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CHE 410 - Energy and Environment
Credits:
4.00
Energy supply in this country and the world; conventional
fuel reserves: coal, oil, natural gas; alternative
sources: nuclear, solar, geothermal, et. Forecasts and
strategies to meet needs. Environmental pollution, sources,
and economic and environmental impacts. Methods for
pollution control. Regulatory standards for environmental
protection. Prereq: good background in high school chemistry
CHE 410H - Honors/Energy and Environment
Credits:
4.00
See description for CHE 410.
CHE 501 - Introduction to Chemical Engineering I
Credits:
3.00
Systems of units; material balances and chemical
reactions; gas laws; phase phenomena.
CHE 502 - Introduction to Chemical Engineering II
Credits:
3.00
Energy and material balances for systems with and without
chemical reactions; design case studies.
CHE 601 - Fluid Mechanics and Unit Operations
Credits:
3.00
Continuity, momentum, and energy equations; laminar and
turbulent flow in pipes; rheology. Applications to flow in
porous media, filtration, and fluidization.
CHE 602 - Heat Transfer and Unit Operations
Credits:
3.00
Thermal properties of materials, steady-state and
transient conduction and convection; radiation;
applications to heat exchangers and process equipment.
CHE 603 - Applied Mathematics for Chemical Engineers
Credits:
4.00
Mathematical modeling and analysis of chemical engineering
problems. Analytical methods for first- and second-order
differential equations; numerical solutions; series
solutions; Bessel functions; Laplace transforms; matrix
algebra. Interpretation and solution of partial
differential equations. Prereq: knowledge of scientific
computer programming. Lab.
CHE 604 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Credits:
4.00
Volumetric and phase behavior of ideal and real gases and
liquids; cycles; steady-flow processes; chemical
equilibrium. Lab.
CHE 612 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
Credits:
3.00
Selected experiments in fluid mechanics, heat transfer,
and unit operations. Writing intensive.
CHE 695 - Chemical Engineering Project
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Independent research problems carried out under faculty
supervision.
CHE 696 - Independent Study
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Prereq: permission of the adviser and department
chairperson; granted only to students having superior
scholastic achievement.
CHE 701 - Introduction to Polymer Engineering
Credits:
4.00
Principles of polymer chemistry, polymerization kinetics,
polymer rheology, and material characteristics. Design and
analysis of polymer reactors, extruders, molding machines,
and other forming operations. Lab.
CHE 703 - Mass Transfer and Stagewise Operations
Credits:
3.00
Diffusion in gases, liquids, and solids; design and
analysis of distillation, absorption, adsorption,
extraction, and other stagewise equipment and operations.
CHE 705 - Natural and Synthetic Fossil Fuels
Credits:
4.00
Study of U.S. and foreign reserves of coal, oil, and
natural gas. Petroleum processing and refining. Coal, oil
shale, and tar sand. Gasification and liquefaction of coal.
Lab.
CHE 707 - Chemical Engineering Kinetics
Credits:
3.00
Use of laboratory data to design commercial reactors.
Continuous, batch, plug-flow, and stirred-tank reactors
for homogeneous and catalytic multiphase reactions.
CHE 708 - Chemical Engineering Design
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to cost engineering. Application of acquired
skills to design of chemical processes. Individual major
design project required. Safety for industrial processes.
Lab. Writing intensive.
CHE 712 - Introduction to Nuclear Engineering
Credits:
4.00
Development of nuclear reactors; binding-energy;
radioactivity; elements of nuclear reactor theory;
engineering problems of heat transfer, fluid flow,
materials selection, and shielding; environmental impacts.
CHE 713 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
Credits:
3.00
Selected experiments in mass transfer, stagewise
operations, thermodynamics, and kinetics. Writing intensive
CHE 722 - Introduction to Microfuildics
Credits:
4.00
Fundamentals and applications of microfluidics; scaling
laws; microfabrication technology; hydrodynamics and
electrodynamics; interfacial phenomena; capillary effects
and diffusion; microvalves; micropumps; lab-on-a-chip
systems; biochips. Prereq: fluids mechanics course or
permission of instructor.
CHE 744 - Corrosion
Credits:
4.00
Fundamentals of corrosion processes in industrial and
environmental settings; thermodynamics, kinetics, and mass
transport in local corrosion cells; protection by
electrochemical, chemical, surface modification or barrier
methods; instrumental methods in corrosion science. Lab.
CHE 752 - Process Dynamics and Control
Credits:
4.00
Dynamic behavior of chemical engineering processes
described by differential equations; feedback control
concepts and techniques; stability analysis. Lab. (Also
listed as ENE 752.)
CHE 761 - Biochemical Engineering
Credits:
4.00
Immobilized enzyme technology, microbial biomass
production, transport phenomena in microbial systems,
biological reactor design, process instrumentation and
control, applications in separation and purification
processes. Lab.
CHE 762 - Biomedical Engineering
Credits:
4.00
Transport phenomena and chemical reactions in
physiological systems. Formulation and interactions of
biomaterials. Artificial kidney, vascular prothesis, drug
delivery, protein and cell adhesion. Introduction to tissue
engineering. Lab.