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CE 3300 Geotechnical Engineering I (3)
Prereq.: GEOL 1001 , CHEM 1202 , CE 2200 (a grade of “C” or better is required in CHEM 1202 and CE 2200 ). Introduction to properties and engineering behavior of soil as a native earth material, an engineering material and an environmental medium subject to flux and transport of liquids, gases and contaminants; understanding of elementary physical, chemical and biological phenomena as such phenomena influence the engineering behavior of soils.
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CE 3350 Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory I (1)
Prereq.: EXST 2201 and credit or registration in CE 3300 . 3 hrs. lab. Laboratory measurement of properties, indices and behavior of soil as an engineering material and environmental medium; testing methods to determine gradation, specific shear strength testing, unconfined compression, one-dimensional consolidation, hydraulic conductivity, specific surface area, surface change, x-ray diffraction, pH-redox and conductivity measurements.
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CE 3400 Mechanics of Materials (3)
Prereq.: grade of “C” or better in CE 2450 or CE 2451 . An Honors course, CE 3401 , is available. Credit will not be given for this course and CE 3401 .
Stress and strain, torsion, bending, deflections of beams, columns, statically indeterminate problems, combined stress.
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CE 3401 Honors: Mechanics of Materials (4)
Honors equivalent to CE 3400 . Credit will not be given for this course and CE 3400 . 3 hrs. lecture; 1 hr. recitation.
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CE 3410 Mechanics of Materials Laboratory (1)
Prereq.: EXST 2201 and CE 3400 (a grade of “C”or better is required in CE 3400 ). 3 hrs. lab. Mechanical properties and strengths of engineering materials and structural and machine elements.
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CE 3415 Structural Analysis I (3)
Prereq.: MATH 2065 and CE 3400 (a grade of “C”or better is required in CE 3400 ). Analysis of statically determinate structures including beams, frames, trusses and arches for the effects of dead, live, moving and windloads.
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CE 3500 Plane Surveying and Measurements (3)
Prereq.: EXST 2201 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Plane surveying theory of measurements; use of surveying equipment; field and office work for boundary surveys and topographic mapping.
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CE 3600 Principles of Highway and Traffic Engineering (3)
Prereq.: CE 3500 . Basic traffic characteristics; highway capacity analysis; geometric design of highways; route location, traffic operations and signalized intersection design.
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CE 3700 Engineering Materials Laboratory (1)
Prereq.: credit or registration in CE 3400 or equivalent. 3 hrs. lab. Design and properties of concrete and bituminous mixes.
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CE 3740 Independent Studies in Civil Engineering (3)
Prereq.: senior standing, English proficiency and ENGL 3002 (unless ROTC is elected); GPA of at least 2.30 (overall and major area); and consent of department chair. Project chosen in consultation with department chair. Formal proposal and final presentation required. Comprehensive design and/or development of a component, system, process or software package.
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CE 4200 Hydrology (3)
Prereq.: CE 2200 (a grade of “C”or better is required in CE 2200 ). Water movement from arrival on land surface until it reaches the sea overland; concept of frequency, maximum probable runoff of rainfall, mass curves and other statistical methods of hydrologic engineering.
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CE 4250 Ground Water (3)
Prereq.: CE 2200 (a grade of “C”or better is required in CE 2200 ). Occurrence of ground water; properties and classification of water-bearing formations; origin, discharge and methods of evaluating direction and rate of ground water movement; Darcy’s Law, Theis Equation, analysis of aquifer tests and “safe yield;” legal doctrines, side effects of aquifer development and the economics of ground water.
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CE 4260 Design of Hydrologic Systems (3)
Prereq.: EVEG 3200 , CE 4200 and CE 4750 or equivalent. Hydrologic design of water resources projects; maximization of benefits; analysis techniques; and design parameters.
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CE 4300 Geotechnical Engineering II: Shallow Foundations (3)
Prereq.: CE 3300 and credit or registration in CE 3350 and CE 4410 . Fundamentals of geotechnics applied to design and analysis of shallow foundations, excavations, retaining structures and slopes; selected topics on soil improvement and vibration; emphasis on computer utilization.
