CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (CHE)

CHE 1010. Introduction to Chemical Engineering. Lec. 1. Credit 1.
Information is provided to potential chemical engineering majors in a variety of areas including: curriculum linkages, the profession, collaborative work environments, faculty interaction, mentoring opportunities, professional societies, and laboratory skills.

CHE 1510. Computer Applications in Chemical Engineering. Lab. 2. Credit 1.
Prerequisite: ENGR 1120 or consent of instructor. Software to be used in subsequent Chemical Engineering courses will be introduced in this course.

CHE 2010. Introduction to Chemical Engineering Analysis. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: ENGR 1120, CHEM 1120, and MATH 1910. Quantitative descriptions of chemical engineering systems. Conservation equations, rate processes, and mathematical analysis.

CHE 2011. Chemical and Biological Engineering Process Analysis. Lec. 3. Lab. 2. Credit 4.
Prerequisites: ENGR 1120, CHEM 1120, and MATH 1910. Quantitative descriptions of chemical and biological engineering systems. Conservation of mass and energy for single and multi-process units as well as for reactive and non-reactive systems. Lab introduces report writing, basic measurement techniques, and applications of mass conservation equations.

CHE 2210. Chemical Engineering Laboratory I. Lab. 3. Credit 1.
Laboratory experiences with emphasis on measurement techniques and report writing.

CHE 3010. Thermodynamics of Chemical Processes. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: CHEM 1120, MATH 1910. Application of the 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics to the analysis of single and multi-phase processes for both closed and open systems.

CHE 3020. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: CHE 3010 or equivalent. Prediction of phase equilibrium, chemical equilibrium and thermodynamic analysis of processes.

CHE 3021. Separations and Solution Thermodynamics. Lec. 3. Lab. 2. Credit 4.
Prerequisite: CHE 3010 or equivalent. Analysis and prediction of mixture properties at equilibrium in single and multiple phases. Lab is focused on solution thermodynamic topics and industrially-relevant separation processes.

CHE 3110. Transfer Science I. Lec. 4. Credit 4.
Prerequisites: CHE 2010 and MATH 2110. Principles, design and operation of systems for heat transfer, and the transportation of fluids and solids.

CHE 3111. Transfer Science I: Conduction, Radiation, and Diffusion. Lec. 3. Lab. 2. Credit 4.
Corequisites: CHE 2011 and MATH 2110. Energy and mass conservation principles. Experimental studies of heat and diffusive mass transfer. Design and operation of systems for heat and mass transfer with applications to heat exchange and diffusive motion.

CHE 3120. Transfer Science II. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CHE 2010. Principles, design, and operation of equipment for the separation and purification of materials; emphasizes distillation, extraction, and leaching.

CHE 3121. Transfer Science II: Fluid Mechanics. Lec. 3. Lab. 2. Credit 4.
Prerequisite: CHE 2011 and CHE 3111. Theory of mass and Mementum conservation principles. Experimental studies of fluid mechanics. Design and operation of systems involving fluids with application to fluid flow and fluid property measurements.

CHE 3220. Chemical Engineering Laboratory II. Lab. 3. Credit 1.
Prerequisite/corequisite: CHE 3120. Experimental studies in fluid mechanics and heat transfer.

CHE 3730. Chemical Engineering Operations. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CHE 1510. Decision-making techniques as applied to management of chemical processing plants.

CHE 3990. Introduction to Research Methods. Lab. 2. Credit 1.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Introduces students to research methods used within chemical engineering.

CHE 4110 (5110). Computational Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer.  Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CHE 3110. General equations describing heat, mass, and momentum transport. Similarities and differences in transport properties are studied.

CHE 4130 (5130). Transfer Science III. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CHE 2010. Principles, design, and operation of equipment for the separation and purification of materials.

CHE 4131 (5131). Transfer Science III: Diffusion and Diffusive-Convective Mass Transfer. Lec. 3. Lab. 2. Credit 4.
Prerequisites: CHE 2011, CHE 3111, and CHE 3121. Mathematical description of diffusion and diffusive-convective mass transfer. Mass transfer with reaction. Dimensional Analysis. Mass transfer in one and two-dimensions in Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Integrated labs demonstrating the concept of diffusion, computational experiments, and demonstrating the effect of geometry, flow, etc., on mass transfer.

