*805. Multiple Contact Separation Processes (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 823 and permission

Application of the principles of physical kinetics and the equilibrium stage to separation processes such as absorption, extraction, and distillation.

*815. Advanced Chemical Engineering Analysis (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 833, MATH 820 or 821

Application of advanced mathematics to chemical engineering design, with emphasis upon the derivation of differential equations describing physical situations as well as upon the solution of these equations. Design methods for tubular and stirred tank reactors, ion exchange units, pebble heaters, gas absorbers, mixers, etc.

823. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics and Kinetics (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 322, 833

CHME 322 continued with application of kinetics to reactor design.

*825. Theoretical and Applied Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineers (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 823 or CHEM 982, MATH 820 or 821 or equivalent

Application of classical engineering and chemical thermodynamics to problems in chemical engineering.

830. Chemical Engineering Laboratory (4 cr I) Lec 1, lab 4.

Prereq: CHME 203, 833

Prereq or parallel: CHME 842. Selected experiments in chemical engineering. Experimental design, interpretation of results, and formal oral and written reports.

832. Transport Operations (3 cr)

Prereq: MATH 208, CHME 260, or MECH 200

Mass, momentum, and energy transport phenomena and their applications in chemical engineering.

833. Transport Operations (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 832

Chemical engineering 832 continued.

834. Diffusional Operations (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 823 and 833, MATH 820 or 821

Application of diffusional theory to the design of processing equipment required for absorption, adsorption, leaching, drying, and chemical reactions.

*835. Transport Phenomena (3 cr)

Prereq: MATH 821; CHME 832 and 833 or equivalent

Advanced consideration of molecular and turbulent momentum, energy and mass transport.

842. Chemical Reactor Engineering and Design (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 823 or permission

Basic principles of chemical kinetics are coupled with models descriptive of rates of energy and mass transfer for the analysis and design of reactor systems.

*845. Advanced Chemical Engineering Kinetics (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME *815, 823, *835, 842

Kinetics of chemical reactions in several categories of reactors for interpretation of experimental data and design of equipment.

*847. Principles and Applications of Catalysis in Reaction Engineering (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 842 or equivalent

Kinetics of chemical reactions in several categories of reactors for interpretation of experimental data and design of equipment.

852. Chemical Engineering Process Economics and Optimization (3 cr I)

Credit toward the degree may be earned in only one of: IMSE 206 or CHME 452/852. Criteria of chemical process engineering economics: cost and asset accounting, time value of money, profitability, alternative investments, minimum attractive rate of return, sensitivity and risk analysis. Process optimization in: plant operations, cyclic operations, unit operations, using successive calculations, linear programming and dynamic programming.

853. Chemical Engineering Process Design (3 cr II) Lec 1, lab 4.

Prereq: CHME 203, 833, 842, 852

Design and evaluation of chemical engineering process applications.

854. Chemical Process Engineering (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 830; CSCE 855 or ENGM 880 recommended

Practical and theoretical aspects of chemical process analysis, simulation, and synthesis. Case studies used to illustrate principles. Use of the digital computer as a tool of the process engineer is stressed.

860. Automatic Process Control Laboratory (1 cr)

Prereq: or parallel: CHME 862

Selected laboratory experiments to demonstrate the theory of the dynamics and control of chemical processes.

862. Automatic Process Control (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 833, MATH 821

Analysis and design of automatic control systems. Dynamic responses of measuring instruments, control elements, and process equipment included in control loops.

873. Biochemical Engineering (3 cr) Lec 3.

Prereq: CHEM 262

Dynamics of microbial growth and death. Engineering processes for microbiological synthesis of cellular material and industrial products, with emphasis on food and pharmaceutical production by bacteria and fungi.

874. Advanced Biochemical Engineering (2-6 cr)

Prereq: CHME 873 or permission

Recent theoretical and technical developments in biochemical engineering.

875. Biochemical Separations (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 833

Analytical perspective on separation and purification of compounds of biological origin. Application of unit operations for these separations.

882. Polymers (3 cr)

Prereq: CHEM 262 and 264

Introduction to polymer technology stressing polymerization kinetics, methods of resin manufacture, and applications.

886. Electrochemical Engineering (3 cr II) Lec 3.

Prereq: CHME 312, 833 and 842 or permission

Thermodynamic and kinetic principles of electrochemistry are applied to the design and analysis of electrochemical processes, including chemical production, batteries, fuel cells and corrosion prevention.

889. Air Pollution, Assessment and Control (3 cr)

Prereq: Permission

Survey of the present status of the air pollution problem and the application of engineering and scientific principles to its practical and effective coordinated control.

896. Advanced Topics in Chemical Engineering Computation (1-6 cr, max 6) Lec.

Prereq: CHME 312 or CSCE 455/855 or ENGM 480/880, and permission

Intensive treatment of special topics of current research interest in such areas as steady-state and dynamic process simulation, design optimization, chemical process synthesis, computer-aided product research, stochastic optimization, and numerical methods applied to transport problems.

*899. Masters Thesis (6-10 cr)

Prereq: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser

900. Seminar in Chemical Engineering (1 cr per sem, max 6)

Discussion of research projects and review of current literature in chemical engineering.

915. Systems Analysis in Chemical Engineering (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 496/896

Computational methods of process optimization. Techniques of process systems analysis and their application in digital simulators. Process simulation in the presence of uncertainty.

925. Transport Properties (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME *835, CHEM 882

Application of the kinetic theories of gases, liquids, and solids to the prediction and correlation of transport properties.

935. Membrane Principles and Processes (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 823 and 833

Fundamental principles relating to membrane effects, the structure and properties of membranes, and applications in electrodialysis, ultrafiltration, diffusion control, artificial organs, and other processes.

965. Advanced Process Dynamics and Control (3 cr)

Prereq: CHME 862 or permission

Transient behavior of typical industrial processes and systems --heat exchangers, dryers, distillation columns, absorbers, chemical reactors, etc.--emphasis on the control of such processes. Introduction to systems engineering.

995. Special Problems in Chemical Engineering (1-9 cr)

Prereq: CHME 823, 833 or equivalent

999. Doctoral Dissertation (1-24 cr, max 55)

Prereq: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair