2007-09 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Graduate Catalog: Section 11.6.3http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/24000.htmlA study of the movement and fate of man-made chemicals in the environment.CHE 538 Integrated Circuit Fabrication Principles. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: MATH 238Study of the processing tools and unit operations used in semiconductor device fabrication. Topics includesemiconductor fundamentals, semiconductor device fabrication processes, interconnections and contacts, integratedcircuit packaging, and chip yields.CHE 545 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: CH 231Study of biological processes, application of chemical engineering skills to areas including enzyme kinetics,fermentation, cell growth, and metabolic processes.Graduate Core CoursesCHE 551 Advanced Thermodynamics I. (3-0) Three hours.Application of thermodynamic principles to chemical and phase equilibria.CHE 552 Transport Phenomena. (3-0) Three hours.Development of the analogy between momentum, energy, and mass transport, with applications.CHE 553 Computation in Chemical Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.Chemical-engineering applications of advanced calculus, numerical methods, and digital computer techniques, withemphasis on expressing physical situations in mathematical language.CHE 554 Chemical Reaction Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.Chemical kinetics theory and experimental techniques. Industrial reactor design by advanced methods.Other Graduate CoursesCHE 591:592 Special Problems (Area). One to three hours.Open to properly qualified graduate students. Advanced work of a research nature. Credit is based on the amount ofwork completed.CHE 595:596 Seminar. (1-0) One hour (each).Discussion of current advances and research in chemical engineering, presented by graduate students and otherspeakers.CHE 598 Research Not Related to Thesis. One to six hours.CHE 599 Master's Thesis Research. One to twelve hours. Pass/fail.Advanced Graduate CoursesCHE 602 Advanced Fluid Mechanics. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: CHE 552.Theory of viscosity; differential equations of continuity and motion; turbulence; non-Newtonian fluids; gas-liquid,liquid-liquid, and solid-liquid flow; flow in pipe networks.CHE 603 Advanced Heat Transfer. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: CHE 522.Use of the energy balance in heat-transfer equipment design. Transient solution of the energy balance, advancedcondenser design, and computer-implemented heat-exchange equipment design.CHE 611 Process Dynamics and Control. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: CHE 493 or permission of the instructor.Advanced process control design and analysis. Control of distributed-parameter systems and nonlinear processes;self-adapting and self-tuning controllers; optimal control; distributed microprocessor controllers.CHE 621 Diffusional Operations. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: CHE 552.The latest experimental and theoretical studies in several areas involving diffusion. Includes simultaneous heat andmass transfer and mass transfer with chemical reaction.CHE 625 Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: CHE 552 or permission of the instructor.