Graduate Course Descriptions
Chemical Engineering
- Ch E 510 Transport Processes (3)
- Transport of mass, energy, and momentum; unsteady and steady states as applied to chemical processing; macroscopic and microscopic analyses. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (ChE 515).
- Ch E 515 Convective Heat Transfer (3)
- Same as M E 515.
- Ch E 523 Basic Concepts in Catalysis (3) 2-3
- Preparation and characterization of supported heterogeneous catalysts, mechanistic interpretation of surface reactions and chemisorption, deactivation, and kinetics from lab experiments. Cooperative course taugh by WSU, open to UI students (ChE 523).
- Ch E 527 Macroscopic Thermodynamics (3)
- Same as M E 527.
- Ch E 529 Chemical Engineering Kinetics (3)
- Interpretation of kinetic data and design of nonideal chemical reactors; fundamentals of heterogeneous catalysis, catalyst preparation, characterization, and theory. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (ChE 529).
- Ch E 541 Chemical Engineering Analysis (2)
- Mathematical analysis of chemical engineering operations and processes; mathematical modeling and computer application.
- Ch E 546 Mass Transfer Operations (3)
- Diffusional and equilibrium operations. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (ChE 546).
- Ch E 560 Biochemical Engineering (3)
- Chemical engineering applied to biological systems; fermentation processes, biochemical reactor design, downstream processing, transport phenomena in biological systems, biochemical technology. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (ChE 560).
- Ch E 565 Fundamentals of Multiphase Environmental Processes (3)
- Prereq graduate standing.
- Principles of material and energy balances, reaction kinetics, phase equilibria, chemistry and microbiology governing environmental transport phenomena.
- Ch E 567 Current Topics in Multiphase Environmental Systems (3)
- Prereq graduate standing.
- Interdisciplinary course focused on reactions and processes at air, water, and soil interfaces in the environment.
- Ch E 574 Protein Biotechnology (3)
- Same as MBioS 574.
- Ch E 581 Advanced Topics in Chemical Engineering (V 1-3)
- May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 hours. Filtration, reaction engineering, two-phase flow, non-Newtonian fluids, interfacial phenomena, fluidization, novel separations, biomedical engineering.
- Ch E 585 Interfacial Phenomena (3)
- Prereq Ch E 301, 310.
- Graduate-level counterpart of Ch E 485; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both Ch E 485 and 585.
- Ch E 596 Research Methods and Presentation I (2)
- Prereq graduate standing.
- Establish sound practices for graduate research and presentation of results; techniques used for perfoming through literature searching and establishing and testing research hypotheses.
- Ch E 597 Research Methods and Presentation II (2)
- Prereq graduate standing.
- Establish sound practices for presentation of research programs and research results.
- Ch E 598 Research Seminar (1)
- May be repeated for credit; Seminar presentation on current topics in chemical engineering research. S, F grading.
- Ch E 600 Special Projects or Independent Study (V)
- S, F grading.
- Ch E 700 Master's Research, Thesis, and/or Examination (V)
- S, F grading.
- Ch E 702 Master's Special Problems, Directed Study, and/or Examination (V)
- S, F grading.
- Ch E 800 Doctoral Research, Dissertation, and/or Examination (V)
- S, F grading.