CHME Spring 2008 Graduate Course Descriptions

815. Advanced Chemical Engineering Analysis
(3 cr I) Prereq: CHME 333, MATH 220 or 221. Application of advanced mathematics to chemical engineering design, with emphasis upon the derivation of differential equations describing physical situations as well as upon the solution of these equations. Design methods for tubular and stirred tank reactors, ion exchange units, pebble heaters, gas absorbers, mixers, etc.

823. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II
(3 cr II) Lec 3. Prereq: CHME 322. Application to multicomponent systems: thermodynamics, phase equilibria, chemical reaction equilibria, and process analysis.NOTE: CHME 823 is offered for grad credit for non-CHME majors only.

830. [IS] Chemical Engineering Laboratory
(4 cr I) Lec 1, lab 4. Prereq: CHME 203, 332/832, and 333/833 or parallel: CHME 442/842.Special Fee - $25. Selected experiments in chemical engineering. Emphasis on experimental design, interpretation of results, and formal oral and written reports. Must also take recitation.

833. Transport Operations II
(3 cr II) Lec 3. Prereq: CHME 332/832. Continuation of CHME 332.
Mass, momentum, and energy transport phenomena and their applications in chemical engineering. CHME 833 is offered for grad credit for non-CHME majors only.

845. Advanced Chemical Engineering Kinetics
(3 cr I) Prereq: CHME 815, 323/823, 835, 842. Kinetics of chemical reactions in several categories of reactors for interpretation of experimental data and design of equipment.

853. Chemical Engineering Process Design
(3 cr II) Lec 1, lab 4. Prereq: CHME 203, 833, 842, 852.
Design and evaluation of chemical engineering process applications. Must also take lab.

860. Automatic Process Control Laboratory
(1 cr) Prereq or parallel: CHME 862. Selected laboratory experiments to demonstrate the theory of the dynamics and control of chemical processes.

875. Biochemical Separations
3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: CHME 433/833. Separation and purification of compounds of biological origin from an analytical perspective. Application of unit operations for these separations.

899. Masters Thesis
(6-10 cr) Prereq: Admission to mastersdegree program and permission of major adviser.

900. Seminar in Chemical Engineering
(1 cr per sem,max 6) Discussion of research projects and review of current literaturein chemical engineering.

995. Special Problems in Chemical Engineering
(1-9 cr) Prereq: CHME 823, 833 or equivalent.

999. Doctoral Dissertation
(1-24 cr, max 55) Prereq:Admission to doctoral degree program and permission ofsupervisory committee chair.