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College of Engineering - Curriculum Guide

Chemical Engineering

Ronald J. Willey, PhD, Professor and Interim Chair

Professor
Albert Sacco Jr., PhD
George A. Snell
Professor of Engineering

Associate Professors
Nurcan Bac, PhD
Gilda A. Barabino, PhD

Assistant Professors
Carolyn W. T. Lee, PhD
Katherine S. Ziemer, PhD

Visiting Professors
Michael Manning, ScD
John Paul San Giovanni, PhD

Professors Emeriti
John A. Williams, PhD
Donald L. Wise, PhD

Associate Professors Emeriti
Ralph A. Buonopane, PhD
Bernard M. Goodwin, ScD
Richard R. Stewart, PhD

The chemical engineering program offers students a broad education that stresses the fundamentals of science, technology, and engineering and incorporates state-of-the-art computer-aided design and management of chemical production processes. An undergraduate degree in chemical engineering provides a solid background for practice or graduate study in the diverse areas of chemical engineering found in industry. Chemical engineers are creative problem-solvers whose work touches all of our lives. They create new products such as the wonder drugs that improve our well-being, materials that enhance our life on earth, and systems that make space exploration possible. Petrochemicals, biomedicines, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, plastics, fibers, and synthetic fuels are among the materials of the modern world that are the results of chemical engineering. Chemical engineers explore ways to reduce acid rain and smog, to recycle and reduce wastes, to develop new sources of environmentally clean energy, and to use existing resources safely and efficiently. Chemical engineers develop new products while seeking ways to reduce costs, increase production, and improve the quality and safety of new products.

The faculty of the chemical engineering program are committed to providing a practice-oriented education by sharing responsibility with the students for learning and by providing an academic environment that encourages active learning. A professional component prepares students to apply rigorous chemical engineering principles to a variety of contemporary problems and includes thorough groundwork in mathematics, physical sciences, and engineering science as well as real-world design and laboratory experiences. A liberal arts component is included to provide students with the general education skills necessary to identify the impact of engineering decisions in a broad societal context. The cooperative education component provides an integrated educational experience that enables students to gain practical workplace knowledge that is supported by an academic curriculum designed to integrate theoretical concepts and practical applications. This combination of academic and cooperative education opportunities enables students to gain more knowledge, with increasing challenges and responsibilities, while progressing toward fully professional careers in chemical engineering.

The chemical engineering program integrates faculty expertise and scholarship, a rigorous set of academic courses, and real-world cooperative education experiences to provide an education for students that will enable them to identify and solve chemical engineering problems; understand, analyze, and design chemical processes; be proficient in the use of modern engineering tools; be proficient in oral and written communication of their work and ideas; become independent learners and workers; participate effectively in intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary groups; design and perform laboratory experiments to acquire data and evaluate theories; understand the environmental and safety impact of their work as chemical engineers; understand the global and societal impact of engineering problems and solutions; conduct themselves in accordance with the highest ethical and professional standards; and be prepared for lifelong learning and continuing education. The chemical engineering curriculum shown below is designed to meet the objectives here set forth and is periodically evaluated and revised to ensure that graduates of the program achieve these objectives. See pages course descriptions for more information.

Quarters 1­3	See intro. (In Quarter 3 replace PHY 1523 with CHM 1138, General Chemistry Lab.)
Quarter 4	CHE 1201, Chemical Engineering Calculations 1; CHE 1205, Computation Lab; CHM 1271, Organic Chemistry 1; MTH 1223, Calculus for Engineering Majors 4; GE 1003, Reflection on Cooperative Education; and one general elective.
Quarter 5	CHE 1202, Chemical Engineering Calculations 2; CHM 1272, Organic Chemistry 2 with Lab; MTH 1225, Differential Equations (Engineering) 1; and one historical perspective elective.
Quarter 6	CHE 1211, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 1; CHM 1381, Physical Chemistry 1; CHM 1394, Experimental Physical Chemistry 1; MTH 1230, Linear Algebra; and one social/cultural context elective.
Quarter 7	CHE 1310, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 2; CHE 1321, Momentum Transport; CHM 1382, Physical Chemistry 2; CHM 1395, Experimental Physical Chemistry 2; GE 1004, Professional Issues in Engineering; and ENG 1125, Technical Writing.
Quarter 8	CHE 1415, Experimental Methods 1; CHE 1421, Chemical Engineering Kinetics; CHE 1431, Heat Transport; and ECN 1115, Principles of Macroeconomics.
Quarter 9	CHE 1416, Experimental Methods 2; CHE 1441, Separation Processes; CHE 1450, Chemical Engineering Economics; GE 1005, Career Management; and one general elective.
Quarter 10	CHE 1501, Process Design 1; CHE 1512, Chemical Process Control; CHE 1516, Mass Transfer Operations; and one engineering elective.
Quarter 11	CHE 1502, Process Design 2; two chemical engineering electives; and one (Spring only) advanced chemistry elective.

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