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CME 312 Material and Energy Balance reactor design. Fundamentals of chemical kinetics for Introduces analysis of chemical processes using the homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, both cat- CME laws of conservation and energy as they apply to non- alyzed and uncatalyzed. Steady-state approximation. reacting and reacting systems. Integration of the con- Methods of kinetic data collection, analysis and inter- Chemical and Molecular cepts of equilibrium in physicochemical systems, and pretation. Transport effects in solid and slurry-phase utilization of basic principles of thermodynamics. reactions. Batch and flow reactors including opera- Numerical methods used in the design an optimiza- tions under non-ideal and non-isothermal conditions. tion of processes. Solution of Reactor design including bioreactors. CME 101 Introduction to Chemical and complex chemical engineering problems. Prerequisites: CME major; U3 standing; CME 312 and 314 Molecular Engineering Prerequisites: CME major; ESG 111; CHE 132 and 134; 3 credits Integrates students into the community of the College AMS 261 or MAT 203; CME 304, B- or better in CME of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the major in 304 CME 327 Molecular Modeling for Chemical Chemical and Molecular Engineering with a focus on 3 credits personal and institutional expectations. Emphasizes Molecular modeling techniques and simulation of com- the interdisciplinary role of the chemical engineering CME 314 Chemical Engineering plex chemical processes. Use of Monte Carlo methods profession in the 21st century. Includes consideration Thermodynamics II and methods. Emphasis on the of professional teamwork and the balance of profes- Equilibrium and the Phase Rule; VLE model and K- simulation and modeling of biopolymeric systems. sional growth with issues of societal impact. value correlations; chemical potential and phase equi- Prerequisites: CME major; PHY 132; ESG 111; AMS 3 credits libria for ideal and non-ideal solutions; heat effects and 261 or MAT 203; AMS 361 or MAT 303, CME 304, B- property changes on mixing; application of equilibria or better in CME 304 CME 199 Introduction to Undergraduate to chemical reactions; Gibbs-Duhem and chemical 3 credits Reseach potential for reacting systems; liquid/liquid, liquid/ An introduction to independent research and basic solid, solid/vapor, and liquid/vapor equilibria; adsorp- CME 330 Principles of Engineering for research skills. Students perform an independent tion and osmotic equilibria, steady state flow and irre- Chemical Engineers research project in chemical and molecular - versible processes. Steam power plants, internal com- This course focuses on the basic principles required ing under the supervision of a faculty member. May bustion and jet engines, refrigeration cycle and vapor for functioning in an engineering environment. be repeated for a maximum of 3 credits. compression, liquefaction processes. Includes equilibrium and dynamics of rigid bodies, Prerequisite: Permission of instructor Prerequisite: CME major; CME 304, B- or better in analysis of simple structures, conservation of energy, 0-3 credits CME 304 vectorial kinematics, collusions, general circuit analy- 3 credits sis, fundamentals of AC power, CAD programs, intro- duction to market analysis, and discussion on ethics in CME 201-H Sustainable Energy - CME 315 Numerical Methods for Chemical Evaluating the Options engineering management. Engineering Analysis Prerequisite: CME major; U3 or U4 standing Assessment of current and future energy delivery sys- Critical analysis of experimental data development of 3 credits tems; extraction, conversion, and end-use will be dis- engineering models by integrating a variety of com- cussed with the emphasis on meeting 21st Century puter-based programs: (1) Executing numerical cal- regional and global energy needs in a sustainable CME 333 Business Economics for culus and solving numerical equations using a mathe- Engineers manner. Different renewable and conventional energy matical program (Mathematica); (2) Process simula- The course focuses on critical business concepts as technologies will be examined and analyzed and their tion for typical chemical engineering processes (unit they relate to engineering practices. Survey of gener- attributes (both positive & negative) described within operation, distillation, etc.) using a simulation pro- al business environlment and business functions, wth a framework that takes into account the technical, eco- gram (Lab-view). an emphasis on ethics and law, economics, finance, nomic, social, political and environmental objectives Prerequisite: CME major and marketing. Project management of cost, risk and associated with a sustainable energy policy. Case stud- Pre- or Corequisite: AMS 361 or MAT 303 or MAT 305 ies of specific applications of sustainable energy to alternatives. Quality management: Six Sigma con- societal needs will be analyzed and discussed. 