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Course Descriptions

Students must refer to the Registrar's web site or the Graduate School of Engineering's web site to determine the courses that are offered in any given semester. All courses are four semester hours (4SH) unless otherwise stated.

CHME 5160 Drug Delivery: Engineering Analysis
Focuses on engineering analysis of drug delivery systems, demonstrating the application of classic engineering principles to a nontraditional field for chemical engineers. Quantitative analysis of transport of drug through the body and its control by physical and chemical drug and drug delivery device properties is presented. The influence of biological tissue composition and structure on these processes is emphasized. Prerequisite: (a) CHME 4510 and senior standing or (b) graduate standing; chemical engineering majors only.

CHME 5260 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
Covers topics of interest to the staff member conducting this course for advanced study. A student may not take more than one special topics course with any one instructor. Prerequisite: Junior, senior, or graduate standing and permission of instructor; chemical engineering students only.

CHME 5630 Biochemical Engineering
Weaves concepts and fundamentals common to various aspects of research in bioengineering. They include the analysis of transport phenomenon in biological systems (for example, immobilized cell or enzyme systems, artificial organs, and drug delivery systems); construction and solution of mathematical models describing reaction networks (biosynthetic pathways); genetic engineering techniques applied to microorganisms, animals, and plants; and the cellular machinery and process by which biological products are synthesized by the cell, which includes such topics as genomics, proteomics, and metabonomics. Also explores other current topics. Prerequisite: Junior, senior, or graduate standing; engineering students only.

CHME 5699 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
Focuses on topics related to chemical engineering to be selected by the instructor. Prerequisite: (a) CHME 4510 and senior standing or (b) graduate standing; chemical engineering students only.

CHME 5976 Directed Study
Offers independent work under the direction of members of the department on a chosen topic. Course content depends on instructor. Prerequisite: Junior, senior, or graduate standing and permission of instructor.

CHME 5984 Research
Offers an opportunity to conduct research under faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Junior, senior, or graduate standing and permission of instructor.

CHME 5978 Independent Study
Offers theoretical or experimental work under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Junior, senior, or graduate standing and permission of advisor.

CHME 6960 Exam Preparation - Master's
Offers the student the opportunity to prepare for the master’s qualifying exam under faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Permission of advisor.

CHME 6964 Co-op Work Experience
Provides eligible students with an opportunity for work experience. Prerequisite: Permission of advisor.

CHME 7201 Fluid Mechanics
Examines statics, kinematics, and stress concepts associated with fluids. Also focuses on the formation of the general equations of motion with application to laminar and turbulent flow. Topics include boundary layer theory and compressible flow. Prerequisite: Chemical engineering students only.

CHME 7202 Chemical Process Heat Transfer
Covers empirical methods and calculations used to design heat transfer equipment for the chemical process industries. Reviews basic heat transfer principles. Focuses on shell-and-tube calculations for liquid and/or vapor phase heat transfer. Also covers direct contact and other special heat exchanger applications. Prerequisite: Chemical engineering students only.

CHME 7203 Separations Process
Comprises calculation and design methods used in processes involving mass transfer. Topics include vapor liquid equilibria for binary and multicomponent systems, and multicomponent distillation, absorption, and extraction. Emphasis is on methods and techniques common to many separation processes. Prerequistie: Chemical engineering students only.

CHME 7205 Numerical Techniques in Chemical Engineering
Examines digital computer applications to chemical engineering problems. Topics include location of roots of linear and nonlinear equations, numerical integration, and curve-fitting techniques, with emphasis on the numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations and on linear algebra. Prerequisite: Chemical engineering students only.

CHME 7210 Advanced Chemical Engineering Calculations
Focuses on fundamental process principles leading to an understanding of the stoichiometric principles of chemical process plants. Undertakes the study of complex material and energy balances with the view to apply these principles to actual large chemical plant conditions. Prereq. Familiarity with differential equations; chemical engineering students only.

CHME 7220 Electronic Materials, Thin Films, and Nanostructures
Presents the fundamental transport, kinetic, thermodynamic, and solid-state physics principles for semiconductor device processing. Emphasizes the various physical and chemical processes (including e-beam processes, sputtering, chemical vapor deposition, and molecular beam epitaxy) used in semiconductor technology and nanotechnology. Helps students appreciate the application of chemical engineering in the growing microelectronic industry, provides a working background in various microfabrication processes and ultrahigh vacuum technology, and introduces students to novel semiconductor material development and nanostructures. Prerequisite: Permission of department.

CHME 7221 Thin Film Technology
Presents processing techniques as well as the surface chemistry and physics involved in the growth and characterization of single-crystal, polycrystalline, and amorphous thin films. Emphasis is on microelectronic device applications and various forms of chemical vapor deposition and molecular beam epitaxy. Covers homoepitaxy, heteroepitaxy, heterostructure device fabrication, and current developments in advanced electronic materials. Prereq. Permission of department.

