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2012-2013 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses of Instruction

The following is a listing of all courses of instruction offered by departments at LSU. This listing was up-to-date and as correct as possible at the time of publication of this catalog.

Since this catalog was prepared well in advance of its effective date, some courses may have been added, others may have been dropped, and/or changes in content may have been made.

The following are important notes concerning courses:

  • General education courses are designated by stars (★) placed before the course numbers.
  • Class minima are specified in PS-37, Minimum Class Size:
  ≪ Below 4000 15  
  ≪ Between 4000-4999 10  
  ≪ 5000 and above 5  
  • No credit is given for a course unless the student has been duly registered in that course.
  • The amount of credit given for the satisfactory completion of a course is based on the number of lectures each week for one semester:
  ≪ one credit represents at least one hour of lecture a week for one semester;  
  ≪ two hours of laboratory (in some cases, three) are the equivalent of one hour of lecture.  
  • When a course consists entirely or partly of laboratory, that fact is stated in the description. When not otherwise specified, the course consists entirely of lectures.
  • The number of credit hours that a course carries per semester is listed in parentheses following the course title. If the number listed is variable, i.e., (2-4), the amount of credit that the student is to receive must be stated at the time of registration.
  • Indication of variable credit does not mean that a course may be repeated for credit. If a course can be repeated for credit, that information is included in the course description.
  • Listing of a course does not necessarily mean that it will be offered every year.
  • The phrases also offered as… , see…, or same as…, which appear in some course descriptions, refer to honors courses or to cross-listed courses that are available through more than one department. In each of these instances, only one of the courses may be taken for credit.

Course Numbering System

An explanation of the first digit of the four-digit course numbering system follows. The meaning of the second, third, and fourth digits varies by department. See “Year Classification of Students ” in the “Undergraduate Degree Requirements and Regulations” section of this catalog for an explanation of the criteria for classification as a freshman, sophomore, etc.

1000-1999 • For undergraduate students, primarily freshmen; for undergraduate credit only. Ordinarily open to all students; in some instances upper-division students may not take these courses for degree credit.

2000-2999 • For undergraduate students, sophomore level or above; for undergraduate credit only.

3000-3999 • For advanced undergraduate students, junior- and senior-level; for undergraduate credit only. These courses constitute the advanced portion of an undergraduate program leading to the bachelor’s degree. A student with fewer than 60 hours of credit may enroll in 3000 level courses if they meet the enrollment requirements of the college whose departments offer the courses.

4000-4999 • For advanced undergraduate students (who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours) and students in graduate and professional schools and colleges; for undergraduate or graduate credit. Undergraduates with 30 or more semester hours who are making timely progress toward a degree may be admitted to 4000 level courses. Such students must have a 3.50 GPA or higher, the appropriate prerequisites, consent of the instructor, and permission of the dean of the student’s undergraduate college.

5000-5999 • For students in post-baccalaureate professional programs (architecture, law, and veterinary medicine). A student in the Graduate School may take these courses for credit with approval of the student’s major department.

6000-6999 • Exclusively for teachers at the elementary, secondary, and junior college levels.

7000-7999 • For students in the Graduate School; for graduate credit only except as follows. Undergraduates with 75 or more semester hours who are making timely progress toward a degree may be admitted to 7000 level courses. Such students must have a 3.50 or higher GPA, the appropriate prerequisites, consent of the instructor, and permission of the dean of the student’s undergraduate college. Credit so earned will apply only toward undergraduate degree requirements, except for students enrolled in an accelerated master’s degree program.

8000-8999 • Research courses exclusively for graduate students, primarily for students working toward the master’s degree; for graduate credit only. The number 8000 designates thesis research.

9000-9999 • Research courses exclusively for graduate students, primarily for advanced graduate students working toward the doctoral degree; for graduate credit only. The number 9000 designates dissertation research.
 

Civil Engineering
  

  • CE 7420 Limit Analysis and Design (3)

    Prereq.: credit or registration in CE 4435 . Analysis of steel structural behavior beyond elastic limit; design for ultimate load and use of load factors; application of linear programming and other computational techniques to optimization of structures designed by aid of concepts of limit analysis.
  

  • CE 7430 Structural Design for Dynamic Loads (3)

    Sources, intensities and methods of transmission of dynamic loads;response of structural systems to dynamic loading; modern computation techniques.
  

