Courses - Spring 2025
CHBE
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Open Seats as of
12/30/2024 at 10:30 PM
CHBE100
Exploring ChBE
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; and permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Restriction: Must be in a major within the ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Overview of the specializations and career paths available in chemical and biomolecular engineering. Academic planning, policies and resources will be covered including introduction to undergraduate research, study abroad, internship and co-op opportunities as well as chemical engineering student groups. A peer mentoring program will enable students to interact with successful upper-class chemical engineering students and build their chemical engineering peer network.
CHBE101
Introduction to Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: CHEM135; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Corequisite: MATH141.
Restriction: Must be in Engineering: Chemical program; or permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: CHBE101 or ENCH215.
Formerly: ENCH215.
Introduction to methods of chemical engineering calculations and analysis. Stoichiometric relations, material and energy balances, and behavior of gases, vapors, liquids and solids. Analytical and computer methods.
CHBE302
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Thermodynamics II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: CHBE301.
Corequisite: CHBE250.
Restriction: Must be in a major within ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: CHBE302 or ENCH400.
Formerly: ENCH400.
Contemporary trends in chemical engineering thermodynamics that bridge the gap between fundamentals and applications. Thermodynamic analysis of non-ideal and structured systems; such as complex fluids, strongly fluctuating and nanoscale systems, dissipative systems, biosystems, and systems under extreme conditions.
CHBE333
Chemical Engineering Seminar
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Junior standing; and must be in a major within ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department; and permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: CHBE333 or ENCH333.
Formerly: ENCH333.
To develop oral communication skills through a series of class presentations of current chemical engineering topics.
CHBE369
Teaching Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Credits:
1 - 2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
CHBE422
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Transport Phenomena I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CHBE101, CHBE250, MATH241, and MATH246.
Restriction: Must be in a major within the ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department; and permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: CHBE422 or ENCH422.
Formerly: ENCH422.
Principals of fluid dynamics as applied to model development and process design. Mass, momentum and energy conservation. Statics and surface tension. Equation of Continuity and Navier-Stokes Equation with application to laminar flow. Dimensional analysis. Macroscopic balances, Bernoulli Equation and friction factors with application to turbulent flow.
CHBE424
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Transport Phenomena II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: CHBE422.
Corequisite: CHBE302.
Restriction: Must be in Engineering: Chemical program; and permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: CHBE424 or ENCH424.
Formerly: ENCH424.
Principles of mass and heat transfer as applied to model development and process design. Species continuity equation with application to diffusion, and convection in laminar flow. Macroscopic balances and mass transfer coefficients with application to turbulent flow. Microscopic equation of energy with application to heat conduction, and convection in laminar flow. Macroscopic energy balance and heat transfer coefficients with application to turbulent flow. Heat exchanger design.
CHBE426
Chemical and Biomolecular Separation Processes
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Corequisite: CHBE302; and CHBE424.
Restriction: Must be in Engineering: Chemical program; and permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: CHBE426 or ENCH426.
Formerly: ENCH426.
Separation by stages operations. Rate dependent separation processes. Design application in distillation, gas absorption, liquid extraction, drying, adsorption and ion exhange.
CHBE440
Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CHBE301, MATH241, and MATH246.
Restriction: Must be in Engineering: Chemical program; and permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: CHBE440 or ENCH440.
Formerly: ENCH440.
Fundamentals of chemical reaction kinetics and their application to the design and operation of chemical reactors. Reaction rate theory, homogeneous reactions and catalysis electrochemical reactions. Catalytic reactor design.
CHBE446
Process Engineering Economics and Design II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: CHBE442 and CHBE444.
Restriction: Must be in a major within the ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department; and permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: CHBE446 or ENCH446.
Formerly: ENCH446.
Application of chemical engineering principles for the design of chemical processing equipment. Representative problems in the design of chemical plants will be the focus of this capstone design class. Comprehensive reports are required.
CHBE451
Photovoltaics: Solar Energy
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Jointly offered with: CHBE651.
Credit only granted for: ENCH468L, CHBE451 or CHBE651.
Formerly: ENCH468L.
The emphasis of the class is on developing a conceptual understanding of the device physics and manufacturing processes of crystalline and thin-film photovoltaic cells, and to develop elementary computational skills necessary to quantify solar cell efficiency. The class material includes detailed, system-level energy balances necessary to understand how solar energy fits into the complete energy generation, conversion, and storage picture. Quantitative comparisons of PV technology to solar chemical conversion processes and biofuels are made.
CHBE457
Design and Processing of Polymers for Biomedical Devices
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: MATH246; and CHEM231; and (CHBE301, ENMA461, or BIOE232).
Recommended: Knowledge of basic fluid dynamics: CHBE422/BIOE331 or equivalent.
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: BIOE453, CHBE457, or ENMA425.
Provides a foundation for understanding the use of various materials in medical applications. We will discuss design principles, based on biological context for drug delivery, diagnosis of disease, imaging applications, tissue engineering, among other relevant topics. The course will cover nanomedicine approaches (lipids, polymers, gold nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, etc.), as well as scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. We will discuss advantages, challenges, and recent advances in the field. The course will highlight the importance of rational engineering when designing products to be used to treat and diagnose disease.
CHBE468
Research
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg
CHBE469
Special Projects
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
CHBE473
Advanced Batteries and Fuel Cells
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Jointly offered with: CHBE673.
Credit only granted for: CHBE473 or CHBE673.
The lecture will start from the basic electrochemical thermodynamics and kinetics, with emphasis on electrochemical techniques, fundamental principle and performance of batteries, and supercapacitors.
CHBE480
Bionanotechnology: Physical Principles
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: BIOE120; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Jointly offered with: CHBE680.
Credit only granted for: ENCH648N, CHBE480 or CHBE680.
