60 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION


ECH 6147-Statistical Thermodynamics (2) Use of statistical
mechanics to describe, predict, and correlate thermodynamic
properties of compounds and mixtures.
ECH 6159-Advanced Seminar in Thermodynamics (2; max:
8) Prereq: consent of instructor. Research and current literature.
ECH 6206-Turbulent Transport Phenomena (2) Prereq: ECH
6285. Statistical theory of turbulence; correlation coefficients,
energy spectra, isotropy and homogeneity, eddy diffusivity, and
viscosity tensors. Boundary layer theory.
 ECH 6207-Rheology (2) Analysis and characterization of
 theological systems.
 ECH 6208-Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics (2) Constitutive
 equations for non-Newtonian fluids (including viscoelastic
 substances) such as polymers, plastics, paints, and slurries.
 ECH 6226-Heat Transfer Operations (2) Process design of
 equipment for heat transfer operations based on performance
 and economic optima.
 ECH 6261-Introduction to Transport Phenomena (3) Prereq:
 MAC 3202. Basic equations of change for heat,-mass, and
 momentum. Applications of conservation and flux equations
 for laminar and turbulent flow. Transfer coefficients,
 macroscopic balances.
 ECH 6263-Advanced Transport Phenomena (2-3) Prereq: ECH
 6261. Multicomponent equations of change, coupling of fluxes,
 angular momentum equation, differential macroscopic balances,
 population balances, transport in porous media, electrochemical
 systems, interfaces and the atmosphere, statistical theory of
 turbulence.
 ECH 6269-Advanced Seminar in Transport Phenomena (2;
 max: 8) Prereq: ECH 6285. Research and current literature.
 ECH 6285-Transport Phenomena (1-3) Prereq: ECH 6261.
 Continuation of ECH 6261.
 ECH 6286-Interfacial Transport Phenomena (2) Prereq: ECH
 6285. Transport of heat, mass and momentum at interfaces. Heat
 and mass transfer coefficients, drag coefficient, and friction
 factor. Boundary layer theory.
 ECH 6296-Transport Properties and Irreversible Thermo-
 dynamics (2) Prereq: ECH 6126. Molecular models and statistical
 mechanical methods useful in the prediction and correlation
 of viscosity, diffusivity, and thermal conductivity of fluids.
 Boltzmann equation, radial distribution function, cell models,
 absolute rate theory, corresponding states principle.
 ECH 6306-Process Dynamics 1 (2) Dynamics and control of
 chemical processing systems, with emphasis on the dynamics
 of the unit operations and chemical reactions. Analog simulation
 of chemical processing systems.
SECH 6307-Process Dynamics II (2)
 ECH 6326-Computer Control of Processes (2) Introduction
 to digital computers, sampled data systems and Z-transforms,
 control of multiple'input-multiple output systems, optimal
 control, state estimation and filtering, self-tuning regulators.
 ECH 6328-Advanced Seminar in Process Control (2; max: 8)
 Prereq: ECH 6306, 6307. Research and current problems.
 ECH 6406-Mass Transfer Operations (2) Process design of
 equipment for mass transfer operations based on performance
 and economic optima.
 ECH 6413-Stagewise Separations Processes (2) Theory, design,
 and evaluation of separation processes such as distillation
 columns, extractors, and absorbers. Multicomponent-multistage
 distributions using rigorous digital computer computational
 methods. Real-time modeling for process automation.
 ECH 6428-Advances in Separations Processes (2) Prereq: ECH
 6413. Separations processes such as thermal diffusion, molecular
 distillation, fractional crystallization, absorption fractionation,
 and zone refining.
 ECH 6506-Chemical Engineering Kinetics (3) Fundamental
 aspects of chemical reactors, including collision theory, transi-
 tion rate theory, unimolecular rate theory, homogeneous gas
 and liquid phase kinetics, and heterogeneous kinetics.
 ECH 6526-Reactor Design and Optimization (3) Fundamentals
 of heterogeneous reactor design including the characterization
 of catalytic reactions and support, the development of global
 rate of the intrinsic reaction affected by chemical and physical
 deactivation of catalyst, intra- and interphase mass and heat
 transfer, and the design and optimization of various types of
 heterogeneous reactors.