  • CE 7455 Finite Element Method in Engineering (3)

    Prereq.: CE 4450 . Finite element method as an extended Ritz technique based on variational concepts for continua with applications to heat transfer, flow through porous media, fluid dynamics, elasticity, plasticity and stability and vibrations of elastic systems.
  

  • CE 7460 Theory of Plates (3)

    Prereq.: credit or registration in CE 4440 . Laterally loaded plates with various boundary conditions; approximate methods of plate analysis; large deflections of plates; elastic stability of plates.
  

  • CE 7470 Theory of Elastic and Plastic Stability (3)

    Prereq.: credit or registration in CE 4435 . Beam columns, elastic and plastic buckling of bars and frames, torsional buckling, lateral buckling of beams, elastic and plastic stability of frames, plate and shell buckling, approximate and special methods and high speed computation.
  

  • CE 7475 Solid Mechanics (3)

    Prereq.: CE 4440  and credit or registration in MATH 4038  or MATH 4340  or ME 4563 . Mathematical approach to statics and dynamics of deformable solids; tensors in curvilinear coordinates and variational calculus used to formulate elasticity and visco-elasticity theory; energy theorems and conservation laws.
  

  • CE 7480 Plasticity and Viscoelasticity: Theory and Applications (3)

    Prereq.: CE 4440 . Elements of the theory of plasticity; yield criteria and stress-strain relations for perfectly plastic and strain hardening materials; boundary value problems of plasticity; the slip-line theory and applications; constitutive equations of viscoelastic bodies and methods of solution of the boundary value problems of viscoelasticity.
  

  • CE 7485 Mechanics of Composite Materials (3)

    Prereq.: CE 3400 . Modeling of the mechanical behavior of fibrous composites for application to structural components; emphasis on interlaminar stresses, strength and failure theories, thermal effects, nonlinear material response, test methods and micromechanics.
  

  • CE 7490 Damage Mechanics in Metals and Matrix Composites (3)

    Prereq.: CE 7480  and CE 7485  or equivalent. Theoretical formulation and application of the different constitutive models to metals and metal matrix composites but with consideration of other materials; analysis of isotropic and anisotropic damage in materials.
  

  • CE 7500 Remote Sensing in Engineering Research (3)

    Prereq.: CE 4560 . Physical measurements, characteristics of present and future sensors and laboratory and field instrumentation; computer analysis of spectra data to include classification algorithms, enhancement, calibration, geo-referencing, overlay and data base development; image processing; environmental applications.
  

  • CE 7600 Transportation Engineering Data Collection Methods (3)

    Prereq.: EXST 7003  or CE 3600  or equivalent. Applications of sampling theory to data collections for transportation studies; determination of sample sizes; calculation of sampling error; expansion of sample survey data; survey methodologies, including interviews, counting programs, moving observer surveys, self-administered surveys. Simple panel surveys, etc.; design of survey instruments; conduct of data collection activities; data reduction techniques.
  

  • CE 7610 Traffic Engineering Operations and Control (3)

    Prereq.: CE 3600  or equivalent. Traffic regulations, operational problems and engineering organization; theory and practice of application, design, operation and maintenance of traffic control devices; methods and devices studied include signing, markings, delineation and illumination, signals and signal systems, one-way street and unbalanced-flow street operations, speed zoning and freeway monitoring and control.
  

  • CE 7612 Traffic Flow and Analysis (3)

    Prereq.: CE 4600  or consent of instructor. Traffic flow theory and the techniques used to analyze traffic operations and highway capacity; theoretical aspects of traffic flow, including current research in the field; application of analytical procedures used to assess the efficiency of highway operations.
  

  • CE 7614 Intelligent Transportation Systems (3)

    Theories and applications of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
  

  • CE 7615 Advanced Highway Design and Traffic Safety (3)

    Prereq.: CE 4600  or consent of instructor. Theoretical development and application of highway design principles, particularly as they relate to safety; analysis of accident statistics, diagnosis of high-hazard locations, risk management, tort liability and design treatments to address high accident locations; design principles of traffic calming, highway-railroad grade crossings, highway work zones and roadway cross-sections.
  

  • CE 7621 Mass Transit Systems (3)

    Prereq.: CE 3600  or equivalent. Historical development, role in society, federal participation and institutional and legislative development of transit; description of conventional and innovative forms, and characteristics of users; planning, vehicle scheduling, environmental impact and energy consumption; system costs, pricing and financing; future systems and policies.
  

