Wayne H. King Division of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Applications of the conservation laws of mass to the solution of chemical engineering problems. Prerequisites: CHEM 1312 or PHYS 2325/PHYS 2125.

Applications of the conservation laws of energy to the solution of chemical engineering problems. Prerequisite: CHEN 2371.

A comprehensive introduction to the basic principles and technologies used by chemical engineers in industry today. Includes an introduction to basic quantitative principles in the fundamental chemical engineering topics of mass and energy balances, fluid and heat transport, and thermodynamics. Credit for this course is not allowed if the student has declared chemical engineering as their major. This course is required for non-majors pursuing the Chemical Process Industries certificate. Pre-requisites: CHEM 1312. MATH 2414, and PHYS 2326.

Fundamentals of energy transport and system applications involving this operation including computer applications to heat exchanger design. Prerequisites: CHEM 3323, CHEN 3392 or NGEN 3392, CHEN 3347 or MEEN 3347.

Basic principles and techniques of economic analysis and cost engineering with applications to problems in chemical process and equipment design. Prerequisites: CHEN 2372 and credit for or registration in CHEN 3310.

Basic numerical methods used in chemical process simulation. An introduction to the use of commercial process simulators, with hands-on applications. Prerequisite: MATH 3320, credit or registration in CHEN 3310.

Theory and applications of the first and second laws of thermodynamics to mechanical and chemical interactions for both reversible and irreversible processes. Pressure-Volume-Temperature relations and equations of state. Prerequisite: MATH 2414. Corequisites: PHYS 2326/PHYS 2126.

Fundamental thermodynamic relations for property and phase equilibria calculations. Procedures for deciding when and to what extent chemical reactions and phase changes may be expected to occur according to the basic principles of physical chemistry and the laws of thermodynamics. Prerequisites: CHEM 3325/CHEM 3125, CHEM 3331, and CHEN 3347.

Fundamentals of momentum transport, including fluid statics, flow of incompressible and compressible fluids, pumps, turbines, and compressors, with computer applications. Prerequisites: MATH 3320 and credit or registration in MEEN 2302 or MEEN 2355.

Seminar on contemporary issues in Chemical Engineering. Prerequisite: junior standing.

Service learning experience in a project that engages a community agency and raises awareness of chemical engineering professional issues. Prerequisite: junior standing.

Selected laboratory experiments on fluid flow and heat transfer. Prerequisite: CHEN 3310.

Fee: $5.00

Selected laboratory experiments on heat and mass transfer. Prerequisites: CHEN 4278 and CHEN 4389.

Fee: $5.00

Principles involved in the processing of biological materials using biological agents such as cells, enzymes or antibodies. Prerequisites: CHEM 3325/CHEM 3125.

The application of chemical engineering principles to a sequence of design problems utilizing computer software, such as SIMSCI. Prerequisites: CHEN 3315, CHEN 3371 and CHEN 3310.

The application of chemical engineering principles, including economic criteria to a comprehensive design problem. Computer software is utilized as a design aid. Prerequisites: CHEN 4316, CHEN 4373, CHEN 4389 and credit for or registration in CHEN 4392.

Individual solution of selected problems in chemical engineering conducted under direct supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated for up to six hours. Prerequisite: senior standing.

A comprehensive overview of safety topics in the design, construction, startup, operation, and shutdown of chemical plants and refineries. Pre-requisite: CHEN 3310.

A study of sustainability topics applied to the chemical process industry, focusing on energy conservation, process and utility water conservation, hazardous chemical replacement or minimization, and process substitution at chemical process plants and refineries. Pre-requisites: CHEM 3310.

A study of the different processes used to treat air, water, and solid waste streams associated with the chemical process industry and refineries. Pre-requisites: CHEN 3310 and CHEN 4389.

Data analytics for chemical engineers with an emphasis towards trend identification and decision analysis for chemical processes, based upon chemical plant performance data. Prerequisites: CHEN 2371, IEEN 2310, and senior standing.

Basic principles and theory for the engineering design of large-scale biochemical processes for biofuel, food, and pharmaceutical production and waste treatment. Prerequisites: Either CHEN 2372 or CHEN 3305 and CHEN 4311.

Basic principles and theory for the engineering design of large-scale equipment used in the purification of biological products. Prerequisite: CHEN 3371.

Basic principles and theory for the engineering design and operation of biological processes used for waste treatment (including air, water, and solid waste media) in the refinery, petrochemical, and related industries. Prerequisites: CHEM 4311 and CHEN 4389.