CHME 7222 Principles of Membrane Processes
Introduces membrane separation processes. Topics include the properties and characterization of membranes, preparation of synthetic membranes, and transport through membranes. Focuses on the determination of diffusion coefficients and free volume theory.

CHME 7231 Chemical Process Dynamics and Control
Reviews linear and nonlinear dynamic systems analysis. Topics include analysis/synthesis of single/multiple input-output control strategies including model predictive control, theoretical and practical implementation considerations in modern digital control systems, such as process identification and control application interactions, and introduction to multilayer plant-wide control. Also surveys recent control technology advances.

CHME 7232 Process Pollution Prevention and Control
Explores modeling of the transport/transformation of environmental contaminants, analysis of pollution prevention/reduction approaches for process facilities, techniques for environmental auditing, fundamentals of selected waste management technologies, and pollution prevention planning and project/risk evaluation methods. Includes an overview of various aspects and viewpoints on environmental quality, regulation, and the impact of industrial activity.

CHME 7240 Polymer Science
Covers basic concepts of polymers, thermodynamics of polymer solutions, and measurement of molecular weight. Topics include physical and chemical testing of polymers, crystallinity in polymers and rheology of polymers, physical and chemical properties of polymers, and mechanisms and conditions for polymerization of polymers including step reaction, addition, and copolymerization. Discusses carbon-chain polymers, fibers, and fiber technology. Prerequisite: BS in chemical engineering or chemistry; chemical engineering and chemistry students only.

CHME 7241 Principles of Polymerization and Polymer Processing
Introduces polymers and polymer properties. Examines mechanisms of polymerization including step polymerization, radical chain polymerization, emulsion polymerization, ionic-chain polymerization, chain copolymerization, and ring-opening polymerization. Focuses on stereo chemistry of polymerization and synthetic reactions of polymers. Also covers applications to reactor design of industrially important polymers. Prerequisite: Chemical engineering students only.

CHME 7250 Advanced Management Techniques in the Chemical Industry
Comprises management techniques applied to the chemical industry. Emphasis is on management of research organizations and management of engineering services, such as design, computer, and related activities. Prerequisite: Chemical engineering students only.

CHME 7260 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
Covers topics of interest to the staff member conducting this class for advanced study. A student may not take more than one Special Topics course with any one instructor. Prereq.uisite:Permission of instructor; chemical engineering students only.

CHME 7320 Chemical Engineering Mathematics
Focuses on the formulation and solutions of problems involving advanced calculus as they arise in chemical engineering systems. Covers ordinary differential equations, series solutions, and complex variables. Also studies applications involving Laplace transforms, partial differential equations, matrix operations, vectors and tensors, and optimization methods. Emphasis is on methods for formulating the problems. Prerequisite: Engineering students only.

CHME 7330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Designed as an introductory course to graduate-level, classical thermodynamics. Covers the first and second laws, and their applications to problems of interest to the chemical engineer. Introduces Legendre transformation, multicomponent phase equilibrium, and stability as well as reaction equilibrium in an engineering context. Prerequisite: Engineering students only.

CHME 7340 Chemical Engineering Kinetics
Examines the theoretical foundations for the analysis of elementary chemical reaction rates. Comprises analysis and modeling of batch and ideal flow reactors, axial and radial dispersion in flow tubular reactors, and design principles of gas solid catalytic reactors. Prerequisite: Engineering students only.

CHME7350 Transport Phenomena
Explores analytical and approximate solutions of equations of momentum, energy, and mass transport and their analogies. Covers heat and mass transfer at a fluid-solid interface. Introduces creeping, potential, and boundary layer flows. Examines macroscopic balances for isothermal systems and interphase transport of multicomponent systems. Prerequisite: Engineering students only.

CHME 7390 Seminar (0 SH)
Presents topics of an advanced nature by staff, outside speakers, and students in the graduate program. This course must be attended every semester by all full-time graduate students. Prerequisite: Chemical engineering students only.

CHME 7978 Independent Study (1-4 SH)
Offers theoretical or experimental work under individual faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Engineering students only.

CHME 7990 Thesis (1-4 SH)
Offers analytical and/or experimental work conducted under the direction of the faculty in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree. First-year students must attend a graduate seminar program that introduces the students to the methods of choosing a research topic, conducting research, and preparing a thesis. Successful completion of the seminar program is required. Prerequisite Engineering students only.

CHME 7996 Thesis Continuation (0 SH)
Continues thesis work conducted under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. Prerequisite: Permission of advisor.

CHME 9990 Dissertation (0 SH)
Offers theoretical and experimental work conducted under the supervision of a departmental faculty. Prerequisite: Admission to doctoral program in chemical engineering.

CHME 9996 Dissertation Continuation (0 SH)
Continues thesis work conducted under the supervision of a departmental faculty. Prerequisite: Engineering students only.

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