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

Engineering: Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 241
198. Group Study (1-5)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading
only.)
199. Special Study for Advanced
Undergraduates (1-5)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading
only.)
Graduate Courses
206. Biochemical Engineering (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Microbiology 102
and 102L, Biological Sciences 101, 102, 103,
Molecular and Cellular Biology 120L, 200A; Food
Science and Technology 205 recommended; or consent
of instructor. Interaction of chemical engineering,
biochemistry, and microbiology. Mathematical
representations of microbial systems. Kinetics of
growth, death, and metabolism. Continuous fermentation,
agitation, mass transfer and scale-up in fermentation
systems, product recovery, enzyme
technology. Offered in alternate years.—(II.) Ryu
226. Enzyme Engineering (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Microbiology 102
and 102L, Biological Sciences 102, 103, Molecular
and Cellular Biology 122, 120L, 200A; or consent
of instructor. Application of basic biochemical and
engineering principles of practical enzymatic processes.
Lectures cover large scale production and
separation of enzymes, immobilized enzyme systems,
enzyme reactor design and optimization, and
new application of enzymes in genetic engineering
related biotechnology. Offered in alternate years.—
II. Ryu
246. Advanced Biochemical Engineering (2)
Lecture—2 hours. Prerequisite: course 206 or consent
of instructor. Advances in the field of biotechnology
including genetic engineering, enzyme
engineering, fermentation science, and renewable
resources development. The important results of original
research will be evaluated for understanding of
the fundamental principles and for potential practical
application.—II. (II.) Ryu
252. Statistical Thermodynamics (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 152B, Engineering 105B, or the equivalent.
A treatment of the statistical basis of thermodynamics;
introduction to statistical mechanics; discussion
of the laws of thermodynamics; application of thermodynamic
relationships to phase and chemical
reaction equilibrium; introduction to molecular simulations
and the evaluation of thermodynamic properties
from molecular simulations.—I. (I.)
253A. Advanced Fluid Mechanics (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 141 and
259. Kinematics and basic principles of fluid flow.
Principles of constitutive equations. Navier-Stokes
equations for Newtonian fluids. Survey of rectilinear
creeping flow, lubrication flow and boundary layer
theory.—I. (I.)
253B. Advanced Heat Transport (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 142 and
259 or the equivalent. Fundamental energy postulates
and derivation of microscopic and macroscopic
energy equations. Mechanisms of
conduction. Isotropic, thermoelastic and anisotropic
materials solution problems using Greens functions
and perturbation theory.—II. (II.)
253C. Advanced Mass Transfer (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 143 and
259 (may be taken concurrently) or the equivalents.
Kinematics and basic conservation principles for
multicomponent systems. Constitutive equations for
momentum, heat and mass transfer, applications to
binary and ternary systems. Details of diffusion with
reaction, and the effects of concentration.—I. (I.)
254. Colloid and Surface Phenomena (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
graduate standing in science or engineering or consent
of instructor. Thermodynamics and rate processes
at interfaces. These fundamental processes
will be applied to determine the collective properties
of thin films and membranes, self-assembled systems,
liquid crystals and colloidal systems. Experimental
techniques in surface analysis.—III. (III.) Stroeve,
Longo
256. Chemical Kinetics and Reaction
Engineering (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 146 or the
equivalent. Analysis of the performance of chemical
reactors and design of chemical reactors based on
the principles of chemical kinetics and transport phenomena.
Consideration of noncatalytic/catalytic
reactions in single fluid phases and emphasis on
reactions in multiphase mixtures, especially gas-solid
reactors.—II. (II.)
259. Advanced Engineering Mathematics
(4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 21D,
22A, 22B. Applications of methods of applied mathematics
to the analytical and numerical solution of
linear and nonlinear ordinary and partial differential
equations arising in the study of transport phenomena.—I.
(I.)
262. Transport Phenomena in Multiphase
Systems (3)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: course
253C. Heat, mass and momentum transfer in multiphase,
multicomponent systems with special emphasis
on transport processes in porous media.
Derivation of the averaging theorem and application
of the method of volume averaging to multicomponent,
reacting systems.—III. (III.)
263. Rheology and Mechanics of Non-
Newtonian Fluids (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: courses 253A and
259 or consent of instructor. Mechanics of polymer
solutions and suspension, especially the development
of properly invariant constitutive equations.
Topics include: viscometry, linear and nonlinear viscoelasticity,
continuum mechanics, kinetic theory.