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CE 4310 Geotechnical Engineering III: Deep Foundations (3)
Prereq.: CE 3300 and credit or registration in CE 3350 . Fundamentals of geotechnics applied to design and analysis of deep soil-structure systems; single piles and pile groups under axial load; caissons and piers; effects of lateral loads; computer utilization.
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CE 4320 Coastal Engineering (3)
Prereq.: CE 3300 or equivalent. Engineering problems of the coastal zone; coastal processes, wave action, currents, sediment movement; environmental forces due to waves, currents and winds; offshore soil geotechnical properties, vertical and lateral pile capacity; design principles for submarine pipelines and offshore platforms; engineering case studies.
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CE 4330 Geotechnical Project (3)
Prereq.: CE 4300 /CE 4310 , CE 4750 ; credit or registration in CE 4410 . Design of foundations for a real project using design methods and tools in accordance with the latest AASHTO and FHWA specifications.
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CE 4400 Principles of Steel Design (3)
Prereq.: CE 3415 . Analysis and design of elements of steel structures, elastic and plastic design, critical comparison of specifications with theory.
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CE 4410 Principles of Reinforced Concrete (3)
Prereq.: CE 3415 ; credit or registration in CE 3700 . Working stress and ultimate strength theories as applied to concrete beams (reinforced and prestressed), columns, slabs and footings; experimental data and current design specifications.
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CE 4420 Principles of Prestressed Concrete (3)
Prereq.: CE 4410 . Analysis and design of prestressed concrete structural elements; full and partial prestressing; service ability and strength requirements; code criteria for bridges, buildings and other structures.
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CE 4430 Structural Engineering (3)
Prereq.: CE 4750 , CE 4400 and CE 4410 or equivalent. Fundamental principles applied to planning, analysis and design of structures; introduction to computer-aided design approach to solving structural engineering problems using mainframe and microcomputer software.
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CE 4435 Indeterminate Structural Analysis (3)
Prereq.: CE 3415 . Analysis of statically indeterminate structures; methods of consistent deformations, elastic energy, virtual work, slope deflection, moment distribution and matrix formulations.
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CE 4440 Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3)
Prereq.: CE 3400 and MATH 2065 (a grade of “C”or better is required in CE 3400 ). Mechanics of materials; emphasis on needs of students interested in structural and machine design.
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CE 4445 Hurricane Engineering (3)
Prereq.: CE 3415 and CE 2200 or equivalent. Credit will not be given for both this course and CE 4745 . Analysis and design of structures to resist hurricanes and other natural hazards; wind engineering, flood engineering; hazard phenomena and probabilities of occurrence; estimation of loads, loading provisions of major building codes and standards; damage mechanisms; design strategies for life safety and damage mitigation.
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CE 4450 Finite Element Methods (3)
Prereq.: CE 3400 and either MATH 2065 or MATH 2090 or MATH 2070 (a grade of “C”or better is required in CE 3400 ). Basic theory of finite element methods with applications to a wide class of physical problems; matrix representation of stress, strain and material relations; principle of virtual work, discrete finite element models of continuous systems, construction of basic finite element algorithms and solutions of physical problems by using existing finite element computer programs.
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CE 4460 Design of Bridges (3)
Prereq.: CE 4410 , CE 4750 and credit or registration in CE 4400 or CE 4420 or equivalent. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Design of concrete and steel bridges in accordance with the latest AASHTO specifications; understanding of theoretical background behind the codes such as risk and reliability concepts; load rating of bridges and hands-on bridge design using computer software and hand calculations.
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CE 4500 Geodetic and Photogrammetric Surveying (3)
Prereq.: CE 3500 or equivalent. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Geodetic surveying for control surveys; photogrammetry and photointerpretation; calculation and field procedures used in ground control surveys and photogrammetry.
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CE 4520 Advanced Surveying (3)
Prereq.: CE 3500 or equivalent. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Electronic surveying, simultaneous conveyances, subdivision surveys, flood plain management, state plane coordinates, solar azimuths, horizontal and vertical curves and earthwork.
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CE 4530 Control Surveying with GPS (3)
Prereq.: CE 3500 or equivalent surveying course. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Understanding of spatial positioning capabilities available using satellite positioning system (GPS) receivers to calculate positions and to evaluate results; topics include classical geodetic methods, geometric geodesy, GPS receivers, static and kinematic GPS surveys, GPS computations, GPS mapping, vertical GPS and gravimetric geodesy; lab includes demonstration and hands-on use of GPS equipment and software.
