1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog Course Descriptions - Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering information, communication, basic problem- solving skills and engineering ethics; flow sheeting; data analysis; unit conversions; elementary stoichiometry; material balances; and design strategy with emphasis on innovation. Chemical engineering majors must make C or better in this course. Corequisite: MATH 191.

Same as CH E 101. Additional work will be arranged. Corequisite: MATH 191.

Introduction to C programming and Windows applications including word processors, spreadsheets, and symbolic equation solvers. Information retrieval from the Internet. Introduction to operating time-shared systems and microcomputers. Satisfies General Education computer science alternative requirement. Chemical engineering majors must earn C or better in this course. Prerequisite: MATH 180 and MATH 185.

The role of science and the various branches of engineering in protecting our environment. Includes guest lectures from various departments and industry.

On-site inspection of selected chemical manufacturing plants representing a cross section of process types. Requires written report describing processes studied; one week of travel with the class to a major chemical manufacturing area with cost of travel, lodging, and meals paid for by student; and compliance with security/safety rules for each plant visited. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Energy balances; combined energy and material balances including those with chemical reaction, purge and recycle; thermochemistry; application to unit operations. Sources of data. Introduction to the first law of thermodynamics and its applications. Computer applications including spreadsheets, symbolic equation solving programs, and introduction to flow sheeting. Chemical engineering majors must earn C or better in this course. Prerequisites: CHEM 111, CH E 101, and CHE 111. Corequisite: MATH 291.

Same as CHE 201. Additional work to be arranged. Prerequisites: CHEM 111, CH E 101, and CHE 111. Corequisite: MATH 291.

Methodology and techniques associated with analyzing chemical engineering data. Prerequisite: CH E 201.

Directed individual study. Written report covering work required. Prerequisite: consent of instructor and department head. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credits under different subtitles. Restricted to majors.

Applications of the first and second law to chemical process systems, especially phase and chemical equilibria and the behavior of real fluids. Development of fundamental thermodynamic property relations and complete energy and entropy balances. Chemical engineering majors must earn C or better in this course. Prerequisite: CHE 201.

Continuation of CH E 301. Chemical engineering majors must earn C or better in this course. Prerequisite: CHE 301.

Theory of momentum transport. Unified treatment via equations of change. Shell balance solution to 1-D problems in viscous flow. Analysis of chemical engineering unit operations involving fluid flow. General design and operation of fluid flow equipment and piping networks. Chemical engineering majors must earn C or better in this course. Prerequisites: CHE 201 and MATH 291. Corequisite: MATH 392.

Theory of heat and mass transport. Unified treatment via equations of change. Analogies between heat and mass transfer. Shell balance solution to 1-D problems in heat and mass transfer. Analysis of chemical engineering unit operations involving heat transfer. Design principles for mass transfer equipment. Chemical engineering majors must earn C or better in this course. Prerequisite: CH E 305.

Theory of mass transport. Mass transfer coefficients. Analysis of chemical engineering unit operations involving mass transfer and separations. Equilibrium stage concept. General design and operation of mass-transfer equipment and separation sequences. Chemical engineering majors must earn C or better in this course. Prerequisite: CHE 306.

Experiments with written reports in measurement of mass, pressure, temperature, and volume; enthalpy of reactions; mass and heat balances; principles of process instrumentation and control equipment as they are applied to laboratory operation. Study of measurement error, statistical estimation and analysis. Chemical engineering majors must earn C or better in this course. Prerequisites: CHE 201.

Same as CHE 315L. Additional work to be arranged. Prerequisites: CHE 201.

Study of chemical engineering unit operations involving fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer, staged operations, and chemical reactors from the operating technician's point of view. Design and operation of equipment. Laboratory includes hands-on experiments on maintenance, operation and control of pilot scale equipment with written reports. Chemical engineering majors will not receive credit for this course. Prerequisite: CH E 201. Restricted to nonchemical engineering majors.

Seminar on environmental subjects (technical as well as legal), risk analysis, public policy, etc.

Quantitative description and analysis of the business aspects of the world-wide production of chemicals and related products by firms in the chemical-processing industries. Includes guest speakers. Prerequisite: CHEM 112, CHEM 114, or CHEM 116.

Bonding and crystal structure of simple materials. Electrical and mechanical properties of materials. Phase diagrams and heat treatment. Corrosion and environmental effects. Application of concepts to metal alloys, ceramics, polymers, and composites. Selection of materials for engineering design. Prerequisite: CHEM 111 or CHEM 114, or equivalent. Same as CH E 361H.

Same as CHE 361. Additional work to be arranged. Prerequisite: CHEM 111 or CHEM 114, or equivalent.

Employment in chemical, petroleum, food, biotechnology, materials, environmental or pharmaceutical industry with opportunity for professional experience and training in chemical engineering. Requires written report covering work period approved by employer. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department head. Course subtitled. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. Arrangements must be made prior to employment. Restricted to majors.

Directed individual projects. Written and oral reports covering work required. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department head. Course subtitled. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits. Restricted to majors.

Bench scale experiments with written reports in thermodynamics; momentum, heat, and mass transport. Includes selected experiments in determination of thermodynamic properties, transport properties and heat and mass transfer coefficients. Study of measurement error, statistical estimation, and analysis. Prerequisites: CHE 307 and CH E 315L.

Same as CHE 407L. Additional work to be arranged. Prerequisites: CHE 307 and CH E 315L.

Development of phenomenological and dynamic process models and their numerical and analytical solution. Includes linear models and their vector-matrix forms; vector-tensor analysis, Green's and Stoke's theorems applied to transport equations; dynamic models and their Laplace transforms. Prerequisites: MATH 392. Same as CHE 511.

Process modeling, dynamics, and feedback control. Linear control theory and simulation languages. Application of Laplace transforms and frequency domain theory to the analysis of open-loop and closed-loop process dynamics. Stability analysis and gain/phase margins. Controller modes and settings. Design of systems for control of level, flow, heat exchangers, reactors and elementary multivariable systems. Prerequisites: CH E 441. Same as CH E 512.

Design of procedure and operation of pilot-scale equipment including use of computer data acquisition and closed-loop process control. Requires written reports. Unit operations selected from such areas as: pumps, tanks and fluid-flow networks; heat exchangers; distillation columns; liquid-liquid extraction; evaporators; and chemical reactors. Application of measurement error, statistical estimation and analysis of process data. Prerequisites: CHE 307 and CH E 407L. Corequisite: CHE 412. Same as CH E 422H.

Same as CHE 422L. Additional work to be arranged. Prerequisites: CHE 307 and CH E 407L. Corequisite: CHE 412.

Petroleum production, computations in multiphase flow in porous media and reservoir engineering design calculations. Prerequisites: CHEM 112 and consent of instructor. Same as CH E 524.

Introduction to the design of commercially important novel separation techniques. Mathematical treatment of linear and nonlinear sorption theories, crystallization from solution and from the melt (freezing and zone melting), and membrane and electromembrane processes. Prerequisites: CH E 302, CH E 306, and CHEM 433. Same as CH E 525.

Characterization, behavior, production, separation, and modeling of particulate systems. Topics include: particle size distributions and their measurement, population balance models, fluidization, dust and mist collection, and flow sheet modeling of processes involving solids. Prerequisites: CH E 307 and consent of instructor. Same as CH E 526.

Advanced seminar on environmental subjects; technical as well as legal, risk analysis, public policy, etc.

Solution of environmental problems, particularly those involving chemical separations and/or reaction. Application of chemical engineering principles. Flow and dispersion through porous media, water flow through particulate solids, chemistry of radioactive waste, in-situ site remediation, ex-situ site remediation, colloid and surface chemistry. Prerequisites: CH E 307 and CH E 441. Same as CH E 532.

Introduction to air pollution modeling. Major features of the atmosphere. Fundamental flow and transport equations. Factors impacting air pollution. Conventional models used for regulatory compliance. Discussion of research problems. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Same as CH E 533.

Control of gaseous, liquid, and solid wastes. Regulations and management procedures. Waste minimization and resource recovery. Separations and reaction engineering approaches to design of zero-discharge plants and environmentally benign chemical manufacturing. Design and selection of industrial waste treatment facilities. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Same as CH E 535.

Environmental clean-up and/or waste treatment process design. Participation in team solution to the WERC environmental contest problem, or equivalent, according to rules of contest. Design, construction, and operating demonstration of a bench or pilot scale facility to clean up a specified environmental problem. Written and oral reports covering work required. Open to all science, engineering, and business majors. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. Same as CH E 536.

Continuation of CH E 436. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. Same as CHE 537.

