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Interfacial Engineering and
Electrochemistry. Electrochemical
processes are key to many alternative
energy systems (batteries and fuel cells),
to electrical and magnetic-device manufacturing
(interconnects and magneticstorage
media), and to advanced materials
processing. Electrochemical
processes are also involved in corrosion
and in some waste-treatment systems.
Key employers of engineers and scientists
with knowledge of electrochemical/
interfacial engineering include companies
from the computer, automotive, and
chemical industries. Knowledge of basic
electrochemical principles, environmental
sciences, and/or materials science can
be useful to a career in this area.
CHEN E4201: Engineering applications of
electrochemistry
CHEN E4252: Introduction to surface and
colloid science
CHEN E6050: Advanced electrochemistry
CHEN E3900: Undergraduate research project
Bioinductive and Biomimetic
Materials. This is a rapidly emerging
area of research, and the department’s
course concentration is under development.
At present, students interested in
this area are recommended to attend
Polymer surfaces and interfaces (CHEN
E4640); and Physical chemistry of
macromolecules (CHEN E6620). Other
courses in the ‘‘Science and Engineering
of Polymers and Soft Materials’’ concentration
are also relevant. When complete,
the concentration will include courses
directly addressing biomaterials and
immunological response.
COURSES IN CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING
See also Center for Biomedical
Engineering. Note: Check the department
Web site for the most current
course offerings/descriptions.
CHEN E1040y Molecular engineering and
product design
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor West.
An introductory course intended to expose students
to chemical engineering. Examines the
ways in which chemical and biological sciences
are interpreted through analytical, design, and
engineering frameworks to generate products that
enhance human endeavor. Students are introduced
to the culture of chemical engineering and
the wide variety of chemical engineering practices,
through lectures by department faculty and
practicing chemical engineers, trips to industrial
facilities, reverse engineering of chemical products,
and a chemical design competition.
CHEE E3010x Principles of chemical
engineering thermodynamics
Lect: 4. 4 pts. Professor Castaldi.
Prerequisite: CHEM C1403. Introduction to
thermodynamics. Fundamentals are emphasized:
the laws of thermodynamics are derived and their
meaning explained and elucidated by applications
to engineering problems. Pure systems are treated,
followed by an introduction to mixtures and phase
equilibrium.
CHEN E3100x Material and energy balances
Lect: 4. 4 pts. Professor McNeill.
Prerequisites: First-year chemistry and physics
or equivalents. This course serves as an introduction
to concepts used in the analysis of chemical
engineering problems. Rigorous analysis of material
and energy balances on open and closed systems
is emphasized. An introduction to important
processes in the chemical and biochemical industries
is provided.
CHEN E3110x Transport phenomena, I
Lect: 4. 4 pts. Instructor to be announced.
Prerequisites: Classical mechanics, vector calculus,
ordinary differential equations. Focuses on
the momentum and energy transport in pure (onecomponent)
Newtonian fluids, i.e. elementary fluid
mechanics, elementary conduction-dominated
heat transfer, and forced convection heat transfer
in fluids. This is an introductory-level course. It
includes a review of the mathematical methods
needed (vector calculus and ordinary differential
equations). Applications to problems important
in modern chemical engineering are used to illustrate
concepts.
CHEN E3120y Transport phenomena, II
Lect: 4. 4 pts. Professor Durning.
Prerequisite: CHEN E3110, of which this course
is a continuation. Focuses on the mass transport
in isothermal mixtures of Newtonian fluids, i.e.,
elementary diffusion-dominated mass transfer,
and forced convection mass transfer in fluid mixtures.
Includes instruction in new mathematical
methods needed (introductory partial differential
equations). Applications to problems important
in modern chemical engineering are used to
illustrate concepts.
CHEN E3210y Chemical engineering thermodynamics
Lect: 3. 4 pts. Professor Koberstein.
Prerequisites: CHEN E3010 and E3100. This
course deals with fundamental and applied
thermodynamic principles that form the basis of
chemical engineering practice. Topics include
phase equilibria, methods to treat ideal and nonideal
mixtures, and estimation of properties using
computer-based methods.
BMCH E3500y Transport in biological systems
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Leonard.
Prerequisites: CHEM C3443 and MATH E1210.
Corequisite: BIOL C2005. Convective and diffusive
movement and reaction of molecules in
biological systems. Kinetics of homogeneous
and heterogeneous reactions in biological environments.
Mechanisms arid models of transport
across membranes. Convective diffusion with and
without chemical reaction. Diffusion in restricted
spaces. Irreversible thermodynamic approaches
to transport and reaction in biological systems.
CHEN E3810y Chemical engineering laboratory
Lab: 3. 3 pts. Professors Borden and Spencer.
Prerequisite: Completion of core chemical engineering
curricula through the fall semester of senior
year (includes CHEN E3110, E3120, E4230,
E3100, E3010, E3210, E4140, E4500), or the
instructor’s permission. The course emphasizes
active, experiment-based resolution of openended
problems involving use, design, and optimization
of equipment, products, or materials.
Under faculty guidance students formulate, carry
out, validate, and refine experimental procedures,
and present results in oral and written form. The
course develops analytical, communications, and
cooperative problem-solving skills in the context
of problems that span from traditional, large-scale
separations and processing operations to molecular-level
design of materials or products. Sample
projects include scale up of apparatus, process
control, chemical separations, heterogeneous catalysis
and mathematical model development. Safety
awareness is integrated throughout the course.
CHEN E3900x and y Undergraduate research
project
0 to 6 pts. The staff.
Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct an
investigation of some problem in chemical engineering
or applied chemistry or carry out a special
project under the supervision of the staff. Credit
for the course is contingent upon the submission
of an acceptable thesis or final report. No more
than 6 points in this course may be counted toward
the satisfaction of the B.S. degree requirements.
CHEN E4010x Mathematical methods in
chemical engineering
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Leonard.
Open to undergraduates only with the instructor’s
permission. Application of selected mathematical
methods to solution of chemical engineering
problems.
CHEN E4020x Protection of industrial and
intellectual property
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Pearlman.
To expose engineers, scientists, and technology
managers to areas of the law they are most
likely to be in contact with during their careers.
Principles are illustrated with various case studies,
together with active student participation.
SEAS 2009–2010