Professors Anklam, Artigue, Carlson, Coronell, Hariri, Miller, Sauer and Serbezov

CHE 110 Programming and Computation for Chemical Engineers 2R-0L-2C S Pre: None
  An introduction to problem solving methods and computer programming, including structured algorithm design, numerical computation, and graphical data analysis.

CHE 200 Career Preparation I 0L-0C F Pre: sophomore standing in Chemical Engineering
  Career choices in chemical engineering, internship, coop, chemical industry working environment. 2-5 contact hours per quarter.

CHE 201 Conservation Principles and Balances 4R-0L-4C F Pre: MA 113, PH 111 and CHEM 113
  An introduction to engineering calculations, application of numerical techniques, concepts of systems, conservation and accounting of extensive properties—mass, energy, charge, linear momentum—as a common framework for engineering analysis and modeling.

CHE 202 Basic Chemical Process Calculations 4R-0L-4C W Pre: CHE 201
  Application of conservation of mass and energy in analysis of chemical engineering processes including recycle, bypass and multi-stream processes. Introduction to the concept of system design. Some familiarity with equipment, flowcharts, key constants, techniques and methodologies used by practicing chemical engineers. The use of computer software, especially spreadsheets, will be integrated into the course.

CHE 300 Career Preparation II 0L-0C W Pre: Junior standing in Chemical Engineering
  Career choices; preparation of resume; preparation for summer positions; preparation for graduate programs. 2-5 contact hours per quarter.

CHE 301 Fluid Mechanics 4R-0L-4C F,S Pre: CHE 201
  Physical properties, fluid statics, laminar and turbulent flow of real fluids, boundary layer concept, interaction between fluid flow and contacting surfaces. Use of energy balances in design of pipe networks and pumps. Emphasis is placed on general methods of analysis applicable to any fluid. Solution of problems by computer will be stressed.

CHE 303 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I 4R-0L-4C F, S Pre: CHE 201
  First and Second Laws of thermodynamics. Equations of state. Residual properties. Open systems. Thermodynamics of pure materials.

CHE 304 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II 4R-0L-4C F,W Pre: CHE 303, MA222
  Review of second law of thermodynamics. Properties of mixtures. Phase equilibria. Thermodynamics of chemical change. Thermodynamic analysis of processes.

CHE 314 Heat Transfer 4R-0L-4C F, W Pre: CHE 202, CHE 301, MA221
  Modes of heat transfer. Steady and unsteady state conduction. Solution of equations by computer methods. Principles of convective heat transfer. Forced convection inside tubes and ducts, across cylinders and spheres. Free convection from plates and cylinders. Condensation and boiling heat transfer. Heat exchangers. Introduction to radiation heat transfer.

CHE 315 Materials Science and Engineering 4R-0L-4C F or S Pre: CHEM 113
  Introduces properties of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites. Atomic structure, crystal structure, and microstructure are used to explain observed chemical, and mechanical properties. Various classes of corrosion and methods of mitigating corrosion will be presented. Composite materials will be introduced.

CHE 325 Mass Transfer 4R-0L-4C W, S Pre: CHE 202, CHE 314, CHE 304
  Principles of diffusion. Study of gas-liquid operations including gas absorption and distillation in equilibrium stage tray columns as well as packed columns. Quantitative treatment of mass transfer based on material and energy balances, phase equilibrium and rates of heat and mass transfer.

CHE 385 Quality Methods 4R-0L-4C S Pre: MA 223 or MA 381 and consent of instructor (See MA 385.)
  Introduction to various aspects of statistical quality control and statistical process control to include the following topics: importance of variance reduction and probability concepts influencing product quality and reliability; development and application of control charts (P-charts, NP-chart, C-charts, U-charts, Individuals Charts, moving range charts, X-bar and R as well as X-bar and S charts); process capability indices (their use and misuse); introduction to acceptance sampling. Other topics to be included as time allows: 6 sigma thinking, gauge reproducibility and repeatability, and total quality management with the philosophies of Deming, Juran, and Crosby. Review of fundamental prerequisite statistics will be included as necessary.

CHE 404 Kinetics and Reactor Design 4R-0L-4C F,S Pre: CHEM 360 and CHE 304
  Homogeneous kinetics, differential and integral data analysis, batch, mixed, and plug flow reactors, systems with multiple reactions and reactors, temperature and pressure effects.

