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CHEE 201 Elements of Chemical Engineering I (3 units)
Description: Chemical engineering calculations and principles of energy and material behavior.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 124 OR MATH 125; CHEM 103A, CHEM 103B, CHEM 104A, CHEM 104B, ENGR 102, ENGR 170
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 201L Elements of Chemical Engineering I Computational Lab (1 unit)
Description: This course will also begin demonstrating how mathematics and programming can be fundamental tools for solving complex engineering problems. Specifically, students will learn how to use Visual Basic implemented in Excel to program solutions for mathematically intractable problems.
Prerequisite(s): MATH124, MATH 125, ECE 175, SIE 170
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 202 Elements of Chemical Engineering II (3 units)
Description: Chemical engineering calculations and principles of energy and material behavior.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 223, ENGR 102, ENGR 170
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 203 Chemical Engineering Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (3 units)
Description: Introduction to fluid mechanics and heat transfer applied to chemical engineering.
Prerequisite(s): CHEE 201
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 303 Chemical Engineering Mass Transfer (3 units)
Description: Introduction to mass transfer analysis of mass transfer operations in chemical engineering, such as distillation, absorption.
Prerequisite(s): CHEE 201, CHEE 203
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 304 Chemical Engineering Operations Laboratory (3 units)
Description: Laboratory investigation of process equipment.
Prerequisite(s): CHEE 201, CHEE 203, CHEE 303
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 305 Chemical Engineering Transport Phenomena (3 units)
Description: Theory and calculations pertaining to fundamental transport processes.
Prerequisite(s): CHEE 201, CHEE 402
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 326 Chemical and Physical Equilibrium (3 units)
Description: Applications of thermodynamics to equilibrium processes; chemical and physical equilibrium in multi component systems.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 480A
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 370L Environmental and Water Engineering Laboratory (1 unit)
Description: The course is supplementary to CHEE/CE 370R, the three-unit introductory environmental engineering course. Basically, it consists of a 1-unit, problem-oriented lab that meets two hours per week to provide supplementary material for non chemical engineers taking the introductory course. Emphasis will be on introducing chemistry and biochemistry concepts that support environmental engineering operations for water and wastewater treatment. Basic problem solving skills in these areas will also be developed.
Prerequisite(s): Not open to Chemical Engineering students
Identical to: C E 370L
Usually offered: Fall, Spring
CHEE 370R Environmental Water Engineering (3 units)
Description: Covers principles and methods of analysis of environmental engineering issues. Includes such topics as greenhouse gas effects, tropospheric air pollution, environmental air pollution, environmental risk assessment, surface and group water pollution and drinking and wastewater treatment.
Prerequisite: CHEE 203
Special exam: Course may be taken by special exam for credit (not for grade).
Identical to: C E 370R
Usually offered: Fall, Spring
CHEE 400L/500L Water Chemistry for Engineers Lab (1 unit)
Description: Applications of canned programs for solution of complex equilibrium water chemistry problems. Graduate-level requirements include applying canned computer algorithms to solve equilibrium chemistry problems.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring
CHEE 400R/500R Water Chemistry for Engineers (3 units)
Description: The course provides an introduction to primarily aqueous-phase equilibria governing water quality characteristics of interest in portable water supply, wastewater treatment and natural waters. Specific topics covered include acid-base and metal-ligand equilibria, oxidation-reduction reactions and chemical reaction thermodynamics. There is some emphasis on equilibria governing inter-phase (gas-liquid, solid-liquid) chemical distribution. Mathematical approaches to prediction of equilibrium chemical speciation are stressed. Graduate-level requirements include the application of canned computer algorithms to solve equilibrium chemistry problems.
Usually offered: Fall, Spring
CHEE 402 Intermediate Engineering Analysis (3 units)
Solution of complex chemical engineering problems utilizing both analytical and numerical techniques.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 254, CHEE 202; Concurrent registration, CHEE 303
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 413 Process Control and Simulation (3 units)
Description: 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.
Prerequisite(s): or concurrent registration, CHEE 402
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 415/515 Microelectronics Manufacturing and the Environment (3 units)
Description: This course will focus on presentation of the basic semiconductor processes which have direct environmental implications. Graduate-level requirements will include extended written analysis and oral presentation, which goes beyond the requirements for the students enrolled in CHEE 415.
Identical to ECE 415/515
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 420/520 Chemical Reaction Engineering (3 units)
Description: Application of thermodynamic and kinetic fundamentals to the analysis and design of chemical reactors. Graduate-level requirements will include an in-depth research paper on a current topic.
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 437/537 Advanced Topics in Microelectronics Manufacturing (3 units)
Description: Fundamental material, electrical, and chemical properties of solid metal, semiconductor, insulator and organic surfaces applied to selected gas/solid surface chemical reactions important in chemistry and physics of solid surfaces and interfaces with an emphasis on the gas/solid interface. The first half of the course will be devoted to learning the fundamental material, electrical and chemical properties of solid surfaces. The fundamentals will be applied in the second half of the course to topics in chemical catalysis and integrated circuit manufacturing. Graduate-level requirements include completion of two projects of their choice with the approval of the instructor.
Identical to: CHEM 437/537, MSE 437/537
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 442- Chemical Engineering Design Principles (3 units)
Description: Preliminary economic, environmental, safety and design principles associated with chemical process equipment.
Prerequisite(s): CHEE 201, CHEE 203, CHEE 303, CHEE 304, CHEE 305; Concurrent registration, CHEE 420.
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 443 Chemical Engineering Plant Design (3 units)
Description: Design project from scoping and process selection, through material and energy balances, equipment design and sizing, safety and environmental consideration, to economic analysis of capital cost and operating expense.