CHE 4210 (5210). Chemical Reaction Engineering. Lec. 3. Lab. 1. Credit 4.
Prerequisite: ChE 3020 or consent of instructor. Chemical reaction kinetics and chemical reactor design. There is an emphasis on homogeneous reactions and ideal and non-ideal reactors. Introduction to laboratory experiments to illustrate typical situations found in chemical reacting systems: kinetics parameter determination, residence time visualization, introduction to different types of reactors, (i.e., batch, tubular and gradientless).

CHE 4230. Chemical Engineering Laboratory III.  Lab. 6. Credit 2.
Prerequisite/corequisite: CHE 3120. Laboratory experiences in typical chemical engineering systems. Experiments are designed to integrate the subject matter from several subject areas.

CHE 4240. Chemical Engineering Capstone Laboratory.  Lab. 3. Credit 1.
Prerequisite/corequisite: CHE 4410. Laboratory experiences in typical chemical engineering systems. Experiments are designed to integrate the fundamental topics with applications from several subject areas.

CHE 4241.  Chemical Engineering Laboratory IVb.  Lab. 3.  Credit 1.
Prerequisite:  CHE 4130.  Laboratory experiences in biochemical engineering systems.

CHE 4300 (5300). Introduction to Air Pollution. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CHE 3110. Problems of air pollution and their solutions. Analysis and design of devices for the control of air pollutants from chemical processes.

CHE 4330 (5330). Polymer Engineering. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: CHEM 3020 or consent of instructor. Polymerization kinetics for key commercial polymers, structure/property relationships and characterization of key polymers, processing fundamentals, fundamentals of formulation of polymer composites and blends (nanocomposites, biopolymers.)

CHE 4410. Process Design I. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CHE 3120. Synthesis, design, economics, and optimization of chemical systems.

CHE 4420. Process Design II. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CHE 4410. Continuation of Design I but with emphasis on complex chemical systems. Introduction to the use of computer-aided process simulation codes.

CHE (ME) 4470 (5470).  Interdisciplinary Studies in Ceramic Materials Processing.  Lec. 3.  Credit 3.
Prerequisite:  Senior standing in engineering, mathematics, chemistry (calculus-based), or physics.  Selected materials synthesis for metals, ceramics, and their composites; application of fracture mechanics and failure models; mechanical, chemical, and morphological characterization theory and practice; and materials design.

CHE 4510 (5510). Applied Mathematics in Chemical Engineering. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CHE 3020, CHE 3120 or equivalents and MATH 2120. Applied numerical methods, and the solution of differential equations in chemical engineering.

CHE 4540. Process Dynamics and Control. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: CHE 3120 and MATH 2120. Analysis of the dynamic behavior of chemical processes. Basic control principles and methods of measuring and controlling process variables.

CHE 4660 (5660). Biochemical Engineering. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CHE 4210 or consent of instructor. Applications of chemical engineering principles to the study of biochemical systems.

CHE 4661 (5661). Transport in Biochemical and Biological Processes. Lec. 2. Lab. 2. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: CHE 4210 or consent of instructor. Applications of chemical engineering principles to the study of biochemical and biological systems. Lab is centered around various techniques used in the biochemical and biological field.

CHE 4810. Developing Areas in Chemical Engineering. Lec. 1. Credit 1.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in Chemical Engineering. Introduction to an emerging subject area in chemical engineering.

CHE 4910. Professionalism and Ethics in Chemical Engineering. Lec. 1. Credit 1.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in Chemical Engineering. Presentation and discussion of topics relevant to the ethics and professional behavior in the chemical engineering profession, including professional literature.

CHE 4911. Professionalism and Ethics in Chemical Engineering--BS/MS Fast Track Students. Lec. 1. Credit 1.
Prerequisite: Students approved for BS-MS Fast Track. Presentation and discussion of topics relevant to the ethics and professional behavior in the chemical engineering profession, including professional licensure. Research methodology and graduate studies preparation is also discussed.

CHE (ECE, ME) 4950 (5950).  Introduction to MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS).  Lec. 3.  Credit 3.
Prerequisite:  Senior standing in engineering or consent of instructor.  Introduce the design, fabrication, and performance of MEMS devices.  Topics include bulk and surface micromachining, photolithography, sensors, actuation systems, optical MEMS, and microcantilever based systems.

CHE 4990. Undergraduate Research. Credits 1 to 3 per semester. Maximum 12.
Prerequisite: CHE 3990. Research and development problems, laboratory investigations, planning experimental programs, and correlating and reporting results through written works and presentations. Because of the impossibility of duplicating the conditions on a special problem, this course may not be repeated for the improvement of a grade.

Course descriptions for 6000- and 7000-level courses are contained in the Graduate Catalog.