Graduate Course Offerings
- Penn State graduate bulletin (White Book) course descriptions web site.
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Ch E 501, Bioengineering Transport Phenomena (3)
Application of the equations of mass, energy, and momentum conservation to physiological phenomena and to the design of artificial organs.
Note: Ch E 501 can be taken in place of Ch E 546 to satisfy the Department's requirement for an advanced transport course. -
Ch E 503, Fluid Mechanics of Bioengineering Systems (3)
Cardiovascular system and blood flow, non-Newtonian fluid description, vessel flows, unsteady flows and wave motion, windkessel theory, transmission line theory. -
Ch E 507, Simulation and Modeling (3)
Synthesis of subsystem and system models, emphasizing the generality of the principles for application to diverse physical and chemical processes. -
Ch E 509, Heat Transfer Applications (3)
Advanced treatment of steady-state and transient conduction, convection, and radiation, with emphasis on numerical methods and design techniques.
Prerequisite: an undergraduate course in heat transfer. -
Ch E 516, Methods of Process Design (3)
Survey of mathematical techniques of chemical process design, with emphasis on economic choice and optimal decision making. -
Ch E 524, Chemical Engineering Applications of Thermodynamics (3) - Required
Thermodynamics of pure fluids and fluid mixtures with emphasis on applications to phase equilibria calculations of importance in Chemical Engineering. -
Ch E 528, Colloidal Forces and Thermodynamics (3)
Unified treatment of formation, growth and stability of colloids based on principles of intermolecular and colloidal forces and thermodynamics.
Prerequisite: CHEM 451, Ch E 320 or an equivalent background in chemical thermodynamics.
Ch E 528 Chemical Engineering course description. -
Ch E 535, Chemical Reaction Engineering (3) - Required
Optimal design of batch and continuous chemical reactors and reactor batteries; effect of mixing on reactor operation. -
Ch E 536, Heterogeneous Catalysis (3)
Thermodynamics and kinetics of adsorption and reactions on solid surfaces, heat and mass transfer effects, theory and correlations in catalysis.
Prerequisite: CHEM 450, CHEM 452. -
Ch E 544, General Transport Phenomena (3) - Required
Formulation and solution of transport problems involving momentum, heat, and mass transfer, with chemical engineering applications.
Prerequisites: CH E 330, CH E 350, or CH E 410. -
Ch E 545, Transport Phenomena I (3)
Momentum transport, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layer analysis, non-Newtonian flow, mechanical energy balance, chemical engineering applications. -
Ch E 546, Transport Phenomena II (3) - Required
Heat and mass transfer, steady and unsteady state, coupling, molecular diffusion, moving boundaries, transfer coefficients, chemical engineering applications. -
Ch E 548, Multistage Mass Transfer Operations (3)
Rigorous solution of complex problems in distillation, extraction, and absorption, including computer methods.
Prerequisite: an undergraduate course in mass transfer. -
Ch E 550, Dynamics of Chemical Systems (3)
Systems models; steady-state multiplicity; linear and nonlinear stability; oscillatory and chaotic states; multivariable and optimal; non-equilibrium thermodynamic stability.
Prerequisite: CH E 450. -
Ch E 576, Environmental Transport Processes (3)
Fundamentals of chemical transport in engineered environments, such as biofilm reactors, and natural systems including aquifers and rivers.
Prerequisite: C E 475. -
Ch E 590, Colloquium (1 - 3) - Required
Continuing seminars which consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers. - Ch E 596, Individual Studies (1-9)
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Ch E 597, Special Topics (1-9)
Some recent course offerings include:-
Advanced Polymer Processing
Application of principles of heat, mass, and momentum transfer to analysis of polymer processing. -
Polymer Solution Thermodynamics
Fundamental and applied aspects of modeling solution properties of polymers. -
Bioprocess Engineering
Principles of engineering applied to biochemical production, with emphasis on biochemical separations, microbial growth kinetics, and enzyme catalysis. -
Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering
Application of numerical analysis and computational methods to the solution of algebraic and differential equations of relevance to chemical engineering. -
Math
Advanced analytical methods involving vectors and tensors with applications to transport processes. -
Non-Linear Optimization: Fundamental and Applications
Fundamentals of optimization and applications in Chemical Engineering. -
Environmental Transport Processes
(co-listed as C E 576 taught by Professor Logan)
Fundamentals of mass transport of chemicals between air, water, soil and biota. Note: This course does not satisfy the Department's core transport requirement. -
Surfactant Self-Assembly
The course discusses quantitative, predictive theories for diverse self-assembly phenomena such as micellization, solubilization, micro-emulsification, and surfactant-polymer interactions developed on the basis of molecular thermodynamic methods.
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Advanced Polymer Processing
Updated 12/04/07