This course provides the necessary knowledge on the fundamentals of reaction kinetics, reaction engineering and reactor process economic analysis as applied to biochemical, biomolecular, and biocatalytic processes. Prerequisites: Either BIOL 2421 or CHEM 4345 and CHEN 4311.

Select topics in biochemical processes, focusing on advances that have allowed for improved production and recovery of biochemicals over the last couple of decades. Focus will also be on those processes that offer greater sustainability as compared to fossil-fuel based chemicals. Prerequisites: Either BIOL 2421 or CHEM 4345 and CHEN 4311.

Chemical reaction rates and design of chemical reactors. Applications of computers to chemical kinetics and the design of chemical reactors. Prerequisites: CHEM 3332, CHEN 3310, CHEN 3321 and CHEN 3371.

A fundamental approach to air pollution testing, control and design of control systems. Introduction to dispersion modeling via computer. Prerequisite: CHEN 3392 and senior standing.

Fundamentals of mass transport, including gas/liquid absorption/desorption, extraction, membrane separation, binary and multicomponent distillation. Prerequisites: CHEM 3331, CHEN 3321, CHEN 3371 and credit or registration in CHEN 3310.

Internships in industry, government, or consulting companies in career-based practical activities to broaden the skills obtained through curricular education. Prerequisite: junior standing.

Basic operating theory of control systems and their application to industrial chemical processes. Applications of computers to process control.  Prerequisites: CHEN 4373 and CHEN 4389.

Basic computer methods useful for environmental engineering analysis and design. Introduction to programming, analysis and application software, with hands-on applications. Applications of structured, object-oriented and event-driven programming and relational databases for environmental problems.

Science basics, law and regulations, protection of human health and the environment from air, water, solid/hazardous and product pollution. Structure of the environmental industry.

Recognition and formulation of ethical questions and issues in engineering professional practice with topics linking environmental policy and economics with philosophical and cultural considerations, along with the U.S. experience of environmental policy, economics and regulation.

This course focuses on current global environmental issues including environmental pollution, climate change, energy and sustainability. It also discusses the interactions between human behavior and environment crisis, studies the impact of global environmental issues, and evaluates the prospect of changing lifestyle for promoting sustainable development.

Fundamental chemical principles for determination of the source, fate, and transformation of chemical compounds in natural and polluted environments. Climate change, air pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion, pollution and treatment of water sources, and the utilization of insecticides and herbicides. Prerequisite: CHEM 1312, CHEM 1112.

Overview of contaminant transport and partitioning processes, chemical processes, biological processes, and particle dynamics and separations processes. Design and performance of experiments to generate data for environmental engineering design. Statistical analyses and interpretation of experimental data. Prerequisites: CHEM 1312/CHEM 1112.

Fee: $30.00

Physicochemical fundamentals and applications using mass and energy balances for the design of water treatment systems with consideration of water characteristics, reaction kinetics, and process reactors. Fundamental principles are used in environmental engineering processes for water and air quality applications. Prerequisite: EVEN 2310.

Use and control of microorganisms in engineered systems and the effects of microorganisms on the environment and on human activity, health, and welfare. Microbial structure, function, growth, metabolism, and diversity, as well as microbial involvement biogeochemical cycling and in water and waste treatment, waterborne diseases, and pollution control. Prerequisite: CHEM 1311.

Nuclear fuel cycle and associated environmental impacts and safety concerns related to nuclear chemistry, nuclear physics, health physics, and environmental engineering. Prerequisite: junior standing.

Application of the scientific, engineering, technical and communications skills to develop engineering alternatives and economics analysis for an environmental engineering design topic. Students will meet one hour per week with an additional hour of recitation period to present ideas and proposal work products to the instructor. Corerequisites: CEEN 3392, EVEN 3320, EVEN 3328.

Principles and fundamentals of engineering management and leadership. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

The application of environmental engineering principles, including sustainability and economic criteria to a comprehensive air pollution control design problem. Computer software is utilized as a design aid. Prerequisites: EVEN 4102.

Application of advanced computer techniques and methods for numerical analysis and solution of complex environmental engineering problems including geospatial analysis, mathematical model development and numerical solutions to non-linear differential equations, and their applications to water resources problems. Prerequisite: EVEN 2304 or equivalent.

Solid and hazardous waste engineering and planning. Landfill technology development and design. Waste to energy concepts and technology development, and resource conservation and recovery perspectives. Prerequisite: Senior standing in engineering

Engineering analysis and design of water and wastewater treatment processes focused principally on biological treatment systems. Water quality evaluation and design and operation of biological and other wastewater treatment systems; design of facilities for wastewater treatment. Prerequisite: Senior standing in engineering.

