Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CHME)

Description: Application of the principles of physical kinetics and the equilibrium stage to separation processes such as absorption, extraction, and distillation.

Description: Process intensification focuses on considerable improvements in tens to hundred percent in manufacturing by modification of existing operations or new designs. Optimization of manufacturing processes is at the core of PI

Description: Theory and application of quantum-based computational methods used to model, predict and analyze materials properties.

Description: Application of advanced mathematics to chemical engineering design, with emphasis upon the derivation of differential equations describing physical situations as well as upon the solution of these equations. Design methods for tubular and stirred tank reactors, ion exchange units, pebble heaters, gas absorbers, mixers, etc.

Description: Application to multi-component systems; thermodynamics, phase equilibria, chemical reaction equilibria, and process analysis.

Description: Application of classical engineering and chemical thermodynamics to problems in chemical engineering.

Description: Selected experiments in chemical engineering. Emphasis on experimental design, interpretation of results, and formal oral and written presentation.

Description: Advanced consideration of molecular and turbulent momentum, energy and mass transport.

Description: Continuation of Transport Phenomena I.

Description: Basic principles of chemical kinetics are coupled with models descriptive of rates of energy and mass transfer for the analysis and design of reactor systems.

Description: Kinetics of chemical reactions in several categories of reactors for interpretation of experimental data and design of equipment.

Description: Principles and applications of heterogeneous catalysis, mechanisms, catalytic reactor types and catalyst characterization and performance. Case studies on current catalytic technologies.

Description: Criteria of chemical process economics: cost and asset accounting, time value of money, profitability, alternative investments, minimum attractive rate of return, sensitivity and risk analysis. Process optimization in: plant operations, unit operations, using successive calculations, linear programming and dynamic programming.

Description: Design, evaluation, and safety considerations of chemical engineering process applications.

Description: Practical and theoretical aspects of chemical process analysis, simulation, and synthesis. Case studies used to illustrate principles. Use of the digital computer as a tool of the process engineer is stressed.

Description: Selected laboratory experiments to demonstrate the theory of the dynamics and control of chemical processes.

Description: Analysis and design of automatic control systems. Dynamic responses of measuring instruments, control elements, stability of control systems, and process equipment included in control loops.

Description: Introduction to stem cells and regenerative medicine with emphasis on stem cells and their application in the treatment of diseases and translational lab-to-clinic hurdles in stem cell therapy

Description: Engineering processes for production of biologics and metabolic products, with emphasis on biopharmaceutical production by bacteria, yeast, and mammalian systems.

Description: Recent theoretical and technical developments in biochemical engineering.

Description: Separation and purification of compounds of biological origin from an analytical perspective. Application of unit operations for these separations.

Description: Introduction to a number of biological problems facing living systems and show how micro/nanotechnology is being used to solve those problems. Emphasis on engineering perspectives of the life sciences.

Description: Introduction to fundamentals and up-to-date developments in the field of bioengineering at the molecular level. Topics to cover include recombinant DNA methods, protein engineering, microbial cell factories, synthetic and systems biology, DNA and protein therapeutics.

Description: Introduction to polymer synthesis, structure, polymer physics, thermodynamics, kinetics, polymer characterization techniques, polymer properties and applications.

Description: Introduction to the basic chemical processes used in chip manufacturing, with emphasis on: thin-film metal and dielectric deposition, etching, ion implantation, diffusion, lithography, and planarization. Discuss material synthesis and processing and the principle physical/chemical governing phenomena.

Description: Thermodynamic and kinetic principles of electrochemistry are applied to the design and analysis of electrochemical processes, including chemical production, batteries, fuel cells, and corrosion prevention.

Description: Survey of the present status of the air pollution problem and the application of engineering and scientific principles to its practical and effective coordinated control.

Description: Intensive treatment of special topics of current research interest in such areas as steady-state and dynamic process simulation, design optimization, chemical process synthesis, computer-aided product research, stochastic optimization, and numerical methods applied to transport problems.

Description: Discussion of research projects and review of current literature in chemical engineering.

Description: Computational methods of process optimization. Techniques of process systems analysis and their application in digital simulators. Process simulation in the presence of uncertainty.

Description: Application of the kinetic theories of gases, liquids, and solids to the prediction and correlation of transport properties.

Description: Fundamental principles relating to membrane effects, the structure and properties of membranes, and applications in electrodialysis, ultrafiltration, diffusion control, artificial organs, and other processes.

Description: Transient behavior of typical industrial processes and systems-heat exchangers, dryers, distillation columns, absorbers, chemical reactors, etc.-emphasis on the control of such processes. Introduction to systems engineering.