DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

CHEM 101    General Chemistry (3,1,1) 4
Atomic theory, chemical reactions, stoichometry, gases, thermochemistry, properties of solutions, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium. Selected laboratory experiments in general chemistry.

CHEM 111    General Chemistry I (3,1,0) 3
Quantum Theory and electronic structure of atoms, periodic relationship among elements, nuclear chemistry, chemical bonding, compounds, mass relationships in chemical reactions, gases, thermochemistry and laws of thermodynamics.

CHEM 113    General Chemistry Laboratory (1,0,2) 2
Acquaintance with Chemical Equipment and Safety Rules in the Laboratory. Introduction to rigorous experimental methods, record keeping, and report writing. Observations of chemical principles in action, description of observations, drawing conclusions, identification of unknown, calculations according to experimental data. Development of students’ skills in various laboratory techniques. Learning to design and conduct experiments as well as to analyse and interpret data: Preparing the Solutions; Acidity of Solutions; Factors affecting the Solubility; Solubility Rules and Precipitation; Reactions in Aqueous Solution; Volumetric Analysis; Chemical Kinetics; Chemical Equilibrium.
Corequisite: CHBE 112

CHBE 101    Fundamentals of Engineering Analysis & Scientific Computing (2,0,2) 3
The role of analysis in engineering. dimensions and units. Analysis methodology. The computer as an analysis tool. Programming concepts. Data, expressions, assignments and simple I/O. Decision and repetition. Procedures and functions. Arrays. Exercises in a scientific programming language. 

CHBE 102     Introduction to Chemical Engineering (1,0,2) 2
Definition and responsibilities of a Chemical Engineer. Understanding chemical processes via the flowsheets of operations and processes involved. Relevant phenomena related to these operations and processes. An introduction to Chemical Engineering calculations. Calculation methods based on the principles of material and energy balances. Concepts of simultaneous material and energy balance calculations of chemical engineering unit operations, unit processes and related applications.

CHBE 112    General Chemistry II (3,1,0) 3
Intermolecular forces and liquids and solids, physical properties of solutions, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, solubility equilbria, electrochemistry
Prerequisite: CHEM 111  

CHBE 203    Organic Chemistry (2,0,2) 3
Introduction to organic chemistry for chemical engineers. Properties and reactions of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes. Isomerism, resonance, functional groups, aromatic compounds, types of organic reactions. Laboratory work: basic separation techniques, identification and purification of organic compounds and application of these to simple organic reactions. Synthesis of various organic compounds.

CHBE 204    Bioorganic Chemistry (2,0,2) 3

Chemicals of life,carbohydrates, classification, properties and chemical reactions; lipids, general characteristics, fatty acids, fats and oils, waxes, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, steroids, cell membranes; aminoacids , electrophoresis, peptides and proteins, protein structure, denaturation; nucleic acids ,nucleosides and nucleotides, DNA and RNA. DNA replication. types of RNA .
Prerequisite: CHBE 203  

CHBE 211    Physical Chemistry I (3,1,0) 3
Ideal and non-ideal gases, equations of state. Principle of corresponding states, generalized compressibility charts. First law of thermodynamics. Thermochemistry, standard enthalpies of change. Second and third laws of thermodynamics, Gibbs and Helmholtz free energies. Thermodynamic properties of pure substances. Chemical potential and fugacity. Solutions, colligative properties. Ideal and non-ideal solutions, activities. Phase diagrams for single and two-component systems. Chemical equilibrium.
Prerequisite: CHBE 112  

CHBE 213    Physical Chemistry Laboratory (1,0,2) 2
Selected experiments to illuminate the fundamental aspects of physical chemistry such as thermodynamics of solutions, transport properties and chemical kinetics, phase equilibria, colligative properties, conductivity in solution and for gases.
Prerequisite: CHBE 113, Corequisite: CHBE 211  

CHBE 214     Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3,1,0) 3
The laws of thermodynamics, equations of state and formulation of thermodynamic properties of chemical systems. Ideal and real mixtures. Solution thermodynamics. Multi-component phase equilibria. Thermodynamic potentials and the Maxwell relations. Chemical reaction equilibrium.

