CHEMICAL ENGINEERING / 109


CHE 602-CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS. 2 credits
 Calculation techniques used in advanced engineering problems.
CHE 603-MODELS AND METHODS. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: CHE 602. Mathematical modeling and application to engineering
problems of ordinary and partial differential equations, operational calculus, digital
and analog computation techniques, complex variables, and integral equations.
CHE 604-MULTIDIMENSIONAL AND DISCRETE SYSTEMS. 3 credits
 Applications of the mathematics of multidimensional and discrete systems to
engineering problems. Matrix methods. Calculus of finite differences. Linear pro-
gramming.
CHE 605-APPLIED FIELD THEORY. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Field equations of heat, mass, and mo-
mentum 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, diffusion, and
wave equations.
CHE 606-APPLIED STATISTICS AND PROBABILISTIC SYSTEMS. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: CHE 603. Applications of random variables and probability dis-
tributions; stochastic models, Monte Carlo techniques; statistical inference, samp-
ling distributions, tests of significance, and experimental design.
CHE 610-PROCEss DYNAMICS 1. 3 credits
 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.
CHE 611-PROCESS DYNAMICS 2. 3 credits
 Continuation of CHE 610.
CHE 614-COMPUTER CONTROL OF PROCESSES. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: CHE 616. Application of computers to control of chemical
processes, including the practical work involved in planning, organizing, managing,
and executing a computer control project.
CHE 615-OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: CHE 503 or CHE 603. Introduction to optimization techniques
used in chemical process operations, process control, and systems engineering.
CHE 616-PROCESS SYSTEMS OPTIMIZATION. 3 credits
 Optimization of chemical processes and systems, with particular emphasis on
 dynamic programming and the maximum principle.
 CHE 617-DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESS SYSTEMS. 3 credits
 Computer aided process simulation and design. Decomposition techniques for
 system synthesis, analysis and optimization.
 CHE 621-CHEMICAL ENGINEERING KINETICS. 3 credits
 Chemical kinetics useful in the design of chemical reactors; molecular collision
 theory, transition theory, homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions in gas, liquid,
 and solid phase with energy and mass transfer.
 CHE 622-REACTOR DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION. 3 credits
 Application of principle of chemical kinetics to the design of batch, tubular
 flow, and tank flow reactors for optimum conditions.
 CHE 626-TRANSPORT PROPERTIES AND IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS.
 3 credits
 Prerequisites: CHE 631; CHE 632 or CHE 633. Molecular models and statistical