CBE Graduate Courses
425 Introduction to Chemical Process Economics (3) Concepts and methods of cost estimating, debt and equity financing, discounted cash flow methods, and estimating of product manufacturing costs. Case study and use of computer methods for financial and sensitivity analysis. Prereq: Upper division standing in engineering.
467 Honors: Engineering Internship in Process Control (4) Selected students work in small groups on industrial problems in process dynamics and control. Directed by faculty and engineers from host company. Prereq: Process Dynamics and Control and consent of instructor.
477 Honors: Applied Process Automation Laboratory (3) Interfacing flexible batch continuous processes to automation systems. Top down analysis with bottom up implementation, hierarchical structures and object oriented concepts used to design automation solutions: human-machine-interfaces. Workstations with modern industrial equipment, interactive graphics and visualization environment. Prereq: Process Dynamics and Control and consent of instructor.
480 Equipment Design and Economic Methods (4) Design, optimization and costing of chemical plant equipment, introduction to economic evaluation methods, capital investment, discounted cash flows, net present value. Prereq: Organic Chemistry. Coreq: 440 or Separation Process Technology. F
483 Introduction to Reliability Engineering (3) (Same as Nuclear Engineering 483, Industrial Engineering 483, and Mechanical Engineering 483.)
484 Introduction to Maintenance Engineering (3) (Same as Nuclear Engineering 484, Industrial Engineering 484, Materials Science and Engineering 484, and Mechanical Engineering 484.)
485 Hydrocarbon Processing (3) Chemical and physical properties of selected petroleums and those processes utilized in conversion of raw material into various fuels and selected chemical feedstocks. Prereq: Mass Transfer and Separation Processes, Organic Chemistry.
500 Thesis (1-15) P/NP only. E
501 Graduate Seminar (1) Prereq: Admission to graduate program. May be repeated. S/NC only. F,Sp
502 Registration for Use of Facilities (3-15) Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses University facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed. May not be used toward degree requirements. May be repeated. S/NC only. E
505 Engineering Analysis (3) Formulation and solution of problems in chemical engineering and materials areas, ordinary and partial differential equations; types of ODE, PDE and solution techniques; transform methods; conformal mapping; variational methods; introduction to numerical methods. (Same as Materials Science and Engineering 505.)
507 Application of Linear Algebra in Engineering Systems (3) Fundamental concepts of linear algebra to problems in engineering systems: steady state and dynamic systems. Geometric and physical interpretations of relevant concepts: least square problems, LU, QR, and SVD decompositions of system matrix, eigenvalue problems and similarity transformations in solving difference and differential equations; numerical stability aspects of various algorithms; application of linear algebra concepts in control and optimization studies; introduction to linear programming. Computer projects. Prereq: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. (Same as Electrical Engineering 507 and Mechanical Engineering 507.)
531 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) Phase equilibrium in ideal and nonideal solution; composition relationship between phases, solution behavior and application to macromolecules; introduction to microscopic approach to thermodynamics. F
532 Statistical Mechanics (3) Molecular distribution functions, molecular simulations, diagrammatic expansions, distribution function theories, perturbation theories, time-dependent correlation functions, theory of transport processes, and phase transitions. Prereq: 531. Sp
541 Fluid Mechanics and Polymer Processing (3) (Same as Materials Science and Engineering 541.)
542 Diffusive and Stagewise Mass Transfer Operations (3) Analysis of mass transfer phenomena, coupled mass transfer and reaction, mass transfer operations in packed towers and agitated vessels, membrane separations. Equilibrium stage concepts applied to mass transfer operation, emphasizing nonisothermal and multicomponent systems.
547 Introduction to Transport Phenomena (3) Unified treatment of mass, momentum, and heat transfer. Differential and macroscopic balances in deriving governing equations. Analogies between processes. Use of dimensionless approach in scaling systems up or down. Applications involving transfer, and simultaneous chemical reactions. F
548 Transport Phenomena II (3) Unified treatment of momentum transport (fluid flow), energy transport (heat conduction, convection, and radiation) and mass transport (diffusion). Energy transport and mass transport in closed and flow systems, interrelationships between transport processes, and prediction of transport parameters.
551 Chemical Reactor Analysis (3) Rate models for heterogeneous reactions, properties of porous catalysts, catalyst deactivation, fluid-fluid and fluid-solid reactors.
561 Process Modeling and Simulation (3) Theories and structures of models and art of simulation. Model development from basic principles. Model development from plant test. Use of models in operation, optimization and control. Prereq: Consent of instructor.
575 Applied Microbiology and Bioengineering (3) Crossdisciplinary course combining basic concepts in microbiology, biochemistry, reaction kinetics, and biochemical and environmental engineering. Commercial processes, biodegradations/wastewater treatment, analysis of basic bioreactor systems, biosensors, and immobilization methods. Fundamental laboratory techniques during 6-week laboratory period. (Same as Environmental Engineering 575, Biosystems Engineering 575 and Microbiology 575.)
580 Technical Review and Assessment (3) Preparation of critical review of literature in area related to chemical engineering. Limited to candidates in non-thesis option. Prereq: Consent of advisor.
581 Industrial Pollution Prevention (3) Principles and practical aspects of industrial waste minimization. Regulatory environment, waste minimization strategies, economic analysis, process safety, case study: analysis of alternative waste minimization/management technologies. Prereq: Graduate standing in engineering or consent of instructor. (Same as Environmental Engineering 581 and Engineering Science 585.)
585 Process System Reliability and Safety (3) (Same as Nuclear Engineering 585.)
590 Special Topics in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (3) May be repeated. Maximum 6 hrs.
600 Doctoral Research and Dissertation (3-15) P/NP only. E
631 Advanced Topics in Statistical Thermodynamics and Molecular Dynamics (3) Statistical thermodynamics, molecular based computer simulations, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamic calculations; applications to supercritical fluids, macromolecules and biological systems. Prereq: 532.
641 Advanced Diffusional Operations (3) Fixed and fluidized bed operations, recent developments in separation processes. Prereq: 542.
642 Advanced Topics in Polymer Processing (3) (Same as Materials Science and Engineering 642.)
647 Advanced Transport Phenomena (3) Theory of mass, momentum, and energy transport in reactive and non-reactive systems. Formulation of transport models useful for application to analysis and design of separation processes, and chemical and biochemical reactors. Prereq: 505, 547.
651 Advanced Reactor Analysis (3) New reactor systems, reactor stability, recent developments in reactor analysis. Prereq: 551.
661 Advanced Topics in Process Dynamics and Control (3) May be repeated. Maximum 6 hrs.
675 Microbial Systems Analysis (3) Identification and analysis of complex microbial systems using perturbation-response methods. Structuring of important mechanistic processes, interactions, and regulation at several systems levels (reactor or macro, ecological, cellular/physiological and molecular). Experimental methods for data gathering, signal resolution and processing, mathematical signal analysis, model development (deterministic, stochastic, phenomenological), and utility and limitations of approach. Prereq: 575 or consent of instructor.
691 Advanced Topics in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (3) May be repeated. Maximum 6 hrs.