Graduate School - Catalog of Studies - University of Arkansas

The Graduate School: Departments and Course Descriptions
An undergraduate degree in chemical engineering is preferred for
admission, but students with a B.S. in another field of engineering or
in a natural science may also enter the program, provided that certain
undergraduate chemical engineering courses are included in their
overall program of study. The requirements for admission to the
department’s graduate program are:
• A grade point average of 3.00 out of 4.0 in chemical engineering,
natural science or other engineering program. If the
student’s undergraduate institution uses a grade scale not based
on 4.0, the Graduate School will convert the student’s grades to
a 4.0 scale.
• A minimum GRE score of 700 on the quantitative section of the
exam and a minimum of 1200 combined score on the quantitative
and verbal sections, taken within five years prior to application.
• For students without a B.S. degree from a U.S. university, a
minimum TOEFL score of 550 (for the paper exam), 80 (for the
Internet-based), or 213 (for the computer exam) or a score on the
IELTS of at least 6.5 taken within two years prior to application.
• To enter the Ph.D. program, a majority vote by the Graduate
Studies Committee of the Ralph E. Martin Department of
Chemical Engineering is required.
Financial aid may be available for the student’s stipend and/or
tuition on a case-by-case basis. This is decided in the department of
Chemical Engineering.
Research Program: An interactive, hands-on program exposes the
graduate student to the techniques, procedures, and philosophy necessary
for successful and ethical research. The students will work closely
with their supervising professor and committee to perform original
research on a topic of importance to the profession. The student will
participate in the planning, managerial, budgetary, experimental, and
reporting aspects of his/her research projects. The result will be a thesis
(for the Master’s degree) or a dissertation (for the Ph.D.), both of
which should result in at least one journal or conference publication
for the student. Active research interests of the faculty are listed on the
Web at http://www.cheg.uark.edu/research.asp.
General Requirements for the M.S. Degree: 24 hours of course
work consisting of nine hours of graduate-level CHEG graduate core
courses (including CHEG 5113), three hours of CHEG electives,
six hours of mathematics, and six hours of electives. Also, research
resulting in a successfully-defended thesis, six hours of Master’s
Thesis credits, enrollment in the CHEG Graduate Seminar each
semester, and assisting in departmental teaching are required.
General Requirements for the Ph.D. from the M.S. Degree: 24
hours of course work consisting of graduate-level CHEG and core
courses, CHEG electives, mathematics, and electives as determined
by the student’s advisory committee. Also, research resulting in a
successfully-defended dissertation, 24 hours of Doctoral Dissertation
credits if the student successfully defended a Master’s thesis or 30 if
not, passing the department’s Ph.D. candidacy and qualifying exams,
enrollment in the CHEG Graduate Seminar each semester, and assisting
in departmental teaching are required.
A non-thesis M.S. can be earned by students in the Ph.D. program
if they enter the program without an M.S. in CHEG, pass 30 hours of
course work of the 48 required for the Ph.D. with a GPA of at least
3.00, pass the department’s Ph.D. candidacy and qualifying exams,
and receive the approval of their advisory committee. A non-thesis
M.S. is not available as the terminal degree.
Detailed requirements are in the Chemical Engineering
Department Graduate Student Handbook, available at http://www.
cheg.uark.edu/graduate.asp.
Chemical Engineering (CHEG)
CHEG4263 Environmental Experimental Methodology (Irregular) Introduction
to experimental design, environmental analytical method quality assurance of analytical measurements,
sample collection and preservation. Laboratory work necessary to support a field
scale tracer experiment will be required. Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing.
CHEG4813 Chemical Process Safety (Fa) Application of chemical engineering
principles to the study of safety, health, and loss prevention. Fires and explosions, hygiene,
toxicology, hazard identification, and risk assessment in the chemical process industries.
Prerequisite: senior standing.
CHEG5013 Membrane Separation and System Design (Sp) Theory and system
design of cross flow membrane process—reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, and
microfiltration—and applications for pollution control, water treatment, food and pharmaceutical
processing. Prerequisite: CHEG 3153.
CHEG5033 Technical Administration (Fa) Contemporary issues affecting the
domestic and global Chemical Process Industries (CPI). Emphasis is on process economics,
market and corporate strategy as well as advances in technology to improve corporate
earnings while addressing the threats and opportunities in the CPI. Prerequisites: Senior or
graduate standing.
CHEG5113 Transport Processes I (Sp) Fundamental concepts and laws governing
the transfer of momentum, mass, and heat. Prerequisite: CHEG 2313 (or equivalent) and
MATH 3404.