CHBE 215     Material and Energy Balances (2,2,0) 3
Review on the general balance equation and its application to material and energy balance calculations for open systems at steady state. Material balances on multi-unit processes involving bypass, recycle and purge; reactive processes with emphasis on combustion. Evaluation of specific enthalpies and heats of reaction using heat capacity and standard enthalpy of formation data. Energy balances on reactive and nonreactive processes. Problems requiring simultaeous solution of material and energy balances using software packages. Introduction to degree of freedom analysis and computer aided flowsheet calculations using a computer simulation software.
Prerequisite: CHBE 102  

CHBE 232    Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering I: Fluid Mechanics (3,1,0) 3
Dimensional analysis with applications, fluid statics and its applications, integral and differential mass, energy and momentum balances, laminar and turbulent flow of Newtonian and non-newtonian fluids, flow measurements, design equations.
Prerequisite: MATH 241  

CHBE 301    Experimental Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering I  (1,0,2) 2
Principles of safety regulations, introduction to unit operations & unit processes, tools used in experimental analysis, series of laboratory & computational experiments.
Prerequisite: CHBE 213, CHBE 232

CHBE 302    Experimental Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering II (1,0,2) 2
Continuation of CHBE 301 with additional experiments related to heat and mass transfer, reaction kinetics and biotechnology.
Prerequisite: CHBE 301,  CHBE 331

CHBE 331    Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering II: Heat Transfer (3,1,0) 3
General Heat transfer by conduction. Heat transfer by convection in single phase systems and in systems with phase change. Radiation heat transfer. Analytical, numerical and graphical techniques. Heat exchange equipment and networks.
Prerequisite: CHBE 232  

CHBE 333    Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering III: Mass Transfer (3,1,0) 3
Overview of the equation of change and its application for mass transfer with emphasis on steady-state and unsteady-state molecular diffusion, convective mass transfer. Modeling of single-phase and interphasial mass transfer. Introduction to separation processes with mass transfer emphasis: continuous and stagewise contacting of immiscible and partially miscible phases: gas absorption, desorption and liquid-liquid extraction, distillation of binary mixtures. Selected applications of evaporation, crystallization, drying, filtration and membrane sepatations.
Prerequisite: CHBE 214, CHBE 215

CHBE 351    Inorganic Technologies (3,0,0) 3
A general knowledge concerning the technological processes applied to inorganic industries. Introduction to history and actual aspects of the inorganics technologies. Sulphuric acid manufacture. Soda ash manufacture. Caustic soda manufacture. Secondary products of soda industry; Industrial gases. Fertilizers. Cement and silicate industries. Salt and miscellaneous sodium compounds. Chlor-alkaline industries. Some other inorganic technologies

CHBE 352    Organic Technologies (3,0,0) 3
Carbonization of coal and coal chemicals. Petroleum and its products. Petrochemicals. Soap and detergents. Sugar industries. Paper industries. Dyes and dyestuffs. Oils, fats and waxes. Fragrances. Flavors and food additives. Rubber industry. Pharmaceutical industry.

CHBE 354    Separation Processes (3,0,0) 3
Rate and equilibrium-based separations. Generalized and specific rigorous multi-component steady-state and dynamic models of separation operations. Comparison of rigorous and short-cut methods. Computational methods with emphasis on multi-stage/multi-component separation: system models. Heuristic and MINLP approaches to separation systems. Heat integration in separation systems.
Prerequisite: CHBE 333  

CHBE 355    Fuel Technology (3,0,0) 3
Classification and occurrence of fuels. Structure, chemistry, processing, utilization, environmental aspects, and conversion of hydrocarbon resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, oil shale, and heavy oil. Coal processing: coal gasification and liquefaction, and petroleum refining from the point of thermodynamics, kinetics, reactor design and product identification. Lignites among different types of coal. Design of coal gasification and liquefaction processes, and petroleum refineries.

CHBE 357    Process Safety and Risk Analysis (3,0,0) 3
Intended for anyone interested in understanding, mitigating, or eliminating the risks associated with handling chemicals. Various methods are discussed to determine exposure, radiation, and environment risk assessments. The course also covers methods to control processes with flammable materials or potential runaway reactions.

CHBE 361    Materials in Chemical and Biological Applications (3,0,0) 3
Classification of materials and properties. Atomic structure and interatomic bonding, the structure of crystalline solids, ceramics, bioceramics, bioglass and glass ceramics, polymers. Hidrojels, advanced materials used for biological applications, composites. Materials selection and design considerations. Economic, environmental and societal issues in materials science and engineering.

