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Chemical Engineering (CH E)

CH E 410 Mass Transfer Operations (3) Introduction to principles and applications of mass transfer, with focus on the design of equilibrium stage and continuous contacting separation processes.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: CH E 320, CH E 330, CH E 350

CH E 430 Chemical Reaction Engineering (3) Chemical reaction rates and equilibria, reactors, reactor design; emphasis on industrial chemical processes.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: CH E 320, CH E 330, CH E 350, CH E 360

CH E 432 (F SC 432) Petroleum Processing (3) A study of physical and chemical processes to convert crude oil into desired products with an outlook from present to future.
Effective: Summer 2007
Prerequisite: CHEM 210

CH E 435 (F SC 435) Industrial Organic Chemistry (3) Chemistry and processes for producing organic chemicals and materials in existing and emerging new manufacturing sectors of organic chemical industry.
Effective: Summer 2007
Prerequisite: CHEM 210

CH E 438 Bioprocess Engineering (3) Introduction to the biotechnology field including consideration of upstream and downstream processing of biochemicals.
Effective: Summer 2007
Prerequisite: CHEM 212

CH E 441 Polymer Processing (3) Application of principles of heat, mass, and momentum transfer to the analysis of polymer processing problems.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: CH E 330, CH E 350 orMATSE 443

CH E 442 (MATSE 448) Polymer Processing Technology (3) Basic principles of polymer melt processing are reviewed and subsequently applied to the most important industrial processing operations.
Effective: Fall 2006
Prerequisite: MATSE 447 orCH E 330

CH E 446 Transport Phenomena (3) Fundamental treatment of mass, heat, and momentum transfer; emphasis on transport properties and mathematical models of chemical engineering transport processes.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: CH E 330, CH E 350, CH E 360 ; prerequisite or concurrent:CH E 410

CH E 448 Advanced Mass Transfer Operations (3) Diffusion and mass transfer as applied to stagewise and continuous contact operations, including equipment design.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: CH E 410

CH E 449 Bioseparations (3) Analysis and design of separation processes for the purification of biological molecules.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: CH E 410

CH E 450 Process Dynamics and Control (3) Analysis of time-dependent variables in chemical process plants; reactor design and control; computer applications.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: Prerequisite or concurrent:CH E 410, CH E 430

CH E 452 Chemical Process Safety (3) This course provides an overview of Process Safety in the Chemical Industry, focusing on the nature of chemical plant addidents.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: Prerequisite or concurrent:CH E 410, CH E 430

CH E 453 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) Physical and chemical equilibria in multicomponent systems, including chemically reacting and heterogeneous systems.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: CH E 320

CH E 455 Advanced Chemical Reactor Design (3) Application of kinetics to reactor design: nonideal and nonisothermal reactors; scale-up techniques; adsorption and heterogeneous catalysis.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: CH E 430

CH E 465 Design Projects in Chemical Engineering (1-6) Problems in design and/or synthesis of chemical engineering processes and/or systems, including a final report on project results.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: CH E 410, CH E 430

CH E 470 Design of Chemical Plants (3) Lectures and practicum on methods and calculations, including economic evaluations for the design of chemical plants; formal technical report required.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: CH E 410, CH E 430

CH E 480M Chemical Engineering Laboratory (Honors) (3) Data interpretation and analysis from student-operated experiments on pilot-plant equipment. Individual written and oral technical reports.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: ENGL 202C ; prerequisite or concurrent:CH E 410, CH E 430

CH E 480W Chemical Engineering Laboratory (3) Data interpretation and correlation from student-operated experiments on pilot-plant equipment. Individual written and oral technical reports.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: ENGL 202C ; prerequisite or concurrent:CH E 410, CH E 430

CH E 494 Research Projects in Chemical Engineering (1-6) An original problem, including a search of the literature, experimental investigation, and preparation in formal thesis form.
Effective: Fall 2007
Prerequisite: Permission of program

CH E 494H Research Projects in Chemical Engineering (Honors) (1-6) An original problem, including a search of the literature, experimental investigation, and preparation in formal thesis form.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: Permission of program

CH E 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, that are supervised on an individual basis and that fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 1996

CH E 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983

CH E 497A Polymers and Complex Fluids (3) Introduction to the field of complex fluids, or "fluids with stuff in them" polymer melts and solutions (rubber cement, mucus, molten plastics, Silly Putty, DNA), self-assembled fluids (soap suspensions, foams, microemulsions, cell membranes), and colloidal suspensions (milk, paint, ink, blood).
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

