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Top CHE 101 CHE, BIOE, & ENVE ORIENTATION (3)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Introduction to the engineering profession in general and in particular the CHE, BIOE, and ENVE programs; development of problem solving strategies and teamwork; analysis and presentation of experimental data, basic process calculations, and design methodologies. Lec/lab/rec. CROSSLISTED as BIOE 101 and ENVE 101.

Top CHE 101H CHE, BIOE AND ENVE ORIENTATION (3)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Introduction to the engineering profession in general and in particular the CHE, BIOE, and ENVE programs; development of problem-solving strategies and teamwork; analysis and presentation of experimental data, basic process calculations, and design methodologies. Lec/lab/rec. CROSSLISTED as BIOE 101H and ENVE 101H. PREREQS: Honors College approval required.

Top CHE 102 ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING AND COMPUTATIONS (3)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Elementary programming concepts implemented using MATLAB software; emphasis on problem analysis and development of algorithms in engineering; application experiences are established through a team-based design competition using the LEGO RCX microprocessor for data acquisition. CROSSLISTED as BIOE 102 and ENVE 102. PREREQS: MTH 251* or MTH 251H*

Top CHE 199 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.

Top CHE 199H SPECIAL TOPICS (1-16) 
PREREQS: Honors College approval required.

Top CHE 211 MATERIAL BALANCES AND STOICHIOMETRY (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Material balances, thermophysical, and thermochemical calculations. Lec/rec. CROSSLISTED as BIOE 211 and ENVE 211. PREREQS: General chemistry and sophomore standing in engineering and MTH 252*. CHE 211, CHE 212 must be taken in order.

Top CHE 212 ENERGY BALANCES (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Energy balances, thermophysical and thermochemical calculations. CROSSLISTED as BIOE 212 and ENVE 212. PREREQS: CHE 211 or BIOE 211 or ENVE 211 and General chemistry and sophomore standing in engineering. CHE 211, CHE 212 must be taken in order.

Top CHE 213 PROCESS ANALYSIS (4)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Applications of material and energy balances, with an emphasis on data analysis important to chemical engineers, bioengineers, and environmental engineers. Contextual learning is emphasized through the laboratory component and the use of process flow simulation modeling and analysis software. Lec/lab/rec. CROSSLISTED as BIOE 213 and ENVE 213. PREREQS: CHE 212 or BIOE 212 or ENVE 212 and one year general chemistry and sophomore standing in engineering.

Top CHE 214 MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCES IN NANOTECHNOLOGY (4)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Applications of material and energy balances covered in the preceding courses (CHE 211 and CHE 212) with an emphasis on data acquisition and analysis in nanomaterial synthesis processes. Lec/lab. PREREQS: CHE 211 and CHE 212

Top CHE 299 PROFESSIONAL WORKSKILLS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.

Top CHE 311 THERMODYNAMICS (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Entropy, the second law of thermodynamics, equations of state, and thermodynamic network. PREREQS: (CHE 212 or BIOE 212 or ENVE 212) and (MTH 256 or MTH 256H)

Top CHE 312 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Thermodynamic mixtures, fugacity, phase equilibrium, and chemical reactions equilibrium. PREREQS: CHE 311

Top CHE 331 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA I (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Fundamentals and application of momentum and energy transfer phenomena to fluid flow for the design of industrial chemical engineering equipment. PREREQS: (MTH 256 or MTH 256H) and CHE 311* and CHE 311 and (CHE 212 or BIOE 212 or ENVE 212)

Top CHE 332 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA II (4)  Offered in current or future terms
A unified treatment of head and mass transport using control volume and differential analysis of conductive, convective and radiative energy transfer, binary mass transfer and prediction of transport properties. PREREQS: CHE 311 and CHE 331

Top CHE 333 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA III (3)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Engineering lab practices and the application the macroscopic balances of mass, energy, and chemical species; fluid flow and heat transfer experiments by teams for demonstrations of principles established in previous transport phenomena courses. Lec/lab/rec. PREREQS: CHE 331 or CHE 332

Top CHE 361 CHEMICAL PROCESS DYNAMICS AND SIMULATION (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Fundamental principles for process dynamic modeling used in the control of process variables such as pressure, temperature, flow rate and chemical composition. PREREQS: (MTH 256 or MTH 256H) and CHE 331* and CHE 102 recommended.