CHBE 362    Reactor Design (3,1,0) 3
Kinetics of homogeneous reactions, analysis of simple and complex rate equations; correlation of rate data, global rates, isothermal and non-isothermal operation of homogeneous reactors: ideal batch, plug-flow and stirred-tank reactors; multiple reactor systems, deviations from ideal performance, design of ideal reactors for multiple reactions.
Prerequisite: CHBE 213  

CHBE 365    Nuclear Science (3,0,0) 3
Basic nuclear physics, nuclear decay and radioactivity, nuclear reactions, nuclear chemistry, radiation measurement techniques, health physics and safety, radioactive tracers and their applications, radionucleide uptake and imaging.

CHBE 371    Environmental Microbiology (3,0,0) 3
Foundation in environmental microbiology and its application to pollution control systems, introduction to the principles of microbiology, overview of microbial classification and the applications of environmental microbiology, aspects of microbial ecology and population dynamics. Microbial characteristics of the terrestrial and aquatic environment, application of microbial processes in waste-water treatment and potable drinking water supplies, biodegradation of organic pollutants, bioremediation of oil spillages and other recalcitrant compounds.

CHBE 372    Molecular Bioinformatics (3,0,0) 3
Basic concepts of molecular biology, proteins, RNA, DNA, mechanisms of molecular genetics, genomics and proteomics, sequence databases, strings, graphs and algorithms, sequence comparison and database search, alignments and phylogenetic trees, molecular structure prediction, sequence visualization, pattern matching, computing with DNA.

CHBE 373    Introduction to Biochemical Engineering (3,0,0) 3
Introduction to biochemical engineering, enzyme and microbial growth and chemical kinetics with emphasis on the application of chemical engineering principles to the design and operation of industrial microbial processes. Design and operation of fermentation processes, microbial and enzyme kinetics, multiple substrate and multiple species of fermentation, regulation of enzyme activity, energetics of cellular growth, immobilized enzyme and cell reactors, and transport phenomena in microbial systems and downstream processing.

CHBE 374    Introductory Biostatistics for Molecular Biology (3,0,0) 3
Statistical analysis of biological data covering measurement scales, random sampling, data quality, data storage descriptive and exploratory techniques, Problem-oriented probability distributions, moments, estimation, parametric and nonparametric inference for one-sample and two-sample problems, analysis of frequency data, linear regression, correlation analysis, estimation and hypothesis testing.

CHBE 381    Chemistry and Engineering of Polymers (3,0,0) 3
Introduction to basic principles of polymer chemistry and engineering, the chemical structure and use of a variety of industrial polymers, polymerization mechanisms and kinetics, techniques for molecular and morphological characterization, polymer processing. A variety of engineering properties, engineering applications

CHBE 386    Mathematical Modeling in ChBE   (2,2,0) 3
Mathematical models for chemical engineering processes will be developed by using the fundamental laws: conservation of mass, energy and momentum. The steady/unsteady-state lumped models will be constructed and solved. The numerical techniques in solving linear/nonlinear univariate/multivariate algebraic/differential equations, such as Gaussian Elimination, Newton-Raphson, bisection and Euler methods will be discussed. An introduction to the computer package MATLAB will be made, and MATLAB will be used extensively in the numerical analysis of the resulting equations.
Prerequisite: CHBE 331, Corequisite:CHBE 362  

CHBE 401    Experimental Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering III (1,0,2) 2
Continuation of CHBE 302 including design & analysis of independent laboratory projects & presentations.
Prerequisite: CHBE 302, Corequisite:CHBE 333, CHBE 362  

CHBE 415    Instrumental Methods of Analysis (3,1,0) 3
The theory and practice of modern analytical instrumentation, principles of instrumental analysis:Atomic Spectroscopy, Molecular Spectroscopy, Chromatographic Separations, Electroanalytical and Miscellaneous Methods; the possibilities and limitations inherent in the various methods and instrumental techniques; the applications, the fundamental relations of chemical species to their physical and chemical properties; the scope, applicability, and the limitations of physical property measurement in respect to qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Prerequisite: CHBE 203  

CHBE 441    Process Dynamics and Control (3,1,0) 3
Introduction to the basic principles of process analysis, modeling and control techniques in chemical engineering, classification of transport phenomena and population balance models, subsystem analysis and distributed parameter systems, numerical examples on tank systems, vapor-liquid equilibria, reaction kinetics, fluid flow and stagewise operations, solution of these examples by microcomputer techniques will be emphasized
Prerequisite: CHBE 386  