  • CE 7640 Urban Transportation Policy and Planning (3)

    Prereq.: CE 3600  or equivalent. Introduction to and definition of transportation planning; transportation planning context; characteristics of travel; politics, decision-making and models of decision makers; systems analytic approaches to transportation planning; inventory, data management and spatial representation of data; land use and transportation; inputs to travel forecasting.
  

  • CE 7641 Urban Transportation Planning Models (4)

    Prereq.: CE 7640 , ECON 5600 , EXST 7003  or equivalent. 3 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Theories of travel demand modeling; conventional four-step modeling procedures; network development for highways, transit, high-occupancy vehicles; development of trip generation, distribution and mode-choice models; highway and transit assignment procedures; use of current software for microcomputers.
  

  • CE 7645 Transportation Systems Analysis (3)

    Prereq.: CE 7610  or equivalent. Quantitative methods for analysis of transportation systems; basic network algorithms; macroscopic and microscopic traffic simulation models; dynamic traffic assignment approaches; network design problems with travel demand uncertainty; optimization concepts in transportation network modeling.
  

  • CE 7650 Bituminous Materials and Mixtures (3)

    Prereq.: CE 3700  or equivalent. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Properties of asphalts and tars used in bituminous materials; historical developments; properties and design of bituminous mixtures; theory and practice of asphalt concrete mix design for pavements and bases including specification and construction methods for hot-mixes and surface treatments.
  

  • CE 7652 Transportation Engineering – Materials (3)

    Prereq.: CE 4670  or equivalent. Earthen materials–fills and subgrades; aggregates–types, properties and performance; introduction to asphalt and asphaltic concrete; introduction to cement and cement concrete; variability, OC Curves; stabilization principles and practices; unsealed roads.
  

  • CE 7655 Pavement Materials Characterization (4)

    Prereq.: CE 3700  or equivalent. 3 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. laboratory and field test methods for determining engineering properties of pavement materials; interpretation of test data for selecting property values; use of fundamental engineering properties in design and analysis of pavement response to environmental and vehicular loads.
  

  • CE 7672 Pavement Management Systems (3)

    Prereq.: CE 3600  or equivalent. Concepts of pavement, evaluation of pavement performance, serviceability concepts, structural evaluation, safety, maintenance and rehabilitation, economic considerations, selection of alternatives and life cycle cost analysis.
  

  • CE 7673 Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation (3)

    Prereq.: CE 3700  or equivalent. Concepts of pavement maintenance and rehabilitation; pavement evaluation techniques; maintenance versus rehabilitation versus replacement alternatives.
  

  • CE 7700 Special Topics in Civil Engineering (3)

    Prereq.: permission of department. Each course May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit. Specialized civil engineering areas.
  

  • CE 7701 Special Topics in Civil Engineering (3)

    Prereq.: permission of department. Each course May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit. Specialized civil engineering areas.
  

  • CE 7740 Master’s Report (3)

    Comprehensive report with oral defense on subject approved by the major professor.
  

  • CE 7750 Seminar (1)

    Pass-fail grading. All graduate students are expected to enroll every semester. Only one semester hour of credit will be allowed toward degree.
  

  • CE 8000 Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.)

    “S”/”U”grading.
  

  • CE 9000 Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.)

    “S”/”U”grading.

Chemical Engineering
  

  • CHE 1100 Introduction to Chemical Engineering (1)

    Overview of what chemical engineers do, including guiding principles of the discipline and basics of large-scale chemical engineering problem solving.
  

  • CHE 2160 Computer Technology for Chemical Engineering Systems (1)

    Prereq.: MATH 1550 . Introduction to operating systems, programming techniques and software packages used in the solution of chemical engineering problems.
  

  • CHE 2162 Introduction to Computer Modeling and Simulation of Chemical Engineering Systems (2)

    Prereq.: MATH 1550 . Introduction to basic concepts of simulation in engineering, programming techniques, and software tools used in the simulation of chemical engineering problems. Data analysis and visualization using computers.
  

  • CHE 2171 Chemical Engineering Fundamentals: Material and Energy Balances (3)

    Prereq.: MATH 1550  and CHEM 1202 . Emphasis on basic principles and concepts used to make chemical engineering calculations; techniques used in these calculations applied to typical industrial problems.
  