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CE 4550 Boundary Surveying (3)
Prereq.: CE 3500 or equivalent. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Designed to prepare engineers to complete Land Surveyor Registration requirements in Louisiana. Procedures and laws governing surveying of boundaries; emphasis on U. S. Land Survey System and Louisiana surveying laws and grids.
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CE 4560 Engineering Applications of Remote Sensing (3)
Prereq.: consent of instructor. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Photographic and digital image processes related to interpretation, principles, methods and techniques; engineering applications in materials, land use, energy, hydrology, transportation, geology, geomorphology and water resources.
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CE 4600 Geometric Design of Highways and Airports (3)
Prereq.: CE 3600 or equivalent. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Principles of design and practice for rural and urban highway facilities and airport installations; design criteria and controls, capacity analysis, cross-section selection, design of horizontal and vertical alignment, intersections, interchanges and computer applications to design problems.
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CE 4650 Introduction to Asphalt Mixture Design (3)
Prereq.: CE 3400 and credit or registration in CE 3700 (a grade of “C”or better is required in CE 3400 ). Principles of design and practice of hot mix asphalt mixture design; fundamental properties and analysis of binder rheology, aggregates and mixture design.
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CE 4660 Infrastructure Condition Assessment (3)
Prereq.: CE 3700 or equivalent. Deterioration mechanisms in civil infrastructure systems, state-of-the-art nondestructive and sensoring technologies and applications, and use of new technologies to optimize infrastructure condition assessment and management.
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CE 4670 Fundamentals of Pavement Design (3)
Prereq.: CE 3600 or equivalent. Flexible and rigid pavement design procedures; subgrade, base and surfacing characteristics; loads; stresses in pavement systems; material characterization; pavement response models; pavement performance models; structural design systems; effects of natural forces; and construction practices.
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CE 4745 Natural Hazards and the Built Environment (3)
Prereq.: junior standing. Credit will not be given for both this course and CE 4445 . Engineering impacts and implications of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and other natural hazards on the built environment; effects of hazards on buildings and infrastructure systems; damage mechanisms; principles of wind, flood and seismic resistant design; hurricane evacuation and sheltering; engineering preparedness, response and recovery issues; design strategies for life safety and damage mitigation; building codes, land use zoning, floodplain management and insurance as mitigation tools.
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CE 4750 Professional Issues and Concept Design in Civil Engineering (2)
Prereq.: CE 2700 and senior standing. 1 hr. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Engineering Graphics. Civil engineering design processes and systems; constructability and sustainability; use of consultants and contractors; project management, scheduling; economics and costing; ethical, health and safety; social, political and environmental considerations.
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CE 4760 Civil Engineering Design (3)
Prereq.: credit in EVEG 3200 , CE 3300 , CE 3600 , CE 4410 or equivalent, CE 4750 and credit in at least one of the following courses: CE 4200 , CE 4300 , CE 4400 , CE 4600 or CE 4670 . 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Design of civil engineering facilities; feasibility studies for subdivisions, airports, shopping centers, interchanges.
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CE 4780 Special Topics in Civil Engineering Science (3)
Prereq.: senior standing and departmental approval. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit. More than one section may be taken concurrently for credit if topics differ. Topics in specialized civil engineering technical or analysis areas.
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CE 4781 Special Topics in Civil Engineering Design (3)
Prereq.: senior standing and departmental approval. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary. More than one section of this course may be taken for credit concurrently when topics differ. Selected topics in civil engineering design.
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CE 7100 Theory and Operation of Wastewater Treatment Facilities (3)
Prereq.: EVEG 3110 or equivalent undergraduate preparation, or consent of instructor. Theoretical principles, design criteria and analysis of treatment systems for domestic and industrial wastewaters and sludges; includes modeling of ideal biochemical reactors and design criteria for suspended-growth and biofilm processes applicable to applicable to wastewater treatment.
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CE 7101 Physical/Chemical Processes in Water and Wastewater Treatment (3)
Prereq.: EVEG 3110 or equivalent undergraduate preparation. Theoretical principles, design criteria, and analysis of physical and chemical unit operations in water and wastewater treatment; includes process applications in municipal and industrial settings.
