UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis

222 Engineering: Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Minimum Units Required for Major..... 186
Honors Program. An Honors Program is available
to qualified students in the Chemical Engineering
and Biochemical Engineering majors. The
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering 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 honors
sections for one freshman-year course (ECM 5), two
sophomore-year courses (ECM5 and ECH 51) and
at least one junior-year course (ECH 140 or 141)
required by these majors. In the junior and senior
years, students will complete either an honors thesis
or a project that might involve local industry (ECH
194 A,B,C). 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.
Chemical Engineering/Materials
Science and Engineering Program
Chemical Engineering/Materials Science Program is
a combined major that offers unique interdisciplinary
courses requiring chemical engineering and
materials science students to work together. Chemical
engineers apply the principles of chemistry and
engineering to produce useful commodities, ranging
from antibiotics to zirconium. Materials science and
engineering is directed toward an understanding of
the structure, properties, and behavior of materials.
The development of new materials and the understanding
of chemical processes 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. The Chemical 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.
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 two courses chosen
from Materials Science and Engineering 147,
172, 174, 180, 181, 182, 188A-B (if
Material Science and Engineering 147 is
taken, then either Material Science and
Engineering 172L or 174L must also be taken
in order to obtain the minimum unit
requirement) ........................................22
General Education electives...................12
Minimum Upper Division Units ... 101
Minimum Units Required for Major..... 192
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 academic; teach students the necessity for
continuing education and self learning; and help students
learn to communicate proficiently in written
and oral form.
The Biochemical Engineering program is accredited
by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
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 1A ........................... 5
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 ..... 92
Upper Division Required Courses
Chemical Engineering 140, 141, 142, 143,
146, 152A, 152B, 155A, 157, 158A,
158C, 161A, 161B, 161C, 161L.......... 58
Biological Sciences 102 ......................... 3
Microbiology 102.................................. 4
Chemistry 110A, 110B .......................... 8
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:
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 Biology 111L, 153, 161A,
161B; 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 1B, 1C, 101, 103,
104; Biological Systems Engineering 175;
Biotechnology 188; Chemical Engineering
170; Food Science and Technology 123;
Microbiology 140, 150; Molecular and
Cellular Biology 122, 123; Neurobiology,
Physiology, and Behavior 103; Plant
Biology 111, 112, 152, 160; Statistics
120, 130A, 131A.
General Education electives .................. 12
Minimum Upper Division Units .....95
Minimum Units Required for Major ..... 187
Honors Program. An Honors Program is available
to qualified students in the Chemical Engineering
and Biochemical Engineering majors. The
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering 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 honors
sections for one freshman-year course (ECM 5), two
sophomore-year courses (ECM5 and ECH 51) and
at least one junior-year course (ECH 140 or 141)
required by these majors. In the junior and senior
years, students will complete either an honors thesis
or a project that might involve local industry (ECH
194 A,B,C). Students must maintain a grade-point
average of 3.5 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
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2007-2008 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