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1005  Solutions for a Green Environment (3) Fulfills Physical/Life Science Exploration.
   Advances in technology have allowed the earth to sustain ever-increasing levels of population and per-capita consumption of resources, leading to increasing environmental degradation. Course explores the technology of production and utilization of the earth's resources and the impact on air, water, and land systems. Potential modifications to these technologies are investigated with the goal of reducing environmental impact within the framework of society's goals, political reality, and economic feasibility.

1703  Topics in Chemical and Fuels Engineering (2) Co-requisite: MATH 1210 and CHEM 1210.
   An introduction to the solution of engineering problems using Excel spreadsheets, the Internet, and MATLAB. Additional topics include programming using MATLAB. Speakers from industry will discuss careers in chemical and fuels engineering during several seminars.

2703  Numerical Methods Applications in Chemical and Fuels Engineering (2) Prerequisite: MATH 2250.
   Applications of numerical methods to interpolation, differentiation, integration, and the solution of systems of linear, nonlinear, and differential equations in chemical and fuels engineering.

2803  Fundamentals of Process Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CHEM 1220 and CHFEN 2853
   Material and energy balances, process engineering applications, degrees of freedom, fundamentals of multi-component phase equilibria, numerical and graphical calculations, and the use of modern computing tools in process -engineering calculations.

2853  Thermodynamics I (2) Cross listed as ME EN 2600. Prerequisite: PHYCS 2210 and MATH 1220.
   Thermodynamic properties, open and closed systems, equations of state, heat and work, first law of thermodynamics, second law of thermodynamics, Carnot cycle, introduction to power and refrigeration cycles.

3010  Technology and Public Policy (3) Prerequisite: Any science foundation course. Fulfills Physical/Life Science Exploration.
   Problems which arise because of the application of modern technology are discussed and students are assigned in groups to study the problems in depth, make oral presentations to the class, and submit a report. Emphasis on understanding the scientific and engineering basis of the technology. Problems selected from such areas as environmental degradation, resource depletion, public health, and national security.

3353  Fluid Mechanics (3) Prerequisite: MATH 2250 and PHYCS 2220 and major standing. Recommended Prerequisite: ME EN 1300 and CHFEN 2853.
   Fluid statics; application of conservation of mass, energy, and momentum to basic fluid mechanics problems; introduction to compressible flow, potential flow, boundary layer and dimensional analysis.

3453  Heat Transfer (3) Prerequisite: MATH 2250 and CHFEN 2703 and 2853 and major standing. Co-requisite: CHFEN 3353.
   Basic mechanisms of heat transfer, conduction, radiation, convection; design of heat exchangers. Introduction to complex problems involving all three modes of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and rdiation).

3553  Chemical Reaction Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 2703 and 3853 and major standing. Co-requisite: CHEM 3060. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   Reaction-rate equations, adiabatic reactions, back-mixed and plug-flow reactors, heterogeneous reactions, heterogeneous catalysis, reactor design.

3603  Mass Transfer and Separations (5) Prerequisite: CHFEN 3353 and 3453 and 3853 and CHEM 3070 and major standing. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS Course. Co-requisite: CHEM 3060. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   Molecular and turbulent diffusion; conservation, phase equilibria and rate-processes concepts in diffusional operations design, including simultaneous heat and mass transfer. Gas absorption, distillation, extraction, membranes, adsorption, and drying.

3853  Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 2853 and 2803 and major standing. Co-requisite: CHEM 3070. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS Course. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   Principles of physical and chemical equilibria with illustrative applications in chemical process industries.

4203  Process Dynamics and Control (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 3553 and 3603, Major standing.
   Introduction to practical and theoretical aspects of process control, process dynamics, empirical model identification and feedback control of single-input, single-output processes; PID algorithm, tuning of the PID controller, stability analysis, time and frequency domain design methods, digital implementation of process control, control system performance and limitations, and trade-offs in controller design. Enhancements to single-loop PID control; cascade control, feed-forward control, level and inventory control, and model predictive control.

4253  Process Design (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 3553 and 3603, Major standing.
   Process design and engineering; process synthesis, mathematical modeling of process equipment units, system calculational strategy, economic evaluation and optimization, process simulation.