Physics at nano/micro scales. Biomolecular building blocks. Simplest biomolecular assembly: protein folding. Nanoscale intermolecular interactions important for biology. Protein-ligand binding. Protein higher-order assembly: filaments, networks. Protein filaments and motility. DNA, RNA and their assembly assisted by proteins. Viral capsid assembly. Lipid assembly into micelles, bilayers. Lipid-protein co-assembly in membranes. Lipid and polymer structures useful in medicine. Targeted delivery of drugs, genes by nano/micro structures. Cellular assembly in the eye, in insect wings. Cellular assembly at surfaces: gecko feet, duck feathers. Cellular assembly in the presence of crystals: biomineralization.
CHBE486
Heterogeneous Catalysis for Energy Applications
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CHBE302, CHBE424, and CHBE440; and permission of instructor.
Restriction: Must be in a major within the ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: CHBE486, CHBE686 or ENCH686.
Introduction to heterogeneous catalytic science and technology for energy conversion and hydocarbon processing. Preparation and mechanistic characterization of catalyst systems, kinetics of catalyzed reactions, adsorption and diffusion influences in heterogenious reactions. An overview of heterogeneous catalysis in various energy-related applications, including petroleum refining, chemicals from biomass, valorization of shale gas, and CO2 utilization will be introduced.
CHBE497
Protein Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: BIOE120, CHBE302, and CHBE440; and permission of instructor.
Jointly offered with: CHBE697.
Credit only granted for: CHBE497, BIOE489R, ENCH 648P or CHBE697.
This course will cover the fundamentals of protein engineering and its applications in medicine, chemical processes, and energy. Topics will include the structure and function of biological molecules, rational design and directed evolution, construction of protein and peptide libraries, protein screening platforms, methods for characterizing structure and function of biological molecules. Scientific literature will be used to highlight key discoveries and current work in protein engineering.
CHBE608
Research in Chemical Engineering
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg
CHBE609
Graduate Seminar
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Advanced special students require department permission.
CHBE630
Transport Phenomena
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: CHBE422; and ENCH424. Or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: ENCH630 or CHBE630.
Formerly: ENCH630.
Heat, mass and momentum transfer theory from the viewpoint of the basic transport equations. Steady and unsteady state; laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layer theory, mechanics of turbulent transport; with specific application to complex chemical engineering situations.
CHBE640
Advanced Chemical Reaction Kinetics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: CHBE440; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: ENCH640 or CHBE640.
Formerly: ENCH640.
The theory and application of chemical reaction kinetics to reactor design. Reaction rate theory; homogeneous batch and flow reactors; fundamentals of catalysis; design of heterogeneous flow reactors.
CHBE648
Special Problems in Chemical Engineering
Credits:
1 - 12
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
CHBE651
Photovoltaics: Solar Energy
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Jointly offered with: CHBE451.
Credit only granted for: CHBE451 or CHBE651.
The emphasis of the class is on developing a conceptual understanding of the device physics and manufacturing processes of crystalline and thin-film photovoltaic cells, and to develop elementary computational skills necessary to quantify solar cell efficiency. The class material includes detailed, system-level energy balances necessary to understand how solar energy fits into the complete energy generation, conversion, and storage picture. Quantitative comparisons of PV technology to solar chemical conversion processes and biofuels are made.
CHBE673
Advanced Batteries and Fuel Cells
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Jointly offered with: CHBE473.
Credit only granted for: CHBE473 or CHBE673.
Basic electrochemical thermodynamics and kinetics, with emphasis on electrochemical techniques, fundamental principle and performance of batteries, and supercapacitors.
CHBE680
Bionanotechnology: Physical Principles
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Jointly offered with: CHBE480.
Credit only granted for: ENCH648N, CHBE480 or CHBE680.
Formerly: ENCH648N.
Physics at nano/micro scales. Biomolecular building blocks. Simplest biomolecular assembly: protein folding. Nanoscale intermolecular interactions important in biology. Protein-ligand binding. Protein higher-order assembly: filaments, networks. Protein filaments and motility. DNA, RNA and their assembly assisted by proteins. Viral capsid assembly. Lipid assembly into micelles, bilayers. Lipid-protein co-assembly in membranes. Lipid and polymer-based carriers useful in medicine. Antimicrobial therapies. Targeted cancer therapy. Ideal properties of nanocarriers in terms of size, charge, and surface chemistry.
CHBE686
Advanced Heterogeneous Catalysis for Energy Applications
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CHBE302, CHBE424, and CHBE440; and permission of instructor.
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Jointly offered with: CHBE486.
Credit only granted for: CHBE486, ENCH686 or CHBE686.
Formerly: ENCH686.
Introduction to heterogeneous catalytic science and technology for energy conversion and hydocarbon processing. Preparation and mechanistic characterization of catalyst systems, kinetics of catalyzed reactions, adsorption and diffusion influences in heterogenious reactions. An overview of heterogeneous catalysis in various energy-related applications, including petroleum refining, chemicals from biomass, valorization of shale gas, and CO2 utilization will be introduced.
CHBE697
Protein Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department.
Cross-listed with: BIPH697.
Jointly offered with: CHBE497.
Credit only granted for: CHBE497, BIOE489R, BIPH697, ENCH648P or CHBE697.
Formerly: ENCH648P.
Covers the fundamentals of protein engineering and its applications in medicine, chemical processes, and energy. Topics will include the structure and function of biological molecules, rational design and directed evolution, construction of protein and peptide libraries, protein screening platforms, methods for characterizing structure and function of biological molecules. Scientific literature will be used to highlight key discoveries and current work in protein engineering.
CHBE799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
CHBE898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg
CHBE899
Doctoral Dissertation Research; Chemical Engineering
Credits:
6
Grad Meth:
S-F
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