• CHE 3322

    Transport Processes II: Heat and Mass Transfer
     Rating

    2.89

     Difficulty

    3.33

     GPA

    2.95

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Fundamental concepts of heat and mass transfer; applications of these concepts and material and energy conservation calculations for design of heat exchanger and packed absorption/stripping columns. Four lecture hours. Prerequisites: CHE 2216, 3316, 3321.

  • CHE 3398

    Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
     Rating

    2.22

     Difficulty

    3.33

     GPA

    3.34

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Experimental study of selected operations and phenomena in fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Students plan experiments, analyze data, calculate results and prepare written and/or oral planning and final technical reports. One hour discussion, four laboratory hours. Prerequisite: CHE 2215 and CHE 3316 and CHE 3321; corequisite: CHE 3322

  • CHE 3347

    Biochemical Engineering
     Rating

    4.42

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    3.54

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Quantitative engineering aspects of industrial applications of biology including the microbial synthesis of commercial products, environmental biotechnology, and the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals through recombinant microorganisms, transgenic animals, and plants. Three lecture hours. Prerequisite: CHE 2216, CHE 2246, CHE 3321; corequisite: CHE 3318, and 3322.

  • CHE 3318

    Chemical Reaction Engineering
     Rating

    3.89

     Difficulty

    3.67

     GPA

    3.05

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Determination of rate equations for chemical reactions from experimental data. Use of kinetics and transport relations in the design of both batch and continuous reactors; homogeneous, heterogeneous, uncatalyzed and catalyzed reactions. Three lecture hours. Prerequisite: CHE 2216, 3316; corequisite: CHE 3322.

  • CHE 2202

    Thermodynamics
     Rating

    2.89

     Difficulty

    3.84

     GPA

    2.96

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Includes the formulation and analysis of the first and second laws of thermodynamics; energy conservation; concepts of equilibrium, temperature, energy, and entropy; partial molar properties; pure component and mixture equations of state; processes involving energy transfer as work and heat; reversibility and irreversibility; and closed and open systems and cyclic processes. Corequisite: APMA 2120

  • CHE 2216

    Modeling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering
     Rating

    3.25

     Difficulty

    4.35

     GPA

    3.05

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    Mathematical and computational tools for the analysis and simulation of chemical processes and physicochemical phenomena. Mathematical and numerical methods. Three lecture and one laboratory hour. Prerequisite CHE 2215, CS1110 or CS1111 or CS1112 or CS 1113; Co-requisite: APMA 2130 or MATH 3250, or APMA 2501 topic "Differential Equations & Linear Algebra"

  • CHE 3316

    Chemical Thermodynamics and Staged Unit Operations
     Rating

    2.61

     Difficulty

    4.59

     GPA

    2.94

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Principles of chemical thermodynamics developed and applied to chemical and phase equilibria. Principles and methods for staged separation processes including distillation, absorption and stripping, extraction, and adsorption systems. Four Lecture Hours. Prerequisite: CHE 2202 and 2215.

  • CHE 3610

    Physical Chemistry for Engineers
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course will cover the fundamentals of Physical Chemistry with an emphasis on engineering-relevant topics and applications. This course will connect molecular properties to macroscopic observables via the fundamentals of thermodynamics, quantum theory, statistical mechanics, and chemical kinetics. Prerequisites: APMA 2130 and CHEM 1420 or equivalent

  • CHE 4417

    Tissue Engineering
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.74

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Introduces the fundamental principles of tissue engineering. Topics: tissue organization and dynamics, cell and tissue characterization, cell-matrix interactions, transport processes in engineered tissues, biomaterials and biological interfaces, stem cells and interacting cell fate processes, and tissue engineering methods. Prerequisites: CHEM 1620, APMA 2130, and an introductory course in cell and molecular biology or instructor permission.

  • CHE 4445

    Fundamentals of Process Safety
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.93

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course will cover the fundamentals of Process Safety. We will apply chemical engineering fundamentals to identify various hazards within chemical processes and will assess the risks associated with these hazards. This course will also cover the process design approaches and other commonly adopted industry practices used to mitigate, control and/or manage risks associated with chemical processes. Coreq: CHE 3322 or MAE 3140; Prereq: CHE 3321 or MAE 3210