4753  Undergraduate Seminar (0.5)
   Graded CR/NC principally on attendance. Four semesters minimum required for graduation. Topics in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Field trips to industrial facilities. Serves as forum for activities of University student chapter of American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

4755  Undergraduate Seminar (0.5)
   Graded CR/NC principally on attendance. Four semesters minimum required for graduation. Topics in engineering, science, the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Field trips to industrial facilities. Serves as forum for activities of University student chapter of American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

4903  Projects Laboratory I (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 3553 and 3603, Major standing. Co-requisite: CHFEN 4203. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Priority is given to chemical-engineering majors according to a GPA ranking in required chemical and fuels engineering classes. Experimental and theoretical solution of realistic problems in heat transfer, fluid flow, mass transfer, chemical-reaction kinetics, and process control by use of semi-industrial-scale and bench-scale equipment.

4905  Projects Laboratory II (2) Prerequisite: CHFEN 4903. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Continuation of CHFEN 4903.

4973  Undergraduate Thesis (1 to 3)
   Completed thesis may comprise from two to three credit hours work. Original research or design in a selected field of chemical engineering.

4975  Chemical and Fuels Engineering Clinic (1 to 3)
   Original engineering project selected with approval of external sponsor and instructor.

4977  Cooperative Education Work Period (1 to 3)
   Students register for this course each semester in which they officially participate in a full-time cooperative work experience.

4999  Honors Thesis/Project (3)
   Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on an honors degree.

5103  Biochemical Engineering (3) Cross listed as CVEEN 5603. Prerequisite: for CHFEN students - CHFEN 3553 and 3603; for CVEEN students - CVEEN 3610. Recommended Prerequisite or Co-Requisite: BIOL 2001and CHFEN 5104 or CVEEN 5604.
   Meets with CVEEN 6603/CHFEN 6103. Introductory course in biochemical engineering and bioprocessing. Cell biology, enzyme kinetics, bioreactors, bioseparations and bioprocessing in relation to the medical, pharmaceutical, environmental, and biochemical industries.

5104  Biochemical Engineering Laboratory (1) Cross listed as CVEEN 5604. Co-requisite: CHFEN 5103 or CVEEN 5603.
   Meets with CVEEN 6604/CHFEN 6104. Laboratory course demonstrating the principles of fermentation, filtration, centrifugation, chromatography, and other biochemical principles.

5153  Fundamentals of Combustion (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Meets with CHFEN 6153. A broad introduction to combustion including stoichiometry, equilibrium, mixing, heat transfer, kinetics, heterogeneous combustion, flames, confined flames, and practical applications. Extensive use is made of computer programs for calculation of equilibrium, kinetics, and confined flames. Factors affecting pollutant formation and control are emphasized.

5203  State Space Methods (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 4203 or ME EN 3210 or equivalent.
   Introduction to modeling of multivariable systems in state space form. System analysis including stability, observability and controllability. Control system design using pole placement, and linear quadratic regulator theory. Observer design. Meets with ME EN 5210, ME EN 6210 and CHFEN 6203.

5253  Process Design II (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 4253 and 4903, Major standing.
   Computer-aided process design and simulation; solution of complex recycle processes and modeling of process equipment. Comprehensive design project leading to preparation of process design and economic evaluation report.

5303  Environmental Aspects of Fossil Fuels (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Meets with CHFEN 6303. The nature of pollutants, their sources, and existing and evolving strategies for their abatement and control. Environmental considerations in the production, transportation, and processing aspects of coal and petroleum. Topics include air pollution, surface water pollution and subsurface pollution analysis. Public-domain software will be used to study realistic environmental problems.

5305  Air Pollution Control Engineering (3) Recommended Prerequisite: Intermediate Status in an Engineering discipline or Senior standing in science.
   Meets with CHFEN 6305. Air-pollution emission sources, behavior of pollutants in the atmosphere, theory and practice of control of particulate and gaseous air pollutants at their sources.

5353  Computational Fluid Dynamics (3) Cross listed as ME EN 5720. Prerequisite: (ME EN 2040 and 3700) or (CHFEN 2703 and 3353) and ME EN/CHFEN status or junior standing.
   Meets with CHFEN 6355 & ME EN 6720. Survey of approaches including time accurate and steady-state methods, explicit and implicit techniques. Eulerian and Lagrangian methods, laminar and turbulent flow, compressible and incompressible approaches, projection methods, stability considerations, etc. Application of CFD to mixing, heat transfer and reaction.

5403  Introduction to Petrochemicals (2) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Meets with CHFEN 6403. Process design and methods for the production of petrochemical feedstocks and intermediates. Includes engineering evaluation of process alternatives for the production of chemical products. Economic, geographic, and other market influences are considered.

