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Core
Courses
CHBE 501: FLUID MECHANICS AND TRANSPORT PROCESSES
Advanced study in fluid mechanics and transport processes including
analytical and numerical approximation methods, boundary layer
theory, and potential flow theory.
CHBE 590: KINETICS, CATALYSIS, AND REACTION ENGINEERING
Review of kinetics and reactor design equations; heterogeneous
catalysis; catalyst preparation, characterization, testing; catalytic
reaction mechanisms; diffusion and reaction in catalyst pellets;
conservation equations; reactor analysis.
CHBE 602: PHYSICO-CHEMICAL HYDRODYNAMICS
Topics in hydrodynamics including areas such as waves on liquid
surfaces, convection and diffusion in liquids, motion of drops
and bubbles, and electrophoresis.
CHBE 611: ADVANCED TOPICS-THERMODYNAMICS
An advanced treatment of the thermodynamics of pure and multicomponent
systems. Topics range from classical thermodynamics to a
discussion of modern developments, and include an introduction
to statistical
thermodynamics.
CHBE 692: NUMERICAL METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS IN
ENGINEERING AND BIOLOGY
The class focuses on the numerical analysis of various times
integration techniques for ordinary differential equations,
as well as spatial
and temporal discretization methods for hyperbolic and parabolic
partial differential equations that describe processes in
engineering and biology, homeworks and projects aim at the
comparative
evaluation of the various schemes discussed in class.
Elective Courses
CHBE 460: BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Design, operation, and analysis of processes in the biochemical
industries. Topics include enzyme kinetics, cell growth kinetics,
energetics, recombinant DNA technology, microbial, tissue and
plant cell cultures, bioreactor design and operation, down stream
processing.
CHBE 530: MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
An integrated engineering course in process analysis and product
design that combines molecular chemistry, property-based thermodynamic
descriptions, and a focus on intermolecular energetics. The
course paradigm is demonstrated through case studies involving
molecular,
macromolecular, supramolecular, and biomolecular systems.
CHBE 540: STATISTICAL MECHANICS
A development of the principles of statistical mechanics with
applications.
CHBE 571: FLOW AND TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA I
Study of the geology, chemistry, and physics of multicomponent,
multiphase fluids in porous media. Includes hydrostatic
and hydrodynamic properties of fluids in soils and rocks and
the simulation of
fundamental transport processes in one dimension.
CHBE 593: POLYMER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Basic concepts in macromolecular chemistry and their application
in the synthesis and chemical modification of polymers.
CHBE 594: PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS
Study of the molecular organization and physical properties
of polymeric materials. Includes elastomeric, semicrystalline,
and
glassy polymers, as well as the processing and technology
of polymeric systems.
CHBE 597: POLYMER SYNTHESIS, SOFT NANOMATERIALS AND
NANOCOMPOSITES
The course will cover methods of characterization
and some basic synthetic polymer methods (step growth
and
chain
growth approaches).
New synthetic polymer methods will be presented including
ATRP, ADMET, ROMP, metallocene catalysts and the
development of flame
retardant polymer blends. Carbon-carbon composites
will be discussed along with the functionalization
of carbon
nanotubes
and their
use in nanocomposites.
CHBE 603: RHEOLOGY
Calculus and time derivatives of directed quantities. Elastic solid, Newtonian liquid. Shear and extensional flows. Linear viscoelasticity. Non-linear viscoelasticity: rate- and time-dependent shear and extensional viscosity, normal stresses in shear. Elementary theories of non-linear viscoelastic behavior. Isotropy, objectivity, frame-indifference. Shear and extensional rheometry. Special topics: thermodynamics of microstructured materials; fine-grained theories of polymer dynamics; computational rheology.
CHBE 615: APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR SIMULATION AND
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
Introduction to molecular simulation techniques
and applications of statistical mechanics-based
theory
to engineering problems. Projects involve topics of
current research interest. Students are expected
to know
thermodynamics and to have had some introduction
to statistical mechanics
CHBE 630: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF NANOSTRUCTURED
MATERIALS
Overview of materials with structural features
on the nanometer scale. Discussion of general
concepts of
synthesis, characterization
and applications. Highlight advances found in recent
literature.
CHBE 671: FLOW AND TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA II
Calculation of multicomponent-multiphase transport in one to three dimensions using finite difference methods. Includes development of multidimensional models of systems and representation and estimation of geological heterogeneity.
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