Chemical engineering graduate courses
All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.
CE 500 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (var.)
Advanced topics in chemical engineering to meet the needs and interests of graduate students.
CE 508 Metabolic Engineering (3)
This course deals with the analysis and medication of metabolic pathways. It provides an integration and quantification approach towards metabolism and cell physiology. Areas that will be covered in this course include a review of cellular metabolism, comprehensive models for cellular reactions, regulation of metabolic pathways, examples of pathway manipulations (metabolic engineering in practice), metabolic flux analysis and metabolic control analysis. Some concepts of bioinformatics in a way that relate with cell metabolism studies, will also be introduced.
CE 509 Transport Phenomena I (4)
Introduction to the principles of transport phenomena, particularly fluid mechanics. Fully developed laminar flows. Navier-Stokes equations derived from the point of view of momentum transport. Boundary layer concepts and assumptions discussed and applied to specific configurations. Creeping flows in relation to specific applications. Mathematical techniques, including orthogonal function expansions and similarity-type solutions. Buoyancy-driven flows. Applications in reverse osmosis, crystallization, and chromatography. Asymptotic solutions valid for high Prandtl and Schmidt numbers. Phenomenological theories of turbulence. Free surface and conduit flows.
CE 510 Transport Phenomena II
(Continuation of CE 509.) Emphasis on heat and mass transfer. Convection. Energy and convective diffusion equations, formulation of proper boundary conditions for various physical situations. Combined modes of transfer. Steady and unsteady state conduction and diffusion. Moving boundary problems.
CE 515 Phase Equilibrium and Staged Operations
Theoretical and computational methods necessary to characterize systems by their vapor-liquid phase relationships. Behavior in ideal binary to multicomponent real systems. State calculations from single ideal cases to multi-component fractionation methods. Equipment parameters and design methods.
CE 523 Fundamentals of Green Engineering for Chemical Engineers (3)
This course will discuss topics relevant to chemical engineering problems of cleaning gaseous, liquid and solid streams. The course will provide an introduction to environmental cleaning technology at a senior undergraduate/beginning graduate level. It will provide students with the knowledge and ability to deal with the daily practice of chemical engineers in designing clean technological processes or cope with the waste streams that are not handled properly in the plant. (Crosslisted with CE 423.) <
CE 525 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (4)
Brief review of classical equilibrium thermodynamics based on the second law. Statistical concepts helpful in calculating properties of mixtures. Calculations of phase equilibria in binary and multi-component systems using modern approaches based on molecular thermodynamics.
CE 526 Statistical Mechanics
A first approach to statistical mechanics and its methods. Ensembles and the statistical formulation of the laws of thermodynamics. Mono-and poly-atomic ideal gases. Imperfect gases and graph theory. Dense liquids, distribution functions, computer simulation techniques. Lattice models, renormalization group methods. Microscopic dynamics and transport properties. Inhomogeneous fluids.
CE 527 Colloid and Surface Phenomena
Intermolecular and surface forces. Solid-liquid and liquid-liquid interfaces: thermodynamics, condensation, capillary action, contact angles, adsorption from solution, monolayers. Self-assembly in solution: micelles, bilayers, microemulsions, phase behavior. Colloidal dispersions: detergency, emulsions, foams, colloidal stability. (Crosslisted with CE 457).
CE 529 Application and Advanced Topics of Colloid and Surface Phenomena
Applications of principles of surface chemistry. Chemisorption and catalysis. Detergency. Emulsion. Flotation. Kinetics of coagulation processes. Colloidal methods of studying the molecular weight and shape of polymer molecules and other particles. Polymer adsorption. Cell membrane structure. Adhesion. Environmental applications.
CE 530 Molecular Simulation (3)
This course will provide students with an understanding of the methods, capabilities, and limitations of molecular simulation. It will consist of the following topics: Theory, methods, and application of molecular simulation. Elementary statistical mechanics. Molecular modeling. Basic Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics techniques and ensemble averaging. Evaluation of free energies, phase equilibria, interfacial properties, and transport and rate coefficients. Applications to simple and complex fluids and solids. Commercial simulation software.
CE 531 Chemical Engineering Analysis I (4)
Development and application of mathematical techniques of particular interest to chemical engineers. Process of formulating mathematical models for simple chemical processes. Differential equations, ordinary and partial. Analytical (exact and approximate) methods of solving equations.
CE 532 Chemical Engineering Analysis II
Computational methods for solving differential equations that model physical phenomena in chemical engineering.
CE 533 Introduction to Finite Element Methods
Finite element methods will be developed in the general framework of the weighted residual methods. Basis function (Lagrange, Hermite, Spline) will be developed in one, two, and three dimensions. Programming with FEM will be discussed for linear and nonlinear problems as well as for moving boundary problems. Iterative solution schemes will be compared and employed. Physical problems will be solved from the areas of fluid flow, transport phenomena, and reaction engineering.
