2009-2010 Bulletin â PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING: THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS<br />
87<br />
SEMESTER V SEMESTER VI SEMESTER VII SEMESTER VIII<br />
REQUIRED<br />
COURSES<br />
CHEN E3110 (4) CHEN E3120 (4) CHEN E4500 (4) CHEN E4510 (4)<br />
Transp. phenomena I Transp. phenomena II Process & product design I Process & product<br />
design II<br />
CHEE E3010 (4) CHEN E3210 (4) CHEN E4140 (3)<br />
Principles of chem. Chem. eng. Chem. & biochem. CHEN E4320 (4)<br />
eng. thermodynamics thermodynamics separations Molecular phenomenon<br />
in chem. eng.<br />
CHEN E4230 (3) CHEN E4300 (2)<br />
Reaction kinetics & Chem. eng. control<br />
reactor design<br />
REQUIRED LABS<br />
CHEN C3543 (3) 1 CHEN 3810 (3)<br />
Org. chem. lab<br />
Chem. eng. lab<br />
REQUIRED<br />
ELECTIVES<br />
NONTECH<br />
TECH 2<br />
3 points 3 points 3 points<br />
3 points 3 points 3 points 3 points<br />
TOTAL POINTS<br />
(normal track)<br />
17 17 15 14<br />
1 May be taken in Semester III with adviser’s permission if CHEN E3100: Material and energy balances is taken in Semester V.<br />
2 The total of 12 points of required technical electives must include one chemical engineering course, one engineering course outside of chemical engineering, and 6<br />
points of “advanced natural science” courses (i.e., chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, and certain chemical engineering courses—contact a departmental<br />
adviser for details).<br />
undergraduate students. The National<br />
Science Foundation is sponsoring the<br />
development of this concentration, which<br />
is believed to be the first of its kind.<br />
Courses in the concentration equip students<br />
in engineering and computer science<br />
to help solve technical problems<br />
encountered in the discovery, assembly,<br />
organization, and application of genomic<br />
information. The courses impart an<br />
understanding of the fundamental goals<br />
and problems of genomic science and<br />
gene-related intracellular processes;<br />
elucidate the physical, chemical, and<br />
instrumental principles available to<br />
extract sequence information from the<br />
genome; and teach the concepts used<br />
to organize, manipulate, and interrogate<br />
the genomic database.<br />
The concentration consists of five<br />
courses that address the principal areas<br />
of genomic technology: sequencing and<br />
other means of acquiring genomic information;<br />
bioinformatics as a means of<br />
assembling and providing structured<br />
access to genomic information; and<br />
methods of elucidating how genomic<br />
information interacts with the developmental<br />
state and environment of cells<br />
in order to determine their behavior.<br />
Prof. E. F. Leonard directs the program<br />
and teaches CHEN E4750. The other<br />
instructors are Profs. D. Anastassiou<br />
(ECBM E4060), Jingyue Ju (CHEN<br />
E4700, CHEN E4730), and C. Leslie<br />
(CBMF W4761). The departments of<br />
Chemical, Biomedical, and Electrical<br />
Engineering and of Computer Science<br />
credit these courses toward requirements<br />
for their doctorates. Students<br />
may take individual courses so long as<br />
they satisfy prerequisite requirements or<br />
have the instructor’s permission. All lecture<br />
courses in the program are available<br />
through the <strong>Columbia</strong> Video Network,<br />
which offers a certificate for those<br />
students completing a prescribed set<br />
of the courses.<br />
The course Introduction to genomic<br />
information science and technology<br />
(ECBM E4060) provides the essential<br />
concepts of the information system paradigm<br />
of molecular biology and genetics.<br />
Principles of genomic technology (CHEN<br />
E4700) provides students with a solid<br />
basis for understanding both the principles<br />
that underlie genomic technologies<br />
and how these principles are applied.<br />
The Genomics sequencing laboratory<br />
(CHEN E4760) provides hands-on experience<br />
in high-throughput DNA sequencing,<br />
as conducted in a bioscience<br />
research laboratory. The genome and<br />
the cell (CHEN E4750) conveys a broad<br />
but precise, organized, and quantitative<br />
overview of the cell and its genome:<br />
how the genome, in partnership with<br />
extragenomic stimuli, influences the<br />
behavior of the cell and how mechanisms<br />
within the cell enable genomic<br />
regulation. Computational genomics<br />
(CBMF W4761) introduces students<br />
to basic and advanced computational<br />
techniques for analyzing genomic data.<br />
Interested parties can obtain further<br />
information, including a list of cognate<br />
courses that are available and recommended,<br />
from Professor Leonard<br />
(leonard@columbia.edu).<br />
<strong>SEAS</strong> <strong>2009</strong>–<strong>2010</strong>