UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis

Engineering: Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 237
Engineering/Materials Science program provides
the background for activities in research, processing,
and the design of materials. The curriculum is based
on a common core of courses basic to engineering;
courses taken during your first two years provide a
strong foundation in fundamental engineering concepts.
The Chemical Engineering/Materials Science and
Engineering program is not accredited by the Engineering
Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111
Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-
4012; (410) 347-7700.
Lower Division Required Courses
UNITS
Mathematics 21A-21B-21C-21D ............ 16
Mathematics 22A-22B ............................ 6
Physics 9A-9B-9C................................. 15
Chemistry 2A, 2B, 2C or Chemistry 2AH,
2BH, 2CH........................................... 15
Chemistry 128A, 128B, 129A ................ 8
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
5, 6...................................................... 6
Chemical Engineering 51........................ 4
Chemical Engineering 80........................ 1
Engineering 45...................................... 4
English 3 or University Writing Program 1,
Comparative Literature 1, 2, 3, or 4 or
Native American Studies 5...................... 4
General Education electives................... 12
Total Lower Division Units ............91
Upper Division Required Courses
Chemical Engineering 140, 141, 142, 143,
146, 152A, 152B, 155A, 155B, 157,
158A, 158B, 158C ............................. 52
Chemistry 110A, 110B........................... 8
Biological Sciences 102.......................... 3
Statistics 100......................................... 4
Materials Science and Engineering 160,
162, 162L, 164, and a minimum of 8 units of
course work to be chosen from Materials
Science and Engineering 147, 172, 172L
174, 174L 180, 181, 182, 188A-B....... 22
General Education electives................... 12
Minimum Upper Division Units .....97
Minimum Units Required for Major ..... 188
Honors Program. An Honors Program is available
to qualified students in the Chemical Engineering,
Biochemical Engineering, and Materials
Science and Engineering majors. The Honors Program
is also available to the dual majors: Chemical
Engineering/Materials Science and Electrical Engineering/Materials
Science and Engineering, and
Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science and
Engineering. The Chemical Engineering and Materials
Science Honors Program is a four-year program
designed to challenge the most talented students in
these majors. Students invited to participate will take
a one-unit honors seminar in their Freshman year
and will enroll in various one-unit honors courses. In
the upper division, students will complete either an
honors thesis or a project that might involve local
industry (Chemical Engineering 194 HA, HB, HC).
Students must maintain a grade point average of
3.500 to continue in the program. Successful completion
of the Honors Program will be acknowledged
on the student's transcript.
Biochemical Engineering Program
As the biotechnology industry expands and matures,
there is increasing need for engineers who can move
products from the research stage to large scale manufacturing.
As they fill this need, engineers must also
understand the production, purification, and regulatory
issues surrounding biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
Biochemical engineers—with their strong foundations
in chemistry, biological sciences, and chemical
process engineering—are in a unique position to
tackle these problems. Biochemical engineers apply
the principles of cell and molecular biology, biochemistry,
and engineering to develop, design,
scale-up, optimize, and operate processes that use
living cells, organisms, or biological molecules for
the production and purification of products (such as
monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, therapeutic proteins,
antibiotics, and industrial enzymes); for health
and/or environmental monitoring (such as diagnostic
kits, microarrays, biosensors); or for environmental
improvement (such as bioremediation). An
understanding of biological processes is also becoming
increasingly important in the industries that traditionally
employ chemical engineers, such as the
materials, chemicals, food, energy, fuels, and semiconductor
processing industries.
Objectives. We educate students in the fundamentals
of chemical and biochemical engineering, balanced
with the application of these principles to
practical problems; educate students as independent,
critical thinkers who can also function effectively
in a team; educate students with a sense of
community, ethical responsibility, and professionalism;
educate students for careers in industry, government,
and academia; teach students the necessity for
continuing education and self learning; and foster
proficiency in written and oral communications.
The Biochemical Engineering program is accredited
by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of
ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD
21202-4012; (410) 347-7700.
