石油化學工業是化學工業的主幹,在我國的經濟發展上,擔負相當重要的任務。對於石油化學工業製程作更多的研發及改良,盡量的節約能源,增加生產效率,並開發清潔製程,在生產流程中避免污染及廢棄物的產生,對促進工業升級以及工業建設與生態保護的平衡,都具重要及積極的意義。2001年3月,由化工系提出申請之高分子科學與工程學研究所獲教育部核准成立,化工系自此朝向一系多所之目標邁進。 台大化工系自創系以來,已超過六十年。經過一甲子的努力,化工系在學術研究上奠定了良好的基礎,在國內外都獲得良好聲譽。目前化工系共有專任教師30名,各教授在其特色研究領域中,專心鑽研,並且互相整合,發展重點研究領域,已經達到國際上的優良水準。本系的研究特色分為粉粒體技術、界面科學、分離技術、生物技術與生物工程、生化與生醫工程、系統程序工程、光電化學工程、污染防治、高分子科學和半導體電子材料等,大多數教授的研究工作都與這幾個主軸有關。未來化工系將秉持教學熱誠,繼續培養化學工程之人才,並努力於學術上之研究,與工業界繼續良好合作關係,以對於化學工業、國家及社會做出最大的回饋及貢獻,方不負整個國家社會的殷殷期盼與厚望。Chemical EngineeringAcademic Institute