3 credits cept. 3 credits CME 318 Chemical Engineering Fluid 3 credits CME 300 Writing in Chemical and Mechanics CME 369 Molecular Engineering Introduces fluid mechanics. Dynamics of fluids in An introductory survey of the , and motion; laminar and turbulent flow, Bernoulli’s equa- See “Requirements for the Major in Chemical and engineering processes of polymers. Topics covered tion, friction in conduits; flow through fixed and flu- included classification of polymers, structures of poly- Molecular Engineering, Upper-Division Writing idized beds. Study of pump and compressor perfor- Requirement.” mers, morphology of polymers, thermodynamics of mance and fluid metering devices. Includes introduc- polymers, phase separation and phase transition of Prerequisites: CME major; U3 or U4 standing; WRT 102 tion to microfluids. Corequisite: CME 310 polymers, crystallization of polymers. Case studies of Prerequisites: CME major; AMS 261 (or MAT 203 or commercial polymer production and processing. S/U grading 205); PHY 131 (or 125 or 141) Prerequisite: B- or higher in CME 304 or ESG 302 or CME 304 Chemical Engineering 3 credits equivalent course; AMS 261 or MAT 203 or MAT 205 3 credits Thermodynamics I CME 320 Chemical Engineering Lab II: First and second laws of thermodynamics, PVT behav- Chemical and Molecular Engineering CME 370 Cell Biology for Chemical ior of pure substances, equations of state for gases and Introduction and operation of a continuous unit, han- liquids, phase equilibria, mass and energy balances for Engineers dling of air-sensitive/water-sensItive materials, sonol- The course is intended to describe and introduce cel- closed and open systems, reversibility and equilibrium, ysis and thermal techniques for materials synthesis, application of thermodynamics to flow processes, heat lular and biological concepts and principles for chemi- preparation of polymer nano-composites and nano- cal engineers. The course will provide details on the effects during chemical reactions and combustion. sized materials. Prerequisites: PHY 132; CHE 132 cellular processes, structures and regulations of the Prerequisite: CME major; CME 310 cellular homeostasis as response to internal and exter- 3 credits 2 credits nal changes and stimuli. CME 310 Chemical Engineering Laboratory Prerequisite: CME major CME 322 Chemical Engineering Heat and 3 credits I: Unit Operation and Fundamentals Mass Transfer Introduces general safety in a chemical engineering Heat transfer by conduction, principles of heat flow in CME 371 Biomedical Polymers laboratory handling high pressure equipment. fluids with and without phase change, heat transfer by This course focuses on the clinical performance of Selection and identification of unit components. Batch radiation, heat-exchange equipment. Principles and polymers and discusses the chemical, physical, and continuous units. Reactor types: stirred, bubble theory of diffusion, mass transfer between phases, dis- mechanical and biological questions raised by the column, and slurry-phase reactors. Precise measure- tillation, leaching and extraction, fixed-bed membrane unique use of these materials within the human body. ments of pressure and temperature variables. Mass separation, crystallization. The chemistry and properties of key biomedical poly- balance in a chemical reaction. Simulated distillation. Prerequisite: CME major; CME 318, CME 304, B- or mers will be studied and their biomedical applications Prerequisite: CME major; CME 304, B- or better in better in CME 304 will be discussed. The biomaterial’s response to the CME 304 various components of its biological environment will Corequisite: CME 300 3 credits be addressed, followed by the response of the host to 2 credits CME 323 Reaction Engineering and the presence of the implanted polymer. Special atten- Chemical Kinetics tion will be given to the interaction of the system with two fundamental phenomena: the Foreign Body Introduction to chemical reaction engineering and