Offered in alternate years.—II. Powell
265. Emulsions, Microemulsions and
Bilayers (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: an undergraduate
course in physical chemistry. Thermodynamic and
mechanical descriptions of surfactant-laden interfaces.
Forces between and within interfaces. Physics
of micelle and microemulsion formation. Structure
and stability of emulsions. Properties of phospholipid
bilayers, with emphasis on vesicles.—II. (II.) Dungan
267. Advanced Process Control (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 157 or the
equivalent. Advanced course in analysis and synthesis
of linear multivariable systems. Emphasis on frequency
domain techniques and applications to
chemical processes. Topics include singular value
analysis, internal model control, robust controller
design methods as well as self-tuning control techniques.
Offered in alternate years.—III.
289A-L. Special Topics in Chemical
Engineering (1-5)
Lecture and/or laboratory. Prerequisite: consent of
instructor. Special topics in (A) Fluid Mechanics; (B)
Nonlinear Analysis and Numerical Methods; (C) Process
Control; (D) Chemistry of Catalytic Processes;
(E) Biotechnology; (F) Interfacial Engineering; (G)
Molecular Thermodynamics; (H) Membrane Separations;
(I) Advanced Materials Processing; (J) Novel
Experimental Methods; (K) Advanced Transport Phenomena;
(L) Biomolecular Engineering. May be
repeated for credit when topic differs.—I, II, III. (I, II,
III.)
290. Seminar (1)
Seminar—1 hour. (S/U grading only.)
290C. Graduate Research Group
Conference (1)
Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Research problems, progress and techniques in
chemical engineering. May be repeated for credit.
(S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
294. Current Progress in Biotechnology (1)
Seminar—1 hour. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Seminars presented by guest lecturers on subjects of
their own research activities. May be repeated for
credit. (Same course as Molecular and Cellular Biology
294.) (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II. III.)
Ryu, Doi
298. Group Study (1-5)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (S/U grading
only.)
299. Research (1-12)
(S/U grading only.)
Professional Course
390. Teaching of Chemical Engineering (1)
Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: qualifications and
acceptance as teaching assistant and/or associatein
in chemical engineering. Participation as a teaching
assistant or associate-in in a designated engineering
course. Methods of leading discussion
groups or laboratory sections, writing and grading
quizzes, use of laboratory equipment, and grading
laboratory reports. May be repeated twice for
credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
Courses in Materials Science and
Engineering (EMS)
Upper Division Courses
147. Principles of Polymer Materials
Science (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: chemistry through
organic or Engineering 45; introductory physics
sequence. Basic principles of polymer science presented
including polymer structure and synthesis;
polymerization mechanisms, polymer classes, properties,
and reactions; polymer morphology, rheology,
and characterization; polymer processing.
(Same course as Fiber and Polymer Science 100.)—
II. (II.)
160. Thermodynamics of Materials
Processes and Phase Stability (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
Engineering 45. Review of thermodynamic principles
of interest to materials scientists and engineers.
Application of thermodynamics to material processing,
phase stability, corrosion and oxidation reactions,
and environmental issues. Specific examples
from molten metallurgy, glass melting, and solid state
materials will be used. Only 1 unit of credit allowed
to students who have completed course 130. Only 3
units of credit allowed to students who have completed
course 144. Not open for credit to students
who have completed both courses 130 and 144.—I.
162. Structure and Characterization of
Engineering Materials (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 45.
Description of the structure of engineering materials
on the atomic scale by exploring the fundamentals of
crystallography. The importance of this structure to
materials’ properties. Description of experimental
determination using x-ray diffraction techniques.
Only 2 units of credit allowed to students who have
completed course 132. Only 3 units of credit
allowed to students who have completed course
142. Only 1 unit of credit allowed to students who
have completed both courses 132 and 142.—II.
162L. Structure and Characterization of
Materials Laboratory (2)
Laboratory—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 162 (concurrent enrollment recommended).
Experimental investigations of structure of
solid materials are combined with techniques for
characterization of materials. Laboratory exercises
emphasize methods used to study structure of solids
at the atomic and microstructural levels. Methods
focus on optical, x-ray and electron techniques. Only
2 units of credit allowed to students who have completed
course 134L. Not open for credit to students
who have completed course 132L. GE credit: Wrt.—
II.
164. Rate Processes in Materials Science (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
Engineering 45 and course 160. Basic kinetic laws
and the principles governing phase transformations.
Applications in diffusion, oxidation, nucleation,
growth, and spinodal transformations. Only 1 unit of
credit allowed to students who have completed
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