CHEMICAL ENGINEERING / 63 ECP 6705-Economics of Business Decisions (3) Designed primarily for MBA candidates. Synthesis and application of microeconomic theory and related business administration principles to managerial decision making through a problem-solving orientation. FIN 5405-Business Financial Management (3) Prereq: ACG 5005, GEB 5756. Required of all MBA degree candidates who have had no basic business finance couse. Analysis of busi- ness financing and investing decisions. FIN 6937-Advanced Finance Topics (3) Prereq: ACG 5005, FIN 5405. Analysis of organizational problems from a finan- cial perspective integrating concepts from various organiza- tional functions such as production, marketing, and per- sonnel. GEB 5215-Problem Analysis and Presentation in Business I (1) Designed for MBA candidates. Designed to improve writ- ten and oral communications in a business environment. H. GEB 5216-Problem Anlysis and Presentation in Business II (1) Prereq: GEB 5215. Designed for MBA candidates. De- signed to improve written and oral communications in a business environment. GEB 5405-Legal Environment of Business (3) The American legal system; sources of law; adjudication; the legal nature of the corporation; major areas of state and federal corporate iaw; state and federal regulation of business; legal aspects of ethical and social responsibility. GEB 5756-Introduction to Managerial Statistics (4) Prereq: basic statistics, calculus. Designed for MBA candidates. Basic. concepts and methods of probability and statistics stressing applications'in analyzing and solving business problems. GEB 5795-International Business (3) Designed for MBA candidates. The major characteristics, motivations, interac- tions, and structural realities of the international environ- ment are explored via the functional areas of business. A multinational framework is developed within which the firm can operate effectively and efficiently. GEB 5805-Mathematical Methods and Their Applications to Business and Economic Analysis (4) Matrix algebra and calculus applied to business and economic analysis. GEB 6757-Managerial Quantitative Analysis (4) Prereq: CAP 5001, GEB 5756, 6705. Mathematical approaches and tech- niques applicable to the analysis and solution of managerial problems, with careful attention to problem formulation, mathematical analysis, and solution procedures. Involves substantial case work. GEB 6905-Individual Work (1-4; max: 8) Prereq. consent of Associate Dean or MBA Director. Reading and/or research in business administration. MAN 5505-Operations Management (3) Prereq: GEB 5756. Designed for MBA candidates. Purpose of course is to in- troduce the student to the general class of problems as- sociated with managing production facilities. MAN 6156-Organizational Behavior I (3) Designed for MBA candidates. Relationship between the individual ad- ministrator and supervisors, the employees supervised, and associates at a comparable level in the organization. MAN 6721-Business Policy (4) Prereq: all MBA required courses. Designed for MBA candidates and taken last semester before graduation. Integrating and applying the various functional and support areas of business adminis- tration; the course approaches business policy making and administration from the perspective of general manager. MAR 6716-Problems and Methods of Marketing Manage- ment (3) Prereq: ACG 5005, GEB 5756. Designed for MBA candidates. Concepts and techniques for resolving market- ing management problems with students gaining experience in making application. STA 6358-Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decisions (3) Prereq: CAP 5009, GEB 5756, MAN 5505. Designed for MBA candidates. Data analysis techniques which have broad ap- plication to managerial problems. Emphasis is placed upon difficulties which can arise in the application of the tech- niques and in the interpretation of results. Includes experi- ence in the use of computerized procedures and may re- quire a substantial amount of case analysis. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING College of Engineering GRADUATE FACULTY 1984-85 Chairman: J. P. O'Connell. Graduate Coordinator: H. H. Lee. Professors: S. S. Block; R. W. Fahien; L. E. Johns, Jr.; F. P. May; J. P. O'Connell; D. O. Shah; R. D. Walker, Jr. (Emeritus). Associate Professors: T. J. An- derson; G. B. Hoflund; D. W. Kirmse; H. H. Lee. Assis- tant Professors: G. Lyberatos; S. Svoronos; G. B. Westermann-Clark. Graduate work for the Ph.D., M.E., and M.S. de- grees in chemical engineering emphasizes these areas: (1) chemical engineering science-transport phenomena, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, kinetics, statistical mechanics, microstructure of mat- ter, and materials science; (2) chemical engineering systems-chemical reaction engineering, process con- trol, process dynamics, optimization, separation pro- cesses; and (3) interdisciplinary chemical engineering -energy conversion and fuel cells, polymer science, microelectronics, process economics, biofluid me- chanics, and bioengineering. Beyond the Graduate School requirements, admis- sion to graduate work in chemical engineering de- pends upon the qualifications of the student, whose record and recommendations are carefully and indi- vidually studied. During registration week each grad- uate student registering for the first time is counseled to develop an initial study program. The results of a brief examination covering the field of chemical engi- neering are also utilized by the graduate committee to guide the student. As a consequence, a programmay include some undergraduate courses, if needed, to prepare for graduate course work. The program of all students will involve research experience through the courses ECH 6905; 6971, or 7980. All new graduate students are expected to be- come proficient in computer programming during their first semester on campus. CHM 5272-The Organic Chemistry of Polymers (2) Classifi- cation of polymerization types and mechanisms from a mechanistic, organic point of view. Structure of synthetic and natural polymers and polyelectrolytes, Reactions of polymers. Practical synthetic methods of polymer prepara- tion. CHM 5511-The Physics and Physical Chemistry of Polymers (2) ECH 5344L-Process Systems Laboratory (2) Prereq: ECH 4323. Measuring instruments, analog data manipulation and signal transmission in chemical process systems. ECH S708-Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation (2) Description of problems and need for these treatments; causative agents and their nature; nature and use of chemi- cal and physical antimicrobial agents; specific problems and solutions. ECH 5746-Biochemical Engineering Principles (2) Microbial and enzyme processes, with applications to industrial fermentations, enzyme utilization, and wastewater treat- ment. ECH 6126-Thermodynamics of Reaction and Phase Equilibria (3) Methods of treating chemical and phase equilibria in multicomponent systems through the applica- tion of thermodynamics and molecular theory. ECH 6146-Applied Statistical Mechanics (2) Methods,of wave mechanics and statistical mechanics in engineering problems. ECH 6147-Statistical Thermodynamics (2) Use of statistical mechanics to describe, predict, and correlate thermodyna- mic properties of compounds and mixtures. ECH 6159-Advanced Seminar in Thermodynamics (2; max: 8) Prereq: consent of instructor. Research and current liter- ature.