ChE 551 Principles of Mass Transfer 3 credits
Prerequisites: undergraduate thermodynamics and integral calculus. An
introductory course in basic concepts of mass transfer. Special emphasis is
placed on mass transfer concepts applicable to stage and continuous operations.
Topics covered include evaporation, gas absorption, and distillation. Cannot be
used for degree credit.
ChE 583 Petroleum Refining 3 credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate courses in chemical engineering, kinetics, and mass
transfer. A study of the major petrochemical feedstocks. A consideraton of the
economic and technical problems in refinery operation with changing sources of
raw materials and demands for products.
ChE 590 BS/MS Co-op Work Experience I 3 additive credits
Prerequisite: restricted to BS/MS Co-op students in chemical engineering.
Permission from department and Division of Cooperative Education. Cooperative
education internship provides on-the-job reinforcement of the academic program
by placement in major-related work situations during the summer months. Work
assignment developed or approved by the Co-op Division and evaluated by the
department. Cannot be used for degree credit.
ChE 591 BS/MS Co-op Work Experience II 3 additive credits
Prerequisite: restricted to BS/MS co-op students. Permission from department
and Division of Cooperative Education. Cooperative education internship
provides on-the-job reinforcement of the academic program by placement in
major-related work situations during summer months. Work assignment developed
or approved by the Co-op Division and evaluated by the department. Cannot be
used for degree credit.
ChE 592 Co-op Work Experience III 3 additive credits
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Permission from department and Division of
Cooperative Education. Cooperative education internship provides on-the-job
reinforcement of academic program by placement in major-related work situations
for a minimum of three months duration. Work assignments developed or approved
by the Co-op Division and evaluated by the department. Cannot be used for
degree credit.
ChE 599 Methods for Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants 3
credits
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Required for all chemical engineering teaching
assistants and graduate assistants. Covers techniques of teaching, interaction
with students, and safety. Cannot be used for degree credit.
ChE 602 Selected Topics in Chemical Engineering I 3 credits
Prerequisite: advisor's approval or permission of the instructor. Topics of
current interest in chemical engineering.
ChE 611 Thermodynamics 3 credits
Prerequisites: undergraduate courses in physical chemistry and thermodynamics,
or equivalent. Principles of thermodynamics developed quantitatively to include
thermodynamic functions and their application to chemical engineering processes.
ChE 612 Kinetics of Reactions and Reactor Design 3 credits
Prerequisites: undergraduate course in chemical engineering kinetics, or
equivalent. Elements of optimum design introduced for reactor types, series and
parallel reactor systems, multiple reactions, and temperature effects.
Introduction to non-ideal reactor design. Study of various models for catalytic
and non-catalytic solid-fluid reactions.
ChE 623 Heat Transfer 3 credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate course in heat transfer. Heat transmission applied
to practical problems in design. Unsteady state conduction and batch heating
and cooling problems; and empirical correlations and their use in the design
and optimization of equipment.
ChE 624 Transport Phenomena I 3 credits
Prerequisites: undergraduate courses in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and
mass transfer. A unified treatment of molecular and turbulent momentum, energy,
and mass transport. Emphasis is on the mathematical description of physical
mechanisms in momentum and energy transport.
ChE 626 Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering 3 credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate course in differential equations. The purpose of
the course is to emphasize the importance of mathematics to chemical
engineering practice. Applications of non-linear regression, series solution of
ordinary differential equations, Sturm-Liouville problems in partial
differential equations, and numerical methods. It is suggested that students
take this course before taking ChE 624.
ChE 627 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering 3 credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate courses in thermodynamics and differential
equations. Introduction to the structure and composition of the body followed
by an exploration of the properties of blood and its flow in the cardiovascular
system; the body as a heat source and as a series of compartments involved in
mass transfer of materials (such as those in the kidneys and lungs). Design of
artificial kidneys and heart-lung machines is also explored.
ChE 628 Biochemical Engineering 3 credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate degree in chemical engineering. The application of
chemical engineering to biological processes, biochemical reaction systems, and
their technological use. Special attention given to problems in momentum,
energy, and mass transport, as well as chemical reaction kinetics in biological
systems.
ChE 629 Biological Engineering Analysis 3 credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate degree in chemical engineering. Emphasis is on
chemical engineering reactor design employing microbial populations. The
dynamics of microbial interactions are described mathematically, as are cell
attachment and reactor stability.