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CE 7105 Advanced Topics in Water Quality and Treatment (3)
Theory and application of advanced chemical principles to water quality and treatment; advanced equilibrium chemistry calculation; redox and colloidal chemistry as applied to environmental engineering.
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CE 7135 Advanced Topics in Biodegradation (3)
Biological waste treatment applications in civil and environmental engineering, including current and emerging techniques for characterization, analysis, control and mathematical modeling of biological processes in municipal and industrial waste treatment systems.
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CE 7145 Biological Treatment of Recirculating Systems in Aquaculture (3)
Theory, design and management of fixed film biofiltration processes used to recondition water in recirculating aquaculture systems and to provide tertiary treatment of domestic and industrial wastes characterized by low substrate regimes.
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CE 7180 Water Quality Simulations (3)
Water quality modeling from a perspective of practicality and reliability; emphasis on model calibration and verification procedures and methodologies for quantifying uncertainties associated with model predictions.
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CE 7255 Advanced Hydraulics (3)
Prereq.: CE 2200 . Transportation of sediment, mixing current and other phenomena.
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CE 7265 Advanced Subsurface Hydrology and Hydraulics (3)
Prereq.: CE 4250 . Properties of porous media and fluid mixtures; dynamics of flow in single phase and multiphase flow systems; miscible and immiscible flow; basic concepts in saturated and unsaturated flow; solution procedures and applications in engineering design; physics and mathematics of transport processes in ground water; governing equations, solution procedures and applications; waste management and pollution control in subsurface environments.
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CE 7275 Modeling for Management of Groundwater (3)
Prereq.: CE 4250 . Identification of management problems; applications of systems theory to develop modeling techniques; analytical and numerical techniques of groundwater modeling; development and application of models and computer codes for simulation and optimization management of surface and groundwater systems.
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CE 7280 Modeling in Physical Hydrology (3)
Prereq.: CE 4200 . Principles of mathematical physics applied to hydrologic processes; methods of solution and model building; application to water resource problems.
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CE 7300 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering I: Stress Distribution, Seepage, Compressibility (3)
Prereq.: CE 3300 and CE 3350 . Advanced theories of soil mechanics including stress distribution, seepage through soils, consolidation and settlement analysis; their applications in foundation engineering.
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CE 7310 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering II: Shear Strength, Bearing Capacity, Slope Stability (3)
Prereq.: CE 7300 . Shear strength of cohesive and cohesionless soils; stability problems including bearing capacity, slope stability and earth pressure distribution.
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CE 7315 Principles of Soil Behavior (3)
Prereq.: CE 3300 , CE 3350 . Analysis of the effect of compositional and environ-mental factors on conduction phenomena, volume change behavior, deformation, strength stress-strain-time behavior in soils; soil composition, mineralogy, soil-water electrolyte systems in identification of influencing variables.
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CE 7335 Soil Improvement and Stabilization (3)
Prereq.: CE 4300 . Methodology and analysis of soil placement and improvement techniques; properties of mineral and organic salts, principles of soil compaction; methods of soil placement and improvement, chemical stabilization of soils, lime columns, stone columns, ultimate strength and bearing capacity of columns, compression by surcharging and drains, dynamic consolidation, vibro stabilization, thermal properties of soils, thermal stabilization.
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CE 7340 Theory and Practice of Geotechnical Laboratory Experiments (3)
Prereq.: CE 3300 , CE 3350 , and CE 4300 or equivalent. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab Theory and practice of laboratory experimental techniques used in geotechnical designs and analyses.
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CE 7405 Statically Indeterminate Structures (3)
Prereq.: CE 4435 . Analysis of statically indeterminate structures by modern methods.
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CE 7409 Advanced Concrete Theory (3)
Analysis and design of reinforced concrete structural elements according to ultimate strength and limit design theories; prestressed indeterminate structures, shrinkage and creep.
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CE 7410 Structural Reliability (3)
Fundamentals of reliability analysis of structures, load and resistance models, first-order reliability methods, probabilistic simulation techniques, calibration of design codes, system reliability, sensitivity analysis.
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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.
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CE 7425 Advanced Bridge Engineering (3)
Recent advancement in bridge engineering in terms of analysis, design, and performance assessment, including both practice and research aspects.
