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Principles of heat and mass transfer. Steady and transient conduction and diffusion. Radiative heat transfer. Convective transport of heat and mass in both laminar and turbulent flows. Emphasis on the development of a physical understanding of the underlying phenomena and upon the ability to solve real heat and mass transfer problems of eng
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- chemical engineering
- heat transfer
- mass transfer
- transport processes
- conservation of energy
- heat diffusion
- boundary and initial conditions
- conduction
- steady-state conduction
- heat diffusion equation
- spatial effects
- radiation
- blackbody exchange
- extended surfaces
- gray surfaces
- heat exchangers
- convection
- boundary layers
- steady diffusion
- transient
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This course covers the general principles of separation by equilibrium and rate processes. Topics include staged cascades and applications to distillation, absorption, adsorption, and membrane processes. Phase equilibria and the role of diffusion are also covered.
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- chemical engineering
- separation process
- chemical mixtures
- biological mixtures
- distillation
- membrane processes
- chromatography
- adsorption
- precipitation
- crystallization
- filtration
- membrane filtration
- fixed bed adsorption
- reverse osmosis
- mccabe-thiele
- stripping
- equilibrium
- rate processes
- staged cascades
- absorption
- phase equilibria
- diffusion
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This course focuses on the use of modern computational and mathematical techniques in chemical engineering. Starting from a discussion of linear systems as the basic computational unit in scientific computing, methods for solving sets of nonlinear algebraic equations, ordinary differential equations, and differential-algebraic (DAE) systems
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- chemical engineering
- matlab
- modern computational techniques in chemical engineering
- mathematical techniques in chemical engineering
- linear systems
- scientific computing
- solving sets of nonlinear algebraic equations
- solving ordinary differential equations
- solving differential-algebraic (dae) systems
- probability theory
- use of probability theory in physica
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Numerical methods for solving problems arising in heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, chemical reaction engineering, and molecular simulation. Topics: numerical linear algebra, solution of nonlinear algebraic equations and ordinary differential equations, solution of partial differential equations (e.g. Navier-Stokes), numerical method
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- chemical engineering
- matlab
- modern computational techniques in chemical engineering
- mathematical techniques in chemical engineering
- linear systems
- scientific computing
- solving sets of nonlinear algebraic equations
- solving ordinary differential equations
- solving differential-algebraic (dae) systems
- probability theory
- use of probability theory in physica
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This course applies the concepts of reaction rate, stoichiometry and equilibrium to the analysis of chemical and biological reacting systems, derivation of rate expressions from reaction mechanisms and equilibrium or steady state assumptions, design of chemical and biochemical reactors via synthesis of chemical kinetics, transport phenomena
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This course aims to connect the principles, concepts, and laws/postulates of classical and statistical thermodynamics to applications that require quantitative knowledge of thermodynamic properties from a macroscopic to a molecular level. It covers their basic postulates of classical thermodynamics and their application to transient open an
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- chemical engineering
- thermodynamics
- first law
- second law
- entropy
- carnot
- gibbs
- energy
- free energy
- equilibrium
- ideal gas
- statistical mechanics
- ensemble
- hamiltonian
- fugacity
- fluids
- phase
- stability
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This course focuses on the interaction of chemical engineering, biochemistry, and microbiology. Mathematical representations of microbial systems are featured among lecture topics. Kinetics of growth, death, and metabolism are also covered. Continuous fermentation, agitation, mass transfer, and scale-up in fermentation systems, and enzyme t
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- chemical engineering
- chemical engineering
- biochemistry
- microbiology
- mathematical representations of microbial systems
- kinetics of growth
- kinetics of death
- kinetics of metabolism
- continuous fermentation
- agitation
- mass transfer
- scale-up in fermentation systems
- enzyme technology
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This course serves as an introduction to the fundamental principles of separation operations for the recovery of products from biological processes, membrane filtration, chromatography, centrifugation, cell disruption, extraction, and process design.
This course was last taught during the regular school year in the Spring semester of 1999,
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- chemical engineering
- separation operations
- recovery of products from biological processes
- membrane filtration
- chromatography
- centrifugation
- cell disruption
- extraction
- process design
- downstream processing
- biochemical product recovery
- modes of recovery and purification
- biochemical engineering
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This course introduces dynamic processes and the engineering tasks of process operations and control. Subject covers modeling the static and dynamic behavior of processes; control strategies; design of feedback, feedforward, and other control structures; and applications to process equipment.
