Topics of current Chemical Engineering interest. Requires permission of department chair. Fee.

Application of multicomponent material and energy balances to chemical processes involving phase changes and chemical reactions. Minimum grade of 'C' is required and only 2 attempts are permitted. Fee

Topics of current chemical engineering interest. Requires consent of department chair. Fee.

Applications of material balances and equilibrium relations to equilibrium stage design. Design of single stages and cascades for absorption, stripping, distillation, liquid-liquid extraction, and bioseparations. Fee.

Fundamentals of momentum transfer with applications in fluid flow through pipes and process equipment. Fee.

Fundamentals of conductive, convective, and radiative modes of heat transfer with applications in the design of heat exchanges. Fee.

This course introduces the fundamentals of thermophysical property estimation and modeling of non-ideal pure and multicomponent fluid systems, including an introduction to multicomponent vapor/liquid equilibria. Fee.

This class is an advanced thermodynamics course that uses a molecular level viewpoint to introduce students to applications of thermodynamics principles to complex chemical engineering problems including multicomponent, non-ideal fluid phase equilibria (VLE, VLLE, SLE), and chemical reaction equilibria. The concepts of chemical potential, fugacity, partial molar and excess properties as well as complex activity coefficient models are introduced to solve these problems. Fee.

Formal and informal reports, oral presentations, and visual aids. Fee.

Computational tools and numerical methods for solving chemical engineering problems. Fee.

Laboratory practices for measurement of reaction and phase change parameters. Statistical tools for assessing experimental data. Fee.

Fundamentals of systems involving chemical reactions, including batch and flow systems. Design of thermal and catalytic systems with single and multiple reactions. Analysis of kinetic data and mechanisms. Fee.

Topics of current chemical engineering interest. Requires consent of department chair. Fee.

Fundamentals of mass transfer. Mass, energy, and momentum transfer analogies. Design of mass transfer equipment. Fee.

Laboratory Studies of the unit operations of chemical engineering with emphasis on momentum and heat transfer. Fee.

Laboratory studies of the unit operations of chemical engineering with emphasis on stage-wise and differential contactors. Fee.

Mathematical modeling, simulation, and dynamics of chemical process systems for design and analysis. Fee.

Mathematical modeling, simulation and dynamics of chemical process systems. Feedback and Feed-forward control of chemical processes. Specification of control loops. Selection and tuning of controller modes. Fee.

Engineering economics and elements of process design, including energy and material balances, manufacturing and product cost. Unit operation equipment sizing, and cost. This course is considered a "Senior Capstone Design" course. Fee.

Selection, design and specification of principal chemical processes. This course is considered a "Senior Capstone Design" course. Fee.

Topics of current chemical engineering interest. Requires consent of department chair or departmental approval. Fee.

Directed study, under the guidance of a faculty advisor, of a topic from the field of chemical engineering, not offered in a regularly scheduled course. A written report is required. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours. Requires consent of the department chair and minimum GPA of 3.00 for admission or departmental approval. Fee.

Under the advice and guidance of a faculty mentor, honors students will identify and carry out a research project, relevant to the field of chemical engineering. The senior project will be judged and graded by three faculty chaired by the honors mentor. This course is required for Honors recognition. A minimum of 4 credit hours is required, but students may enroll for a maximum of 6 credit hours over two semesters. Requires completion of an approved project prospectus.

A weekly research seminar for Chemical Engineering graduate students. Students will attend research presentations by faculty, invited speakers and other students rehearsing for their proposal presentations, thesis defenses or conference presentations. Topics will include research, research methods, safety and responsible conduct of research.

Advanced classical and molecular thermodynamics as applied to non-ideal multicomponent phase and reaction equilibria for chemical engineering applications. An introduction to statistical thermodynamics will also be given. Fee.

An advanced treatment of the principles and methods of transport phenomena. Detailed coverage of several key aspects of energy and momentum transfer including creeping flows, boundary layers and lubrication theory.

An advanced treatment of the principles and methods of mass transfer, diffusion and adsorption phenomena. Coverage of conservation equations, mass transfer at interfaces and boundary conditions. Includes coverage of adsorption and diffusion on surfaces, porous structures and membranes.

Design, modeling and analysis of non-ideal chemical reactor systems. Includes effects of mass transfer in heterogeneous catalytic reactors, non-steady-state heat transfer and residence time distributions.

Fundamentals of gasification and liquefaction concepts applied to fossil fuels and biomass conversion.

Sampled-data algorithms, feedback, feedforward, deadtime compensation, advanced control schemes applied to chemical engineering processes. Fee.

Advanced mathematical modeling of chemical process systems for design and analysis.

In this course, students utilize modern software, tools, such as Aspen Plus, to model steady state chemical processes. Simulation topics include physical property selection, flowsheet generation, separations and reactors. Fee.

Analysis and design of separation processes. Topics include molecular diffusion and convective mass transfer with applications in the chemical, petroleum and pharmaceutical industries. Fee.

Use of analysis, synthesis, and optimization in process development. Fee.

Fundamental principles of chemical process safety, fires and explosions and design for the mitigation of associated hazards. Fee.

Topics of current chemical engineering interest. Requires consent of the department chair or departmental approval. Fee.

Directed study, under the guidance of a faculty advisor, of a topic from the field of chemical engineering, not offered in a regularly scheduled course. A written report is required. Requires consent of the department chair and overall minimum GPA of 2.5 for admission or departmental approval. Fee.

Approved investigation of original problems under direction of a faculty member. Requires approved prospectus. Fee.

May be taken more than once. Only 6 hours may be applied for credit toward a degree. Requires approved prospectus. Fee.