CHEG5133 Advanced Reactor Design (Fa) Applied reaction kinetics with emphasis
on the design of heterogeneous reacting systems including solid surface catalysis, enzyme
catalysis, and transport phenomena effects. Various types of industrial reactors, such as
packed bed, fluidized beds, and other non-ideal flow systems are considered. Prerequisite:
MATH 3404 and CHEG 3333.
CHEG5213 Advanced Chemical Engineering Calculations (Sp) Developments
of and solutions of equations and mathematical models of chemical processes and mechanisms.
Prerequisite: CHEG 3333 and CHEG 3253.
CHEG5223 Petroleum Processing (Irregular) Introduction to petroleum production,
field processing, and transportation. Prerequisite: CHEG 4413.
CHEG5273 Corrosion Control (Sp) Qualitative and quantitative introduction to corrosion
and its control. Application of the fundamentals of corrosion control in the process industries
is emphasized. Prerequisite: CHEG 2313.
CHEG5313 Planetary Atmospheres (IR) Origins of planetary atmospheres, structures
of atmospheres, climate evolution, dynamics of atmospheres, levels in the atmosphere,
the upper atmosphere, escape of atmospheres, and comparative planetology of atmospheres.
(Same as SPAC 5313)
CHEG5333 Advanced Thermodynamics (Fa) Methods of statistical thermodynamics,
the correlation of classical and statistical thermodynamics, and the theory of thermodynamics
of continuous systems (non-equilibrium thermodynamics). Prerequisite: CHEG 3323.
CHEG5353 Advanced Separations (Sp) Phase equilibrium in non-ideal and multicomponent
systems, digital and other methods of computation are included to cover the fundamentals
of distillation, absorption, and extraction. Prerequisite: CHEG 4163.
CHEG5403 Organic Technology (Irregular) Major unit processes in the organic
chemical field with emphasis on industrial applications including the thermodynamic, kinetic,
and economic problems associated with the manufacturing and utilization of synthetic organic
chemicals. Prerequisite: CHEM 3603 or CHEM 3613.
CHEG5513 Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals (Sp) An introduction to
bioprocessing with an emphasis on modern biochemical engineering techniques and biotechnology.
Topics include: basic metabolism (procaryote and eucaryote), biochemical pathways,
enzyme kinetics (including immobilized processes), separation processes (e.g. chromatography)
and recombinant DNA methods. Material is covered within the context of mathematical
descriptions (calculus, linear algebra) of biochemical phenomenon. Prerequisite: CHEG 3143.
CHEG5523 Bioprocessing (Fa) An introduction to the design, development, and
scale-up of bioprocesses for the production of chemicals by fermentation. Major topics include
fermentation kinetics, reactor design, process scale-up, and product recovery. Prerequisite:
CHEG 3333.
CHEG5613 Microelectronics Fabrication and Materials (Odd years, Fa)
Overview of microelectronics and semiconductors with emphasis placed on the manufacturing
process rather than device physics. Topics include the various types of devices, the manufacturing
flow, and criteria for materials selection. No prior knowledge of electronics is required.
Prerequisite: ELEG 3903.
CHEG5723 Heat Transfer (Sp) Mechanics of heat transfer, followed by a detailed
mathematical treatment of heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation (singly and
in combination), and the application of heat transfer to design problems. Prerequisite: CHEG
3143 and senior or graduate standing.
CHEG5733 Polymer Theory and Practice (Sp) Theories and methods for converting
monomers into polymers are presented. Topics include principles of polymer science, commercial
processes, rheology, and fabrication. Prerequisite: CHEM 3603 or CHEM 3613.
CHEG5753 Air Pollution (Irregular) Fundamentals of air pollution causes, effects,
and measurements, as well as control methods with application to current industrial problems.
Prerequisite: graduate standing. (Same as CVEG 5753)
CHEG5801 Graduate Seminar (Sp, Fa) Oral presentations are given by master’s candidates
on a variety of chemical engineering subjects with special emphasis on new developments.
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
CHEG588V Special Problems (Sp, Su, Fa) (1-6) Opportunity for individual study
of an advanced chemical engineering problem not sufficiently comprehensive to be a thesis.
Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated for 6 hours.
CHEG600V Master’s Thesis (Sp, Su, Fa) (1-6) Prerequisite: graduate standing.
CHEG6123 Transport Processes II (Fa) Continuation of CHEG 5113.
CHEG6203 Preparation of Research Proposals (Sp, Su, Fa) Prerequisite: doctoral
students only.
CHEG6801 Graduate Seminar (Sp, Fa) Oral presentations are given by doctoral
students on a variety of chemical engineering subjects with special emphasis on new develop-
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