CHBE
Chemical and Biological Engineering
ECHM 100 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ECHM 205CS ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY ECHM 215 ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING I ECHM 216 ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING II EMAT 251 MATERIALS STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES EBIO 290 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ECHM 290 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ECHM 291 SPECIAL TOPICS ECHM 292 INDEPENDENT STUDY ECHM 307 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS I ECHM 321 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FLUID MECHANICS OPERATIONS ECHM 322 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING HEAT TRANSFER OPERATIONS ECHM 323 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS ECHM 328 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING REACTOR DESIGN ECHM 407 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS II ECHM 411R CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN I ECHM 412R CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN II ECHM 424 TRANSPORT ANALYSIS ECHM 442 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I ECHM 443 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY II ECHM 451 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROCESS DYNAMICS & CONTROL ECHM 452 ADVANCED ENGINEEERING MATERIALS EMAT 460 POLYMERIC MATERIALS EMAT 463 COMPOSITE MATERIALS ECHM 490R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ECHM 491 SPECIAL TOPICS ECHM 492 INDEPENDENT STUDY ECHM 498 INTERNSHIP ECHM 503 THERMODYNAMICS ECHM 506 SEPARATIONS ECHM 510 REACTION ENGINEERING & REACTION MODELING EMAT 511 CATALYSIS AND APPLIED SURFACE CHEMISTRY EMAT 519 SURFACE ENGINEERING ECHM 533 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA ECHM 535 VISCOUS FLUID DYNAMICS ECHM 534 MASS TRANSFER EMAT 550 FAILURE OF MATERIALS EMAT 551 ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS ECHM 575 RESEARCH OR PROFESSIONAL PAPER PROJECT ECHM 590 MASTER'S THESIS ECHM 591 SPECIAL TOPICS ECHM 592 INDEPENDENT STUDY ECHM 594 SEMINAR ECHM 598 CHBE GRAD INTERNSHIP ECHM 690 DOCTORAL THESIS
EBIO 100 INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL
ENGINEERING
F 2 cr. LEC 1 LAB 1
COREQUISITE: M 151Q or above.
-- An introduction to engineering measurements, computations, problem
solving, and experimental design. Discussion of the breadth of opportunities
in chemical and biological engineering.
ECHM 100 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING
F 2 cr. LEC 1 LAB 1
COREQUISITE: M 151Q or above.
-- An introduction to engineering measurements, computations, problem
solving, and experimental design. Discussion of the breadth of opportunities
in chemical and biological engineering.
ECHM 205CS ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
-- Students from all academic backgrounds explore an array of renewable
and non-renewable energy sources and energy conversion systems. Contemporary
and contentious energy related issues are presented, and course participants
will formulate strategies to address them.
ECHM 215 ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES
OF CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING I
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CHMY 141 and M 171Q
-- Material balance calculations applied to industrial processes. Analysis
of gas behavior and gas-liquid systems.
ECHM 216 ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES
OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING II
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 215, M 172Q.
-- Energy balances and combined energy-material balances. Discussion
of contemporary issues in engineering and the impact of engineering
solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context.
EBIO 216 ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES
OF BIOENGINEERING
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 215, M 172.
-- Fundamentals of energy balances in biological engineering applications.
EMAT 251 MATERIALS STRUCTURES
AND PROPERTIES
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CHMY 141 or CHMY 121.
COREQUISITE: M 165Q OR M 171Q.
-- Chemistry and internal structure of solids and the relationship of
structure to physical and mechanical properties of metals and nonmetallic
solids.
EBIO 290R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
F,S 1-6 cr. IND may be repeated
-- Directed undergraduate research which may culminate in a written
work or other creative project.
ECHM 290R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
F,S 1-6 cr. IND may be repeated
-- Directed undergraduate research which may culminate in a written
work or other creative project.
EBIO 291 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: None required but some may be determined necessary by
each offering department.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular
one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability
and demand before requesting a regular course number.
ECHM 291 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: None required but some may be determined necessary by
each offering department.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular
one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability
and demand before requesting a regular course number.
EBIO 292 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Consent of instructor and approval of the Associate Dean.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
ECHM 292 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Consent of instructor and approval of the Associate Dean.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
ECHM 307 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
THERMODYNAMICS I
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 216, M 273Q.
-- Application of the laws of thermodynamics to power, refrigeration
and gas liquefaction cycles. An introduction to vapor-liquid phase equilibrium
for solutions at low pressure.
ECHM 321 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
FLUID MECHANICS OPERATIONS
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 215 and M 172Q.
COREQUISITE: M 273Q.
-- Theory and equipment for fundamental chemical and biological engineering
operations involving fluid mechanics. Equipment design and computations
of operational rates.
ECHM 322 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
HEAT TRANSFER OPERATIONS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 216, ECHM 321, EGEN 102.
COREQUISITE: M 274.
-- Theory and equipment for fundamental chemical engineering operations
involving heat transfer. Equipment design and computations of operational
rates.
ECHM 323 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 307, ECHM 322.