ChE 631 Equilibrium Stage Processes 3 credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate chemical engineering courses in stage separations
and mass transfer. Correlations and computation methods used in applying the
equilibrium stage concept to the design of separation processes; absorption,
extraction, and distillation treated as variations of one basic process;
equipment design, and tower controls are described.
ChE 634 Chemical Process Dynamics and Control 3 credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate chemical engineering course in process dynamics and
control. Mathematical principles of process dynamics and control; derivation
and solution of differential equations describing the behavior of typical
chemical engineering processing units; and mathematical analysis and design of
control systems. Digital and sampled data control systems also discussed.
ChE 641 Chemical Equipment and Plant Design 3 credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate degree in chemical engineering. The design of a
chemical manufacturing plant or a major process segment; selection of the major
pieces of equipment; auxiliaries and associated utility requirements and
instrumentation; and general specifications for the off-site facilities, plant
site preparation, and overall plant layout.
ChE 645 Fundamentals of Rheology 3 credits
Prerequisite: ChE 626 or permission of the instructor. Rheology of polymer
melts and polymer solutions. Various types of time-dependent and
time-independent non-Newtonian fluids are classified. Experimental techniques
used to characterize these materials are discussed.
ChE 646 Polymerization Reactor Design and Analysis 3 credits
Prerequisite: ChE 612 or equivalent. Mathematical analysis of polymerization
systems occurring in batch, continuous stirred tank, and tubular reactors,
including stability, control, and optimization.
ChE 656 Catalysis 3 credits
Prerequisite: ChE 612. Introduction of mass transfer and physical
characterization of catalysts: the effectiveness factor; absorption; surface
reaction; catalytic reactor design.
ChE 657 Multiphase Reaction Engineering 3 credits
Prerequisite: ChE 612. Complex reactor systems of commercial importance are
studied, including gas-liquid, fluid-solid, and fluid-fluid-solid systems, as
well as reactive distillation, and bioreactors.
ChE 661 Coal Conversion Engineering 3 credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate degree in chemical engineering. Physical and
chemical properties of coal. Coal storage, handling, transportation, cleaning
and preparation. Chemistry, thermodynamics, and kinetics of coal pyrolysis,
hydropyrolysis, gasification, and liquefaction. Engineering analysis of the
various coal conversion processes. Characteristics of fluidized and entrained
bed reactors.
ChE 662 Chemical Processing of Electronic Materials 3 credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate degree in chemical engineering. Processes necessary
for manufacturing electronic materials into semiconductor devices and systems
including single crystal growth, chemical vapor deposition, ion implantation,
dry etching, and other considerations.
ChE 663 Operations Analysis of Chemical Manufacturing Processes 3
credits
Prerequisite: undergraduate degree in chemical engineering. Introduction of
mathematical tools and analytic approaches needed to manage resources,
operations and product quality in a chemical engineering plant. Topics include
cost analysis, decision analysis, production planning, energy conservation,
process optimization, reliability analysis, and statistical quality control.
ChE 671 Chemical Process Safety 3 credits
Prerequisite: admission to the master's program in occupational safety and
health engineering. Chemical and physical principles in chemical process safety
and fire and explosion hazard evaluation. Emphasis is on materials, their
reactions, and effect on surroundings. Course intended for students in the
master's program in occupational safety and health engineering, and may not be
taken for credit by ChE graduate students.
ChE 675 Statistical Thermodynamics 3 credits
Prerequisite: ChE 611 or permission of instructor. Application of equilibrium
statistical mechanics to chemical engineering problems. Basic postulates and
relationships of statistical thermodynamics, including the ideal gas, ideal
crystal, and virial equation; statistical theories of fluid mixtures and other
advanced topics.
ChE 685 Industrial Waste Control I 3 credits
Prerequisite: EVSC 610 or equivalent, or undergraduate degree in chemical
engineering. Physical/chemical treatment of industrial wastewaters: ionic
equilibria; surface characterization; thermodynamic applications; transport
phenomena; and sludge treatment.
ChE 686 Industrial Waste Control II 3 credits
Prerequisite: EVSC 610 or equivalent, or undergraduate degree in chemical
engineering. Biological treatment of industrial wastewaters: biological
mechanisms; kinetics; vapor-liquid equilibria; and settling phenomena.
ChE 687 Industrial Gas Cleaning 3 credits
Prerequisites: undergraduate degree in chemical engineering, or permission of
the instructor. Review of available tools for cleaning atmospheric effluents
from manufacturing facilities and power plants; use of a systems approach to
minimize gas cleaning costs; alternatives involving combinations of process
modification and effluent clean-up; methods for estimating key design
parameters for cyclones, baghouses, electrostatic precipitators and scrubbers.