One or more topics of environmental engineering. May be repeated when topic changes. Prerequisite: senior standing.

A fundamental approach to air pollutants classification, sources and effects; theories of air quality, air pollution control and atmospheric science; control technologies of particulate and gaseous air pollutants, and process design variables; introduction to air pollution meteorology and dispersion modeling. Prerequisites: Senior standing in engineering. (Credit may not be obtained in both CHEN 4386 and EVEN 4386.)

Internships in industry, government or consulting companies, designed to broaden the skills obtained through curricular education. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

Experimental study of various petroleum reservoirs properties including, porosity, permeability, pore pressure, rock compressibility, rock resistivity, and capillary pressure. Prerequisite: Junior standing in engineering. Credit for or current registration in NGEN 3322.

Standard laboratory testing of drilling fluids including density, marsh viscosity, rheology, retort kit separation, API filter press-static filtration, lubricity and electrical stability. Prerequisite: Junior standing in engineering. Credit for or current registration in NGEN 3393 required.

Physical properties of petroleum reservoir rocks, lithology, porosity, fluid saturations, permeability and capillary characteristics as they relate to the production of oil and gas. Properties of hydrocarbon systems. Material balance methods. Flow of fluids in porous media. Prerequisites: CHEM 3323 and GEOL 4307. Credit or registration in NGEN 3392.

Fee: $5.00

The course is designed to give an overview on the definition of resources/reserves, formation evaluation (production forecast and reserves estimate), and petroleum economics. The students acquire the background of basic economics in evaluating an oil and gas property. The requirement also includes the engineering calculations that are needed for estimating cost and profit associated with a project. Prerequisite: NGEN 3392.

Fundamentals of momentum transport including fluid statics, flow of compressible and incompressible fluids, pumps, turbines, and compressors, with computer applications. Prerequisites: MATH 3320; credit or registration in MEEN 2355.

Introduction to drilling equipment and methods, drilling fluids, casing and drill string design, bit selection, and cementing of wells. Application of computers to the drilling of wells. Contemporary methods of well completion. Prerequisites: CEEN 3311, NGEN 3322 and NGEN 3392.

Experimental study of hydrocarbon gas and liquid properties and flow rates measurements under different conditions. Several of the experiments are gas flow studies through pipes made of different materials, various types of valves and fittings. Experiments also include Heat Exchanges, Distillation Column, and Gas–Liquid Absorption. Prerequisite: Credit or registration in NGEN 4378.

Principles of design from conception to completion, and various constraints of designs including, economics, safety, ethics, and environment. The economics will cover cost estimation, time value of money and its application to oil and gas property evaluation. Prerequisites: CHEN 3321 and credit or registration in NGEN 4396.

Pipeline and compressor station design. Pipeline integrity and environmental issues associated with pipeline placement and design. Prerequisites: CHEN 3321 or NGEN 3392.

Theory and practice of hydrocarbon properties, and flow measurement through orifice, turbine, ultrasonic, and Coriolis flow meters, and flow meter design. Prerequisite: NGEN 4375.

This course provides a comprehensive technical review of the compressed and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry. The course objectives are to describe - the cryogenic processes of natural gas, LNG specific properties, equipment and technical processes, hazards associated with operations, hazard prevention and mitigation measures, LNG storage, loading/offloading and transportation. Use of computer aided simulation and economic evaluation of LNG facilities design. Prerequisite: NGEN 4389.

The study of principles of operation, design, simulation, and economics of processing natural gas and the associated liquids. Use of computer aided design and economic evaluation of facility designs. Prerequisite: NGEN 4389 and NGEN 4375.

Theory of well-logging techniques and applications, electrical resistivity, radioactive and acoustic properties of rocks. Interpretation of resistivity, spontaneous potential, gamma-ray, neutron, and sonic logs. Prerequisite: NGEN 3393 and GEOL 4307.

Fundamentals of separation processes in petroleum industry, including sedimentation, filtration, centrifugation, thermodynamic phase equilibrium flash calculations, gas absorption, and distillation with computer design applications. Pre-requisites: CHEN 3310 and CHEN 3321.

Theory, design and methods of gas production, well testing and production forecasting. Estimating the value of gas and oil properties. Environmental issues and professional responsibility. Prerequisites: NGEN 3393.

In teams, students complete significant design projects that include two or more aspects of natural gas engineering. Prerequisite: NGEN 4297 and credit or registration in NGEN 4383, NGEN 4387, and NGEN 4378.