Dedication
In preparing this material, the autho
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- chemical engineering
- process dynamics
- control feedback
- cascade
- tank
- series
- operations
- chemical engineering
- controller
- valve
- transducer
- feedforward
- differential equations
- laplace transform
- exothermic
- reactor
- control systems
- control strategies
- control structures
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Experiments in this class are broadly aimed at acquainting students with the range of properties of polymers, methods of synthesis, and physical chemistry. Some examples of laboratory work include solution polymerization of acrylamide, bead polymerization of divinylbenzene, and interfacial polymerization of nylon 6,10. Evaluation of network
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- chemical engineering
- polymers
- polymer laboratory
- polymer experiments
- properties of polymers
- methods of polymer synthesis
- physical chemistry
- solution polymerization of acrylamide
- bead polymerization of divinylbenzene
- interfacial polymerization of nylon 6
- 10
- evaluation of networks by tensile and swelling experiments
- rheology of polymer solutions and su
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This course uses reaction kinetics, batch reactor analysis, batch distillation, batch operations scheduling, safety analysis, and the ABACUSS process simulator to introduce process design and analysis techniques.
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The materials for the Fall 2006 offering of this course were drawn extensively from the materials that Professor
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- chemical engineering
- integrated chemical engineering
- chemical process
- process design
- abacuss
- batch reactor
- chemical kinetics
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This course introduces students to methods and background needed for the conceptual design of continuously operating chemical plants. Particular attention is paid to the use of process modeling tools such as Aspen that are used in industry and to problems of current interest. Each student team is assigned to evaluate and design a different
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- chemical engineering
- integrated chemical engineering
- ice
- process design
- differential equations
- separation processes
- simulation
- flowsheet
- reactor design
- transport phenomena
- economic feasibility study
- economic analysis
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In the ICE-Topics courses, various chemical engineering problems are presented and analyzed in an industrial context. Emphasis is on the integration of fundamentals with material property estimation, process control, product development, and computer simulation. Integration of societal issues, such as engineering ethics, environmental and s
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- chemical engineering
- process control
- heat exchanger network
- design
- shower process
- continuous chemical processes
- dynamic simulation
- implementation
- controllers
- feedback structure
- material model
- energy balance model
- linearizing equations
- relative gain array
- disturbance cost
- proportional control algorithm
- steady-state model
- numerical linearization
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This course provides a brief introduction to the field of biocatalysis in the context of process design. Fundamental topics include why and when one may choose to use biological systems for chemical conversion, considerations for using free enzymes versus whole cells, and issues related to design and development of bioconversion processes.
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- chemical engineering
- biocatalysis
- enzymes
- enzyme kinetics
- whole cell catalysts
- biocatalytic processes
- site-directed mutagenesis
- cloning
- enzyme performance
- enzyme specificity
- enzyme inhibition
- enzyme toxicity
- yield
- enzyme instability
- equilibrium reactions
- product solubility
- substrate solubility
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This course is an advanced subject in fluid and continuum mechanics. The course content includes kinematics, macroscopic balances for linear and angular momentum, stress tensors, creeping flows and the lubrication approximation, the boundary layer approximation, linear stability theory, and some simple turbulent flows.
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- chemical engineering
- fluid mechanics
- continuum mechanics
- kinematics
- macroscopic balances for linear momentum
- macroscopic balances for angular momentum
- the stress tensor
- creeping flows
- lubrication approximation
- boundary layer approximation
- linear stability theory
- simple turbulent flows
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This class covers molecular-level engineering and analysis of chemical processes. The use of chemical bonding, reactivity, and other key concepts in the design and tailoring of organic systems are discussed in this class. Specific class topics include application and development of structure-property relationships, and descriptions of the c
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- chemical engineering
- molecular-level engineering
- analysis of chemical processes
- chemical bonding
- reactivity
- design of organic systems
- tailoring of organic systems
- application and development of structure-property relationships
- descriptions of the chemical forces and structural factors that govern supramolecular and interfacial phenomena for molecular and
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