Top CHE 399 SPECIAL TOPICS (16) 
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 401 RESEARCH (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 403 THESIS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

Top CHE 405 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 405H READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16) 
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Honors College approval required.

Top CHE 406 PROJECTS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 408 WORKSHOP (1-16) 
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 410 INTERNSHIP (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 411 MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Mass transfer operations; design of separation processes. Lec/rec. PREREQS: CHE 311 and CHE 331. CHE 411 and CHE 412 must be taken in order.

Top CHE 414 PROCESS ENGINEERING LABORATORY (3)  Offered in current or future terms WIC Core Course Has Extra Fees
Unit operations and unit processes; preparation of technical reports. Lec/lab. CROSSLISTED as BIOE 414 and ENVE 414. (Writing Intensive Course) PREREQS: Senior standing in CHE, BIOE or ENVE.

Top CHE 414H PROCESS ENGINEERING LABORATORY (3)  WIC Core Course
Unit operations and unit processes; preparation of technical reports. Lec/lab. (Writing Intensive Course) PREREQS: Senior standing in CHE, BIOE or ENVE. Honors College approval required.

Top CHE 415 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I (3)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Theoretical and empirical analysis of several unit operations, use of formal work processes, safety, teamwork, oral and written communication, and personal accountability. Lab/rec. PREREQS: (CHE 414 or CHE 414H) or (BIOE 414 or BIOE 414H) or (ENVE 414 or ENVE 414H)

Top CHE 415H CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I (3) 
Theoretical and empirical analysis of several unit operations, use of formal work processes, safety, teamwork, oral and written communication, and personal accountability. Lab/rec. PREREQS: (CHE 414 or CHE 414H) or (BIOE 414 or BIOE 414H) or (ENVE 414 or ENVE 414) and Honors College approval required.

Top CHE 416 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY II (3)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Integration of overall knowledge of chemical engineering through group project activities culminating with public demonstration or display of project results. PREREQS: CHE 415 or CHE 415H and (CHE 415 or CHE 415H)

Top CHE 417 INSTRUMENTATION IN CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, & ENVIRONMENTAL ENG (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Equips students with a toolbox of instrumental techniques important in chemical, biological, and environmental engineering and the background required to determine the appropriate instrumental technique to address a specific problem. Lec/lab/rec. PREREQS: CH 221 and CH 222 and CH 223 and enrollment in chemical, biological or environmental engineering professional programs.

Top CHE 431 CHEMICAL PLANT DESIGN I (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Short-cut techniques and other abbreviated and useful methods for specifying equipment sufficient for the preliminary design of processes and equipment; estimating capital and manufacturing costs based on equipment specifications. PREREQS: CHE 312 and CHE 411 and CHE 443

Top CHE 432 CHEMICAL PLANT DESIGN II (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Transformation of preliminary design to detailed design; introduction to safety, ethical, economical, and environmental considerations in chemical plant design. Lec/rec. PREREQS: CHE 431

Top CHE 443 CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Design of chemical reactors for economical processes and waste minimization. Contacting patterns, kinetics and transport rate effects in single phase and catalytic systems. PREREQS: (MTH 256 or MTH 256H) and CH 441 and CHE 312 and CHE 332. CHE graduate students may not enroll.

Top CHE 444 THIN FILM MATERIALS PROCESSING (4)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Solid state devices are based on the patterning of thin films. This lecture and lab course is primarily an introduction to the technology associated with processing thin films. Topics include chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, plasma etching, and thin-film characterization. Lec/lab/rec. PREREQS: CHE 443

Top CHE 445 POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (4)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Polymer engineering and science with an emphasis on practical applications and recent developments. Topics include polymer synthesis, characterization, mechanical properties, rheology, and processing at a level suitable for most engineering and science majors. Lec/lab/rec. PREREQS: CH 334 and CH 335 and CH 336 or equivalent and MTH 256 and/or junior standing in engineering or science.

Top CHE 461 PROCESS CONTROL (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Principles of PID feedback control based on models of chemical processes; analysis and implementation of proportional, integral and derivative tuning; cascade, feedforward, ratio and deadtime compensation; multivariable control and control system design issues and methods. PREREQS: CHE 331 and CHE 332* and CHE 361

Top CHE 499 SPECIAL TOPICS (4)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits.

Top CHE 501 RESEARCH (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 503 THESIS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 505 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 506 PROJECTS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 507 SEMINAR (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
One-credit seminar. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 510 INTERNSHIP (1-16) 
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 511 MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Mass transfer operations; design of separation processes. Lec/rec. PREREQS: CHE 311 and CHE 331. CHE 511 and CHE 512 must be taken in order.

