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CHEE 199. Independent Study (1-4) [Rpt./]

CHEE 201. Elements of Chemical Engineering (3) I Chemical engineering calculations and principles of energy and material behavior. 2ES, 2ED. P, MATH 124 or MATH 125; CHEM 103A, CHEM 103B, CHEM 104A, CHEM 104B, ENGR 102, ENGR 170.

CHEE 202. Introductory Engineering Analysis (3) II Analytical and numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations; application of mathematical and numerical procedures to solution of chemical engineering problems. 1ED. P, MATH 223, ENGR 102, ENGR 170.

CHEE 203. Chemical Engineering Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (3) II Theory and calculations in the unit operations of fluid flow, heat transfer, and evaporation. 1.5 ES, 1.5 ED. P, CHEE 201.

CHEE 299. Independent Study (1-5) [Rpt./]

CHEE 299H. Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I

CHEE 303. Chemical Engineering Mass Transfer (3) I Theory and practice in the unit operations of distillation, gas absorption, extraction, drying, and filtration. 1.5 ES, 1.5 ED. P, CHEE 201, CHEE 203.

CHEE 304. Chemical Engineering Operations Laboratory (3) II Laboratory investigation of process equipment. 1.5 ES, 1.5 ED. P, CHEE 201, CHEE 203, CHEE 303.

CHEE 305. Chemical Engineering Transport Phenomena (3) II Theory and calculations pertaining to fundamental transport processes. 3ES. P, CHEE 201, CHEE 402.

CHEE 307. Chemical Engineering Science Laboratory (3) I Practical verification of fundamental principles of thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport phenomena. P, CHEE 201, CHEE 304, CHEE 305, CHEE 326; CR, CHEE 420.

CHEE 316. General Thermodynamics (2) I Properties and equations for solids, liquids, gases and vapors; first law energy balance; second law entropy balance; heat cycles, compressors, engines. 2ES. P, CHEE 201; CR, CHEM 480A.

CHEE 326. Chemical and Physical Equilibrium (3) II Applications of thermodynamics to equilibrium processes; chemical and physical equilibrium in multicomponent systems. 3ES. P, CHEM 480A, CHEE 316.

CHEE 370. Water Supply and Wastewater Systems (3) I II CDT Design of water distribution and wastewater collection systems and fundamental principles of unit treatment processes. 1.5 ES, 1.5 ED. P, CHEE 203 or C E 321. (Identical with C E 370).

CHEE 371. Water and Wastewater Treatment Process (3) I Analysis of processes controlling water quality and the design of water, wastewater and recycle treatment systems. 1.5 ES, 2ED. P, CHEE 370. (Identical with C E 371).

CHEE 399. Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./]

CHEE 399H. Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I II

CHEE 402. Intermediate Engineering Analysis (3) I Solution of complex chemical engineering problems utilizing both analytical and numerical techniques. 1.5 ES. P, MATH 254, CHEE 202; CR, CHEE 303.

CHEE 413. Process Control and Simulation (3) I Theory of automatic control as applied to elementary chemical engineering processes. Use of continuous system simulation languages for study of practical control problems in the process industries. 1.5 ES, 1.5 ED. P, or CR, CHEE 402.

CHEE 415. Microelectronics Manufacturing and the Environment (3) I This course will focus on presentation of the basic semiconductor processes which have direct environmental implications. (Identical with ECE 415). May be convened with CHEE 515.

CHEE 418. Physiology for Engineers (4) I P, open to non-majors only. (Identical with PSIO 418, which is home).

CHEE 419. Physiology Laboratory (2) I P, or CR, PSIO 418. Open to non-majors only. (Identical with PSIO 419, which is home).

CHEE 420. Chemical Reaction Engineering (3) I Application of thermodynamic and kinetic fundamentals to the analysis and design of chemical reactors. 1.5 ES, 1.5 ED. P, CHEE 201, CHEE 326. May be convened with CHEE 520.