CHE 405 Introduction to MEMS: Fabrication and Applications 3R-3L-4C S Pre: JR or SR Standing (See PH 410/510.)
  Properties of silicon wafers, wafer-level processes, surface and bulk micromachining, thin-film deposition, dry and wet etching, photolithography, process integration, simple actuators. Introduction to microfluidic systems. MEMS applications: capacitive accelerometer, cantilever and pressure sensor. Students enrolled in CHE 405/505 must do project work on a topic selected by the instructor.

CHE 409 Professional Practice 1R-0L-1C F
  Topics on professional practice, project management, contemporary and global issues in the profession are discussed by students, staff and outside speakers.

CHE 410 Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation 2R-0L-2C S and/or F Pre: CHE202, MA223
  An introduction to laboratory concepts in data collection, record keeping, interpretation and analysis, and instrumentation. Topics include experimental error analysis, regression, model formulation, experimental design, and instrumentation. In addition, students will be formally instructed on written and oral communication and teaming.

CHE 411 Chemical Engineering Laboratory I 0R-3L-1C S Pre: CHE 202, CHE 314, MA223
  Principles underlying momentum, mass and energy transfer and the applications of equipment used to accomplish such transfer. Written and oral reports are required.

CHE 412 Chemical Engineering Laboratory II 0R- 6L-2C F Pre: CHE 325, CHE 410, CHE 411 or consent of instructor
  Continuation of CHE 411.

CHE 413 Chemical Engineering Laboratory III 0R- 6L-2C W Pre: CHE 412
  Continuation of CHE 412 with emphasis on process control and kinetics.

CHE 416 Design I: Process Economics and Equipment Design 4R-0L-4C F Pre: CHE 325
  Process economics, process simulation and modeling, equipment design and specification.

CHE 417 Design II: Process Synthesis and Analysis 4R-0L-4C W Pre: CHE 416, CHE 404
  A continuation of the topics of CHE 416 including a process improvement project.

CHE 418 Design III: Capstone Design Project 0R-6L-2C S Pre: CHE 417
  Completion of an open-ended design project which will include written and oral communication of intermediate status and the final design specifications.

CHE419 Advanced MEMS: Modeling and Packaging 3R-3L-4C F Pre: PH410 or equivalent (See PH 411/511.)
  Design process, modeling; analytical and numerical. Actuators; dynamics and thermal issues. Use of software for layout and simulation. Characterization and reliability of MEMS devices. Electrical interfacing and packaging of MEMS. Microsensors, microfluidic systems, applications in engineering, biology, and physics. Students enrolled in CHE 419/519, must do project work on a topic selected by the instructor.

CHE 420 Consulting Engineering Seminar 2R-0L-2C Pre: Junior class standing
  Discusses problems in the field of consulting engineering. Seminars presented by practicing consulting engineers.

CHE 440 Process Control 4R-0L-4C W Pre: CHE 202, MA222
  The mathematics of process dynamics, control system design, Laplace transforms, feedback control theory, characteristics of control elements, stability criteria, and frequency response. The course at times uses a personalized system of instruction format.

CHE 441 Polymer Engineering 4R-0L-4C F or S
  Interrelation of polymer structure, properties and processing. Polymerization kinetics. Methods for molecular weight determination. Fabrication and processing of thermoplastic and thermosetting materials. Student projects.

CHE 450 Air Pollution Control 4R-0L-4C F or W Pre: Junior or Senior standing
  An introduction to air pollution and its control with special emphasis on the engineering aspects. Discussions of meteorology, health effects, sources and types of pollution, industrial control technology. Student projects.

CHE 461 Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering 4R-0L-4C F or W Pre: EM 301 or CHE
  Physical-chemical unit operations pertinent to wastewater treatment such as membrane separations, filtration, coagulation, flocculation, ion exchange, carbon adsorption. Applications for unit operations from the chemical process industries are also covered.

CHE 470 Safety, Health, and Loss Prevention 4R-0L-4C S Pre: Junior or Senior standing
  Fundamentals of chemical process safety including toxicology, industrial hygiene, toxic release and dispersion models, fires and explosions, HAZOP analysis. Design of equipment to prevent fires and explosions. Risk assessment, including event and fault trees.

CHE 490 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering 4R-0L-4C F, W, S
   Topics of current interest in chemical engineering.

CHE 499 Directed Research F, W, S Pre: Permission of instructor
  A special project is assigned to or selected by the student. The publication of research is encouraged. Variable credit. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credits.

UNDERGRADUATE-GRADUATE COURSES

CHE 502 Transport Phenomena I 4R-0L-4C
  Momentum Transport: viscosity; velocity distributions in laminar flow, the equations of change for isothermal systems, unsteady flow, turbulent flow, friction factors, macroscopic balances for isothermal systems. Energy Transport: thermal conductivity, temperature distributions in solids and in laminar flow, the equations of change for nonisothermal systems.