CE 534 Materials Science and Corrosion (4)
Intermolecular and inter-atomic forces; molecular orbitals and chemical bonds, crystal geometry and defects; metals and alloys; diffusion, nucleation, and microstructure; phase diagrams and phase transformations; mechanical properties of materials; polymers; semiconductors; superconductors; corrosion and electrochemistry. Includes a lab. (Crosslisted with CE 433).
CE 535 Polymer Science and Engineering I
Introduction to polymers/macromolecules. Classification of polymers with respect to structure and mechanisms of polymerization reaction. Relations between chemical structure and physical properties. Polymer solutions and blends. Mechanical behavior and engineering properties of polymers.
CE 536 Polymer Science and Engineering II (Polymer Synthesis)
Types of polymers and polymerizations. Step polymerization (kinetics, crosslinking). Radical chain and emulsion polymerization. Ionic chain polymerization (cationic, anionic). Chain copolymerization. Ring-opening polymerization. Reactions of polymers.
CE 537 Polymer Thermodynamics
Chain-like nature of polymers and techniques for the characterization of polymer molecular weight and size. Statistical thermodynamics of polymer solutions, phase equilibria in polymer systems. Polymers in the amorphous, crystalline, or rubber state. Cross-linked polymers and rubber elasticity.
CE 538 Polymer Rheology
Inelastic and viscoelastic fluids. Structure and flow phenomena associated with polymeric liquids. Detailed treatment of material functions and rheometry. Differential integral and rate-type constitutive equations. Introduction to the molecular treatment of rheology. Several problems in applied non-Newtonian fluid mechanics.
CE 539 Fundamentals of Polymer Processing
Theory and practice of polymer processing operations. Review of continuum me chanics and conservation principles for mass, momen-tum, and energy. Viscometry and rheological equations of state. Industrially important polymer processes, including single and twin screw extrusion, wire coating, film blowing, fiber spinning, blow molding, injection molding, and rotational molding. Mixing, lubrication theory, and stability of flows.
CE 547 Biochemical Engineering
Advanced treatment of metabolic pathways in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; fermentor and bioreactor design and operation strategies; bioseparations; genetic engineering techniques; and models of cellular function. (Crosslisted with CE 446).
CE 548 Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering (3)
This senior undergraduate/beginning level graduate course serves as an introduction to Biomedical Engineering with emphasis on vascular engineering. The overall goal is to give students an understanding of how quantitative approaches can be combined with biological information to advance knowledge in the areas of thrombosis, inflammation to biology and cancer metastasis. Emphasis is placed on cellular and molecular bioengineering methods. (Crosslisted with CE 448.)
CE 556 Introduction to Aerosol Science (3)
This course will provide students with an introduction to aerosol science and technology at a senior undergraduate/beginning graduate level. It will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to understand and predict the production, transport, and other behavior of aerosols and will introduce them to technologies for producing, measuring, and collecting them. (Crosslisted with CE 456.)
CE 561 Applied Chemical Kinetics (4)
Applications of chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena to the design of chemical reactors. More practical than theoretical.
CE 563 Heterogeneous Catalysis
Catalyst preparation. Newer techniques for surface analysis (ESCA, AES, SEMEDAX, EXAFS, SIMS). Treatment of mass and heat transfer effects in catalytic kinetics.
CE 564 Tissue Engineering
Introduction to biochemical engineering. Analysis of microbial kinetics, mass and energy transport in microbial systems, batch and continuous culture analysis, process scale-up system stability analysis, enzyme kinetics, immobilized enzymes, and classical fermentation processes. (Crosslisted with BIO 523).
CE 571 Frontiers of Chemical Technology
Students are exposed to a broad range of industrial problems and will solve the problems in a project-oriented approach.
CE 580 Nonlinear Analysis
Autonomous and nonautonomous systems; nonlinear ODEs; phase plane analysis; linear stability theory; Lyapunovs direct method; bifurcation theory; cusps, isolas, and limit cycles; periodic solutions and Hopf bifurcation and stability analysis; nonlinear PDEs; pattern formation in chemical systems; transition to chaos; hydrodynamic stability. Examples focus on reaction and transport processes.
CE 611, 612 Chemical Engineering Seminar (0)
Graduate students are required to attend weekly seminars presented by distinguished speakers from academia and industry.
CE 630 & 631 Research Methods in Chemical Engineering, Parts I & II (3)
This is a two-semester course that aims at training doctoral graduate students in the methodologies and practices used in chemical engineering research. Students learn the techniques for formulating, developing and completing an original research problem in their respective fields of interest. The course material covers development of new research ideas, literature search to identify the state of the art in the specific field, connectivity and cross-fertilization of ideas, multidisciplinary research, as well as instruction on the most popular experimental, theoretical and computational techniques used in chemical engineering research. Students will work on individual research projects developed during the first semester of the course. The second semester will focus on obtaining preliminary original results. Evaluation of student performance will be based on progress reports and a final report. Oral defense of the final reports in front of a committee of graduate faculty is required.
