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commendations are carefully and individually studied.
During registration week each graduate student register-
ingforthefirsttime is counseled to develop an initial study
program. The results of a brief examination covering the
field of.chemical engineering are also utilized by the
graduate committee to guide the student. As a conse-
quence, a program may include some undergraduate
courses, if needed to prepare for graduate course work. -
 The program of all students will involve research expe-
rience through the courses ECH 6905, 6971, or 7980. All
new graduate students are expected to become proficient
in computer programming during their first semester on
campus.
CHM 5272-The Organic Chemistry of Polymers (2) Classifica-
tion of polymerization types and mechanisms from a mechanis-
tic, organic point of view. Structure of synthetic and natural
polymers and polyelectrolytes. Reactions of polymers. Practical
synthetic methods of polymer preparation.
CHM 5511-The Physics and Physical Chemistry of Polymers (2)
ECH 5708-Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation (2) De-
scription of problems and need for these treatments; causative
agents and their nature; nature and use of chemical and physical
antimicrobial agents; specific problems and solutions.
ECH 5712-Industrial Safety Science and Health Implications (2)
Designed for those responsible for the safety and health of people
in the workplace, including the consideration of dangers and
hazards in industry and measures for eliminating or reducing
them.-
ECH 5746-Biochemical Engineering Principles (3) Microbial
and enzyme processes, with applications to industrial fermenta-
tions, enzyme utilization, and wastewater treatment. Application
of chemical engineering principles to bioreactors and to biosep-
aration process.
ECH 6126-Thermodynamics of Reaction and Phase Equilibria
(3) Methods of treating chemical and phase equilibria in multi-
component systems through the application of thermodynamics
and molecular theory.
ECH 6146-Applied Statistical Mechanics (2) Methods of wave
mechanics and statistical mechanics in engineering problems.
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 rheol-
ogical systems.
ECH 6208-Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics (2) Constitutive
equations for non-Newtonian fluids (including viscoelastic sub-
stances) 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 of heat, mass, and
momentum. Applications of conservation and flux equations for
laminar and turbulent flow. Transfer coefficients, macroscopic
balances.,
ECH 6285-Transport Phenomena (1-3; max: 3) Prereq: ECH
6261. Continuation of ECH 6261.
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 6413-Stagewise Separations Processes (2) Theory, design,
and evaluation of separation processes such as distillation col-
umns, extractors, and absorbers. Multicomponent-multistage
distributions using rigorous digital computer computational
methods. Real-time modeling for process automation.
ECH 6506- Chemical Engineering Kinetics (3) Fundamental as-
pects of chemical reactors, including collision theory, transition
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 deac-
tivation of catalyst, intra- and interphase mass and heat transfer,
and the design and optimization of various types of heterogene-
ous reactors.
ECH 6606-Process Economy 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 6646-Process Equipment Design (2) Unit operations, with
emphasis on design of equipment to perform the service re-
quired, considering capacity, materials, equipment, and eco-
nomics.
ECH 6647- Process and Plant Design (2) Techniques in the
design of various complex chemical processes and plants.
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 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 II (2) Prereq: CHM 2043C,
PHY 2052. Solid-gas, solid-liquid, solid-solid interfaces. Ad-
sorption 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 6826- Engineering Properties of Organic Materials (2)
Theoretical studies in molecular science. Correlation of compo-
sition, microstructure, and morphology of organic materials with
macroscopic engineering properties.
ECH 6827- Macromolecular Materials (2) Formation, structure,
and physical and chemical properties of macromolecules. Po-
lymerization and processing methods. Commercial techniques
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. Mathe-
matical modeling and application to engineering problems of
differential equations, operational calculus, computation tech-
niques, complex variables, integral equations, and matrix meth-
ods.
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. H.
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 geometrics. Applications of Laplace, Helmholtz, diffu-
sion and wave equation.
ECH 6849-Advances in Numerical and Analytical Computation
(2) Prereq: ECH 6845, 6846. Numerical and analytical tech-
niques such as iterative matrix methods, hybrid computation,
direct vector methods, functional analysis and adaptive models.
ECH 6905-Individual Work (1-6; max: 12) Individual engineer-
ing projects suitable for nonthesis Master of Engineering degree.
ECH 6910-Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
ECH 6926-Graduate Seminar (1; max: 10)
ECH 6936-Advanced Seminar in Chemical Engineering (1-2;
max: 8) Research and current literature.
ECH 6937-Topics in Chemical Engineering I (1-4; max: 9) Sepa-
rations processes, reactor design, applied molecular and kinetic
theory, thermodynamics, particulate systems. Properties ofchemi-
cal substances, transport phenomena, non-Newtonian fluid
dynamics, turbulence, applied mathematics, computer science,
biochemical and electrochemical engineering.
ECH 6939-Topics in Chemical Engineering III (1-4; max: 9)
ECH 6940-Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
ECH 6969- Research Proposal Preparation (1-2; max: 4) H
ECH 6971-Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U.
ECH 6972- Research for Engineer's Thesis (1-15) S/U.
ECH 7938-Advanced Special Chemical Engineering Topics for
Doctoral Candidates (1-4; max: 8)
ECH 7979-Advanced Research (1-9) Research for doctoral
students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students
with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who
have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not open to students
who have been admitted to candidacy. S/U.
ECH 7980-Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.