  • CHE 2176 Mathematical Modeling of Chemical Engineering Systems (3)

    Prereq.: MATH 2090 , CHE 2160  and CHE 2171 . Basic concepts and techniques in analysis of engineering processes; mathematical description of physical systems and application of modern computers to solution of resulting equations.
  

  • CHE 3100 Chemical Equilibrium and Kinetics of Environmental Processes (3)

    Also offered as EVEG 3120 . Prereq.: CHEM 2060 ; EVEG 2000 . Not open to chemical engineering majors. Introductory chemical thermodynamic concepts extended to heterogeneous equilibrium, dilute solutions, surfaces and colloids of significance in environmental engineering processes; chemical reaction kinetics concepts applied to the environment; applications to waste treatment process design; property estimations for elucidating the fate and transport of chemicals in the environment.
  

  • CHE 3101 Transport Sciences: Momentum Transfer (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 2171 , MATH 2090  and credit or registration in CE 2450 . Fundamentals of momentum transfer; applications to the fluid problems of engineering.
  

  • CHE 3102 Transport Sciences: Heat and Mass Transfer (4)

    Prereq.: CHE 3101  or CE 2200  and MATH 2065  or MATH 2090 . Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer; similarities of heat, mass and momentum transfer and their interrelation; engineering applications.
  

  • CHE 3104 Engineering Measurements Laboratory (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 2176  and credit or registration in CHE 3102 . Laboratory work to accompany CHE 3101  and CHE 3102 . 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab.
  

  • CHE 3171 Process Economics and Optimization (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 2176  and credit or registration in CHE 3102  and CHE 3173 . Application of optimization principles to the economic design of chemical engineering unit operations.
  

  • CHE 3172 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 2171 . Basic concepts and chemical engineering applications of thermodynamics; emphasis on flow processes and real gas thermodynamics.
  

  • CHE 3173 Heterogeneous Equilibrium (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 3172 . Theory of vapor-liquid, liquid-liquid, and solid-liquid equilibrium, including the effects of chemical reactions; application of thermodynamic theory to the correlation of equilibrium data and the prediction of equilibrium compositions.
  

  • CHE 3249 Engineering Practice (1-3)

    Su Prereq.: consent of instructor. Pass-fail grading. A minimum of 6 weeks of full-time employment by an industry participating in the summer program. Selected engineering problems in an industrial environment.
  

  • CHE 3250 Engineering Practice (1-3)

    Su Prereq.: consent of instructor. Pass-fail grading. A minimum of 6 weeks of full-time employment by an industry participating in the summer program. Selected engineering problems in an industrial environment.
  

  • CHE 3271 Senior Projects (1-2)

    Prereq.: consent of department. Pass-fail grading. Experimental and theoretical investigations including library research.
  

  • CHE 3272 Senior Projects (1-2)

    Prereq.: consent of department. Pass-fail grading. Experimental and theoretical investigations including library research.
  

  • CHE 4151 Unit Operations Design (4)

    Prereq.: CHE 3102 , CHE 3171 , and CHE 3173 . 3 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Unit operations analyzed as applications of chemical engineering fundamentals and transport sciences; use of these principles in design calculations.
  

  • CHE 4162 Unit Operations Laboratory (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 3104  and credit or registration in CHE 4151 . 1 hr. lecture; 6 hrs. lab. Obtaining and interpreting data needed to solve typical problems in design or operation of chemical engineering equipment.
  

  • CHE 4172 Process Design (4)

    Prereq.: CHE 4151  and CHE 4190 . 3 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Chemical plant design from initial concept through preliminary estimate; flow diagrams, equipment cost estimation, economic analysis, safety, and environmental issues; computer-aided process design.
  

  • CHE 4190 Chemical Reaction Engineering (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 3102  and CHE 3173  or equivalent. Credit will not be given for both this course and CHE 3100 . Basic principles of reactor design; selection of best design alternatives; achievement of optimum reactor operation.
  

  • CHE 4198 Process Dynamics (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 3171  and credit or registration in CHE 4151 . Principles and practices of process dynamics and automatic control; mathematical modeling of process dynamics, feedback control and feed forward control.
  

  • CHE 4204 Technology of Petroleum Refining (3)

    Prereq.: credit or registration in CHE 4151 . Catalytic and thermal processes used in petroleum refining; application of scientific and engineering principles in processes such as catalytic cracking, reforming, coking, alkylation, isomerization and hydroprocessing; emphasis on applied catalysis and its impact on engineering design.
  