Lower Division Required Courses
UNITS
Mathematics 21A-21B-21C-21D ............ 16
Mathematics 22A-22B............................ 6
Physics 9A-9B-9C................................. 15
Chemistry 2A, 2B, 2C or Chemistry 2AH,
2BH, 2CH........................................... 15
Chemistry 128A, 128B, 129A ................ 8
Biological Sciences 2A ........................... 4
Chemical Engineering and Materials
Science 5, 6.......................................... 6
Chemical Engineering 51 ....................... 4
Chemical Engineering 80 ....................... 1
English 3 or University Writing Program 1,
or Comparative Literature 1, 2, 3, or 4, or
Native American Studies 5 ..................... 4
General Education electives .................. 12
Minimum Lower Division Units .....91
Upper Division Required Courses
Chemical Engineering 140, 141, 142,
143, 146, 152A, 152B, 155A, 157,
158A, 158C, 161A, 161B, 161C,
161L .................................................. 60
Biological Sciences 102 ......................... 3
Microbiology 102.................................. 4
Chemistry 110A .................................... 4
Biochemical Engineering electives.......... 10
Choose two laboratory courses from the
laboratory electives list, and choose
additional courses from the lecture elective list
to provide a total of at least 10 units:
Laboratory elective list:
Biomedical Engineering 161L;
Biotechnology 161A, 161B; Food Science
and Technology 123L; Microbiology 102L,
155L; Molecular and Cellular Biology 120L
(this course counts as two laboratory
electives and completely satisfies the
laboratory requirement), 160L;
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
104L; Plant Sciences 153; two units of an
internship (192), independent study (199),
or Biotechnology 189L taken for 2 or more
units can be used to satisfy one biochemical
engineering laboratory elective requirement
with the approval of a petition, provided
that the course is a laboratory-based
experimental project, related to the
biological and/or biochemical engineering
sciences, and the student submits a written
report that demonstrates proficiency in
laboratory skills, techniques, or method.
Lecture elective list:
Biological Sciences Applied Science 172;
Biological Sciences 2B, 2C, 101, 103,
104; Biological Systems Engineering 160,
175; Biomedical Engineering 102, 107,
109, 117, 140, 162; Biotechnology 160,
188; Chemical Engineering 170;
Chemistry 130A, 130B; Food Science and
Technology 123; Microbiology 140, 150;
Molecular and Cellular Biology 122, 123;
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
103; Plant Biology 111, 112; Plant
Sciences 152; Statistics 120, 130A, 131A.
General Education electives ...................12
Minimum Upper Division Units......93
Minimum Units Required for Major .....184
Honors Program. An Honors Program is available
to qualified students in the Chemical Engineering,
Biochemical Engineering, and Materials
Science and Engineering majors. The Honors Program
is also available to the dual majors: Chemical
Engineering/Materials Science and Electrical Engineering/Materials
Science and Engineering, and
Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science and
Engineering. The Chemical Engineering and Materials
Science Honors Program is a four-year program
designed to challenge the most talented students in
these majors. Students invited to participate will take
a one-unit honors seminar in their Freshman year
and will enroll in various one-unit honors courses. In
the upper division, students will complete either an
honors thesis or a project that might involve local
industry (Chemical Engineering 194 HA, HB, HC).
Students must maintain a grade point average of
3.500 to continue in the program. Successful completion
of the Honors Program will be acknowledged
on the student's transcript.
Materials Science and Engineering
Program
Materials science and engineering is directed
toward an understanding of the structure, properties,
and behavior of materials. Society demands new
and improved materials with capabilities far superior
to common metals, polymers, and ceramics. New
materials are needed for high-speed transportation
systems, surgical and dental implants, new generations
of power plants, and solid-state electronic
devices in computer and communication technology.
Both the development of new materials and the
understanding of present-day materials demand a
thorough knowledge of basic engineering and scientific
principles, including crystal structure, elastic and
plastic behavior, thermodynamics, phase equilibria
and reaction rates, and physical and chemical
behavior of engineering materials.
Materials engineers study phenomena found in
many different engineering operations, from fracture
behavior in automobiles to fatigue behavior in aircraft
frames; from corrosion behavior in petro-chemical
refineries to radiation-induced damage in
nuclear power plants; and from the fabrication of
steel to the design of semiconductors. Materials engineers
are also increasingly involved in developing
the new materials needed to attain higher efficiencies
in existing and proposed energy conversion
schemes and will play a central role in the development
of new technologies based on composites and
high-temperature superconductivity.
The undergraduate materials science and engineering
program provides the background for activities
in research, processing, and the design of materials.
The curriculum is based on a common core of
courses basic to engineering; courses taken during
your first two years provide a strong foundation in
fundamental engineering concepts.
There are several combined majors with Materials
Science and Engineering: Chemical Engineering/
Materials Science and Engineering; Electrical Engineering/Materials
Science and Engineering; and
Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science and
Engineering.
Objectives. We educate students in the fundamentals
of materials science and engineering, balanced
with the application of these principles to practical
problems; educate students as independent, critical
thinkers who can also function effectively in a team;
educate students with a sense of community, ethical
responsibility, and professionalism; educate students
for careers in industry, government, and academia;
teach students the necessity for continuing education
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2009-2010 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience