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CHE 7002 -
Quantitative Safety Tech
Description: Quantitative safety analysis, applied to chemical processing: fire and explosion hazards, electrostatic hazards, source and dispersion models, relief requirements, quantitative risk assessment, accident case studies.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2003, Summer 2000, Fall 1998, Fall 1996
CHE 7003 -
Tox. & Health Eff. in Chem Ind
Description: Analysis of health effects associated with chemical processing: acute and chronic effects, causative agents, principles of toxicology and epidemiology, mathematical analysis of effects, OSHA standards, safe handling of chemicals.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2006, Summer 2002, Summer 1999, Spring 1997
CHE 7110 -
Climate Change/Sustainability
Description: Introduction to the current state of science & public policy directions; development of a comprehensive framework for evaluating challenges & opportunities resulting from global climate change & sustainability; application of technical/ economic tools for solving high-potential opportunities.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008
CHE 7520 -
Electronic Instrumentation
Description: Electronic instrumentation encountered in control of chemical processes: measurement of physical quantities by transducers, conversion to electrical signals, electronic devices, circuits. (Not suitable for electrical engineering students.)
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2004, Spring 2002, Spring 2000, Spring 1998
CHE 8550 -
Chem Reaction Engr I
Description: Principles of chemical reaction engineering: characterization of simple and complex homegeneous reactions, design of reactors for homogeneous reactions, modeling of flows in reactor systems, elaboration of idealized models.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Fall 2005, Fall 2003, Fall 2001
CHE 8551 -
Chem Reaction Engr II
Description: Continuation of Ch.E. 8550: characterization of catalytic and non-catalytic heterogeneous reactions, transport processes accompanying such reactions, design of reactors for heterogeneous reactions, new developments in chemical reactor engineering.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Spring 2004, Spring 2002
CHE 8555 -
Proc Control Theory I
Description: Fundamental principles and analytical methods of process control systems: linear open-loop and closed dynamic systems, frequency domain design methods, multivariable control, sampled data control theory.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2004, Fall 2002, Fall 2000, Fall 1998
CHE 8556 -
Proc Control Theory II
Description: Application of linear system theory to the design of process control systems in the time domain. Advanced process control techniques, model based process control, the control of chemical engineering processes.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2003, Spring 2001, Spring 1999, Spring 1997
CHE 8558 -
Process Design I
Description: The design of chemical processes: synthesizing a process, organizing material and energy balances for solution, iterative convergence techniques, cost estimation and economic analysis, process improvemment, energy conservation, interaction of process units, process control, designing for safety.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Spring 2004, Spring 2002
CHE 8561 -
Air Pollution Control
Description: The causes, effects and control of air pollution, emphasizing fundamental mechanisms: chemistry of pollutant generation, meteorology and atmospheric dispersion, sampling and analysis, data interpretation, theory underlying control systems.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2007, Spring 2005, Spring 2003, Spring 2001
CHE 8564 -
Fluid Dynamics
Description: Theory and applications of fluid dynamics: continuity equation, equation of motion, ideal fluid flow, laminar viscous flow, boundary layer flow, turbulent flow.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Fall 2003, Fall 2001
CHE 8565 -
Heat Transfer
Description: Mechanisms, theory and applications of heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007, Spring 2005, Spring 2003, Spring 2000
CHE 8570 -
Polymer Science & Engineering
Description: Principles of polymer science: nature and structure of organic high-polymers, polymerization reactions, physical and chemical properties, mechanical testing, viscoelasticity, flow and processing applications.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007
CHE 8571 -
Separation Processes I
Description: Distillation processes, from the equilibrium-stage point of view: separation factors, phase equilibrium relationships, analysis of steady state processes such as flash vaporization, binary, multicomponent and azeotropic distillations, batch distillation.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2004, Spring 2002
CHE 8572 -
Separation Processes II
Description: Separation processes other than distillation, from the equilibrium-stage point of view: gas absorption, extraction, leaching, adsorption, filtration and sedimentation, ultracentrifugation, evaporation.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2004, Fall 2002
CHE 8575 -
Thermodynamics
Description: Advanced concepts of thermodynamics: equations of state, physical and chemical equilibrium, estimation of thermodynamic properties.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2004, Fall 2002
CHE 8578 -
Treatment of ChE Data
Description: Applications of statistical methods in chemical engineering: basic concepts, statistical design of experiments, analysis of results, factorial design, sequential design methods, correlation and regression annalysis, presentation of results in useful form.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 1997
CHE 8579 -
Applied Math for ChE
Description: Mathematical techniques for analyzing chemical engineering problems: development of mathematical models of physical and chemical problems, time dependent and position dependent models, solution of model equations by numerical techniques, computer applications
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Fall 2005, Fall 2003, Fall 2001
CHE 8580 -
ChE Economics
Description: Techniques for economic evaluation of projects and processes; time value of money, return on investment, cost estimation of processes, alternative project evaluations, economic balances and optimization.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2003, Spring 2001, Summer 1996
CHE 8585 -
Optimization
Description: Fundamentals of single and multi-variable optimization by search techniques: constrained and unconstrained optimization, introduction to linear programming, geometric programming and dynamic programming, limits and usefulness of optimization techniques.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2006
CHE 8588 -
Biochemical Engineering I
Description: Basics of biochemistry, microbiology, cell biology and molecular biology, as applied to bioproduct formation; enzyme kinetics, immobilized enzymes, diffusion limitations, immobilized enzyme reactors; cell growth kinetics, batch and continuous fermentor operation, bioreactor operation; sterilization, oxygen transfer and scaleup.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2004, Fall 2002
CHE 8589 -
Biochemical Engineering II
Description: Fedbatch, continuous, immobilized-cell and other advanced bioreactors; bioreactor monitoring and control; design and operation of downstream processes, including cell disruption, filtration, extraction, chromatography; facility design; validation and regulatory issues.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007, Spring 2005, Fall 2003
CHE 8590 -
Intro to Biotechnology
Description: The production of useful materials by growth of living organisms: concepts of metabolism and cell growth, important biochemicals, introduction to modification of cell genetics, fermentation, design and operation of bioreactors, product separation and purification.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2000
CHE 8591 -
Industrial Waste Management
Description: Analysis of industrial waste disposal: sources of industrial wastes, disposal using physical, chemical and biological processes, overview of governmental regulations to prevent pollution.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2008, Summer 2005, Fall 2001, Spring 2001
CHE 8595 -
Special Topics in CHE
Description: Topics of current interest in chemical engineering, (to be announced in advance of offering).
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Summer 2004, Fall 2002
CHE 9024 -
Independent Study IV
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007
CHE 9025 -
Independent Study V
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007
CHE 9080 -
Thesis Continuation
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Credit Hours: 0.0
Last Offered: Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2002
CHE 9085 -
Independent Study Continuation
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Credit Hours: 0.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
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