Prerequisite(s): CHEE 442
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 450 Introduction to Biotechnology (3 units)
Description: The course will provide fundamental knowledge in biochemistry and molecular biology. It can be used as a stand-alone introduction into those disciplines for chemical and other engineering students. In this role, it will provide basic technical competence in modern biological science that will support future career efforts in related disciplines.
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 454/554 Law for Engineers and Scientists (3 units)
Description: 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. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a current topic.
Identical to: ENGR 454/554
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 471/571 Rheology: Principles and Applications (3 units)
Description: Fundamental principles of rheological behavior of materials. Non-Newtonian viscous behavior. Application of Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics. Viscoelasticity. The relation between microscope structure and behavior; polymer solutions, slurries, and colloidal systems. Graduate-level requirements include includes use of increased experience in terms of knowledge of mathematical techniques applied to Transport and Phenomena problems.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate level of fluid mechanics.
CHEE 473/573 Biodegradation of Hazardous Organic Compounds (3 units)
Description: To learn and integrate the basic principles of microbiology required for understanding of application of bioremediation to contaminated sites. To become familiar with current research in bioremediation. To learn to solve problems often encountered in application of bioremediation.
Identical to: CE 473/573
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 476A/576A Water Treatment System Design (3 units)
Description: Application of theory and engineering experience to the design of unit operations for the production of potable water. Covers water regulations, conventional treatment technologies and selected advance treatment topics. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper.
Identical to: CE 476A/576A
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 476B/576B - Wastewater Treatment Design System (3 Units)
Description: Application of theory and engineering experience to the design of unit operations for the treatment of wastewater. Covers water regulations, conventional treatment technologies and selected advanced treatment topics. Graduate-level requirements include additional homework problems, a course paper, and additional exam questions.
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 477R/577R Microbiology for Engineers (3 units)
Description: This course focuses on the principles of microbiology, including physiology, metabolism, genetics and ecology. The course explores fundamental microbial processes as well as their environmental significance and application in environmental engineering. A laboratory is associated with lecture course to provide laboratory skills in basic and applied microbiology. Graduate-level requirements include oral reports.
Prerequisite(s): Concurrent enrollment 477L/577L
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 477L/577L Microbiology for Engineers Lab (1 unit)
Description: This course focuses on the principles of microbiology, including physiology, metabolism, genetics and ecology. The course explores fundamental microbial processes as well as their environmental significance and application in environmental engineering. A laboratory is associated with the lecture course to provide laboratory skills in basic and applied microbiology. Graduate-level requirements include a mandatory assignment where course participants will isolate and characterize microorganisms with a specific metabolic activity. Each student will establish materials and methods required for the assignment individually. The assignments will result in a written report and an oral presentation.
Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration, CHEE 477R/577R
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 478/578 Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management (3 units)
Description: Management, planning, legal and engineering aspects of liquid and solid hazardous waste treatment and disposal. 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 to: C E 478/578
Usually offered: Fall, Spring
CHEE 481A/581A Engineering of Biological Processes (3 units)
Description: To learn to apply to the design of biological systems principles of engineering, science and mathematics, including, but not limited to statistics, kinetics, sensors and bioreactor design and scale up. To explore and be familiar with the principal areas of biological engineering such as food process engineering, tissue engineering, and other large-scale fermentation processes. Graduate-level requirements includes an oral presentation and belonging to the Journal Club.
Identical to: ABE 481A/581A
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 481B/581B Bioprocess Engineering Applications (3 units)
Description: Application of engineering fundamentals, such as heat and mass transport, thermodynamics, kinetics, and the process of design to the fields of biotechnology, fermentation, food processing and bioseparation. Graduate-level requirements include two additional design projects, homework problems requiring a greater degree of mathematics, and exams containing questions which evaluate a higher level of thought processes.
Identical to: ABE 481B/581B ABE is home department
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 502 Advanced Engineering Analysis (3 units)
Description: Process modeling techniques, residence time distribution theory, dynamics of distributed parameter systems, nonlinear parameter estimation.
Prerequisite: CHEE 420
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 505 Advanced Chemical Engineering Transport Phenomena (3 units)
Description: Momentum, energy and mass transport in continua, solution of multidimensional laminar flow problems, turbulence, boundary layer theory.
Prerequisite: CHEE 305
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 506 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3 units)
Description: Advanced applications of First and Second Laws, nonideal gases and liquids and their mixtures, principles of chemical equilibrium, and molecular theory.
Prerequisite: CHEE 326
Usually offered: Fall
CHEE 530- Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering (3 units)
Description: Kinetics of heterogeneous reaction systems, non-ideal flow reactor models, reactor stability, analysis of industrial reactors.
Prerequisite: CHEE 420
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 542 Bioremediation of Inorganic Contaminants (2 units)
Description: This course focuses on biological remediation techniques for inorganic contaminants (nitrogen and sulfur-containing compounds, iron, heavy metals, metalloids and radionuclides). The course explores fundamental chemical and biological processes as well as engineering aspects.
Prerequisite: Prior course experience with biochemistry (e.g. CHEE 450 or microbiology) (e.g. CHEE 577R) is highly recommended but not required.
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 574 Environmental Transport Processes (3 units)
Description: 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 engineering environment.
Identical to: C E 574
Usually offered: Fall
CHE 605 Advanced Mass Transport Theory (3 units)
Description: Theoretical aspects of binary and multicomponent systems utilizing penetration, surface renewal and boundary layer transport concepts
Prerequisite: CHEE 505
Usually offered: Spring
CHEE 696H Chemical and Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar (1 unit)
Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research though discussion, report, and/or papers.
May be repeated: for credit 6 times (maximum 7 enrollments).
Usually offered: Fall, Spring
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