Top CHE 514 FLUID FLOW (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Fundamentals of fluid dynamics for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids; flow through porous media; two-phase flow. Lec/rec.

Top CHE 517 INSTRUMENTATION IN CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, & ENVIRONMENTAL ENG (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Equips students with a toolbox of instrumental techniques important in chemical, biological, and environmental engineering and the background required to determine the appropriate instrumental technique to address a specific problem. Lec/lab/rec. PREREQS: CH 221 and CH 222 and CH 223 and enrollment in chemical, biological or environmental engineering professional programs.

Top CHE 520 MASS TRANSFER (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Diffusion in gases, liquids, solids, membranes, and between phases. Effects of reactions on mass transfer. Mass transfer rates by convection and dispersion. Rates of dispersion. Rates of combined heat and mass transfer.

Top CHE 525 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Modeling of physical and chemical processes; mathematical analysis of models with appropriate advanced techniques.

Top CHE 531 CHEMICAL PLANT DESIGN (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Design of chemical plants and chemical engineering equipment. PREREQS: CHE 312 and (CHE 411 or CHE 511) and (CHE 443 or CH 543)

Top CHE 532 CHEMICAL PLANT DESIGN II (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Transformation of preliminary design to detailed design; introduction to safety, ethical, economical, and environmental considerations in chemical plant design. Lec/rec. PREREQS: CHE 431 or CHE 531

Top CHE 537 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS I (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Applications of the fundamental laws of thermodynamics to complex systems. Properties of solutions of non-electrolytes. Phase and chemical equilibrium.

Top CHE 540 CHEMICAL REACTORS I (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Catalysis, reactions coupled with transport phenomena. Reactors for high tech applications.

Top CHE 543 CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Design of chemical reactors for economical processes and waste minimization. Contacting patterns, kinetics and transport rate effects in single phase and catalytic systems. PREREQS: CHE 312 and CHE 332 and MTH 256. CHE graduate students may not enroll.

Top CHE 544 THIN FILM MATERIALS PROCESSING (4)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Solid state devices are based on the patterning of thin films. This lecture and lab course is primarily an introduction to the technology associated with processing thin films. Topics include chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, plasma etching, and thin-film characterization. Lec/lab/rec. PREREQS: CHE 443 or CHE 543

Top CHE 545 POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (4)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Polymer engineering and science with an emphasis on practical applications and recent developments. Topics include polymer synthesis, characterization, mechanical properties, rheology, and processing at a level suitable for most engineering and science majors. Lec/lab/rec. PREREQS: CH 334 and CH 335 and CH 336 or equivalent and MTH 256 and/or junior standing in engineering or science.

Top CHE 571 ELECTRONIC MATERIALS PROCESSING (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Technology, theory, and analysis of processing methods used in integrated circuit fabrication. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: Graduate standing or instructor approval required.

Top CHE 572 PROCESS INTEGRATION (3) 
Process integration, simulation, and statistical quality control issues related to integrated circuit fabrication. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: ECE 511

Top CHE 573 ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND CHARACTERIZATION (3) 
Physics and chemistry of electronic materials and methods of materials characterization. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: Graduate standing or instructor approval required.

Top CHE 581 SELECTED TOPICS (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Non-sequence course designed to acquaint students with recent advances in chemical engineering. Topics vary from term to term and from year to year. May be repeated for credit. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits.

Top CHE 599 SPECIAL TOPICS (16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 601 RESEARCH (1-16) 
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 603 THESIS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 605 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16) 
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 606 PROJECTS (1-16) 
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CHE 611 ELECTRONIC MATERIALS PROCESSING (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Technology, theory, and analysis of processing methods used in integration circuit fabrication. Offered alternate years. CROSSLISTED as ECE 611. PREREQS: Graduate standing or instuctor approval.

Top CHE 612 PROCESS INTEGRATION (3) 
Process integration, simulation, and statistical quality control issues related to integrated circuit fabrication. Offered alternate years. CROSSLISTED as ECE 612. PREREQS: CHE 611 or instructor approval.

Top CHE 613 ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND CHARACTERIZATION (3) 
Physics and chemistry of electronic materials and methods of materials characterization. Offered alternate years. CROSSLISTED as ECE 613. PREREQS: Graduate standing or instructor approval.


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