-- Theory and equipment for fundamental chemical engineering operations
involving mass transfer. Equipment design and computations of operational
rates.
EBIO 324 BIOENGINEERING TRANSPORT
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EBIO 216, ECHM 321.
-- Fundamentals of the phenomena governing the transport of momentum,
energy, and mass in biological systems.
ECHM 328 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
REACTOR DESIGN
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 216, M 274.
-- Application of the chemical kinetics of homogeneous and heterogeneous
reactions to the design of chemical processing equipment.
ECHM 407 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
THERMODYNAMICS II
F 2 cr. LEC 2 cr.
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 307 and ECHM 323 and ECHM 328.
-- Application of laws of thermodynamics to vapor-liquid phase equilibrium,
liquid-liquid phase equilibrium, and chemical reaction equilibrium.
EBIO 411R BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
DESIGN I
F 3 cr. LEC 2 RCT 1
PREREQUISITE: ENGR 310, ECHM 438 and (ECHM 323, ECHM 328, or (EBIO 324,
and EBIO 439).
-- Senior capstone course. Design and simulation of chemical engineering
equipment, processes and plants.
ECHM 411R CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
DESIGN I
F 3 cr. LEC 2 RCT 1
PREREQUISITE: EGEN 310, ECHM 438 and (ECHM 323, ECHM 328, or (EBIO 324,
and EBIO 439).
-- Senior capstone course. Design and simulation of chemical engineering
equipment, processes and plants.
EBIO 412R BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
DESIGN II
S 3 cr. LEC 2 RCT 1
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 411.
-- Senior capstone course. Design and economic analysis of chemical
engineering equipment, processes and plants.
ECHM 412R CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
DESIGN II
S 3 cr. LEC 2 RCT 1
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 411.
-- Senior capstone course. Design and economic analysis of chemical
engineering equipment, processes and plants.
ECHM 424 TRANSPORT ANALYSIS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 323, M 273Q, M 274.
-- Deterministic modeling techniques are applied to processes for the
transport of momentum, energy and mass. Analytical and numerical solution
techniques for the differential equations commonly encountered in the
transport processes.
ECHM 438 BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: BCHM 340 or BIOM 360 and CHBE 216.
-- Biotechnology process engineering - microbial process fundamentals,
enzyme catalysis, bioreactor design and analysis, separation of biomaterials.
EBIO 439 DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE:EBIO 324.
COREQUISITE: ECHM 438.
-- Theory and Quantitative description of separation processes commonly
employed in biotechnology and bioengineering. Cell disruption, extraction,
crystallization, precipitation, filtration, centrifugation, chromatography,
electrophoresis.
EBIO 442 BIOENGINEERING LABORATORY
I
F 2 cr. LEC 1 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EBIO 324, ECHM 438, EGEN 350.
-- Students will develop an experimental objective and experimental
design to meet a particular objective. Independently investigate the
relevant theory for a proposed experiment, analyze data for statistical
significance, draw conclusions from the experimental data. They will
then effectively communicate the technical information through written
reports.
ECHM 442 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
LABORATORY I
F 2 cr. LEC 1 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 323, ECHM 438, University Seminar and WRIT 101W,
EGEN 350.
-- Experimental studies of unit operations and transport phenomena.
Pilot plant studies. Design of Chemical processes and equipment from
experimental studies.
EBIO 443 BIOENGINEERING LAB
II
S 2 cr. LEC 1 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EBIO 442.
-- Students will develop an experimental objective and experimental
design to meet a particular objective. Independently investigate the
relevant theory for a proposed experiment, analyze data for statistical
significance, draw conclusions from the experimental data. They will
then effectively communicate the technical information through written
reports.
ECHM 443 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
LABORATORY II
S 2 cr. LEC 1 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 442.
-- Experimental studies of unit operations and transport phenomena.
Design of chemical processes and equipment from experimental studies.
ECHM 451 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
PROCESS DYNAMICS & CONTROL
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 328, ECHM 323, M 274.
-- Transient response analysis of controllers and instruments. Design
of chemical process control systems.
ECHM 452 ADVANCED ENGINEERING
MATERIALS
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EMEC 250 or EMAT 251, M 274.
-- Micro and macro properties of electronic materials and material processing.
EMAT 460 POLYMERIC MATERIALS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EMAT 251, ECHM 215.
-- The nature and special characteristics of synthetic high polymers
and the technology of their manufacture and processing.
EMAT 463 COMPOSITE MATERIALS
F alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EMAT 251.
-- Structure and properties of composite materials and design procedures
for composite structures.
EBIO 490R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
F,S,Su 1-8 cr. IND May be repeated. Max 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Senior Standing.
-- Directed undergraduate research which may culminate in research paper,
journal article, or undergraduate thesis. Course will address responsible
conduct of research.
ECHM 490R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
F,S,Su 1-8 cr. IND May be repeated. Max 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Senior Standing.
-- Directed undergraduate research which may culminate in research paper,
journal article, or undergraduate thesis. Course will address responsible
conduct of research.