Plant, personnel, environmental, occupational safety and health concerns in the design and operation of processes. Includes concerns of regulations and public policy. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Same as CH E 538.

Analysis and interpretation of kinetic data and catalytic phenomena. Applied reaction kinetics; ideal reactor modeling; non-ideal flow models. Mass transfer accompanied by chemical reaction. Application of basic engineering principles to design, operation, and analysis of industrial reactors. Chemical engineering majors must earn C or better in this course. Prerequisite: CHEM 312. Corequisite: CHE 307. Same as CHE 541.

Overview of the polymer industry. Polymer science concepts and kinetic treatment of polycondensation, gelation, inhibition/retardation, copolymerization, radical, catalytic, cationic/anionic, suspension, emulsion and plasma polymerizations. Introduction to polymerization reaction engineering through mathematical treatment of polymer reactor design, stability, and control. Prerequisite: CH E 441. Same as CHE 543.

Same as IE 451.

Computer-aided design and analysis of unit operations equipment, chemical reactors and integrated chemical process plants. Steady-state flow sheet simulation of processes. Design for optimum operability, safety, reliability, and control. Chemical engineering majors must earn a C or better in this course. Prerequisites: CHE 441 and CHE 451.

Topics in design and economics. Requires individual solution of the AICHE student contest problem, or equivalent, according to rules of contest. Written report covering work required. Prerequisites: CH E 452.

Same as CH E 455. Requires individual design project and special report. Additional work will be arranged. Prerequisites: CH E 452.

Same as CHEM 461 and ME 461.

Mechanical and thermal properties of refractory materials, especially ceramics and metals. Composite applications of these materials. Prerequisite: CHE 361 or consent of instructor. Same as CH E 562.

For senior and graduate students in engineering: training to identify and analyze corrosive environments. Estimation of the rate of corrosive attack, cost-effective materials, and procedures to resolve the problem. Prerequisite: CH E 361 or consent of instructor.

Materials properties for semiconductors. Diffusion and forced diffusion processes. Fabrication of circuit elements on semiconductor substrates. Traditional semiconductor growth techniques. Prerequisite: CHE 361 or consent of instructor.

Fundamentals of biochemical engineering for production of primary and secondary metabolites such as food ingredients, enzymes, drugs, fine chemicals, and fuels. Prerequisite: CHE 441. Same as CHE 575.

Design and analysis of bioreactors, instrumentation and control, product recovery operations and bioprocess economics. Prerequisite: CHE 475 or consent of instructor. Same as CHE 576.

Selection and development of strains for industrial microbiological processes. Substrates for industrial fermentation, growth kinetics, fermenter systems, gas exchange and mixing, scale-up, product recovery, and unit operations. Prospects for future development. Prerequisite: CHE 475, or consent of instructor. Same as CHE 578.

Design and analysis of large-scale fermentation processes for production of wine, beer, and dairy products. Field trips and laboratory demonstrations. Prerequisite: CHE 475 or consent of instructor. Same as CHE 579.

Engineering concepts and unit operations applied to food processing. Systems of units utilized in engineering. Material and energy balances and principles of fluid flow, heat transfer and mass transfer in industrial food processes. Applications of distillation, extraction and leaching in the food industry. Restricted to nonchemical-engineering majors. Same as CH E 581.

Application of chemical engineering principles to the quantitative analysis of food processing systems. Physical, chemical, and engineering properties of foods and food systems. Refrigeration and freezing of foods. Dehydration of foods including air, drum, flash and freeze drying. Applications of filtration to food processing. Prerequisite: CHE 441 or consent of instructor. Same as CHE 582.

Continuation of CHE 482. Prerequisite: CHE 482. Same as CHE 583.

Orientation to professional practice. Oral presentations by invited speakers, faculty, and students. Prerequisite: senior standing. Restricted to majors.

Lecture and/or laboratory instruction on special topics in chemical engineering. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department head. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 credits under different subtitles listed in the Schedule of Classes. Restricted to majors. Same as CHE 491H.

Same as CH E 491. Requires additional special report.

Provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to work in research or areas of special interest such as design problems and economic studies under the direction of a faculty member. Written report and oral presentation in CH E 490, Senior Seminar, covering work required. Prerequisite: consent of instructor and department head. Approval of written application. Maximum of 3 credits per semester. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.

Same as CHE 498. Additional work to be arranged.