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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 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 605 - 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 606 - 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 608 - 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. (Also offered as ENE 608.) Writing intensive.
CHE 612 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
Credits:
3.00
Selected experiments in fluid mechanics, heat transfer,
and unit operations. Writing intensive.
CHE 613 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
Credits:
3.00
Selected experiments in mass transfer, stagewise operations,
thermodynamics, and kinetics. 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 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 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 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 751 - Process Simulation and Optimization
Credits:
4.00
Techniques for computer-aided analysis of chemical
processing systems.. Development of mathematical models
to describe process behavior. Application of optimization
techniques. Prereq: a knowledge of scientific computer
programming. 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.
CHE #754 - Graphic, Numerical, and Finite Element Applications in Chemical Engineering
Credits:
4.00
Computational methods for solving differential equations
resulting from the modeling of a process or physical
phenomena. Graphical display of results of data and
curve-fitted equations. Use of inter-active graphics and
the solution of boundary-value problems. Applications of
finite element analysis and discussion of other software
available. Prereq: CHE 603 or permission of instructor; a
knowledge of scientific computer programming.
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.
Artifical kidney, vascular prothesis, drug delivery, protein
and cell adhesion. Introduction to tissue engineering. Lab.