CHBE 443    Chemical and Bioprocesses (3,0,0) 3
A survey of various chemical and bioprocesses as pertinent to the conventional chemical and biochemical industry considering the developments expected in the future. The course aims to give the ability to critically analyze complete chemical and bioprocesses in detail

CHBE 446    Statistical Quality Control for Chemical and Biological Industries (3,1,0)3
Overview of data acquisition techniques in chemical and bioprocess industries. Quality control with measurements and attributes with emphasis on statistical models. Fundamental principles of HACCP plans for chemical and biological plants. Case studies of statistical process control applications in chemical industry.

CHBE 451    Waste Water Treatment (3,0,0) 3
Characterization of waste-waters, principles and applications of physical, chemical and biological processes for water and waste purification. Design of engineering treatment systems to meet water quality and effluent standards. Topics include aerobic-anaerobic process assessments; defining and ranking pollution prevention options; feasibility analyses including technical and environmental aspects; and life cycle analysis.

CHBE 452    Pollution Control and Prevention (3,0,0) 3
Pollution control, pollution prevention and control strategies with focus on hazardous substances that are toxic, persistent, and bioaccumulate, insights into some of the major factors that may influence the control of pollution sources. Traditional, and new, chemical separations processes with environmental applications

CHBE 453    Transport Phenomena  (3,0,0) 3
Continuum mechanics, fundamental relationships for fluid mechanics and heat transfer and their applications to engineering problems.
Prerequisite: senior standing.  

CHBE 454    Advanced Process Control  (3,0,0) 3
Development of theoretical and empirical models for chemical and bioprocesses, dynamic behavior of processes, transfer function and block diagram representation, process instrumentation, control system design and analysis, stability analysis, computer simulation of controlled processes. Advanced topics in process control with emphasis on multivariable control, predictive control, process identification, and process monitoring. Laboratory experiments involving process dynamics, feedback and feedforward control, auto-tuning.
Prerequisite: CHBE 441.  

CHBE 455    Advanced Kinetics (3,0,0) 3

Review of the theory of reaction kinetics for catalyzed and noncatalyzed systems, detailed consideration to design and performance of catalysts and chemical reactors. Mathematical studies of stability and optimization are emphasized in relationship to mass, energy, and momentum transport.
Prerequisite: CHBE 362.  

CHBE 456    Heterogeneous Catalysis (3,0,0) 3
Physical and chemical properties of heterogenous catalytic systems. Metal catalysis, metal-support interactions. Measurement of catalytic properties. Criteria and methodologies involved in the selection, development and preparation of solid catalysts. Kinetics of fluid-solid catalytic reactions. Interphase and intraparticle transport processes in heterogeneous systems. Global rates. Catalyst poisoning. Statistical estimation of kinetic parameters. Stability of chemical reactors. Practical examples tracing the steps in process synthesis from catalyst selection up to its use in the industrial unit.
Prerequisite: CHBE 362.  

CHBE 457    Phase Equilibria (3,0,0) 3
An advanced study of fundamental concepts in classical and molecular thermodynamics. Solution thermodynamics, vapor-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibria, and chemical reaction equilibria in multicomponent systems; estimation of related thermodynamic properties.
Prerequisite: senior standing.  

CHBE 458    Process Optimization   (3,0,0) 3
Fundamentals of analytical optimization. Survey of one dimensional linear-search methods, and multi-dimensional unconstrained and constrained numerical optimization algorithms. Applications of linear programming, nonlinear programming, mixed integer linear/ nonlinear programming, and parameter estimation in chemical engineering. Feasible-path and infeasible-path techniques for chemical process flowsheet optimization.
Prerequisite: CHBE 312.  

CHBE 461    Design of Chemical & Biological Processing Units (3,2,0) 4
Basic engineering concepts and accepted procedures as applied to the design of main process units and auxiliary equipment. Utilisation of principles of fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfers in the investigation and/or design of process equipment.
Prerequisite: CHBE 331, CHBE 333, CHBE 362  

CHBE 462    Design & Analysis of Chemical & Biological Processes (2,2,0) 3
Study of fundamental concepts in chemical plant design, organization of chemicals manufacturing plants and the economic considerations associated with the investment, feasibility and operation of such plants, mathematical model formulation of chemical and physical processes and design of such plants with considerations of space and technology as well as social and ethical factors.
Prerequisite: CHBE 461  

CHBE 465    Polymer Processing Principles (3,0,0) 3
Categories of polymeric materials. Morphology and structuring of polymers; surface properties. Analysis of polymer processing operations such as injection molding, extrusion, calendaring, coating, fiber spinning, tubular film blowing and mixing. Computer modeling and design of polymer processing machinery.