  • CHE 4205 Technology of Petrochemical Industry (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 4151 . Processes used in the manufacture of petroleum-based chemicals; application of scientific and engineering principles involved in the production of hydrogen, alcohols, olefins, aromatics, aldehydes, ketones, acids, rubber and other polymers; emphasis on catalysis by transition-metal complexes.
  

  • CHE 4210 Industrial Catalysis (3)

    Prereq.: credit or registration in CHE 4190 . Principles of the industrial utilization of heterogenous catalysis; topics include absorption phenomena, methodology in catalyst preparation, characterization and evaluation of catalysts, diffusion and reaction in porous catalysts and a survey of major industrial processes.
  

  • CHE 4221 Senior Research (1)

    Prereq.: credit or registration in CHE 3102 , CHE 3104  and CHE 3173 , GPA of at least 2.8 (in CHE) and consent of instructor. Not open to graduate students. 1 hr. lecture (4221) Comprehensive research or development project of a theoretical or experimental nature, involving a team effort over two semesters (spring and fall periods).
  

  • CHE 4222 Senior Research (2)

    Prereq.: CHE 4221  Not open to graduate students. 6 hrs. lab (4222). Comprehensive research or development project of a theoretical or experimental nature, involving a team effort over two semesters (spring and fall periods).
  

  • CHE 4253 Introduction to Industrial Pollution Control (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 3102  or equivalent introductory course in transport science. Quantitative application of chemical engineering principles to removal of objectionable components from effluents, with emphasis on industrial processing effluents; currently available techniques for controlling air and water pollution and solid wastes; concept of pollution control through basic process alterations developed by specific examples.
  

  • CHE 4260 Biochemical Engineering (3)

    Prereq.: credit or registration in CHE 4190  or equivalent. Application of chemical engineering fundamentals to microbiological and biochemical systems; problems peculiar to industrial operations involving microbial processes; growth conditions and requirements, metabolisms, product separations, enzyme catalysis, sterilization and aseptic operations.
  

  • CHE 4263 Environmental Chemodynamics (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 3102  or equivalent introductory course in transport science. Environmental chemodynamics: interphase equilibrium, reactions, transport processes and related models for anthropogenic substances across natural interfaces (air-water-sediment-soil) and associated boundary regions.
  

  • CHE 4270 Processing of Advanced Materials (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 3102  or equivalent transport course. Treatment of coupled chemical reaction and mass, energy and momentum transport in the manufacturing and processing of semiconductors and advanced ceramic materials; engineering models for chemical and physical vapor deposition methods and condensed phase processes.
  

  • CHE 4272 Chemical Processing of Nanomaterials (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 3102  or equivalent introductory course in transport science. Chemical engineering principles applied to preparation, handling and applications of nanomaterials. Emphasis will be on manufacturing and processing steps. Case studies will be developed to focus on specific device or material applications.
  

  • CHE 4275 Electrochemical Engineering (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 3102  or equivalent introductory course in transport science. Principles of electrochemistry applied to engineering problems; potential distribution theory, kinetics, mass transport and thermodynamic principles; quantification of controlling factors in microfabrication, corrosion, battery design and electrochemical synthesis.
  

  • CHE 4285 Principles of High Polymers (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 3172  and CHEM 3491 . Solution and solid-state properties of high polymers; microstructure of polymer chains and effect on macromolecular physical properties of the final plastics.
  

  • CHE 4296 Development of Mathematical Models (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 2176  and CHE 3102 ; or equivalent. Mathematical descriptions of systems encountered in chemical engineering developed from basic principles; lumped parameter systems, distributed parameter systems, formulation of ordinary and partial differential equations, continuous and discrete analogs and matrix formulations; models developed for systems ranging from simple elements to plant-scale.
  

  • CHE 4410 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering Design (3)

    May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. when topics vary. One or more phases of current chemical engineering design.
  

  • CHE 4420 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering Science (3)

    May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. when topics vary. One or more phases of current chemical engineering science.
  

  • CHE 7100 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics (3)

    Foundations of continuum fluid mechanics and the equations of motion; solution methods for lubrication flows, creeping flows, boundary layer problems, laminar flows with strong convection; introduction to selected topics including: turbulence, non-Newtonian fluids, interfacial flows, computational fluid dynamics, microfluidics, particle motion, droplet dynamics.
  

