University of Delaware
Graduate Catalog 1996-1997
College of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Course Descriptions
CHEG 595 Patent Law for Engineers and Scientists 3
Methods of protecting intellectual property. Patents, trademarks,
copyrights, trade secrets and unfair methods of competition, including
analyses of significant court decisions in each area. Directed to
innovators in all fields interested in legal protection of their ideas.
CHEG 601 Structure and Properties of Polymer Materials 3
See MASC601 for course description.
CHEG 602 Polymer Process Analysis and Design 3
Development of the tools of continuum mechanics necessary for the
quantitative description of viscoelastic media. Use of principles of
chemical kinetics, fluid and continuum mechanics and heat and mass
transfer to describe the production and processing of polymeric
materials.
PREREQ: CHEG342.
CHEG 603 Polymerization Reaction Engineering 3
Introduction to polymer chemistry and reactor design with emphasis on
mechanics and kinetics of polymerization, macromolecular structure, and
the influence of reactor geometry and process conditions on polymer
properties.
PREREQ: CHEM444.
CHEG 604 Introduction to Polymer Science and Engineering II 3
Introduction to polymer physics with emphasis on structure-property
models for bulk polymers, viscoelasticity, polymer morphology,
crystallization and crystallization kinetics, effects of processing on
bulk polymers, and structure-property correlations for bulk polymers.
PREREQ: CHEG603.
CHEG 605 Multiphase Fluid Mechanics 3
Presents topics in fluid dynamics of practical importance in the
chemical process industries, emphasizing two-phase flow and other
advanced topics. Covers two-phase gas-liquid and solid-liquid flow,
compressible flow, turbulence, non-Newtonian flow and prime movers.
PREREQ: CHEG341 or other introductory course in fluid mechanics.
CHEG 606 Introduction to Catalysis 3
Industrial catalytic reactions, mechanisms, kinetics and phase behavior.
Theory of catalysis from solutions to non-uniform surfaces.
PREREQ: CHEM331, CHEM443, CHEM444 and CHEG332.
CHEG 610 Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 3
Investigation of the role of chemistry and engineering in important
industrial processes. Emphasis on innovations in chemical processing
routes based on the interplay between chemistry and engineering.
Flowsheeting of specific routes.
RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
CHEG 612 Applied Process Heat Transfer 3
Principles of heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation
illustrated through the case study approach. Emphasis on analyzing heat
balance and heat transfer equations with their proper boundary
conditions.
PREREQ: CHEG342.
CHEG 615 Special Topics in Mixing 3
Introduces basic principles of fluid dynamics, rheology and turbulence
that dictate the mixing behavior required to implement a desired process
result. Agitation in vessels and pipeline and viscous mixing discussed.
Emphasis on recent research on the effects of mixing on chemical
reactions.
CHEG 616 Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces and Interfaces 3
Fundamental and engineering aspects of metal, inorganic and polymer
surfaces; their structure and defects, characterization, thermodynamics,
adsorption and electronic properties. Applications to catalysis,
microelectronics, mechanical properties and environment sensitive
behavior. May be cross-listed with MASC616.
CHEG 620 Biochemical Engineering 3
Application of chemical engineering principles to design and analysis of
biological reactors and product recovery processes. Includes
introduction to microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology with
emphasis on recombinant cells.
PREREQ: CHEG332 and CHEG342.
CHEG 622 Risks, Hazards, and the Environment 3
Topics include: Risks-reliability engineering, failure analysis, design
and operation of hazardous processes; hazards-toxicology and risk
assessment, pharmacokinetics, fate and transport of chemical in the
environment; environment-dispersion of chemicals and particulates,
source models, chemical and biological treatment of wastes.
PREREQ: CHEG341 and CHEG325.
COREQ: CHEG342.
CHEG 635 Air Pollution and Its Control 3
See CIEG635 for course description.
CHEG 650 Biomedical Engineering I 3
Application of engineering concepts and techniques to problems in
biomedicine. Mass transfer and chemical reactions in the body, drug
distribution, kidney and other organ physiology, and artificial organs.
PREREQ: Upper division or graduate standing in engineering or
equivalent.
CHEG 691 Technical Project Management 3
The organization, planning, and control of technical projects. Emphasis
on the application of quantitative techniques of management, critical
path analysis, linear programming, stochastic decision making, risk
analysis and forecasting.
RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
CHEG 801 Process Control and Dynamics 3
Extension of SISO control concepts to MIMO systems appropriate to the
chemical industry. Direct synthesis methods, internal model reference
control, robust control and control in stochastic systems.
PREREQ: Undergraduate control course.
CHEG 825 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3
Applications of classical and molecular thermodynamics to industrial
problems in chemical and phase equilibrium. Topics include nonideal
solutions, high pressure systems, complex reaction equilibria,
generalized correlations and equations of state.
PREREQ: CHEG325 and CHEM444.
CHEG 826 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3
Applications of classical and molecular thermodynamics to industrial
problems in chemical and phase equilibrium. Topics include nonideal
solutions, high pressure systems, complex reaction equilibria,
generalized correlations and equations of state.
PREREQ: CHEG325 and CHEM444.
CHEG 827 Chemical Engineering Problems 2-3
The application of mathematical methods to the solution of chemical
engineering problems. The use of ordinary and partial differential
equations and of difference equations in fluid flow, heat transfer,
diffusion and other unit operations.
PREREQ: CHEG443 and MATH302.
CHEG 828 Statistical Thermodynamics 2-3
A discussion of the concepts of classical statistical mechanics, with
special emphasis on applications, thermodynamic modeling and physical
properties correlations.
CHEG 830 Fluid Mechanics 3
Use of field equations of motion and a variety of constitutive
assumptions to solve problems involving both laminar and turbulent
flows. Emphasizes polymer processing, fluids transport and boundary
layer theory.
PREREQ: Undergraduate study in fluid mechanics or transport phenomena.
CHEG 835 Applied Chemical Kinetics 3
The application of modern methods and recent experimental data to the
design of chemical reaction equipment.
PREREQ: Requires undergraduate reaction engineering and physical
chemistry.
CHEG 836 Applied Chemical Kinetics 3
Topics in chemical reaction engineering, applied kinetics and industrial
catalysis.
PREREQ: CHEG835.
CHEG 863 Diffusional Operations 3
Advanced coverage of the latest theoretical and experimental studies in
several fields involving mass transfer. These fields include
humidification, absorption, extraction, distillation, ion exchange and
adsorption.
PREREQ: CHEM444.
CHEG 868 Research 1-9
CHEG 869 Master's Thesis 1-6
Laboratory study of some phase of chemical engineering on which
information is lacking, with the goals of contributing new data and
theory. Although supervised, work will be independent in nature to
encourage the development of initiative.
CHEG 964 Pre-Candidacy Study 3-12 PF
Research and readings in preparation of dissertation topic and/or
qualifying examinations for doctoral students before admission to
candidacy but after completion of all required course work.
RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy.
CHEG 969 Doctoral Dissertation 1-12 PF
UNIV 895 Master's Sustaining: Non-Thesis 0 PF
UNIV 899 Master's Sustaining: Thesis 0 PF
UNIV 999 Doctoral Sustaining 0 PF