Undergraduate Course Information
CBE 20255 - Introduction to Chemical Engineering Analysis
This is the foundation course in chemical engineering. The principles of mass and energy conservation, which comprise fundamental physical laws are used with constitutive equations ... more >
CBE 20256 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
This course covers the basic concepts of chemical engineering thermodynamics. It includes a review of the First Law (which was originally covered in CBE 20255), ... more >
CBE 20258 - Computer Methods in Chemical Engineering
Algorithms for solving algebraic (e.g., Gaussian Elimination, PLU decomposition, etc.) and differential equations (e.g., Runge-Kutta, Shooting methods) are derived and implemented using Matlab. Statistics and ... more >
CBE 20290 - Career Choices for Engineers
A seminar series featuring selected speakers who are employed or consult with high tech business enterprises of both national and global involvement. The presentations and ... more >
CBE 30324 - Physical Chemistry for Chemical Engineers
In Chemical Engineering we learn to describe the macroscopic, material world around us in terms of classical models like Newton's Laws of motion or the ... more >
CBE 30338 - Chemical Process Control
While the idealization of chemical processes is that they are operated at steady-state, they are in fact usually dynamic (unsteady state). Process feed compositions may ... more >
CBE 30355 - Transport Phenomena I
Basic conservation principles of energy, mass, and momentum are used to derive the integral and differential forms of the transport equations. These equations are used ... more >
CBE 30356 - Transport Phenomena II
Integral and differential transport equations are applied to the solution of heat and mass transfer problems of interest to chemical engineers. more >
CBE 30361 - Science of Engineering Materials
This is an introductory course that examines the relationship between the structure, processing, and properties of engineering materials. Common engineering materials, including steel, concrete, ceramics, ... more >
CBE 31358 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
Chemical engineering laboratory courses are comprised of experiments that cover most of the major subject areas of chemical engineering. The rationale for combining all of ... more >
CBE 40443 - Separation Processes
This course demonstrates the application of the principles of phase equilibria, transport processes, and chemical kinetics to the design and characterization of stagewise and continuous ... more >
CBE 40445 - Chemical Reaction Engineering
The basic concepts of chemical rate processes are applied to the theory of the design and operation of the various types of commercial reactors for ... more >
CBE 40447 - Computational Chemistry
Atomic scale simulations have exploded in importance in the last twenty years, largely because of the exponential growth in computing power available to ... more >
CBE 40448 - Chemical Process Design
This course represents a capstone in the chemical engineering curriculum. In this course students will have the opportunity to apply the basic concepts learned in ... more >
CBE 40456 - Polymer Engineering
A course for seniors and graduate students in science and engineering who are interested in applications of engineering to polymer science and technology. Topics include ... more >
CBE 40461 - Structure of Solids
This class seeks to provide students with an understanding of the structure of solids, primarily as found in metals, alloys, and ceramics applied in technological ... more >
CBE 40465 - Intermolecular Forces
A study of some of the major concepts of electrochemistry and materials science that provides the student with a foundation for understanding, at a conceptual ... more >
CBE 40472 - Modeling the Earth's Systems: Dynamics in Ecology and the Environment
This course covers various topics pertaining to the Earth's ecological and biogeochemical systems and the effects of disturbances or imbalances, particularly those caused by human/industrial ... more >
CBE 40481 - Biomedical Engineering Transport Phenomena
This course brings together fundamental engineering and life science principles, and provides a focused coverage of key concepts in biomedical engineering transport phenomena. The emphasis ... more >
CBE 40485 - Biological Thermodynamics
This course provides a survey of the use and application of classical and statistical thermodynamics to biological systems. It covers how the First and Second ... more >
CBE 40498 - Energy & Climate
This course integrates the principles of physical sciences and engineering as they pertain to energy, its sources and uses and the impact of these on ... more >
CBE 40575 - Applied Optimization for Process Operations
The development of important technologies are presented with some explanation of the engineering and science necessary for their development and implementation. The resulting impact on ... more >
CBE 40911 - Fuel Cells Science and Technology
Principles of the conversion of electrochemical energy to electrical power and the engineering requirements of an operating fuel cell. more >
CBE 41362 - Laboratory Technology in Materials Science
This course is intended for junior chemical engineering majors who are participating in the materials certificate program. The goal of the course is to introduce ... more >
CBE 41459 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
Chemical engineering laboratory courses are composed of experiments that cover most of the major subject areas of chemical engineering. The rationale for combining all of ... more >
