204

Elementary Chemical Engineering. (2-3). Credit 3. I, II, S
Solution of elementary problems by application of mass balances, energy balances, and equilibrium relationships. Prerequisites: Admission to upper level chemical engineering.

205

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II, S
First and second laws of thermodynamics; volumetric properties of pure fluids; heat effects; applications to flow processes, power cycles, refrigeration. Prerequisites: CHEN 204 and MATH 251.

285

Directed Studies.  Credit 1 to 4.
Directed study of special projects or studies in chemical engineering processes or operations, for lower division students. Credit not applicable to degree requirements in chemical engineering. Prerequisites: Freshman or sophomore classification; approval of department head.

304

Chemical Engineering Fluid Operations. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II, S
Fundamentals of fluid mechanics with applications to design and analysis of process equipment. Prerequisites: CHEN 205 and MATH 308.

320

Numerical Analysis for Chemical Engineers. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II
Applications of numerical analysis techniques to mathematical models of processes common to chemical and associated industries; computational methods and software for analysis of chemical engineering processes.  Prerequisites: CHEN 205 and MATH 308.

323

Chemical Engineering Heat Transfer Operations. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II
Continuation of CHEN 304. Heat transfer operations. Prerequisite: CHEN 304.

354

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II, S
Applications of thermodynamics to pure and mixed fluids; phase equilibria and chemical reaction equilibria. Prerequisites: MATH 308; CHEN 320 or registration therein.

409

Mathematical Models of Chemical Processes. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II
Development of the mathematical models of chemical and physical processes common to the petroleum processing, chemical, and associated industries. Prerequisite: CHEN 424

414

Chemical Engineering Laboratory I. (0-3). Credit 1. I, II, S
Laboratory work based on CHEN 304 and 323. Prerequisites: CHEN 304, 323; ENGL 210 or 301.

424

Chemical Engineering Mass Transfer Operations. (2-0). Credit 2. I, II
Introduction to mass transfer operations with applications to design and analysis of process equipment. Prerequisites: CHEN 323 and 354.

425

Chemical Engineering Plant Economics. (2-0). Credit 2. I, II
Economic factors involved in the design of chemical processes and equipment. Prerequisite: Senior classification or approval of instructor.

426

Chemical Engineering Plant Design. (1-6). Credit 3. I, II
Integration of material from other chemical engineering courses with applications to the design of plants and processes representative of the chemical and related process industries. Prerequisites: CHEN 424, 425; graduating senior or approval of instructor.

433

Chemical Engineering Laboratory II. (0-3). Credit 1. I, II, S
Laboratory work based on CHEN 424 and 464. Prerequisites: CHEN 414, 424, 464 or registration therein.

451

Introduction to Polymer Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. II
Fundamentals of polymer reaction kinetics, morphology, chemical, and rheological properties with applications to polymer synthesis, production and processing operations. Prerequisite: Senior classification or approval of instructor.

455

Process Safety Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3.
Applications of engineering principles to process safety and hazards analysis, mitigation, and prevention with special emphasis on the chemical process industries. Includes source modeling for leakage rates, dispersion, analysis, relief valve sizing, fire and explosion damage analysis, hazards identification, risk analysis, accident investigations, etc. Cross listed with SENG 455. Prerequisite: Senior classification or approval of instructor.

458

Fundamentals of Environmental Remediation Processes. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamental approach to various remediation technologies; topics in environmental thermodynamics and mass transfer; adsorption, desorption, ion exchange, air stripping extractions, chemical oxidation, biodegradation. Prerequisites: CHEN 354 and 424.

461

Process Control and Instrumentation. (3-3). Credit 4. I, II, S
Fundamentals principles and methods used in measurement and control of process variables such as pressure, temperature and flow rate. Prerequisite: CHEN 320.

464

Chemical Engineering Kinetics. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II, S
Introduction to kinetics of reactions and application of fundamental principles to design and operation of commercial reactors.  Prerequisites: CHEN 320, 323, 354 or approval of instructor.

471

Introduction to Biochemical Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. II
Fundamentals of microbial and enzyme processes; application of biochemical reaction kinetics, transport phenomena and chemical reactor design principles to design and analysis of enzyme reactors and fermentation systems. Cross listed with BSEN 471.   Prerequisite: Senior classification or approval of instructor.

