Curriculum
| Credit | ECTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChE 555 |
Applied Mathematics and Modeling for Chemical Engineers I Modeling and mathematical formulation of lumped-parameter and distributed-parameter systems encountered in chemical engineering. Review of analytical and numerical methods used in the solution of ordinary and partial differential equations. |
3 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| ChE 579 |
Graduate Seminar The widening of students' perspectives and awareness of topics of interest to chemical engineers through seminars offered by faculty, guest speakers and graduate students. |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| ChE 631 |
Advanced Fluid Mechanics Tensor algebra; continuum hypothesis; continuity and momentum equations; Lagrangian and Eulerian approach; ideal and potential flows; Navier - Stokes equation; exact and approximate solutions; creeping flow; laminar and turbulent boundary layer theory; lubrication theory. |
3 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| -- | Elective | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| -- | Elective | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 12 | 13 | 32 | 33 |
| Credit | ECTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChE 622 |
Statistical Thermodynamics Review of classical thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. Ensembles and partition functions. Estimation of thermodynamic properties. Fluctuations. Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. Ideal gases. Crystals. Imperfect gases. Introduction to lattice statistics and to liquids. |
3 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| ChE 642 |
Catalytic Reactor Analysis and Design Fundamentals of heterogeneous catalytic reaction systems with emphasis on the interaction of chemical and physical rate processes. Microkinetic analysis of solid-catalyzed reactions with and without external and/or internal heat and mass transfer resistances at the particle level. Macrokinetic analysis of two-phase catalytic reactors including design and simulation of fixed-bed reactors by pseudohomogeneous and heterogeneous models; scale up strategies. Introduction to two-phase catalytic micro-structured reactors and design by numbering up. |
3 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| -- | Elective | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| -- | Elective | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 12 | 12 | 30 | 30 |
| Credit | ECTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChE 690 | M.S. Thesis in Chemical Engineering | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60 |
| 60 | 60 |