  • CHE 7110 Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering (3)

    Review of physicochemical problem formulation; analytical and approximate techniques for the solution of linear and nonlinear differential equation models in chemical engineering systems.
  

  • CHE 7120 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3)

    Thermodynamic properties, first and second laws of thermodynamics, entropy, Maxwell relations, and relationship of thermodynamic properties to intermolecular forces; physical equilibrium with emphasis on partial free energy, fugacity, Raoult’s law, K-values, equations of state, and activity coefficients; chemical equilibrium and free energies; fundamentals of statistical mechanics.
  

  • CHE 7130 Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena (3)

    Foundations of heat and mass transport in continua; modeling and solution techniques; transport by diffusion, convection, and turbulence; forced convection; buoyancy-driven transport; introduction to computational modeling.
  

  • CHE 7140 Chemical Reactor Design Methods (3)

    Basic principles of chemical kinetics, fluid flow, heat transfer and mass transfer used in design of chemical reactors; chemical equilibria, chemical kinetics, design of isothermal reactors, effects of nonideal flow, nonisothermal reactors and solid-gas catalytic reactions.
  

  • CHE 7314 Optimization (3)

    Techniques of optimization including analytical methods, linear and nonlinear programming, geometric and dynamic programming and variational methods with application to systems of interest to chemical engineers.
  

  • CHE 7352 Distillation and Other Separation Processes (3)

    Mathematical models, phase equilibria, and calculation procedures related to design and behavior of distillation columns, absorbers, extractor-settlers, etc.; emphasis on computer techniques.
  

  • CHE 7512 Advanced Chemical Engineering Analysis (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 7110  or equivalent. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit with consent of department. Topics in chemical engineering analysis, such as perturbation methods, matched asymptotic expansions, vector and tensor calculus and numerical techniques.
  

  • CHE 7522 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 7120  or equivalent. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit with consent of department. Thermodynamics of chemical engineering processes, such as nonequilibrium thermodynamic properties.
  

  • CHE 7532 Advanced Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 7100  or equivalent. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit with consent of department. Chemical engineering flow processes, such as turbulence, boundary layer theory, hydrodynamic stability, compressible flow, multiphase flow, chemically reacting flows and non-Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids.
  

  • CHE 7534 Advanced Chemical Engineering Heat Transfer (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 7130  or equivalent. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit with consent of department. Chemical process heat transfer; phase change and moving boundary problems; heat transfer mechanisms, natural and forced convection, radiation and combined heat and mass transfer.
  

  • CHE 7536 Advanced Chemical Engineering Mass Transfer (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 7130  or equivalent. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit with consent of department. Transport of mass in chemical engineering processes, such as diffusional operations, models for mass transfer in multi-component, multiphase, stationary, flowing and reacting systems.
  

  • CHE 7542 Catalysis (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 7140  or equivalent. Heterogeneous catalysis; adsorption phenomena, physical methods, solid state spectroscopies and reaction mechanisms as applicable to fundamental and industrially significant processes.
  

  • CHE 7544 Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 7140  or equivalent. Gas-phase reactions and modern approach to deduction of reaction mechanism; collision, transition state, RRK and RRKM theories, bond energy correlations, kinetics of complex reaction systems, fast reactions, computer modeling and sensitivity analysis.
  

  • CHE 7572 Advanced Automatic Process Control (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 4198  or equivalent. Recent developments in control theory applied to control schemes in industrial processes; techniques of state space analysis, nonlinear stability criteria, multivariable control and system identification.
  

  • CHE 7574 Digital Control of Processes (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 4198  or equivalent. Theory and use of digital computers for process control; relationships between computer and process control schemes, control algorithms, valve dynamics, modeling techniques.
  

  • CHE 7582 Polymerization and Polycondensation Processes (4)

    Also offered as CHEM 7261 . Prereq.: CHEM 4160  or CHEM 4562  or CHE 4285  or equivalent. 3 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. demonstration/lab. Preparation and characterization of high polymers; typical commercial procedures for plastics production.
  

  • CHE 7592 Design Problems in Chemical Engineering (3)

    Prior to registration students should discuss a prospective design problem with faculty member under whom they plan to study and obtain departmental approval. Design problem cannot be directly related to student’s research. Integration of technology into design of systems or plants for accomplishing specific objectives; emphasis on producing a design package considering technical, economic, manning and scheduling aspects of the project.
  