5405  Refining and Upgrading of Petroleum and Synthetic Fuels (2) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Meets with CHFEN 6405. Process chemistry, catalysis, and design concepts applied to the refining of conventional, heavy, and synthetic crudes. Includes evaluation of crudes, process units, and processing alternative to meet seasonal market demands and evolving government regulations.

5503  Instrumental Analysis of Process Products (2) Recommended Prerequisite: CHEM 3070, Major standing.
   Meets with CHFEN 6503. Sampling, identification, and analysis of process related materials using quantitative instrumental and laboratory techniques. Includes historical and current methods with an emphasis on adaptability to on-line process monitoring. Method development, data analysis, and standard laboratory practices are also inc

5553  Introduction to Heterogeneous Catalysis (2) Prerequisite: CHEM 3070.
   Meets with CHFEN 6555. Basic principles, adsorption, isotherms, catalyst geometry, surface reactions, kinetics and mechanisms, selective and polyfunctional catalysts, geometric and electronic theories, examples of industrial applications.

5555  Environmental Engineering Seminar (0.5) Cross listed as GEO 5555, CVEEN 5555, MET E 5555, MG EN 5555.
   Meets with GEO 6555, CHFEN 6557, CVEEN 6555, MET E 6555, MG EN 6555. Provides students the opportunity to meet with and learn from environmental engineering practitioners and researchers during a series of informal lectures and discussions.

5653  Engineering Materials (2) Cross listed as MSE 5001. Prerequisite: CHEM 3070.
   Chemical bonds, crystal structures, imperfections and dislocations, solid-liquid phases, diagrams, phase changes, surfaces, diffusion, oxidation, corrosion. Introduction to general classes of materials; ceramics, polymers, metals, and semiconductors.

5655  Silicon-Chip Processing (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 3553 and 3603 as pre- or co-requisites.
   Meets with CHFEN 5655. This course introduces chemical engineers to (1) semiconductor materials and their properties, (2) device physics, structure and electrical properties, (3) the vocabulary of the industry, and (4) applications of the fundamentals of chemical engineering (mass transfer, heat transfer, and reaction kinetics) to problems in semiconductor processing. The silicon-chip processing steps to be emphasized include crystal growth, diffusion, implantation, photolithography (with emphasis on light induced reactions in photo-resists), deposition methodologies (with emphasis on chemical vapor deposition of various materials) and polishing. In addition to teaching quantitative ways of analyzing these processes, this course will focus on how to minimize defects.

5657  Nuclear Engineering I with Laboratory (4) Cross listed as CVEEN 5700. Prerequisite: MATH 2250 and PHYCS 2210.
   Meets with CVEEN 6700/CHFEN 6657. Fundamentals of nuclear engineering and science; nuclear reactions, radioactive decay, neutron diffusion, kinetics, energy removal, shielding, health physics, and system design. Includes Laboratory.

5950  Independent Study (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Independent-study projects such as participation in organized student paper competition.

5960  Special Topics (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Application of engineering to societal problems. Tutorial courses. Offered as opportunities arise.

6103  Biochemical Engineering (3) Cross listed as CVEEN 6603. Prerequisite: CHFEN 3553 and 3603. Recommended Prerequisite or Co-requisite: BIOL 2001 and CHFEN 5104.
   Meets with CVEEN 5603/CHFEN 5103. Introductory course to biochemical engineering and bioprocessing. Cell biology, enzyme kinetics, bioreactors, bioseparations and bioprocessing in relation to the medical, pharmaceutical, environmental, and biochemical industries.

6104  Biochemical Engineering Laboratory (1) Cross listed as CVEEN 6604. Co-requisite: CVEEN 6603 or CHFEN 6103.
   Meets with CVEEN 5604/CHFEN 5104. Laboratory course demonstrating the principles of membrane systems, fermentation, tissue culture, biological waste treatment, biosorption, and other biochemical principles.

6153  Fundamentals of Combustion (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Meets with CHFEN 5153. A broad introduction to combustion including stoichiometry, equilibrium, mixing, heat transfer, kinetics, heterogeneous combustion, flames, confined flames, and practical applications. Extensive use is made of computer programs for calculation of equilibrium, kinetics, and confined flames. Factors affecting pollutant formation and control are emphasized.

