Faculty of Chemistry
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Address:
Wydział Chemiczny, ul. Marcina Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, tel. (+4832) 237-15-49 (Deans office)
fax (+4832) 237-15-49, e-mail

Board:
Dean - Prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej B. Jarzębski, prof. zw. w Pol. Śl., tel. 032 237 1549, 032 237 1461
Vice Dean for Students - dr inż. Wojciech Szczepankiewicz, tel. 032 237 1574, 032 237 2635
Vice Dean for Organisation - dr inż. Janusz Wójcik, tel. 0 32 237 15 74, 0 32 237 14 61
Vice Dean for Science - dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Walczak, prof. nzw. w Pol. Śl., tel. 032 237 1574, 032 237 1792

The Faculty was established in 1945 as one of the first four faculties of the Silesian University of Technology. The Faculty Board is entitled to award PhD and DSc degrees in Chemistry, Chemical Technology and Chemical Engineering.

Departments:

• Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Technology and Fuels
• Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
• Department of Analytical Chemistry
• Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers
• Department of Chemical Organic Technology and Petrochemistry
• Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
• Department of Chemical and Process Apparatus Construction

Courses:
The Faculty offers full-time MSc courses in two disciplines:
Chemical Technology with Honours in:

• Organic chemical technology,
• Inorganic chemical technology and electrochemistry,
• Technology of polymers and plastics,
• Chemical technology of coal, crude oil and renewable raw materials,
• Technology of industrial explosives,
• Physical measurements in chemical technology.

• Chemical and process engineering
• Chemical engineering and apparatus for environmental protection in the chemical industry.

Cooperation:
The staff of the faculty co-operate with several academic centres, e.g. Iowa State University (USA), Kansas University of Lawrence (USA), Utah State University (USA), the Technical University of Kiev and Technical University of Lvov (Ukraine) , Universite' de Rennes (France), Universita da Sapienza and Universita di Bologna (Italy), University College ,London (Great Britain), the Universities in Heildelberg and Essen (Germany), Hubei Polytechnical University (China), Vysoka Technicka Skola, Bratislava (Slovakia) and the National Research Centre (Egypt). The co-operation refers to research in several fields, the exchange of professors, young academics with a PhD degree, PhD course students and MSc course students, as well as running PhD courses in the 'joint-supervision' system.

Research:
Research activity of the Faculty comprises basic and applied sciences, focusing on : thermal decomposition (steam cracking hydropyrolisis) of carbohydrates and their catalytic transformations (dehydrogenation, oxidative coupling, isomerisation); synthesis, structure and reactivity of five-and six-element heterocyclic systems; chemistry of phosphorous ylids; the application of organometalic compounds; synthesis and reaction of peroxy compounds; engineering of chemical reactions; macromolecular chemistry; synthesis and modification of polymers and biomaterials for medicine, pharmacy, technology and environmental protection; dependencies between the structure and physical properties of polymers and polymer membranes; catalytic processes in technology and environmental protection; chemistry and technology of industrial explosives; crude oil, coal and coke technology; thermocatalytic processes; chemical constitution of multicomponent hydrocarbon mixtures and oil products; renewable raw materials as additives for oil and coal-derivative products; utilisation of chosen heavy industry products; new technologies and the theory of inorganic and electrochemical processes; optimisation of technical and apparatus solutions of industrial processes; static analysis and macrokinetics of inorganic processes; phase transformations and interface processes in multicomponent systems; utilisation and disposal of industrial waste; corrosion and protection against it; industrial chemical analysis and eco-analysis, analysis of biological materials, new reactions and analytic reagents; heat and mass exchange; crystallisation, filtration , mixing, sedimentation, destilation, pneumatic transportation, gas cleaning, drying; new solutions for the structure of heat exchangers, distillation and absorption columns, loose material dryers, sedimentation tanks with fillings, equipment for the gas cleaning and separation, static mixers; new technologies and design solutions for the protection of environment in chemical industry and related fields.