CHEN 1211 (4). General Chemistry for Engineers
A one-semester course designed to meet the general chemistry requirement for engineering students. Topics include stoichiometry; thermodynamics; gases, liquids, and solids; equilibrium; acids and bases; bonding concepts; kinetics; reactions; and materials science. Examples and problems illustrate the application of chemistry to engineering sub-disciplines. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 1300 (1). Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Meets for one lecture per week. Introduces chemical engineering emphasizing history of the profession, curriculum, chemical industry, and industrial chemistry. Includes industry visits, oral presentations, faculty and professional meetings, and development of a goals statement. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 1310 (3). Introduction to Computing
Introduces the use of computers in engineering problem solving, including elementary numerical methods. Teaches programming fundamentals, including data and algorithm structure, and modular programming. Software vehicles include Excel/Vba and Matlab. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 2120 (3). Chemical Engineering Material and Energy Balances
Provides a basic understanding of chemical engineering calculations involving material and energy balances around simple chemical processes. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 2810 (3). Biology for Engineers
Develops a basic understanding of the science of biology, including an introduction to the disciplines of biochemistry, cell organization, metabolism, genetics, genomics, molecular biology, recombinant DNA technology and evolution. Provides a basic introduction to several key techniques used in biological engineering laboratories. Uses examples of complex and creative structures engineered by natural processes. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 2840 (1-4). Independent Study
Available to sophomores with approval of Department of Chemical Engineering. Subject arranged to fit needs of student.
CHEN 3010 (3). Applied Data Analysis
Teaches students to analyze and interpret data. Topics include engineering measurements, graphical presentation and numerical treatment of data, statistical inference, and regression analysis. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 3200 (3). Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics
Introduces fluid mechanics and momentum transfer, emphasizing the application of these principles to chemical engineering systems. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 3210 (3). Chemical Engineering Heat Transfer
Examines conservation and transfer of thermal energy. Focuses on conduction and convection of heat in the context of chemical processes, with a special focus on heat exchangers. Also studies thermal radiation. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 3220 (3). Chemical Engineering Separations and Mass Transfer
Studies separation methods including distillation, absorption, and extraction, and graphical and computer-based solutions to separation problems. Also studies mass transfer rate processes, including diffusion, microscopic material balances, and correlations for mass transfer coefficients. Applies mass transfer rate theory to packed and tray columns. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 3320 (3). Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Applies thermodynamic principles to nonideal systems, phase equilibrium, chemical equilibrium, power generation, refrigeration, and chemical processes. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 3660 (3). Energy Fundamentals
Explains the most important energy technologies and systems; provides tools to analyze performance using science and engineering principles. This course will investigate important energy concepts from sources and extraction to utilization, storage and efficiency. Topics include fossil fuels, hydropower, renewable energy, biofuels, carbon capture and waste disposal. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 3838 (3). Special Topics
CHEN 3840 (1-4). Independent Study
Available to juniors with approval of the Department of Chemical Engineering. Subject arranged to fit needs of the student.
CHEN 4010 (2). Chemical Engineering Senior Thesis 1
Provides an opportunity for advanced students to conduct exploratory research in chemical engineering. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4020 (2). Chemical Engineering Senior Thesis 2
Continuation of CHEN 4010. CHEN 4010 and 4020 can substitute for CHEN 4130 or CHEN 4810. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4090 (1). Undergraduate Seminar
Provides chemical engineering career and professional information, facilitates contact with faculty and industry representatives, and improves communication and leadership skills. Consists of a series of seminars and field trips and requires a research project involving a written and oral report. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4130 (3). Chemical Engineering Laboratory
Involves planning and execution of chemical engineering experiments on mass transfer operations, separations, and chemical reactors. Interprets experimental data with theoretical principles and statistical analysis. Emphasizes communication with written memos, full reports, and oral presentations. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4330 (3). Chemical Engineering Reaction Kinetics
Introduces chemical kinetics and chemical reactor design. Involves mass and energy balances for steady-state and transient reactor systems. Also covers residence time distribution, mass transfer, catalytic reactions, and multiple steady states in reactors. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4440 (3). Chemical Engineering Materials
Introduces materials engineering, including properties of polymers, metals, ceramics, and semiconductors, especially as related to chemical engineering processes. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4450 (3). Polymer Chemistry
Lect. Introduces polymer science with a focus on polymer chemistry and polymerization reactions. Focuses on polymerization reaction engineering and how polymer properties depend on structure.
CHEN 4460 (3). Polymer Engineering
Introductory polymer engineering course reviewing basic terminology and definitions; the properties and synthetic routes of important industrial polymers; and processing of polymers and their applications.
