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1703  Introduction to Computing in Chemical Engineering (2) Co-requisite: MATH 1210 and CHEM 1210.
   An introduction to the solution of engineering problems using Excel spreadsheets and MATLAB. Excel topics include basic spreadsheet use, plotting, solvers, macros, and introduction to VBA programming. MATLAB topics include basic usage, vector and matrix operations, user-defined functions, and structured programming.

2300  Thermodynamics I (2) Prerequisite: PHYS 2210 and MATH 1220.
   Meets with ME EN 2300. 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.

2450  Numerical Methods Applications in Chemical Engineering (2) Prerequisite: MATH 2250. Recommended Prerequisite: CH EN 1703.
   Applications of numerical methods to interpolation, differentiation, integration, and the solution of systems of linear, nonlinear, and differential equations in chemical engineering.

2800  Fundamentals of Process Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CHEM 1220 and CH EN 2300.
   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.

3353  Fluid Mechanics (3) Prerequisite: MATH 2250, PHYS 2220, CH EN 2300 and major standing. Recommended Prerequisite: ME EN 1300.
   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 CH EN 2703 and 2300 and major standing. Co-requisite: CH EN 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 radiation).

3553  Chemical Reaction Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CH EN 2703 and 3853 and major standing. 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 (3) Prerequisite: CH EN 3353 and 3453 and 3853 and CHEM 3060 and major standing. 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: CH EN 2300 and 2800 and major standing. Co-requisite: CHEM 3060. 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: CH EN 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: CH EN 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.

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.

4903  Projects Laboratory I (4) Prerequisite: CH EN 3553, 3603, Major standing. Co-requisite: CH EN 4203.
   Provides the opportunity to analyze and optimize processes and products by several means: experimentation, simulation, instrumentation, and control. Hands-on experience with real systems is emphasized as are communication skills and teamwork.

4905  Projects Laboratory II (3) Prerequisite: CH EN 4903. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Continuation of CH EN 4903.

4973  Thesis Research: Undergraduate (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 Engineering Clinic (1 to 3)
   Original engineering project selected with approval of external sponsor and instructor.

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

4978 Cooperative Education Work Period (1 to 3)
   Students register for this course each semester that they officially participate in a full-time cooperative work experience.

4994  Engineering for the Community (1) Cross listed as ECE 4994. Prerequisite: Major status in CH EN.
   Students (in groups of about 3) will participate in outreach service projects in the local community by preparing and presenting engineering projects for in-school and after-school K-12 programs. Students will visit diverse community groups to determine their needs and interests that may be addressed through engineering. Students will learn about the type of technical skills and careers available in each engineering discipline and how they are used in the engineering design process. They will practice skills for communicating technical information to a diverse non-technical audience and explore impacts and opportunities for engineering in our local, national, and international community.

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

5103  Biochemical Engineering (3) Prerequisite: for CH EN students - CH EN 3553 and 3603; for CVEEN students - CVEEN 3610. Recommended Prerequisite or Co-Requisite: BIOL 2020 and CH EN 5104 or CVEEN 5604.
   Meets with CVEEN 6603/CH EN 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) Co-requisite: CH EN 5103 or CVEEN 5603.
   Meets with CVEEN 6604/CH EN 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 CH EN 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) Cross listed as ME EN 5210. Prerequisite: CH EN 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 and CH EN 6203.

5253  Process Design II (3) Prerequisite: CH EN 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 Applications of Chemical Engineering (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Meets with CH EN 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) Prerequisite: Major Status in an Engineering discipline or Senior standing in science.
   Meets with CH EN 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 (CH EN 2703 and 3353) and ME EN/CH EN status or junior standing.
   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. Meets with CH EN 6355 & ME EN 6720.

5553  Introduction to Catalysis (3) Prerequisite: CH EN 3553.
   Meets with CH EN 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.
   Provides students the opportunity to meet with and learn from environmental engineering practitioners and researchers during a series of informal lectures and discussions. Meets with GEO 6555, CH EN 6557, CVEEN 6555, MET E 6555, MG EN 6555.

5655  Silicon-Chip Processing (3) Prerequisite: CH EN 3553 and 3603 as pre- or co-requisites.
   Meets with CHFEN 6655. 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 PHYS 2210.
   Meets with CVEEN 6700/CH EN 6657. Fundamentals of nuclear engineering and science; nuclear reactions, radioactive decay, neutron diffusion, kinetics, energy removal, shielding, health physics, and system design. Includes Laboratory.

5659  Microsystems Design and Characterization (3) Cross listed as MET E 5055, ME EN 5055, MSE 5055, ECE 5225. Prerequisite: Senior status; SemiCon Dev Phys./Micromanufacturing
   Meets with ME EN 6055, BIOEN 6423, ECE 6225, MET E 6055, MSE 6055, CH EN 6659. Third in a 3-course series on Microsystems Engineering. This course generalizes microsystems design considerations with practical emphasis on MEMS and IC characterization/physical analysis. Two lectures, one lab per week, plus 1/2 hour lab lecture. Must also register for ME EN 6056 (0-credit lab with fees).

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: CH EN 3553 and 3603. Recommended Prerequisite or Co-requisite: BIOL 2001 and CHFEN 5104.
   Meets with CH EN 5103. 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.

6104  Biochemical Engineering Laboratory (1) Cross listed as CVEEN 6604. Co-requisite: CVEEN 6603 or CH EN 6103.
   Meets with CH EN 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 CH EN 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) Cross listed as ME EN 6210. Prerequisite: CH EN 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 and CH EN 5203.

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 Applications of Chemical Engineering (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Meets with CH EN 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) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor's consent.
   Meets with CH EN 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: CH EN 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 2450 and 3700) or (CH EN 2703 and 3353) and graduate status or instructor consent.
   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. Meets with CH EN 5353 & ME EN 5720.

6453  Heat Transfer (3) Prerequisite: CH EN 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.

6553  Chemical Reaction Engineering (3) Prerequisite: (CH EN 2703 and CH EN 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 Catalysis (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Meets with CH EN 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, CH EN 5555, CVEEN 5555, MET E 5555, MG EN 5555. Provides students the opportunity to meet with and learn from environmental engineering practitioners and researchers during a series of informal lectures and discussions.

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: Graduate standing or Instructor's consent.
   Meets with CH EN 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 PHYS 2210.
   Meets with CVEEN 5700/CH EN 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.

6659  Microsystems Design and Characterization (4) Cross listed as MET E 6055, BIOEN 6423, MSE 6055, ECE 6225, ME EN 6055. Prerequisite: Graduate status (or instructor approval); Microsystems or semiconductor lab.
   Meets with ME EN 5055, ECE 5225, MET E 5055, MSE 5055, CH EN 5659. Third in a 3-course series on Microsystems Engineering. This course generalizes microsystems design considerations with practical emphasis on MEMS and IC characterization/physical analysis. Two lectures, one lab per week, plus 1/2 hour lab lecture. Must also register for ME EN 6056 (0-credit lab with fees). Graduate students only. Extra work required.

6853  Thermodynamics (3) Prerequisite: CH EN 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. Prerequisite: CH EN 5203/6203 or ME EN 5210 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.

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.