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Undergraduate Course Descriptions

101. INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. (0, 2, 1). Introduction to the profession of chemical engineering. Opportunities in chemical engineering and professional schools. Professionalism and ethics, basic chemical processes, guest speakers from faculty and industry, perform experiments in unit operations laboratory, safety issues, oral and written communications. Fa, Sp.

201. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS. (4, 0, 4). Emphasizes development of systematic problem-solving abilities. Material and energy balances are thoroughly studied. Problems involving separation technology and chemical reaction technology are solved using both manual and software-based methods. Fa, Sp. Prereq: CHEE 101; CHEM 108; MATH 270.

302. TRANSFER OPERATIONS. (3, 0, 3). Application of heat and mass transport fundamentals to chemical engineering processes with emphasis on the mathematical model. Various unit operations in chemical engineering are studied. Sp. Prereq: CHEE 201 with a grade of “C” or better. ENGR 305.

304. TRANSPORT PROCESSES LABORATORY. (0, 3, 1). Fundamentals of transfer and rate processes emphasized by laboratory exercises in the study of mass, momentum, and energy transfer. Students write reports and make oral presentation of results. Sp. Prereq: ENGL 365; ENGR 310, 305.

310. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS. (3, 0, 3). Fundamental laws of thermodynamics to include: deviations of gases from ideal conditions, properties of fluids, chemical reaction equilibrium, vaporization and condensation equilibria, expansion of compression of fluids. Emphasis placed on application of thermodynamic principles to industry. Sp. Prereq: CHEE 201, ENGR 301.

317. MATERIALS OF ENGINEERING. (3, 0, 3). A study of engineering materials such as ferrous and nonferrous metals, alloys, plastics, rubber and ceramics, their structures, properties, behavior, heat treatment, phase diagrams, and an introduction to the theory of corrosion. Fa, Sp. Prereq: CHEM 107; MATH 270.

To enroll in any 400-level course, students must be admitted to the Upper Division; to enroll in a 400(G)-level course in which there are graduate students, students must have junior or higher standing.

400(G). PROCESS SIMULATION. (3, 0, 3). Practice in mathematical modeling and computer simulation of chemical process systems. Emphasis on solutions of differential equations as well as optimization. Preparation and execution of computer programs on digital computers. Fa. Prereq: MATH 350, Senior standing.

401. STAGE OPERATIONS DESIGN. (3, 0, 3). Applications of the fundamentals of transport processes to chemical engineering computations in stage operations, with particular emphasis on design. Problems illustrate the design of such unit operations as distillation, gas absorption and extraction. Fa. Prereq: CHEE 302, 310.

402(G). CORROSION ENGINEERING. (3, 0, 3). This course is designed to cover all important aspects of corrosion engineering and corrosion science, including corrosion principles of 8 forms of corrosion, noble metals, "exotic" metals, non-metallics, coatings, mechanical properties, corrosion testing, and modern corrosion theory. Prereq: Permission of the instructor.

403. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I. (1, 3, 2). Practical experience in the calibration of flow and measurement devices. Experiments in filtration, fluidization, and heat transfer. Open-ended problem solving with emphasis on safety and environmental practices in a chemical plant. Fa. Prereq: CHEE 302; ENGL 365.

404. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY II. (1, 3, 2) . Practical experience of various types of unit operations, such as distillation, evaporation, heat exchangers, gas absorption, extraction and reactors. Open-ended problem solving with emphasis on safety and environmental practice. Sp. Prereq: CHEE 401, 403, 420.

405(G). PROCESS HEAT TRANSFER. (3, 0, 3). Conductive, convective, and radiative heat transfers; design rating of heat transfer equipment. Sp. Prereq: ENGR 301, 305. Coreq: CHEE 302.

407. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PLANT DESIGN. (3, 0, 3). An introduction to chemical plant design based on the principles of unit operations and process studies and their interrelationships. Fa. Prereq: CHEE 302,310; and ENGR 305.

408(G). COMPUTER-AIDED PROCESS DESIGN. (3, 0, 3). Process and plant design, optimization, cost estimation and economic analysis for chemical process industries. Studies include theories, industrial practices and computer-aided design technology. Students are required to make a technical presentation of their work Sp. Prereq: CHEE 401, 407, 420.

411. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROJECTS I. (1-3). Study of an individual problem in chemical engineering under the direction of a faculty member. Staff conferences held with the individual student for discussion of the progress of the study. Fa. Prereq: Permission of the department head.

412. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROJECTS II. (1-3). Study of an individual problem in chemical engineering under the direction of a faculty member. Staff conferences held with the individual student for discussion of the progress of the study. Sp. Su. Prereq: Permission of the department head.

413(G). PROCESS CONTROL IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. (2, 3, 3). Process instrumentation, process dynamic models, Laplace transform analysis of feedback and feed forward control systems. Frequency response methods, computer simulation of process control systems. Sp. Prereq: CHEE 302, 405; MATH 350.

414. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR. (1). Latest advances and developments in chemical engineering. Each student is assigned a subject and serves as moderator for the group discussion. Prereq: Senior standing and permission of the department head.

415(G). PETROCHEMICAL AND HYDROCARBON PROCESSING. (2, 3, 3). Unit processes in petroleum refining and production of petrochemicals, polymers and related products. Sp. Prereq: CHEE 401, CHEM 231.

416(G). BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING. (3, 0, 3). Chemical engineering principles will be used with biology and chemistry to mathematically describe and model various processes in the human body. The computer will be used as a tool for the modeling. Sp or Su. Prereq: Permission of the instructor.

417(G). POLYMER ENGINEERING. (3, 0, 3). An introduction to the structure and physical properties of polymers and their relationships to processing. Includes laboratory demonstrations. Sp. Prereq: CHEE 317.

418(G). INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT. (3, 0, 3). Design and modeling of chemical and biochemical processes for industrial waste treatments, as an integrated part of plant design. Studies of air and water pollution controls, industrial solid waste disposal, and recent environmental protection regulations are included. Prereq: Permission of instructor.

420(G). CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING. (3, 0, 3). Kinetic behavior of chemical processes, determination and prediction of specific reaction rate and order, catalysis, relationships between chemical and physical variables in heterogeneous systems as these influence the design of chemical reactors. Fa. Prereq: CHEE 310, CHEM 302.

427(G). ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. (3, 0, 3). Covers the structureproperty-process-performance relationship in advanced materials. Major emphasis on structure of advanced materials, physical basis of modulus, phase transformations, alloy design, advanced metallics, advanced polymers and composites. Prereq: CHEE 317.