CHEN 4520 (3). Chemical Process Synthesis
Studies applied chemical process design including equipment specification and economic evaluation. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4521 (3). Physical Chemistry for Engineers
Examines the laws of classical thermodynamics followed by physical transformations of pure substances, the thermodynamics of simple mixtures and chemical equilibrium. Applies quantum theory to atomic and molecular structure. Presents the concepts and applications of statistical thermodynamics. Introduces rates of chemical reactions, reaction dynamics and catalysis. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4530 (2). Chemical Engineering Design Project
Provides a team-based capstone design experience for chemical engineering students. Projects are sponsored by industry and design teams collaborate with industrial consultants. Projects consider chemical process and product design with emphasis on economics analysis. Deliverables include an oral mid-project design review, a final oral presentation, and final written report. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4570 (4). Instrumentation and Process Control
Examines principles of control theory and their application to chemical processes. Focuses on single-loop feedback and feedforward control. Laboratory sessions cover measurement fundamentals, signal transmission, dynamic testing, control system synthesis, and implementation and adjustment. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4630 (1). Intellectual Property Law and Engineering
Learn the fundamentals of various types of intellectual property, obtain the ability to search the USPTO database for patents, learn the difference between provisional patents, utility patents and foreign patents, and learn the timing requirements related to the filing of patents and public disclosure, use and/or sale of an invention.
CHEN 4650 (3). Particle Technology
Aims to identify the important physical mechanisms occurring in processes involving particles, formulate and solve mathematical descriptions of such processes, and analyze experimental and theoretical results in both a qualitative and quantitative manner. Teaches students to apply this knowledge to the design of particulate systems. Conveys the breadth and depth of natural and industrial applications involving particulates. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4801 (3). Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Focuses on the engineering needed to bring therapeutic products derived from living organisms (e.g., proteins, peptides, DNA, RNA) from the production plant to the patient. Covers the challenges of keeping these products "active" as they are stored, shipped, and administered to patients.
CHEN 4802 (3). Tissue Engineering and Medical Devices
The purpose of this course is to develop a basic understanding of quantitative and qualitative aspects of tissue engineering and medical devices. Particular emphasis will be placed on topics of potential importance and significance to chemical and biological engineers. Students will be introduced to important professional, societal and entrepreneurial issues in the field by examining case studies in which drugs and medical products have been developed or are being considered for FDA approval and clinical use. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4803 (3). Metabolic Engineering
Metabolic engineering involves the application of molecular biological tools along with biological and engineering theory for the purposes of engineering cell metabolism. Metabolism is defined as the totality of chemical reactions that take place in an organism. As such, metabolism describes a wide range of different cellular functions covering a range of applications relevant to chemical and biological engineers (strain engineering, enzyme engineering, tissue engineering) as well as basic biologists (biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology). This upper level undergraduate course will introduce basic concepts in metabolic engineering and explore modern approaches in metabolic and strain engineering. Application areas that will be discussed will include the use of metabolic engineering approaches in biofuels and biorefining as well as biopharmaceutical production. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4805 (3). Biomaterials
Provides an overview of biomaterials. Covers major classes of materials used in medical applications, properties, degradation mechanisms, and characterizations methods, foreign body response, methods to control physiological response to biomaterial surfaces, biocompatibility, biomaterials used in soft and hard tissue replacements, drug delivery devices and tissue engineering, and design criteria for developing a material for a given biological application. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4810 (3). Biological Engineering Laboratory
Involves planning and execution of chemical engineering experiments on mass transfer operations, bioseparations, and biological reactors. Interprets experimental data with theoretical principles and statistical analysis. Emphasizes communication with written memos, full reports and oral presentations. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4820 (3). Biochemical Separations
Lect. and lab. Presents purification methods, mass transfer coefficients, problems specific to biologicals, and scale-up of processes. Also covers chromatography, phase extraction, supercritical fluids, sedimentation, precipitation, electrophoresis, dialysis, affinity techniques, cell separation, application of separations to bioreactors, and comparison of batch and continuous processes. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4830 (3). Biokinetics
Introduces chemical kinetics, chemical reactor design, and biological kinetics. Involves mass and energy balances for steady-state and transient reactor systems. Also covers residence time distribution, mass transfer, catalytic reactions, multiple steady states in reactors, enzyme kinetics, metabolic networks, and cell growth kinetics. Click to see a past syllabus.
CHEN 4836 (3) Nanomaterials
Presents fundamental chemical and physical concepts that give rise to the unique optical, electronic and magnetic properties of nanoscale materials. Introduces important synthetic routes for producing nanomaterials, and interparticle forces governing colloidal behavior and self-assembly. Discusses current and potential applications in catalysis, biomedicine, renewable energy, and other fields.
CHEN 4838 (1-4). Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
Senior topics courses offered upon demand.
CHEN 4840 (1-4). Independent Study
Available to seniors with approval of chemical engineering department. Subject arranged to fit needs of student.