EBIO 491 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Course prerequisites as determined for each offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular
one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability
and demand before requesting a regular course number.
ECHM 491 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Course prerequisites as determined for each offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular
one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability
and demand before requesting a regular course number.
EBIO 492 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, consent of instructor and approval of
department head.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
ECHM 492 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, consent of instructor and approval of
department head.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
EBIO 498 INTERNSHIP
On Demand 1 - 12 cr. IND Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, consent of instructor and approval of
associate dean.
-- An individualized assignment arranged with an agency, business or
other organization to provide guided experience in the field.
ECHM 498 INTERNSHIP
On Demand 1 - 12 cr. IND Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, consent of instructor and approval of
associate dean.
-- An individualized assignment arranged with an agency, business or
other organization to provide guided experience in the field.
ECHM 503 THERMODYNAMICS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 307.
-- Chemical engineering application to phase equilibria and chemical
reaction equilibrium. Liquid - liquid, vapor - liquid, and multiple
reaction system.
ECHM 506 SEPARATIONS
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 323.
-- Separation topics of interest, including distillation, membranes,
specialized separation of low concentration materials.
ECHM 510 REACTION ENGINEERING
& REACTION MODELING
S alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 328.
-- Theory and practice of industrial reactions, kinetics, synthesis,
modeling of fixed and fluidized beds, process design problems.
EMAT 511 CATALYSIS AND APPLIED
SURFACE CHEMISTRY
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 328.
-- The fundamental principles of catalysis, surface chemistry, and reactor
design at a working research level.
EMAT 519 SURFACE ENGINEERING
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
-- Consideration of chemistry and instrumentation needed in engineering
design and research, including surface science, and materials.
ECHM 533 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 424.
-- Comprehensive treatment of mass, momentum, and energy transport.
Cross listed with ME 533.
ECHM 535 VISCOUS FLUID DYNAMICS
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 335.
-- Advanced fluid dynamics of viscous materials. Historical and theoretical
development. Newtonian, non-newtonian and turbulent flows. Multidimensional
flow problems. Cross-listed with ME 534.
ECHM 534 MASS TRANSFER
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ECHM 424.
-- Mass transfer theory, transport in liquids, porous solids, interfacial
effects, related mathematical techniques and application.
EMAT 550 FAILURE OF MATERIALS
S alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: One of the following: EMAT 463, EM 415, ME 450.
-- Concepts of brittle and ductile fracture, fatigue, creep-rupture
and environmentally assisted fracture. Applications to metals, polymers,
ceramics and composite materials. This course is cross listed with ME
550.
EMAT 551 ADVANCED COMPOSITE
MATERIALS
S alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EMAT 463.
-- Advanced treatment of composite materials, including constituent
properties, interfaces, micromechanics, microscopic behavior, modes
and mechanisms of failure. This course is cross-listed with ME 551.
EBIO 575 RESEARCH OR PROFESSIONAL
PAPER PROJECT
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing. A research or professional dealing
with a topic in the field. The topic must have been mutually agreed
upon by the student and his or her major advisor and graduate committee.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
ECHM 575 RESEARCH OR PROFESSIONAL
PAPER PROJECT
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing. A research or professional dealing
with a topic in the field. The topic must have been mutually agreed
upon by the student and his or her major advisor and graduate committee.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
EBIO 590 MASTER'S THESIS
F,S,Su 1 - 10 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Master's standing.
ECHM 590 MASTER'S THESIS
F,S,Su 1 - 10 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Master's standing.
EBIO 591 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Upper division courses and others as determined for each
offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular
one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability
and demand before requesting a regular course number.
ECHM 591 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Upper division courses and others as determined for each
offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular
one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability
and demand before requesting a regular course number.
EBIO 592 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of instructor, approval of
department head and Dean of Graduate Studies.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
ECHM 592 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of instructor, approval of
department head and Dean of Graduate Studies.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
EBIO 594 SEMINAR
F 1 cr. SEM 1 Maximum 4 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing or seniors by petition. Course prerequisites
as determined for each offering.
-- Topics offered at the graduate level which are not covered in regular
courses. Students participate in preparing and presenting discussion
material.
ECHM 594 SEMINAR
F 1 cr. SEM 1 Maximum 4 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing or seniors by petition. Course prerequisites
as determined for each offering.
-- Topics offered at the graduate level which are not covered in regular
courses. Students participate in preparing and presenting discussion
material.
EBIO 598 CHBE GRAD INTERNSHIP
F,S,SU 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of advisor and approval of
department head.
-- An individualized assignment arranged with an agency, business, or
other organization to provide guided experience in the field.
ECHM 598 CHBE GRAD INTERNSHIP
F,S,SU 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of advisor and approval of
department head.
-- An individualized assignment arranged with an agency, business, or
other organization to provide guided experience in the field.
EBIO 690 DOCTORAL THESIS
F,S,Su 1 - 10 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Doctoral standing.
ECHM 690 DOCTORAL THESIS
F,S,Su 1 - 10 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Doctoral standing.
