64 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION


ECH 6206-Turbulent Transport Phenomena (2) Prereq:.ECH
6285. .Statistical theory of turbulence; correlation coeffi-
cients, energy spectra, isotropy and homogeneity, eddy dif-
fusivity, 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 per-
formance and economic optima.
ECH 6261-Introduction to Transport Phenomena (3) Pre-
req: MAC 3202. Basic equations of change for heat, mass,
and momentum. Applications of conservation and flux
equations for laminar and turbulent flow. Transfer coeffi-
cients, macroscopic balances.
ECH 6263-Advanced Transport Phenomena (2-3) Prereq:
ECH 6261. Multicomponent equations of change, coupling
of fluxes, angular momentum equation, differential macro-
scopic balances, population balances, transport in porous
media, electrochemical systems, interfaces and the atmo-
sphere, 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 (E( 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 Thermody-
namics (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 prin-
ciple.
ECH 6306-Process Dynamics I (2) Dynamics and control of
chemical processing systems, with emphasis on the dynam-
ics of the unit operations and chemical reactions. Analog
simulation of chemical processing systems.
ECH 6307-Process Dynamics II (2)
ECH 6326-Computer Control of Processes (2) Introduction
to digital computers, sampled data systems and Z-trans-
forms, control of multiple input-multiple output systems,
optimal control, state estimation and filtering,i 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 per-
formance and economic optima.
ECH 6413-Stagewise Separations Processes (2) Theory, de-
sign, and evaluation of separation processes such as distilla-
tion columns, extractors; and absorbers. Multicomponent-
multistage distributions using rigorous digital computer
computational methods. Real-time modeling for process au-
tomation.
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, tran-
sition rate theory, unimolecular rate theory, homogeneous
gas and liquid phase kinetics, and heterogeneous kinetics.
ECH 6526-Reactor Design and Optimization (3) Funda-
mentals of heterogeneous reactor design including the char-
acterization of catalytic reactions and support, the develop-
ment of global rate of the intrinsic reaction affected by
chemical and physical deactivation of catalyst, intra- and in-
terphase mass and heat transfer, and the design and op-
timization of various types of heterogeneous reactors.
ECH 6606--Process Economy Analysis (2) Economics in de-
sign and operation of chemical engineering equipment.
Analysis for decision under conditions of certainty and un-
certainty 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 process 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 serv-
ice 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)
Computer-aided process simulation and design. Decom-
position techniques for system synthesis, analysis, and op-
timization.
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
phenomena 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 opera-
tions, such as petroleum refinery, manufacture of phos-
phates and fertilizers, and paper pulp processing.
ECH 6709-Electrochemical Engineering Fundamentals and
Design (3) Fundamentals of electronics and ionics applied to
systems of interest in electrochemical engineering.
ECH 6726-Interfacial Phenomena 1.(2) Prereq: CHM 2043C,
PHY 2052. Air-liquid and liquid-liquid interfaces; surface-ac-
tive 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 II (2) Prereq: CHM 2043C,
PHY 2052. Solid-gas, .solid-liquid, solid-solid interfaces.
Adsorption of gases and surface-active molecules on metal
surfaces, contact angle and spreading of liquids, wetting and
dewetting, lubrication, biolubrication, flotation, adhesion,
biological applications of surfaces.
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 determina-
tion. 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 com-
position, microstructure, and morphology of organic materi-
als with macroscopic engineering properties.
ECH 6827-Macromolecular Materials (2) Formation, struc-
ture, and physical and chemical properties of macro-
molecules. Polymerization and processing methods. Com-
mercial techniques in forming. Applications.
ECH 6844-Chemical Engineering Calculations (2) Calcu-
lation 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 equa-
tions, 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-Eucli-
dean geometries. Covariant and convective differentiation
of tensors. Surface geometries. Applications of Laplace,
Helmholtz, diffusion, 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
techniques; statistical inference, sampling distributions, tests
of significance, and experimental design.
ECH 6849-Advances in Numerical and Analytical Computa-
tion (2) Prereq: ECH 6845, 6846. Numerical and analytical