Technical Electives Download

The chemical engineering program provides for a minimum of 12 credit hours of technical electives. The purpose of these technical electives is to provide the student with opportunity to gain new knowledge in an area of engineering or science beyond the basic undergraduate chemical engineering program. The technical electives may be in engineering design, engineering science, physical science, life science, and/or math. Special emphasis options available in the chemical engineering department include biotechnology /bioengineering, material technology, and environmental engineering. Courses lacking a quantitative physical science foundation such as accounting, marketing, economics, or law are normally not acceptable as technical electives. Registration for all technical electives requires the approval of a departmental adviser. Students are expected to complete their technical elective requirements during their junior and senior years with corresponding level of courses. Introductory 100 level courses are not accepted as technical electives. Several courses that are offered under biotechnology/bioengineering, material technology, environmental engineering and mathematics and statistics are below. This list is proposed as a guideline and is not intended to be inclusive of all acceptable technical electives.

Biotechnology/ Bioengineering

CHEM 431/831. Biomolecules and Metabolism (BIOC, BIOS 431/831) (4 cr I, II) Lec 4. Prereq: CHEM 252. or 262 BIOS 102 recommended. First course of a two-semester comprehensive biochemistry course sequence.

CHEM 432/832. Gene Expression and Replication (BIOC, BIOS 432/832) (2 cr I, II) Lec 2. Prereq: BIOC 431/831. For course description, see BIOC 432/832.

CHEM 436/836. Biophysical Chemistry. (BIOC 436/836) (3 cr.II) Lec 3. Prereq: One semester of physical chemistry or permission. For course description, see BIOC 436/836.

CHEM 486/886. Advanced Topics in Biophysical Chemistry (BIOC, BIOS 486/886) (3cr.) Lec 3. Prereq: CHEM 471/871 or 481/881. For course description, see BIOS 486/886.

CHME 473/873. Biochemical Engineering (3cr) Lec 3. Prereq: CHEM 262. Dynamics of microbial growth and death. Engineering processes for microbiological synthesis of cellular materials and industrial products, with emphasis on food and pharmaceutical production by bacteria and fungi.

CHME 474/874. Advanced Biochemical Engineering (2-6 cr) Prereq: CHME 473/873 or permission. Recent theoretical and technical developments in biochemical engineering.

BIOS 312. Fundamentals of Microbiology (3cr) Lec 3. Prereq: One year biological science and one year general chemistry. One semester organic chemistry or one semester biochemistry. Parallel registration in BIOS 313 or 314recommended. Credit toward the degree can be earned in only in one: BIOS 312 or AGRO 360. Structure of microbial cells, their nutrition and growth, genetics, metabolic and biosynthesis activity, and host-parasite relationships.

BIOS 206. General Genetics (4 cr) Lec 3 rect 1. Prereq:BIOS 101and 101L , or 102. Inheritance and regulation of genes in animals, planta and bacteria and model genetic organism. Genes examined from a classical, molecular and population viewpoint.

Environmental Engineering

CIVE 326. Introduction to Environmental Engineering (BSEN326) (3 cr) Prereq: CHEM 110 or 111 or 113 and MATH 221. Introduction to principles of environmental engineering including water quality, atmospheric quality, pollution prevention, and solids and hazardous waste engineering. Design of water, air and waste management systems.

CIVE 327. Environmental Engineering Laboratory (BSEN 327) (1 cr) Lab 3. Prereq: CHEM 110 or 111 or 113 and MATH 221, Parallel CIVE/BSEN 326.Environmental engineering experiments, demonstrations, field trips, and projects. Experiments include the measurement and determination of environmental quality parameters such as solids, dissolved oxygen, biochemical and chemical oxygen demand, and alkalinity.

CIVE 421. Hazardous Waste Management and Treatment (3 cr) Prereq: CIVE/BSEN 326. Survey of the hazardous waste management system in the USA. State and federal hazardous waste regulations. Chemical characteristics of hazardous waste and unit operations and processes used for treatment of soil, water, and air.

CIVE 422/822. Pollution Prevention: Principles and Practices (BSEN 422/822) (3 cr)Prereq: Permission. Introduction to pollution prevention (P2) and waste minimization methods. Practical applications to small businesses and industries. Legislative and historic development of P2 system analysis, waste estimation, P2 methods, P2 economics, and source of P2 information.

CIVE 424. Solid Waste Management Engineering (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: CIVE 326, 334. Planning, design and operation of solid and waste collection processing, treatment, and disposal systems including materials, resources and energy recovery systems.

 

BSEN 455/855 or CIVE 455/855. Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Engineering (3 cr) Prereq: BSEN/CIVE 326; BSEN/CIVE 350 or CIVE 352. Identification, characterization, and assessment of nonpoint source pollutants; transport mechanisms and remediation technologies; design methodologies and case studies.

CHME 492. Air Pollution, Assessment and Control (3 cr) Prereq: Senior standing or permission. Survey of the present status of the air pollution problem and the application of engineering and scientific principles to its practical and effective coordinated control.