CHEE 421. Topics in Real-Time Computing (3) I Introduction to microcomputer- and minicomputer-based real-time computing for data acquisition and process control. Includes study of various languages and operating systems. 2R, 3L. 1.5 ES, 1.5 ED. May be convened with CHEE 521.

CHEE 422. Chemical Engineering Industrial Methods (2) II Practical aspects of design and manufacturing methods in the chemical process industry; management of personnel problems. 2ED. P, CHEE 304.

CHEE 435. Corrosion and Degradation (3) II 2ES, 1ED. P, MSE 331R or MSE 412; or, P or CR, CHEM 480B. (Identical with MSE 435, which is home). May be convened with CHEE 535.

CHEE 442. Chemical Engineering Design Principles (3) I Preliminary economic, environmental, safety and design principles associated with chemical process equipment. 3ED. P, CHEE 201, CHEE 203, CHEE 303, CHEE 304, CHEE 305; CR, CHEE 420.

CHEE 443. Chemical Engineering Plant Design (3) II Design project from scoping and process selection, through material and energy balances, equipment design and sizing, safety and environmental considerations, to economic analysis of capital cost and operating expense. 3ED. P, CHEE 442.

CHEE 451. Chemical and Physical Fundamentals of Air Pollution (3) II Study of the kinetics, transport phenomena and phase equilibria of urban air pollution problems. 3ES. P, CHEE 420 or consult department before enrolling; CHEE 305. May be convened with CHEE 551.

CHEE 453. Space Manufacturing (3) I Basics of producing high value added materials in microgravity, as well as commodities for use in space from extraterrestrial resources. May be convened with CHEE 553.

CHEE 454. Law for Engineers/Scientists (3) II Topics covered in this course include patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, product liability contracts, business entities, employment relations and other legal matters important to engineers and scientists. (Identical with ENGR 454). May be convened with CHEE 554.

CHEE 460. Aerosol Science and Engineering (3) I Physics, chemistry, mechanics and optics of aerosol particles. Topics include formation, dynamics, nucleation and growth, coagulation, scattering and absorption of radiation, deposition and aerosol technology. (Identical with ECE 460). May be convened with CHEE 560.

CHEE 461. Chemical Process Stimulation (2) II Use of existing large, modular computer programs for computer-aided process design and analysis; program structure, convergence accelerators and control blocks. 2ED. P, CHEE 442. May be convened with CHEE 561.

CHEE 469A. Air Pollution I (3) I P, MATH 223. ATMO 469A is not prerequisite to ATMO 469B but is recommended. (Identical with ATMO 469A, which is home). May be convened with CHEE 569A.

CHEE 469B. Air Pollution II (3) II P, MATH 223. ATMO 469A is not prerequisite to ATMO 469B but is recommended. (Identical with ATMO 469B, which is home). May be convened with CHEE 569B.

CHEE 470. Fundamentals of Polymeric Materials (3) II Fundamental chemical, physical, and mechanical properties of organic plastics, fibers, coatings, adhesives, and elastomeric polymers. 1.5 ES, 1.5 ED. P, CHEM 241B, MSE 331R; CR, CHEM 480B. May be convened with CHEE 570.

CHEE 478. Introduction to Hazardous Wastes (3) I II Management, planning, legal and engineering aspects of liquid and solid hazardous waste treatment and disposal. P, CHEE 370 or consult department before enrolling. (Identical with C E 478). May be convened with CHEE 578.

CHEE 480. Bioseparation Techniques for Engineers (3) II Methods of separation for purification of bioprocess products - amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids, cells. P, CHEM 243A, CHEM 243B. May be convened with CHEE 580.

CHEE 481. Bioreactor Engineering (3) I Introduction to biotechnology; chemistry of microorganisms; design of bioreactors to include cellular and enzyme reactors of all types; transport phenomena and control of bioreactors; instrumentation and measurement in bioreactors. P, MATH 254, CHEM 241A, CHEM 480A. May be convened with CHEE 581.

