CHEMICAL ENGINEERING - CH E

Professor Peter C. Sukanek, Chair
134 Anderson Hall
Professors Chen and Sadana
Associate Professor Williford
Assistant Professors O'Haver and Price.

Graduate or prospective graduate students with backgrounds in chemical engineering may have special interests in the following courses listed under Engineering: 551, 553, 594, 601-617, 633-635, 651, 662-670, 711-717.

505, 506. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I, II. The experimental design, performance, and reporting of chemical engineering experiments. (2, 2).

509, 510. PLANT DESIGN. Engineering economics and cost analyses; plant and equipment design. (3, 3).

511. PROCESS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL. Mathematical analysis of chemical processes in the unsteady state; design of control systems; use of the analog and digital computer in process control. (3).

513. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. (May be repeated for credit). (1-3).

515. RESEARCH SEMINAR. Philosophy and principles of engineering research. (1). (Z grade).

520. BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING. An overview of microbiology and biochemistry. The development of models for microbial kinetics. The design of reactors and auxiliary equipment for microbial systems. (3).

530. COAL UTILIZATION AND POLLUTANTS CONTROL. The structure, properties, reactivities, and use and conversion technologies of coal. Emphasis will be placed on combustion and its environmental issues. (3).

541, 542. ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF CHEMICAL INSTRUMENTATION I, II. Theory, use, and limitations of Spectroscopic and Chromatographic Methods of Sample Analysis. (3, 3).

545. COLLOID AND SURFACE SCIENCE. Develop an understanding of the fundamental concepts of colloid and surface science, including the nature and types of surfactants, surfactant phase behavior, surface tension and capillary, and absorption. (3).

560, 561. ADVANCED TRANSPORT PHENOMENA I, II. Development and use of the equations of conservation of mass, energy, and momentum in continuous materials. The use of detailed and integral balances. (3, 3).

593. GRADUATE PROJECTS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. Individual design or research projects for chemical engineering students in the nonthesis M.S. program. Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. (1-3). (Z grade).

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