CHEN Course Descriptions

204. Elementary Chemical Engineering. (2-3). Credit 3. Solution of elementary problems by application of mass balances, energy balances, and equilibrium relationships. Prerequisite: Admission to upper-level chemical engineering.

 205. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I. (3-0). Credit 3. First and second laws of thermodynamics; volumetric properties of pure fluids; heat effects; applications to flow processes, power cycles, refrigeration. Prerequisites: CHEN 204; MATH 251.

 285. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 4. Directed study of special projects or studies in chemical engineering processes or operations, for lower division students. Credit not applicable to degree requirements in chemical engineering. Prerequisites: Freshman or sophomore classification; approval of department head.

 289. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4. Selected topics in an identified area of chemical engineering for lower division students. May be repeated for credit. Credit not applicable to degree requirements in chemical engineering. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

 304. Chemical Engineering Fluid Operations. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamentals of fluid mechanics with applications to design and analysis of process equipment. Prerequisites: CHEN 205; MATH 308.

 313. Chemical Engineering Materials. (3-0). Credit 3. Overview of materials science with particular emphasis on classes of materials relevant to chemical engineers. Prerequisite: MATH 251, CHEN 205, or approval of instructor.

 320. Numerical Analysis for Chemical Engineers. (3-0). Credit 3. Applications of numerical analysis techniques to mathematical models of processes common to chemical and associated industries; computational methods and software for analysis of chemical engineering processes. Prerequisites: CHEN 205; MATH 308.

 323. Chemical Engineering Heat Transfer Operations. (3-0). Credit 3. Continuation of CHEN 304. Heat transfer operations. Prerequisite: CHEN 304.

 354. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II. (3-0). Credit 3. Applications of thermodynamics to pure and mixed fluids; phase equilibria and chemical reaction equilibria. Prerequisites: CHEN 205; CHEN 320 or registration therein; MATH 308.

 409. Mathematical Models of Chemical Processes. (3-0). Credit 3. Development of the mathematical models of chemical and physical processes common to the petroleum processing, chemical, and associated industries. Prerequisite: CHEN 424.

 414. Chemical Engineering Laboratory I. (0-3). Credit 1. Laboratory work based on CHEN 304 and 323. Prerequisites: CHEN 304 and 323; ENGL 210 or 301.

 424. Chemical Engineering Mass Transfer Operations. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction to mass transfer operations with applications to design and analysis of process equipment. Prerequisites: CHEN 323 and 354.

 425. Process Integration, Simulation and Economics. (2-3). Credit 3. Integration, simulation, and economic methods involved in the design of chemical processes and equipment. Prerequisite: Senior level in chemical engineering or approval of instructor.

 426. Chemical Engineering Plant Design. (1-6). Credit 3. Integration of material from other chemical engineering courses with applications to the design of plants and processes representative of the chemical and related process industries. Prerequisites: CHEN 424 and 425; graduating senior or approval of instructor.

 433. Chemical Engineering Laboratory II. (0-3). Credit 1. Laboratory work based on CHEN 424 and 464. Prerequisites: CHEN 414 and 424; CHEN 464 or registration therein. Co-requisite: CHEN 461.

 440. Introduction to Transport Phenomena. (3-0). Credit 3. Unifying principles and analytical description of phenomena of momentum transport (viscous flow), energy transport (heat conduction and convection), and mass transport (diffusion) in continuous media; similarities and differences in these phenomena. Prerequisite: Senior classification or approval of instructor.

 451. Introduction to Polymer Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamentals of polymer reaction kinetics, morphology, chemical and rheological properties with applications to polymer synthesis, production, and processing operations. Prerequisite: Senior classification in chemical engineering or approval of instructor.

 455. Process Safety Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Applications of engineering principles to process safety and hazards analysis, mitigation, and prevention, with special emphasis on the chemical process industries; includes source modeling for leakage rates, dispersion, analysis, relief valve sizing, fire and explosion damage analysis, hazards identification, risk analysis, accident investigations. Prerequisite: Senior classification in any engineering major. Cross-listed with SENG 455.

 458. Fundamentals of Environmental Remediation Processes. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamental approach to various remediation technologies; topics in environmental thermodynamics and mass transfer; adsorption, desorption, ion exchange, air stripping extractions, chemical oxidation, biodegradation. Prerequisites: CHEN 354 and 424.

 459. Gas and Petroleum Processing. (3-0). Credit 3. Design and operation of petroleum and gas processing facilities including hydrate suppression, dehydration, sweetening, sulfur recovery, LPG and liquid recovery, refining operations; analysis of the design and operations involving a large degree of process simulation. Prerequisites: CHEN 323; senior classification.

 461. Process Dynamics and Control. (3-0). Credit 3. Analysis of process dynamics and methods for the design of automatic control systems for chemical process plants. Prerequisite: CHEN 320.

 464. Chemical Engineering Kinetics. (3-0). Credit 3.  Introduction to kinetics of reactions and application of fundamental principles to design and operation of commercial reactors. Prerequisites: CHEN 320, 323, 354, or approval of instructor.

 470. Introduction of Biomedical Optics. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamentals of biomedical optics; basic engineering principles used in optical therapeutics, optical diagnostics, and optical biosensing. Prerequisites: MATH 308; PHYS 208. Cross-listed with BMEN 470.

 471. Introduction to Biochemical Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamentals of microbial and enzyme processes; application of biochemical reaction kinetics, transport phenomena, and chemical reactor design principles to design and analysis of enzyme reactors and fermentation systems. Prerequisite: Senior classification in engineering or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with BAEN 471.

 474. Unit Operations in Food Processing. (2-2). Credit 3. Design of food process engineering systems; basic concepts of rheology and physical properties of foods; fundamentals of heat and mass transfer and process control. Prerequisites: CHEN 205 and 304, or ENGR 214. Cross-listed with BAEN 474.

 475. Microelectronics Process Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. State-of-the-art process engineering principles on microelectronics, especially for the fabrication of very large scale integrated circuits (VLSICs); fundamental unit processes, such as thin film deposition, thermal growth, lithography, etching and doping, material structures and properties, and basic device operation principles. Prerequisites: CHEN 354 and 464 or approval of instructor; CHEM 322.

 481. Seminar. (0-2). Credit 1. Preparation of oral and written reports on selected topics from recent technical publications. Prerequisites: Senior classification in chemical engineering; ENGL 210 or 301.

 485. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 5. Work covers one or more problems in chemical engineering processes or operations. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

489. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4. Selected topics in an identified area of chemical engineering. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Senior classification in chemical engineering or approval of instructor.