CHEE 485. Biomedical Transportation Phenomena (3) I Transport processes in the cardiovascular system, hemorheology, pharmacokinetics, enzyme kinetics, extracorporeal mass transport devises, biocompatible materials. 3ES. P, CHEE 305 or A ME 331A, and MATH 223. May be convened with CHEE 585.

CHEE 494A. Senior Project (1-3) [Rpt./ 9 units] I II

CHEE 498. Senior Capstone (1-3) I II

CHEE 498H. Honors Thesis (3) [Rpt./ 2] I II

CHEE 499. Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./]

CHEE 499H. Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I II

CHEE 502. Advanced Engineering Analysis (3) II Process modeling techniques, residence time distribution theory, dynamics of distributed parameter systems, nonlinear parameter estimation. P, CHEE 420.

CHEE 505. Advance Chemical Engineering Transport Phenomena (3) I Momentum, energy and mass transport in continua, solution of multidimensional laminar flow problems, turbulence, boundary layer theory. P, CHEE 305.

CHEE 506. Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) I Advanced applications of First and Second Laws, nonideal gases and liquids and their mixtures, principles of chemical equilibrium, and molecular theory. P, CHEE 326.

CHEE 514. Particulate Process (3) II Dispersed-phase dynamics, population balances, particle growth kinetics, birth-death functions, phase space particle distributions, suspended-phase reactors, crystallization, and comminution.

CHEE 515. Microelectronics Manufacturing and the Environment (3) I For a description of course topics see CHEE 415. Graduate-level requirements will include extended written analysis and oral presentation, which goes beyond the requirements for the students enrolled in CHEE 415. (Identical with ECE 515). May be convened with CHEE 415.

CHEE 520. Chemical Reaction Engineering (3) I For a description of course topics see CHEE 420. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a current topic. May be convened with CHEE 420.

CHEE 521. Topics in Real-Time Computing (3) I For a description of course topics see CHEE 421. Graduate-level requirements include a special project. May be convened with CHEE 421.

CHEE 530. Advanced Chemical Engineering (3) II Kinetics of heterogeneous reaction systems, non-ideal flow reactor models, reactor stability, analysis of industrial reactors. P, CHEE 420.

CHEE 532. Solid-Fluid Reactions (3) I Characterization of solid structural properties; principles of heterogeneous reactions involving a fluid and a reacting solid. P, CHEE 326 and CHEE 420, or MSE 450R and MSE 412. (Identical with MSE 532).

CHEE 535. Corrosion and Degradation (3) II (Identical with MSE 535, which is home). May be convened with CHEE 435.

CHEE 548. Combustion Generated Air Pollution (3) II P, A ME 230, A ME 331A. (Identical with A ME 548, which is home).

CHEE 551. Chemical and Physical Fundamentals of Air Pollution (3) II For a description of course topics see CHEE 451. Graduate-level requirements include a special project. May be convened with CHEE 451.

CHEE 553. Space Manufacturing (3) I For a description of course topics see CHEE 453. Graduate requirements include an additional paper. May be convened with CHEE 453.

CHEE 554. Law for Engineers/Scientists (3) II For a description of course topics see CHEE 454. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a current topic. (Identical with ENGR 554). May be convened with CHEE 454.

CHEE 560. Aerosol Science and Engineering (3) I For a description of course topics see CHEE 460. Graduate-level requirements include a special project. (Identical with ECE 560). May be convened with CHEE 460.

CHEE 561. Chemical Process Stimulation (2) II For a description of course topics see CHEE 461. For a description of course topics see CHEE 461. Graduate-level requirements include a special project. May be convened with CHEE 461.

CHEE 569A. Air Pollution I (3) I (Identical with ATMO 569A, which is home). May be convened with CHEE 469A.

CHEE 569B. Air Pollution II (3) II (Identical with ATMO 569B, which is home). May be convened with CHEE 469B.

CHEE 570. Fundamentals of Polymeric Materials (3) II For a description of course topics see CHEE 470. For a description of course topics see CHEE 470. Graduate-level requirements include a special project. May be convened with CHEE 470.