Applications of design parameters through the solution of extensive
problem-sets.
ChE 701 Master's Thesis 6 credits
Prerequisite: matriculation for the master's degree in chemical engineering.
Approval of thesis advisor is necessary for registration. Original research,
design, or process development under the guidance of a departmental advisor.
The final product must be a written thesis. The thesis must be approved by
three faculty members: one from the department, the primary advisor, and one
other faculty member. Once registration for thesis has begun, a student must
continue to register for at least 3 credits per semester until at least 6
credits have been completed and a written thesis is approved.
ChE 702 Selected Topics in Chemical Engineering II 3 credits
Prerequisite: advisor's approval or permission of instructor. Topics of current
interest in chemical engineering.
ChE 705 Independent Study 3 credits
Prerequisite: permission from the graduate advisor in chemical engineering, as
well as courses prescribed by a supervising faculty member (who is not the
student's thesis advisor). This special course covers areas of study in which
one or more students may be interested, but which isn't of sufficiently broad
interest to warrant a regular course offering. Students may not register for
this course more than once with the same supervising faculty member.
ChE 711 Phase Equilibrium 3 credits, 2nd sem.
Prerequisite: ChE 611. Low-pressure and high-pressure vapor-liquid equilibrium
and liquid-liquid equilibrium. Among the topics covered are experimental
methods, consistency tests of the data, expressions for the dependence of the
activity coefficient on composition and temperature, and prediction of
multicomponent vapor-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibrium from binary data.
Prediction methods of vapor and liquid phase nonidealities, based on equations
of state and solution theories, are discussed.
ChE 712 Optimization of Chemical Reactor Systems 3 credits
Prerequisite: ChE 612 and ChE 626 Optimization theory and practice. Various
types of reactors are considered from the viewpoint of optimal design.
ChE 725 Transport Phenomena II 3 credits
Prerequisite: ChE 624. Transport in laminar and turbulent flow: in solids,
between phases, and macroscopic transport in flow systems.
ChE 726 Applied Fluid Mechanics 3 credits
Prerequisite: ChE 624. Brief review of the equations of change and tensor
analysis; generalized Newtonian fluid and its flow, material function for
non-Newtonian fluids through porous media.
ChE 731 Advanced Techniques in Equilibrium Separations 3 credits
Prerequisite: ChE 631. Methods for rigorous stage process calculations as well
as date correlations and consideration of design degrees of freedom. Emphasis
is placed on computer techniques and on use of the computer by students to
solve problems. Special topics such as sidestream stripping, azeotropic and
extractive distillation, and separation accompanied by chemical reaction are
also covered.
ChE 735 Optimization in Process Design and Control 3 credits
Prerequisites: ChE 626 and ChE 634 or equivalent. Optimization techniques
developed mathematically, and applied to problems in chemical design and
control. Methods of calculus of variations and dynamic programming are
compared; the discrete maximum principle applied to problems in design of
multi-stage chemical processes (e.g. cross-current extraction and a stirred
tank reactor sequence).
ChE 740 Biological Treatment of Hazardous Chemical Wastes 3 credits
Prerequisite: ChE 686 or the permission of the instructor. A doctoral level
seminar on the limitations of biological treatment for hazardous wastes that
looks at the fundamental processes taking place.
ChE 741 Modern Methods in Process and Plant Design 3 credits
Prerequisite: previous course in process or plant design; ChE 611, 612 and 626.
Newer concepts of process and plant design synthesis, analysis, and optimum
design methods. Among the specific topics covered are process development,
evaluation, and licensing; structure of process design problems; economic
design criteria; computer-aided design methods; effects of uncertainty on
designs; and the various non-process factors that affect a plant design such as
contractor's responsibilities, project management, and cost control.
ChE 757 Catalytic Reactor Design 3 credits
Prerequisites: ChE 624 and ChE 656. Mass, energy, momentum transfer and
chemical reactions involved in fixed bed, fluidized bed, trickle bed, and
slurry reactors.
ChE 790 Doctoral Dissertation and Research Credits as designated.
Required of all candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. A minimum of
36 credits is required. Approval of thesis advisor is necessary for
registration. Candidates must register for at least 6 credits of dissertation
per semester until completion of the degree requirements.
ChE 791 Graduate Seminar 1 credit
Required of all full-time master's and doctoral candidates. The student must
register for one credit per semester until completion of the degree. Outside
speakers and department members will present their research for general
discussion. Does not count as degree credit.