CH E 497A Chemical Energy Technology (3) This course provides an overview of chemical energy storage and conversion technologies. Current fossil fuel based conversion processes in power plants and transportation applications will be surveyed. The course will emphasize critical evaluation of alternative conversion technologies, with the goal of providing the skills for quantitative assessment of the potential of various storage and conversion technologies.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010

CH E 499 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Fall 2007

CH E 501 (BIOE 501) Bioengineering Transport Phenomena (3) Application of the equations of mass, energy, and momentum conservation to physiological phenomena and to the design of artificial organs.
Effective: Summer 1990

CH E 503 (BIOE 503) Fluid Mechanics of Bioengineering Systems (3) Cardiovascular system and blood flow, non-Newtonian fluid description, vessel flows, unsteady flows and wave motion, windkessel theory, transmission line theory.
Effective: Summer 1990

CH E 516 Methods of Process Design (3) Survey of mathematical techniques of chemical process design with emphasis on economic choice and optimal decision making.
Effective: Fall 1983

CH E 524 Chemical Engineering, Application of Thermodynamics (3) Elements of thermochemistry and thermodynamics of greatest importance in chemical engineering.
Effective: Fall 1983

CH E 528 Colloidal Forces and Thermodynamics (3) Unified treatment of formation, growth and stability of colloids based on principles of intermolecular and colloidal forces and thermodynamics.
Effective: Summer 2007
Prerequisite: CHEM 450, CH E 320 or an equivalent background in chemical thermodynamics

CH E 535 Chemical Reaction Engineering (3) Optimal design of batch and continuous chemical reactors and reactor batteries; effect of mixing on reactor operation.
Effective: Winter 1978

CH E 536 Heterogeneous Catalysis (3) Thermodynamics and kinetics of adsorption and reactions on solid surfaces, heat and mass transfer effects, theory and correlations in catalysis.
Effective: Summer 2007
Prerequisite: CHEM 450, CHEM 452

CH E 544 General Transport Phenomena (3) Formulation and solution of transport problems involving momentum, heat, and mass transfer, with chemical engineering applications.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: CH E 330, CH E 350, CH E 410

CH E 545 Transport Phenomena I (3) Momemtum transport, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layer analysis, non- Newtonian flow, mechanical energy balance, chemical engineering applications.
Effective: Fall 1982

CH E 546 Transport Phenomena II (3) Heat and mass transfer, steady and unsteady state, coupling, molecular diffusion, moving boundaries, transfer coefficients, chemical engineering applications.
Effective: Fall 1982

CH E 550 Dynamics of Chemical systems (3) Systems models; steady-state multiplicity; linear and nonlinear stability; oscillatory and chaotic states; multivariable and optimal; nonequilibrium thermodynamic stability.
Effective: Fall 1983 Ending: Fall 2009
Prerequisite: CH E 450

CH E 576 (C E 576) Environmental Transport Processes (3) Fundamentals of chemical transport in engineered environments, such as biofilm reactors, and natural systems including aquifers and rivers.
Effective: Fall 2001
Prerequisite: C E 475

CH E 590 Colloquium (1-3) Continuing seminars which consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
Effective: Summer 1988

CH E 594 Research Topics (1-18) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Summer 2004

CH E 596 Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 1987

CH E 597 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Spring 1987

CH E 597A Optimization in Biological Systems (3) This course will focus on the introduction of fundamentals and applications of mathematical optimization in biological systems.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

CH E 597A Math and Numerical Methods (3) Application of advanced mathematical and computational techniques to the solution of problems in the core areas of chemical engineering.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010

CH E 597B Research Topics in Chemical Engineering (1) Lecture and discussion by visiting faculty and engineers on the most recent topics in Chemical Engineering.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

CH E 597B Research Topics in Chemical Engineering (1) Lecture and discussion by visiting faculty and engineers on the most recent topics in the field of Chemical Engineering.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010

CH E 597C (MATSE 597G) Surface and Interface Characterization (3) This course will cover fundamental principles and applications of surface characterization techniques used in catalysis, semiconductor manufacturing, and nanotechnology.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010

CH E 599 Foreign Studies (1-2 per semester/maximum of 4) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Fall 2007

CH E 600 Thesis Research (1-15) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983

CH E 601 Ph.D. Dissertation Full-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983

CH E 602 Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester/maximum of 6) Opportunity for supervised and graded teaching experience for graduate students in chemical engineering.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite: At least one year of graduate study in chemical engineering.

CH E 610 Thesis Research Off Campus (1-15) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983

CH E 611 Ph.D. Dissertation Part-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983

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