6203  State Space Methods (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 4203 or ME EN 3210 or equivalent.
   Introduction to modeling of multivariable systems in state space form. System analysis including stability, observability and controllability. Control system design using pole placement, and linear quadratic regulator theory. Observer design. Meets with ME EN 6210, ME EN 5210 and CHFEN 5203.

6205  Adaptive Control (3) Cross listed as ECE 6570. Pre-requisite: ECE 3510 or CHFEN 4203 or equivalent. Recommended prerequisites: CHFEN 5203/6203/ME EN5210 or equivalent.
   Identification using gradient and least-squares algorithms. Indirect adaptive control: pole placement control, model reference control, predictive control, and problems with signularity regions. Direct adaptive control: strictly positive real transfer functions, Kalman-Yacubovitch-Popov lemma, passivity theory, and stability of pseudo-gradient adaptive algorithms. Persistency of excitation and sufficient richness conditions for para meter convergence. Averaging methods and robustness issues. Disturbance rejection.

6253  Advanced Design (1 to 5)
   Offered by arrangement with a professor. Complex chemical-process problems of interest to students; analysis, synthesis, and optimization.

6303  Environmental Aspects of Fossil Fuels (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Meets with CHFEN 5303. The nature of pollutants, their sources, and existing and evolving strategies for their abatement and control. Environmental considerations in the production, transportation, and processing aspects of coal and petroleum. Topics include air pollution, surface water pollution and subsurface pollution analysis. Public-domain software will be used to study realistic environmental problems.

6305  Air Pollution Control Engineering (3) Recommended Prerequisite: Intermediate Status in an Engineering discipline or Senior standing in science.
   Meets with CHFEN 5305. Air-pollution emission sources, behavior of pollutants in the atmosphere, theory and practice of control of particulate and gaseous air pollutants at their sources.

6353  Fluid Mechanics (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 3353 or equivalent.
   Introduction to tensor analysis and derivation of governing partial differential equations. Solution of problems in Newtonian, laminar, incompressible flow. Introduction to potential flow, turbulence, non-Newtonian flow, and compressible flow.

6355  Computational Fluid Dynamics (3) Cross listed as ME EN 6720. Prerequisite: (ME EN 2040 and 3700) or (CHFEN 2703 and 3353) and grad status or instructor consent.
   Meets with CHFEN 5353 & ME EN 5720. Survey of approaches including time accurate and steady-state methods, explicit and implicit techniques. Eulerian and Lagrangian methods, laminar and turbulent flow, compressible and incompressible approaches, projection methods, stability considerations, etc. Application of CFD to mixing, heat transfer and reaction.

6403  Introduction to Petrochemicals (2) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Meets with CHFEN 5403. Process design and methods for the production of petrochemical feedstocks and intermediates. Includes engineering evaluation of process alternatives for the production of chemical products. Economic, geographic, and other market influences are considered.

6405  Refining and Upgrading of Petroleum and Synthetic Fuels (2) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Meets with CHFEN 5405. Process chemistry, catalysis, and design concepts applied to the refining of conventional, heavy, and synthetic crudes. Includes evaluation of crudes, process units, and processing alternative to meet seasonal market demands and evolving government regulations.

6453  Heat Transfer (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 3453 or equivalent.
   Review of governing equations for conduction with solutions by separation of variables, Laplace and Fourier transform and numerical techniques. Review of governing equations for convection with applications to fully developed duct flow, parallel flow, and phase change heat transfer. Introduction to radiation including exchange between surfaces, directional and spectral characteristics of surfaces, participating gases, and models of furnaces.

6503  Instrumental Analysis of Process Products (2) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Meets with CHFEN 5503. Sampling, identification, and analysis of process related materials using quantitative instrumental and laboratory techniques. Includes historical and current methods with an emphasis on adaptability to on-line process monitoring. Method development, data analysis, and standard laboratory practices are also included.

6553  Chemical Reaction Engineering (3) Prerequisite: (CHFEN 2703 and CHFEN 3553) or equivalent.
   Development of rate equations and evaluation of parameters from data for homogeneous and heterogeneous reacting systems including catalytic reactions. Global rate equations with simultaneous heat/mass transfer with reaction. Use of transition state theory to understand and estimate rate parameters. Reactor design including changes in pressure through a reactor, non-isothermal effects, multiple reactions/reversible reactions, non-ideal flow regimes (one-dimensional models), reactor stability, and parameter sensitivity analysis.