CHBE 466    Ceramic Engineering (3,0,0) 3
Relating the structure and bonding in ceramic materials to their mechanical, electrical, magnetic, optical, and thermal properties; processing, shape-forming, densification and machining of ceramic; design considerations.

CHBE 467    Composite Materials (3,0,0) 3
A study of structural advantages of composite Materials over conventional Materials, considering high strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-weight ratios. Fiber reinforced, laminated and particulate Materials are analyzed. Response of composite structures to static and dynamic loads, thermal and environmental effects, and failure criteria are studied.

CHBE 468    Surface Chemistry in NanoScience (3 0 0) 3
Fundamentals of colloid and surface chemistry and interfacial phenomena. Principles of surface tension and contact angle, adsorption onto surfaces and at various interfaces, monolayers, surfactant behaviour, theory of self assembly forces, stability of colloidal systems, microemulsions, micelles and vesicles. Advances in nanomaterials and nanotechnological applications of colloidal systems.
Prerequisite: CHBE 211  

CHBE 471    Experimental Methods in Bioprocess Engineering (3,0,0) 3
Separation and purification of biochemicals. Removal of insolubles by filtration, centrifugation and sedimentation. Isolation of products by adsorption and solvent extraction. Purification by nonlinear multicomponent chromatography, electrophoresis, dialysis and membrane processes. Polishing by drying and crystallization. Mathematical modeling and scale-up of selected operations.

CHBE 472    Transport Phenomena in Bio-Environmental Systems (3,0,0) 3
An introduction to the phenomena that describe the movement of momentum, chemical contaminants, and energy in environmental and biological engineering systems, including: natural surface waters, soils, groundwaters, air, micro-environments, engineered treatment systems, oil spills.

CHBE 475    Bio-reactors (3,0,0) 3
Enzymatic reactors. Mechanisms and kinetics. Immobilized systems: Continuous and batch bio-reactor types such as fixed-, expanded-, fluidised-bed reactors, trickling filters, tubular reactors. Microbial changes: classes and uses of microorganisms. Bio-reactors for fungi, bacteria, yeasts, cells, vegetable and animal tissues. Oxygen transfer. Various applications.

CHBE 476    Engineering Applications in Biotechnology (3,0,0) 3
Description, fundamentals, and engineering features of processes using microbial, plant, or animal cells or their enzymes. Topics include review of biochemistry, review of microbiology, computer simulation, growth, death, aseptic techniques, continuous culture, fermenter design, sterilization, mixed cultures, process scale up, immobilized cells and enzymes, recovery of products, and process economics. Weekly exercises requiring personal computers. Prerequisite: background in chemical engineering or microbiology.

CHBE 477    Advanced Biochemical Engineering (3,0,0) 3
Particular emphasis on the current literature and the applications of computers and graphics. Extensive coverage is given to purification and separation technology, kinetic analysis, design of bioreactors, exploitation of genetic engineering, and bioprocess development. An individual project is required.
Prerequisite: CHBE 373.  

CHBE 480    Special Topics in Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering (3,0,0) 3
Special topics of current interest in chemical and bioprocess engineering, chemical and biotechnology.  

CHBE 481    Biopolymers (3,0,0) 3
Introduction to protein structure and conformations. Structural classes of proteins. Protein folding problem. Kinetics of biomolecular changes. Molecular motors and transcription machinery. Mechanism of protein-protein, protein-DNA, protein-inhibitor binding and interactions. Computational methods for simulating biomolecular systems. Methods in protein engineering and design.

CHBE 483    Conformational Statistics and Dynamics of Macromolecules (3,0,0) 3
Structural and configurational properties of polymer chains. Random walk approach, freely jointed chain models. Rotational Isomeric State formalism. Stochastics of rotational motions, Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations of real polymeric systems in solution and in the bulk state.

CHBE 492    Engineering Project  (1,0,4) 3
Investigation and report on a special project under surveillance of a faculty advisor Prerequisite: Graduation Standing