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Response and the Coagulation Cascade. Applications CME 470 Polymer Synthesis: Theory and of bio-polymers to and the rele- vance of nanoscale phenomena are discussed. Practice, Fundamentals, Methods, Prerequisite: CME major Experiments Pre- or Corequisite: CHE 321 or permission by the This course teaches general methods and processes instructor. for the synthesis, modification, and characterization of 3 credits macromolecules. This includes general techniques for purification, preparation and storage of monomers; CME 375 Fundamentals of Professional general synthetic methods such as bulk, solution, and heterogeneous polymerization; addition and conden- Chemical and Molecular Engineering sation polymerization; methods of separation and Preparatory class that provides an overview of profes- analysis of polymers. sional licensure testing procedures for the Prerequisites: PHY 132, PHY 134, CHE 322 Fundamentals of Engineering exam. This class 3 credits reviews subject areas on the general section of the test as well as the profession-specific section covering chemical engineering. Course is designed to be com- CME 475 Undergraduate Teaching pleted in time for registration for the April F.E. Exam Practicum date. May be used as an open elective and repeated once. Prerequisite: CME major Students must have U4 standing as an undergraduate 1 credit major within the college, a minimum gpa of 3.00 in all courses and a grade of “B” or better in the course in CME 401 Separation Technologies which the student is to assist; permission of the Fundamentals of separations. Introduction to standard department is required. May be repeated only once. classical and advanced separation methods and their Prerequisites: U4 standing in major, grade of “B” or bet- relative merits and limitations. Distillation, crystalliza- ter in course in which assisting; 3.0 gpa tion, filtration, centrifugation, absorption and stripping 3 credits methods. Includes fundamentals of chromatography. Prerequisites: CME major; U3 or U4 standing; CME 323 CME 488 Industrial Internship in Chemical 3 credits Engineering Research project in an industrial setting under joint CME 410 Chemical Engineering Laboratory supervision of an industrial mentor and chemical engi- III: Instrumentation, Material Design and neering faculty. Project to cover some or all of the fol- lowing chemical engineering principles of product Characterization synthesis: experiment design, data collection, data Students research a topic and together with the course analysis, process simulations, and report writing relat- instructor and undergraduate program director, select ed to an actual production facility. May be repeated but an advisor and thesis committee. The student, with a maximum of 3 credits of research electives can be the advisor, drafts a course of preliminary experiments counted towards technical elective requirements. and the student presents a written thesis proposal, Prerequisites: B average in CME courses; permission with an oral defense, to his/her committee. of supervising faculty member Prerequisite: CME 320 0-3 credits 2 credits CME 499 Research in Chemical CME 420 Chemical Engineering Laboratory Engineering IV: Senior Thesis Independent research project under the supervision of Directed laboratory research. At the end of the junior a chemical engineering or interdisciplinary faculty year, in consultation with an advisor, the CME student member. Project to cover some or all of the following will write a 1-2 page abstract describing proposed chemical engineering principles: experiment design, research. This abstract must be approved by the data collection, date analysis, process simulations, and Undergraduate Program Committee (UPC). Through report writing. May be repeated but a maximum of 3 work accomplished in CME 420, the student will credits of research electives can be counted towards expand the research proposal into a senior thesis writ- technical elective requirements. ten in the format of a paper in a scientific journal. The Prerequisites: B average in CME courses; permission student will defend his/her thesis in front of the UPC of supervising faculty member prior to the end of the senior year. After the defense, 0-3 credits three copies of the finished thesis must be presented to the student's advisor at least 21 days before the date of graduation. The advisor then submits the thesis for final approval to the other UPC members. Prerequisite: CME 410 2 credits CME 440 and Design I Classical methods of chemical process engineering, advanced mathematical techniques and computer soft- ware for efficient and accurate process design and development. Mini-project design. Prerequisites: CME major, U3 or U4 standing, CME 320, CME 327 3 credits CME 441 Process Engineering and Design II Major design project: a review of engineering design principles; engineering economics, economic evalua- tion, capital cost estimation; process optimization; profitability analysis for efficient and accurate process design. Prerequisites: CME 401 and 440 3 credits

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