CHE 503 Transport Phenomena II 4R-0L-4C
  Energy Transport: multidimensional systems; macroscopic balances for nonisothermal systems. Mass Transport: fundamentals of ordinary diffusion, multicomponent diffusion, pressure and thermal diffusion, coupled heat and mass transfer, boundary layer analysis, turbulent transport, mass transfer coefficients, macroscopic balances.

CHE 504 Advanced Reactor Design 4R-0L-4C W Pre: CHE 404
  Non-ideal flow, distribution functions, dispersion model, tanks in series model, noncatalytic fluid-solid reactions, heterogeneous fluid-fluid reactions, solid catalyzed fluid reactions.

CHE 505 Introduction to MEMS: Fabrication and Applications 3R-3L-4C S Pre: JR or SR standing
  Properties of silicon wafers; wafer-level processes, surface and bulk micromachining, thin-film deposition, dry and wet etching, photolithography, process integration, simple actuators. Introduction to microfluidic systems. MEMS applications: capacitive accelerometer, cantilever and pressure sensor.
  Students enrolled in PH510, ME516, ECE516, CHE505, BE516 must do project work on a topic selected by the instructor.

CHE 512 Petrochemical Processes 4R-0L-4C F or W Pre: CHE 325 or consent of instructor
  Multicomponent separation of petroleum by flash vaporization and by distillation. Catalytic processes for production of light petroleum products from heavier derivatives. Production of petrochemicals such as ethylene, methanol, and ammonia from natural gas. Group projects on refinery and petrochemical processes. Material balances and economic evaluations. Application of computer design packages and spreadsheets.

CHE 513 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 4R-0L-4C Pre: CHE 304
  Review of thermodynamic principles, thermodynamics of mixtures, phase equilibria, thermodynamics of chemical change, and thermodynamic analysis of physical and chemical processes.

CHE 519 Advanced MEMS: Modeling and Packaging 3R-3L-4C F Pre: PH410 or equivalent course
  Design process, modeling; analytical and numerical. Actuators; dynamics and thermal issues. Use of software for layout and simulation. Characterization and reliability of MEMS devices. Electrical interfacing and packaging of MEMS. Microsensors, microfluidic systems, applications in engineering, biology, chemistry, and physics.
  Students enrolled in PH511, ME519, ECE519, CHE519, BE519 must do project work on a topic selected by the instructor.

CHE 521 Advanced Chemical Engineering Computation 4R-0L-4C
  The application of advanced mathematics to chemical engineering problems. The topics include: the formulation of the partial differential equations of kinetics and heat, mass and momentum transfer problems; series solution techniques (Frobenius, Bessel, Legendre); transform solution techniques (Laplace, Fourier); vector formulation of transport equations.

CHE 540 Advanced Process Control 4R-0L-4C Pre: CHE 440 and consent of instructor
  Control topics beyond those covered in CHE 440. Topics will be selected from among the following: optimization, nonlinear control, adaptive control, multivariable systems, process dynamics, digital systems, system design.

CHE 545 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering 4R-0L-4C Pre: CHE 404 or AB421 or consent of instructor
  Survey course introducing biochemical terminology and processes. Review of microbiology and biochemistry. Enzyme kinetics, cellular genetics, biochemical transport phenomena, and design and operation of biochemical reactors. Emphasis on applying engineering principles to biochemical situations.

CHE 546 Bioseparations 4R-0L-4C Pre: CHE 325 or consent of instructor
  An introduction to biochemistry and microbiology will be followed by analysis of bioseparation processes. Filtration, centrifugation, adsorption, electrophoresis, and chromatography are the primary topics of the course. Applications are emphasized.

CHE 590 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering 4R-0L-4C F, W, S
  Topics of current interest in chemical engineering. May be repeated.

CHE 597 Special Projects in Chemical Engineering F, W, S Pre: Permission of instructor
  A special project, or series of problems, or research problem is assigned to or selected by the student. A comprehensive report must be submitted at the conclusion of the project. Not to be used as a substitute for CHE 599, Thesis Research. Variable credit. May be repeated up to a maximum of eight credits.

CHE 598 Graduate Seminar 1R-0L-0C F, W, S
  Selected topics in chemical engineering are discussed by graduate students, faculty, and guest speakers.

CHE 599 Thesis Research F, W, S
  Graduate students only. Credits as assigned; however, not more than 12 credits will be applied toward the requirements of the M.S. degree.