ENVR 496. Environmental Studies Seminar (1 cr) Prereq: Senior standing and environmental studies major or minor. Topics varies. Series of speakers dealing with topics related to an environmental theme selected for its appropriate and timely nature by the Environmental Studies Coordinating Committee.

CHEM 421/821. Analytical Chemistry (3 or) Lect 3. Prereq or parallel: CHEM 482/882, 484/884: parallel CHEM 423/823. Chemical and physical properties applied to quantitative chemical analysis. Emphasis on solution equilibria, stoichiometry, and instrumental theory and techniques.

CHEM 423/823. Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (2 cr.) lab 6. Prereq: Same as for CHEM 421/821. Laboratory designed to accompany CHEM 421/821. Applications of analytical chemical principles to laboratory problems.

Material Technology

 

CHME 482/882. Polymers (3 cr I) Lec 3. Prereq: CHEM 262, and 264. Introduction to polymer technology stressing polymerization kinetics, methods of resin manufacture, and applications.

METL 360. Elements of Materials Science [ES] (4 cr I, II, III) Lec 3, Lab 2. Prereq: CHEM 109 or 111; PHYS 212; ENGM 223 or parallel. Relation of atomic, molecular and crystal structures to the physical, mechanical and chemical properties of metals, alloys, polymers and ceramics. Experience in investigation of properties of engineering materials.

METL 460. Mechanical Aspects of Materials (3 cr I) Lec 3. Prereq: METL 360 or ENGM 325 or equivalent. Emphasizes those principles at the atomistic or molecular level that relate mechanical properties and behavior of different class of materials to their structure and environment.

METL 462. X-Ray Diffraction (3 cr. I) Lec. 3 Prereq.: PHYS 212. Principles of crystallography. Production and properties of x-rays. The interaction of x-rays with atoms and the nature of diffraction (direction and intensities of diffracted beams). Diffraction patterns and intensity measurements.

METL 469/869. Physical Materials Science (3 cr) Lec 3. Prereq: PHYS 212 and METL 360. Development of the principles controlling the formation of the structure of engineering materials. Phase diagrams, diffusion, interfaces and microstructures, solidification and diffusional transformation.

METL 471. Electron Microscopy of Materials (3 cr.) Lec. 2, lab 2. Prereq: Phys 212. Introduction to electron beam instruments. Electron interactions with materials. Basic aspects of electron diffraction, image formation and spectrum generation by materials. Acquisition and analysis of images, diffraction patterns and spectral data. Resolution and sensitivity limits of electron probe methods. Practical experience in the use of electron microscopes for the characterization of materials.

METL 473. Corrosion (3 cr II) Prereq: CHEM 109 or equivalent. Fundamentals of corrosion engineering, underlying principles, corrosion control, and materials selection and environmental control.

PHYS 422/822. Introduction to Physics and Chemistry of Solids (ELEC 422/822) (3 cr) Prereq: PHYS 213 or CHEM 481/881, MATH 220/820 or 221/821, or permission. Introduction to structural, thermal electrical, and magnetic properties of solids, based on concepts of atomic structure, chemical bonding in molecules, and electron states in solids. Principles underlying molecular design of materials and solid-state devices.

ENGM 325. Mechanicas of Elastic Bodies(3 cr I,II) Prereq: ENGM 223, Math 208. Concept of stress and strain consideration axial, torsional, and bending forces. Shear and Moments. Introduction to combined stresses and column theory.

ENGM 380. Elements of Computer-Aided Design (3 cr) Lec 2, Lab 2. Prereq: Math 221; MECH 130 or CSCE 150 or permission. Principles and techniques currently used for computer-aided design (CAD). Applications of interative graphics devices for drafting, design, and analysis. Modelling and analogy of engineering systems. Elementary finite element, Bode, and numerical analysis. CAD case studies and term project.

Mathematics and Statistics

MATH 314/814. Applied Linear Algebra (Matrix Theory) (3 cr) Not open to MA or MS students in Mathematics and Statistics. Fundamental concept of linear algebra from the point of view of matrix manipulation with emphasis on concepts that are most important in application. Includes solving systems of linear equations, vector spaces, inner products, determinants, eigenvalues, similarity of matrices, and Jordan Canonical Form.

MATH 322/822 Advanced Calculus (3 cr) Prereq: Math 221. Not open to MA or MS students in Mathematics and Statistics. Uniform convergence of sequences and series of functions, Green’s theorem, Stocke’s theorem, divergence theorem, line integrals, implicit and inverse function theorems, and general coordinate transformations.

MATH 324/824 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations (3 cr) Not open to MA or MS students in Mathematics and Statistics. Derivation of the heat, wave, and potential equations; separation of variables method of solution; solutions of boundary value problems by use of Fourier transforms, eigenfunction expansions with emphasis on the Bessel and Legendre functions; interpretation of solutions in various physical settings.

STAT 380 Statistics and applications (MATH 380) (3 cr) Prereq: Math 208 or 107H. Not open to MA or MS students in Mathematics and Statistics. Probability calculus; random variables, their probability distributions and expected values; t, F and chi-square sampling distributions; estimation, testing of hypothesis and regression analysis with applications.