6555  Introduction to Heterogeneous Catalysis (2) Prerequisite: CHEM 3070.
   Meets with CHFEN 5553. Basic principles, adsorption, isotherms, catalyst geometry, surface reactions, kinetics and mechanisms, selective and polyfunctional catalysts, geometric and electronic theories, examples of industrial applications.

6557  Environmental Engineering Seminar (0.5) Cross listed as GEO 6555, MET E 6555, CVEEN 6555, MG EN 6555.
   Meets with GEO 5555, CHFEN 5555, CVEEN 5555, MET E 5555, MG EN 5555. Seminar intended to provide students from a wide range of backgrounds with interdisciplinary insight regarding the practice of environmental engineering. Graduate students will submit additional work.

6603  Multicomponent Mass Transfer (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Diffusion in multicomponent systems, Maxwell-Stefan relations, generalized Fick's law for multicomponent systems, linearized theory, applicability of pseudo-binary approximations. Multicomponent mass transfer coefficients, effects of mass transfer on energy transfer, mass and energy transfer models.

6655  Silicon-Chip Processing (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 3553 and 3603 as pre- or co-requisites.
   Meets with CHFEN 5655. This course introduces chemical engineers to (1) semiconductor materials and their properties, (2) device physics, structure and electrical properties, (3) the vocabulary of the industry, and (4) applications of the fundamentals of chemical engineering (mass transfer, heat transfer, and reaction kinetics) to problems in semiconductor processing. The silicon-chip processing steps to be emphasized include crystal growth, diffusion, implantation, photolithography (with emphasis on light induced reactions in photo-resists), deposition methodologies (with emphasis on chemical vapor deposition of various materials) and polishing. In addition to teaching quantitative ways of analyzing these processes, this course will focus on how to minimize defects.

6657  Nuclear Engineering II with Laboratory (4) Cross listed as CVEEN 6700. Prerequisite: MATH 2250 and PHYCS 2210.
   Meets with CVEEN 5700/CHFEN 5657. Fundamentals of nuclear engineering and science; nuclear reactions, radioactive decay, neutron diffusion, kinetics, energy removal, shielding, health physics, and system design. Physical and mathematical description of production, utilization, and loss of neutrons in nuclear reactors and other systems. Includes laboratory.

6703  Applied Numerical Methods (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 2703 or equivalent.
   Matrix methods, linear and nonlinear equations, eigen systems, numerical integration, interpolation, estimation of parameters, ordinary differentia equations, finite difference formulations, partial differential equations, finite element methods, parallel computing. Emphasis on chemical engineering-related problems.

6853  Thermodynamics (3) Prerequisite: CHFEN 3853 or equivalent.
   Second law and availability balance. Minimization of free energy. Equation-of-state and activity-coefficient models. Mixing rules. Derived thermodynamic properties. Computational methods for simultaneous physical and chemical equilibrium in multi-phase, multi-reaction systems. Polymer, electrolyte, and supercritical systems. Continuous thermodynamic models.

6973  Thesis Research: Master's (1 to 12)
   Master's degree thesis research.

6983  Faculty Consultation (2)
   Allows master's degree students to continue using University facilities while completing their degrees. To be used only if not otherwise enrolled.

7203  Robust Multivariable Control (3) Cross listed as ECE 6561. Pre-requisite: CHFEN 5203/6203 or ME EN5210 or equivalent
   Analysis and control of uncertain systems. Representation of uncertain systems and their performance requirements using linear fractional transformation (generalized plant framework). Design of robust controllers, including frequency-weighted linear quadratic regulators, minimax, H-infinity and H-2 synthesis methods. Meets with CHFEN 7203

7753  Graduate Seminar (1)
   Seminars on advanced topics in chemical engineering.

7755  Graduate Seminar (1)
   Seminars on advanced topics in chemical engineering.

7960  Special Topics (1 to 5)
   One or more courses offered every year on recent developments in specialized areas of chemical engineering. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, catalysis, properties and reactions of fossil fuels, synthetic fuels, high viscosity fuels, coal conversion, multiphase flow in porous media, combustion, computational reacting turbulent transport, and research seminars in areas of faculty specialization.

7973  Thesis Research: Ph.D. (1 to 12)
   Doctoral degree thesis research.

7983  Faculty Consultation (2)
   Allows doctoral students to continue using University facilities while completing their degrees. To be used only if not otherwise enrolled.

7990  Continuing Registration: Ph.D. (0)
   Allows doctoral students to maintain minimum registration if candidates are not using faculty time or University faciltites except the library.