474

Unit Operations in Food Processing. (2-2). Credit 3.
Design of food process engineering systems; basic concepts of rheology and physical properties of foods; fundamentals of heat and mass transfer and process control. Cross listed with BSEN 474. Prerequisites: AGEN 355, CHEN 205 or ENGR 204; CVEN 311, CHEN 304 or ENGR 204.

475

Microelectronics Process Engineering. (3-0) Credit 3.
State-of-the-art process engineering principles on microelectronics, especially for the fabrication of very large scale integrated circuits (VLSICs); fundamental unit processes, such as thin film deposition, thermal growth, lithography, etching and doping, material structures and properties, and basic device operation principles. Prerequisites: CHEM 322, CHEN 354 and 464 or approval of instructor.

481

Seminar. (0-2). Credit 1. I, II
Preparation of oral and written reports on selected topics from recent technical publications. Prerequisites: Senior classification; ENGL 210 or 301.

485

Advanced problems in chemical Engineering. Credit 1 to 5 3. I, II, S
Work covers one or more problems in chemical engineering processes or operations. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

489

Special Topics in ... Credit 1 to 4. I, II, S
Selected topics in an identified area of chemical engineering. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Senior classification or approval of instructor.
- Materials Science in Biology and Medicine
- Special Topics in Fundamentals of Environmental Processes
- Optical Diagnostics and Monitoring Principles
- Chemical Processing in the Electronics Industry
- Chemical Processing in the Electronics Industry
- Oil and Gas Production and Processing

601

Chemical Engineering Laboratory Safety and Health. (1-0). Credit 1.
Control of hazards associated with chemical engineering research laboratories and chemical process industry; causes and prevention of accidents, emergency procedures, safety codes, health effects of toxic substances, and experimental design for safety. Prerequisites: graduate classification.

604

Chemical Engineering Process Analysis I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Development and analysis of chemical process models that involve systems of algebraic equations, ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations. Prerequisites: MATH 308 or approval of instructor. Fall Only.

605

Chemical Engineering Process Analysis II. (3-0). Credit 3.
Formulation of mathematical models and solution of resulting mass and energy balance equations by modern computational techniques, applications to separation processes, chemical kinetics, reaction engineering, heat and mass transfer Prerequisites: CHEN 320 or approval of instructor. Spring Only.

614

Advanced Transport Phenomena I. (3-0). Credit 3.
First part of a two-semester sequence covering advanced transport phenomena; emphasis is placed on momentum and transfer or fluid mechanics applied to chemical engineering problems. Prerequisites: Approval of instructor.

615

Advanced Transport Phenomena II. (3-0). Credit 3.
Advanced energy and mass transfer in chemical engineering processes. Prerequisites: Approval of instructor.

623

Applications of Thermodynamics to Chemical Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3.
Application of thermodynamics to chemical engineering operations and processes. Prerequisites: CHEN 354 or approval of instructor.

624

Chemical Engineering Kinetics I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions. Thermal and catalytic reactions both homogeneous and heterogeneous. Prerequisites: CHEN 464 or approval of instructor.

629

Transport Phenomena. (3-0). Credit 3.
Principles of transfer of momentum, energy and mass studied by application to advanced chemical engineering problems. Theoretical analogy of these three modes of transfer. Prerequisites: CHEN 424 approval of instructor.

631

Process Dynamics I. (3-0). Credit 3.
Dynamics, Simulation and control of linear models of fluid, thermal and mass transfer processes for chemical industries by means of transient and frequency response analyses and design methods. Prerequisites: CHEN 461 or approval of instructor.

633

Theory of Mixtures. (3-0). Credit 3.
Basic relations of statistical thermodynamics, intermolecular forces, liquid state, theory of mixtures, critical state, theory of conformal solutions, orientational effects, theorem of corresponding states, and applications to distillation and extraction. Prerequisites: CHEN 623 or CHEM 611 or approval of instructor.

634

Multiphase Reactors. (3-0). Credit 3.
Laboratory reactors; mixing phenomena in multiphase reactors; tracer techniques in chemical reactor characterization; trickle bed reactors; two phase and three phase fluidized bed reactors; bubble columns; slurry reactors. Prerequisites: CHEN 624 or approval of instructor.

