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Texas A&M University at QatarCourse DescriptionsTexas A&M University at Qatar 313Chemical Engineering(CHEN)601. Chemical Engineering Laboratory Safety and Health. (1-0). Credit 1. Control of hazards associatedwith chemical engineering research laboratories and the chemical process industry; causes andprevention of accidents, emergency procedures, safety codes, health effects of toxic substances andexperimental design for safety. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.604. Chemical Engineering Process Analysis I. (3-0). Credit 3. Development and analysis of chemicalprocess models that involve systems of algebraic equations, ordinary differential equations, and partialdifferential equations. Prerequisite: MATH 308 or approval of instructor.623. Fundamentals and Applications of Thermodynamics to Chemical Engineers. (3-0) Credit3. Application of thermodynamics to chemical engineering operations and processes. Prerequisite:CHEN 354 or approval of instructor.624. Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design. (3-0). Credit 3. Rates and Mechanisms ofchemical reactions. Thermal and Catalytic reactions both homogeneous and heterogeneous. Prerequisite:CHEN 464 or approval of instructor.629. Advanced Transport Phenomena. (3-0). Credit 3.Principles of transfer of momentum, energy andmass studied by application to advanced chemical engineering problems. Theoretical analogy of thesethree models of transfer. Prerequisite CHEN 461 or approval of instructor.631. Process Dynamics I. (3-0). Credit 3. Dynamics, simulation and control of linear models of fluid, thermaland mass transfer processes for chemical industries by means of transient and frequency responseanalysis and design methods. Prerequisite: CHEN 461 or approval of instructor.633. Theory of Mixtures. (3-0). Credit 3. Basic relations of statistical thermodynamics. Intermolecularforces, liquid state, theory of mixtures, critical state, theory of conformal solutions, orientational effects,theorem of corresponding states and applications to distillation and extraction. Prerequisite:CHEN 623 or approval of instructor.634. Multiphase Reactors. (3 -0). Credit 3. Laboratory reactors; mixing phenomena in multiphase reactors;tracer techniques in chemical reactor characterization; tickle bed reactors; two phase and threephase fluidized bed reactors; bubble columns; slurry reactors. Prerequisite: CHEN 624 or approval ofinstructor.641. Polymer Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamentals of polymer reaction kinetics, polymer characterization,phase structure and morphology, chemical and rheological properties with applicationsto polymer synthesis, production, and processing operations. Prerequisite: Graduate classification orapproval of instructor.643. Applied Statistical Mechanics of Fluids. (3-0). Credit 3. Application of molecular theories andcomputer simulation techniques to describe the thermodynamics and transport properties of fluids andfluid mixtures. Prerequisite: CHEN 623 or approval of instructor.655. Process Safety Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Applications of engineering principles to process hazardsanalysis including source and dispersion modeling, emergency relief systems, fire and explosionprevention and mitigation, hazard identification, risk assessment, process safety management, etc. Prerequisite:Approval of instructor.658. Fundamentals of Environmental Remediation Processes. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamental approachto various remediation technologies, topics in environmental thermodynamics and mass transfer, adsorption,desorption, ion exchange, air stripping, extraction, chemical oxidation, biodegration. Prerequisite:Graduate classification in engineering.660. Quantitative Risk Analysis. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamental concepts, techniques, and applications ofrisk analysis and risk-informed decision making for engineering students. Practical uses of probabilisticmethods are demonstrated in exercises and case studies from diverse engineering areas. Prerequisite:Graduate classification.