School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences, University of Manchester
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The School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences (CEAS) University of Manchester
was formed by the merger in 2004 of the former UMIST
departments of Chemical Engineering
, and DIAS - the Department of Instrumentation and Analytical Sciences - and the Centre for Process Integration. The school inherits a longstanding association of Chemical Engineering and UMIST, indeed the discipline was founded by a series of lectures given there by George E. Davis
in 1888.
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
was formed by the merger in 2004 of the former UMIST
UMIST
The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology was a university based in the centre of the city of Manchester in England. It specialised in technical and scientific subjects and was a major centre for research...
departments of Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
, and DIAS - the Department of Instrumentation and Analytical Sciences - and the Centre for Process Integration. The school inherits a longstanding association of Chemical Engineering and UMIST, indeed the discipline was founded by a series of lectures given there by George E. Davis
George E. Davis
George Edward Davis is regarded as the founding father of the discipline of Chemical Engineering.Davis was born at Eton on 27 July 1850, the eldest son of George Davis, a bookseller. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a local bookbinder but he abandoned this trade after two years to...
in 1888.