640

Rheology. (3-0). Credit 3.
Principles of stress, deformation and flow; vector and transfer equations of fluid mechanics. Behavior of Newtonian, non-Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids. Prerequisites: MATH 601 approval of instructor.

641

Polymer Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3.
Principles and practice of polymer structure, synthesis, reaction mechanisms and kinetics; polymer characterization, chemical and physical properties degradation and recycling, melt and solid mechanical and rheological properties. Technology of production and processing operations. Prerequisites: Graduate Classification

643

Applied Statistical Mechanics of Fluids. (3-0). Credit 3.
Application of molecular theories and computer simulation techniques to describe the thermodynamics and transport properties of fluids nad fluid mixtures. Prerequisites: CHEN 623 or approval of instructor.

644

Colloidal Materials and Interfacial Phenomena. (3-0). Credit 3.
Overview of materials and systems dominated by interfacial phenomena, including colloidal suspensions, surfactant systems, spread monolayers; detailed study of the chemistry, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena of interfacial systems, including contact angles and wetting, surface pressure, and absorption.  Prerequisites: Approval of instructor.

651

Biochemical Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3.
Integration of principles of engineering, biochemistry and microbiology; application to the design, development and improvement of industrial processes that employ biological materials. Engineering discipline directed toward creative application of interdisciplinary information to the economic processing of biological and related materials. Prerequisites: Approval of instructor. Cross-listed with AGEN 651.

652

Biochemical Processing Technology. (3-0). Credit 3.
Introduction for engineers to biochemistry, microbiology and genetic engineering; important processes in biotechnology such as enzymes, food, pharmaceuticals, waste treatment, fuels and chemicals, agricultural products and biotransformations. Prerequisites: AGEN 651 or CHEN 651 or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with AGEN 652.

653

Bioreactor Design. (3-0). Credit 3.
Kinetics of enzyme reactions and cell growth applied to bioreactor design; media formulation, cell culture conditions, oxygen transfer, and sterilization. Prerequisites: CHEN 651 or AGEN 651 or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with AGEN 654

655

Process Safety Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3.
Applications of engineering principles to process hazards analysis including source and dispersion modeling, emergency relief systems, fire and explosion prevention and mitigation, hazard identification, risk assessment, process safety management, etc. Prerequisites: Approval of instructor. Cross-listed with SENG 655.

657

Environment Risk Analysis. (3-0). Credit 3.
Treatment of major environmental risks and concerns with managers and engineers of the chemical   industry must deal in today's society; mathematical models of risk of cancer formation developed from first principles; fundamental biochemical point of view, then applied to risk assessment analyses. Prerequisites: Graduate Classification

658

Fundamentals of Environmental Remediation Processes. (3-0).  Credit 3.
Fundamental approach to various remediation technologies, topics in environmental thermodynamics and mass transfer, adsorption, desorption, ion exchange, air stripping, extraction, chemical oxidation, biodegration. Prerequisites: Graduate classification in Engineering.

661

Optimization of chemical Engineering Processes. (3-0). Credit 3.
Methods of optimization applied for the design and control of chemical engineering processes. Prerequisites: Approval of instructor.

681

Seminar. (1-0). Credit 1.
Graduate students will be required to attend discussions covering problems of current importance in chemical engineering research.

684

Professional Internship. Credit 1 to 4. Engineering research of design experience in industrial setting away from Texas A&M campus; projects supervised jointly by faculty and industrial representative. Variable credit 1 to 4. Prerequisites: Graduate Classification.

685

Problems. Credit 1 to 12.
One or more of numerous problems in chemical engineering processes and operations. Prerequisites: Approval of Department head.

689

Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4.
Selected topics in particular areas of chemical engineering. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Approval of department head and instructor.
- Microelectronics Process Engineering
- Particle Technology
- Materials Science in Biology and Medicine

691

Research. Credit 1 or more each semester.
Problems of unit operations and unit processes. For maximum credit, comprehensive thesis must be prepared of sufficient high calibre to permit publication in scientific and technical journals. Prerequisites: Approval of department head.