  • CHE 7594 Advanced Computer-Aided Process Design (3)

    Prereq.: CHE 4172  or equivalent. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit with consent of department. Computer-aided process design and simulation of chemical process industries, such as sequential modular flow sheeting, simultaneous solution schemes, decomposition strategies and various simulation languages.
  

  • CHE 7700 Advanced Topics in Chemical Engineering (3)

    May be taken for a max. of 9 hrs. of credit with consent of instructor. One or more phases of advanced chemical engineering practice.
  

  • CHE 7901 Speaking of Macromolecules (1)

    See CHEM 7901 .
  

  • CHE 8000 Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.)

    “S”/”U”grading.
  

  • CHE 9000 Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.)

    “S”/”U”grading.

Chemistry
  

  • CHEM 1001 Chemical Fundamentals (3)

    This is a General Education course. Prereq.: ACT mathematics score of at least 21 or eligibility for MATH 1021 . For those students whose curricula require only one year of chemistry or physical science. Also May be taken as a preparatory course for CHEM 1201 . An overview of chemical theory and principles with emphasis on the role of chemistry in the modern world.
  

  • CHEM 1002 Chemistry of Life and the Environment (3)

    This is a General Education course. Prereq.: CHEM 1001  or CHEM 1201  or CHEM 1421 . An overview of organic chemistry and biochemistry; emphasis on the molecular basis for the biological, materials and environmental sciences.
  

  • CHEM 1201 General Chemistry I (3)

    This is a General Education course. Prereq.: credit or registration in MATH 1022 , MATH 1023 , MATH 1431 , MATH 1550  or MATH 1551 . Credit will not be given for this course and CHEM 1421 . For science/engineering curricula. Modern chemical theories and principles; quantitative approach and problem solving; descriptive chemistry of selected elements and compounds.
  

  • CHEM 1202 General Chemistry (3)

    This is a General Education course. Prereq.: CHEM 1201  or CHEM 1421 . Credit will not be given for both this course and CHEM 1422 . For science/engineering curricula. Continuation of CHEM 1201 . Additional theory with emphasis on solution chemistry and a quantitative approach; descriptive chemistry of selected elements and compounds from the main groups and the first transition series.
  

  • CHEM 1212 General Chemistry Laboratory (2)

    Prereq.: credit or registration in CHEM 1002 , CHEM 1202  or CHEM 1422 . Credit will not be given for both this course and CHEM 1431 . laboratory usage deposit. 6 hrs. lab. Basic laboratory operations including selected experiments and introductory inorganic qualitative analysis.
  

  • CHEM 1421 HONORS: General Chemistry (3)

    This is a General Education course. Prereq.: ACT mathematics score of at least 27 or eligibility for MATH 1550 . Credit will not be given for both this course and CHEM 1201 . Chemistry majors who qualify should take this course. For well-prepared students with a special interest in chemistry.
  

  • CHEM 1422 HONORS: General Chemistry (3)

    This is a General Education course. Prereq.: CHEM 1421  or CHEM 1201  with consent of department chair. Chemistry majors who qualify should take this course. Credit will not be given for both this course and CHEM 1202 . Continuation of CHEM 1421 .
  

  • CHEM 1431 HONORS: General Chemistry Laboratory (2)

    Prereq.: credit or registration in CHEM 1422  or credit or registration in CHEM 1202 . Credit will not be given for both this course and CHEM 1212 . For chemistry majors and other well-prepared students with special interest in chemistry. 6 hrs. lab/demonstration. laboratory usage deposit. Fundamental chemical operations, a selection of experiments and elementary quantitative techniques.
  

  • CHEM 2001 Analytical Chemistry (3)

    Prereq.: CHEM 1202  or CHEM 1422 . Basic principles and practices of modern methods of analysis.
  

  • CHEM 2002 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (1)

    Prereq.: CHEM 1202  or CHEM 1422 ; credit or registration in CHEM 2001  laboratory usage deposit. 3 hrs. lab. Experiments in modern methods of analysis.
  

  • CHEM 2060 Survey of Organic Chemistry (3)

    Prereq.: CHEM 1202  or CHEM 1422 . Credit will not be given for both this course and CHEM 2261  and CHEM 2461 . Aliphatic and aromatic compounds; biological aspects of organic chemistry.
 

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