CHEE 573. Biodegradation of Hazardous Waste Compounds (2-3) I Chemical and microbiological considerations which affect the thermodynamics and kinetics of transformations of hazardous organic compounds in treatment facilities and in natural settings. 2R, 3L. P, CHEE 577 or consult department before enrolling. (Identical with C E 573).

CHEE 574. Environmental Transport Processes (3) I Engineering concerns in toxic and hazardous waste management with focus on aspects of chemical transport between air, water and soil systems, and microbial degradation processes in natural and engineered environment. (Identical with C E 574).

CHEE 577. The Physiological Bases of Microbial Treatment Processes (3) I Principles of bacterial physiology including morphology, metabolism and genetics. Applications of importance to waste treatment and environmental quality. P, CHEE 370 or consult department before enrolling. (Identical with C E 577).

CHEE 578. Introduction to Hazardous Wastes (3) I II For a description of course topics see CHEE 478. Graduate-level requirements include a report on an in-depth review of interdisciplinary aspects of an existing project (with a non-university project engineer). (Identical with C E 578). May be convened with CHEE 478.

CHEE 580. Bioseparation Techniques for Engineers (3) II For a description of course topics see CHEE 480. Graduate-level requirements include a special project. P, CHEM 243A, CHEM 243B. May be convened with CHEE 480.

CHEE 581. Bioreactor Engineering (3) I For a description of course topics see CHEE 481. Graduate-level requirements include a special project. May be convened with CHEE 481.

CHEE 583. Remote Sensing Instrumentation and Techniques (3) II P, ECE 482. (Identical with ECE 583, which is home).

CHEE 585. Biomedical Transportation Phenomena (3) I For a description of course topics see CHEE 485. Graduate-level requirements include a special project. May be convened with CHEE 485.

CHEE 586. Advanced Biomedical Engineering (3) II Analytical methods applied to problems in biochemical and biomedical engineering. Course includes invited lecturers, journal critiques, and preparation of an original paper. P, MATH 223.

CHEE 599. Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I II

CHEE 604. Advanced Chemical Mass Transference (3) II Advanced study of interphase mass transfer with applications to gas-liquid and liquid-liquid operations. P, CHEE 505.

CHEE 605. Advanced Mass Transport Theory (3) II Theoretical aspects of binary and multicomponent systems utilizing penetration, surface renewal, and boundary layer transport concepts. P, CHEE 505.

CHEE 671. Rheology of Polymers and Slurries (3) I Non-Newtonian flow, measurement of rheology, polymer flow modeling, concentrated slurry flow in rheometry and extrusion. P, CHEE 470.

CHEE 673. Advances in Water and Waste Reclamation and Reuse (2) I Theory, application, and evaluation of currently developing techniques in water and waste reclamation and reuse. P, CHEE 675. (Identical with C E 673).

CHEE 675. Wastewater Treatment (3) I Theoretical and applied principles of aerobic and anaerobic wastewater treatment systems. P, CHEE 370. (Identical with C E 675).

CHEE 676. Advanced Water Treatment System Designs (3) II Design and operation of water treatment plants; physicochemical treatment processes for potable water production. (Identical with C E 676).

CHEE 696A. Chemical Engineering (1) [Rpt./ 6] I II

CHEE 696B. Combustion (1) [Rpt./ 6] I II

CHEE 696C. Kinetics (1) [Rpt./ 6] I II

CHEE 696D. Pollution Control (1) [Rpt./ 6] I II

CHEE 696E. Crystallization (1-3) [Rpt./ 7 units] I II

CHEE 696F. Fluid Mechanics (1) [Rpt./ 6] I II

CHEE 696G. Biomedical (1) [Rpt./ 6] I II

CHEE 696H. New Developments (1) [Rpt./ 6] I II

CHEE 900. Research (1-5) [Rpt./]

CHEE 910. Thesis (1-6) [Rpt./]

CHEE 920. Dissertation (1-9) [Rpt./]

CHEE 930. Supplementary Registration (1-9) [Rpt./]

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