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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Undergraduate Bulletin of Information 2001-2002JULIO G. BRIANO PERALTA, Professor, Ph.D.,1983, University of Pennsylvania.CONCEPCION BURGOS RUBIO,Professor, Ph.D., 1997, Purdue University.AssistantREINALDO CABAN GIOVANETTI, Professor,Ph.D., 1976, University of Wisconsin.NELSON CARDONA MARTINEZ, Professor,Ph.D., 1989, University of Wisconsin.GUILLERMO COLON BURGOS, Professor,Ph.D., 1986, University of Massachusetts.JOSE A. COLUCCI RIOS, Professor, Ph.D., 1985,University of Wisconsin.LUIS ANTONIO ESTEVEZ DE VIDTS, Professor,Ph.D., 1983, University of California.SATYA N. MANDAVILLI, Professor, Ph.D., 1959,Indian Institute of Technology.NARINDER K. MEHTA, Researcher, Ph.D., 1979,California Coast University.LUENY MORELL DE RAMIREZ, Professor,M.S.Ch.E., 1977, Stanford University.RAFAEL MUÑOZ CANDELARIO, EmeritusProfessor, Ph.D., 1956, Polytechnic Institute ofBrooklyn.FEDERICO PADRON GARAY, AssistantProfessor, B.S.Ch.E., P.E. 1965, University of PuertoRico.RICARDO J. PRIETO IRIZARRY, AssistantProfessor, Ph. D., 1995, Texas A&M University.CARLOS A. RAMIREZ QUIÑONES, Professor,Sc.D., 1979, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.ABRAHAM RODRIGUEZ RAMIREZ, Professor,Ph.D., 1973, New York University.LORENZO SALICETI PIAZZA, AssociateProfessor, Ph.D., 1996, Purdue University.LAKSHMI N. SRIDHAR, Associate Professor,Ph.D., 1991, Clarkson University.MADELINE TORRES LUGO, Instructor, M.S.,1999, Purdue University.GILBERTO VILLAFAÑE RUIZ, Professor, Ph.D.,1974, Tulane University.CARLOS VELAZQUEZ FIGUEROA, AssistantProfessor, Ph. D., 1993, University of Connecticut.COURSES OF INSTRUCTIONCHEMICAL ENGINEERINGCHEG 4001. HEAT TRANSFER OPERATIONS.Four credit hours. Four hours of lecture per week.Prerequisites: CHEG 4010 and CHEG 4011.Heat transfer principles, includingmultidimensional flow and unsteady stateconditions, radiation heat transfer, design ofexchangers, empirical relations.CHEG 4002. MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS.Four credit hours. Four hours of lecture perweek. Prerequisites: CHEG 4001 and CHEG4012.Phase equilibria and equilibrium stageoperations, with particular emphasis ondistillation, gas absorption, humidification, andliquid-liquid extraction.CHEG 4003. UNIT OPERATIONS III. Fourcredit hours. Four hours of lecture per week.Prerequisite: CHEG 4005.Theory, applications, and design of unitoperations which are mostly employed in thepharmaceutical industry; air, water, and mediasterilizations, recovery of fermentation products,aeration, agitation, crystallization, and scale-up.CHEG 4004. UNIT OPERATIONSLABORATORY III. One credit hour. Onethree-hour laboratory per week. Co-requisite:CHEG 4003.Experimental studies on crystallization, drying ofsolids, fermentation, sterilization, validation,extraction, and filtration, using pilot plantequipment.CHEG 4005. MATERIALS AND ENERGYBALANCES. Four credit hours. Three hours oflecture and one two-hour discussion period perweek. Prerequisites: (MATH 3063 or MATH3048) and GEEG 3016. Co-requisite: CHEM4041.An introduction to chemical engineeringcalculations involving the laws of conservationof mass and energy.263