Cooper Union

Chemical Engineering Laboratories

Chemical Engineering student working in lab

The Chemical Engineering Research Laboratory (303) and Unit Operations Laboratory (304) are the spaces where the senior laboratory courses (ChE371 and ChE372) are offered; this sequence is a two-semester practical, in which groups of students investigate pilot-scale material and energy transfer applications against textbook theory using eight experiments (four per semester) designed for safety, material recovery, and material reuse. These laboratories are fully equipped with benches, stools, sinks, a fume hood, power outlets, and PCs. Room 303 doubles as both undergraduate and graduate research space.

ChE Research Laboratory - Room 303
Unit Operations Laboratory - Room 304

Staff

Khemet Calnek
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Lab Technician
khemet.calnek@cooper.edu

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.