 ECH 6606-Process Econonm Analysis (2) Economics in design
 and operation of chemical engineering equipment. Analysis for


decision under conditions of certainty and uncertainty with
applications of queuing, Monte Carlo, Markov Processes, and
geometric and dynamic programming.
ECH 6626-Optimization Techniques (2) Prereq: ECH 4842 or
6845. Introduction to optimization techniques used in chemical
process operations, process control, and systems engineering.
ECH 6627-Process Systems Optimization (2) Optimization of
chemical processes and systems, with particular emphasis on
dynamic programming and the maximum principle.
ECH 6646-Process Equipment Design (2) Unit operations, with
emphasis on design of equipment to perform the service
required, considering capacity, materials, equipment, and
economics.
ECH 6647-Process and Plant Design (2) Techniques in the
design of various complex chemical processes and plants.
ECH 6666-Design Techniques for Process Systems (2) Com-
puter-aided process simulation and design. Decomposition
techniques for system synthesis, analysis, and optimization.
ECH 6688-Advances in Process Systems Engineering
(2)Prereq: ECH 6666.
ECH 6706-Chemical Energy Conversion (2) Prereq: ECH 4264
or 6261. Principles of thermodynamics and transport phe-
nomena applied to the analysis and design of chemical energy
conversion devices.
ECH 6707-Process Engineering (2) Application of chemical
engineering operations and processing to industrial operations,
such as petroleum refinery, manufacture of phosphates and
fertilizers, and paper pulp processing.
ECH 6726-Interfacial Phenomena I (2) Prereq: CHM 2043C,
PHY2052. Air-liquid and liquid-liquid interfaces; surface-active
molecules, adsorption at interfaces, foams, micro- and macro-
emulsions, retardation of evaporation and damping of waves
by films, surface chemistry of biological systems.
ECH 6727-Interfacial Phenomena 11 (2) Prereq: CHM2043C,
PHY2052. Solid-gas, solid-liquid, solid-solid interfaces. Adsor-
tion of gases and surface-active molecules on metal surfaces,
contact angle and spreading of liquids, wetting and dewetting,
lubrication, biolubrication, flotation, adhesion, biological appli-
cations of surfaces.
ECH 6747-Biochemical Engineering (2) Physical and chemical
peculiarities of living organisms and their products. Material and
energy transfer in living systems, unit operations in biological
processes, and industrial biochemical engineering processes.
ECH 6766-Particulate Systems (2) Dynamics of fluid-solid,
fluid-fluid, and biological systems; generalized population
balances, macroscopic particle balance, kinetics of particle
growth, birth and death functions, particle size determination.
Crystallization, filtration, aerosols, entrainment, free molecule
flow, and fluidized reactors.
ECH 6826-Engineering Properties of Organic Materials (2)
Theoretical studies in molecular science. Correlation of composi-
tion, microstructure, and morphology of organic materials with
macroscopic engineering properties.
ECH 6827-Macromolecular Materials (2) Formation, structure,
and physical and chemical properties of macromolecules.
Polymerization and processing methods. Commercial tech-
niques in forming. Applications.
ECH 6844-Chemical Engineering Calculations (2) Calculation
techniques used in advanced engineering problems.
ECH 6845-Models and Methods (3) Prereq: ECH 6844.
Mathematical modeling and application to engineering problems
of differential equations, operational calculus, computation
techniques, complex variables, integral equations, and matrix
methods.
ECH 6846-Methods of Multidimensional Systems (3) Green's
functions for partial differential equations, regular and singular
perturbation methods in transport phenomena. Special topics
of related interest.
ECH 6847-Applied Field Theory (2) Field equations of heat,
mass, and momentum transport, and electromagnetic theory
in orthogonal and nonorthogonal Euclidean and non-Euclidean
geometries. Covariant and convective differentiation of tensors.
Surface geometries. Applications of Laplace, Helmholtz, diffu-
sion, and wave equations.
ECH 6848-Applied Statistics and Probabilistic Systems (2)
Prereq: ECH 6845. Applications of random variables and
probability distributions; stochastic models, Monte Carlo tech-