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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.
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CE 7435 Random Vibrations (3)
Description and characterization of stochastic processes and random fields; classical random vibrations; response of linear elastic structural systems subject to stochastic excitations; structural design of random systems with applications to earthquake engineering and wind engineering.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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CE 7740 Master’s Report (3)
Comprehensive report with oral defense on subject approved by the major professor.
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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.
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CE 8000 Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.)
“S”/”U”grading.
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CE 9000 Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.)
“S”/”U”grading.
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Chemical Engineering Chemistry, Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics Proficiency • A grade of “C” or better in each of the basic sciences preparatory courses–BIOL 1201 ; CHEM 1201 and CHEM 1202 ; PHYS 2110 and PHYS 2113 ; MATH 1550 , MATH 1552 , and MATH 2090 –is required before students may register for any chemical engineering course other than CHE 1100 and CHE 2171 .
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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.
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CHE 2171 Chemical Engineering Fundamentals: Material and Energy Balances (4)
Prereq.: MATH 1550 , CHEM 1202 , and CHE 1100 . 3 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Emphasis on basic principles and concepts used to make chemical engineering calculations; techniques used in these calculations applied to typical industrial problems. A three hour computer lab will reinforce lecture material and give practical experience with computer simulation packages.
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CHE 2176 Numerical Methods and Programming for Chemical Engineers (4)
Prereq.: a grade of “C” or better CHE 2171 and a grade of “C” or better in BIOL 1201 , CHEM 1201 , CHEM 1202 , MATH 1550 , MATH 1552 , MATH 2090 and PHYS 2110 and PHYS 2113 . 3 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab Basic concepts and techniques in analysis of engineering processes; mathematical description of physical systems and application of modern computers to solution of resulting equations. A three-hour computer lab will reinforce lecture material and give practical experience in scripting/programming.
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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.
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CHE 3102 Transport Sciences: Heat and Mass Transfer (4)
Prereq.: A grade of “C” or better in CHE 2176 and CHE 3101 . Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer; similarities of heat, mass and momentum transfer and their interrelation; engineering applications.
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CHE 3104 Engineering Measurements Laboratory (3)
Prereq.: a grade of “C” or better in CHE 2176 and credit with a grade of “C” or better or registration in CHE 3102 . 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Laboratory work to accompany CHE 2172 , CHE 3101 , CHE 3102 , and CHE 3173 .
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CHE 3171 Introduction to Design and Process Safety (3)
Prereq.: a grade of “C” or better in CHE 2176 and credit with a grade of “C” or better or registration in CHE 3101 and CHE 3173 . Introduction to process design, equipment selection, capital and operating economics, optimization and process safety.
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CHE 3173 Heterogeneous Equilibrium (3)
Prereq.: a grade of “C” or better in CHE 2172 and CHE 2176 . 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.
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CHE 3190 Chemical Reaction Engineering (3)
Prereq.: a grade of “C” or better in CHE 3173 and CHEM 3492 and a grade of “C” or better or registration in CHE 3102 . Credit will not be given for btoh this course and CHE 3100 . Basic principles of reactor design; selection of best design alternatives; achievement of optimum reactor operation.
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CHE 3249 Co-op in the Chemical Engineering Industry (3)
Prereq.: a grade of “C” or better in CHE 2171 and consent of instructor. Pass/fail grading. A minimum of 13 weeks of full-time employment (520 hrs. min) with a company in the chemical engineering related industry working in a chemical engineering capacity and participating in the ChE Co-op Program. (CHE 3249 must be taken the semester after the completion of the co-op assignment.) Students will engage in coursework related to their experiences garnered during their co-op assignment.
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CHE 3900 Independent Research I (3)
An honors course, CHE 3910 , is also available. Prereq.: A grade of “C” or better in CHE 2171 and CHE 2176 , an overall GPA of at least 3.0, and consent of instructor. Midterm presentation, final presentation, and final written report required. Credit will not be given for both this course and CHE 3910 . Individual study of a specific chemical engineering problem or individual laboratory research.
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CHE 3901 Independent Research II (3)
An honors course, CHE 3911 , is also available. Prereq.: A grade of “C” or better in CHE 3900 , an overall GPA of at least 3.0, and consent of instructor. Midterm presentation, final presentation, final written report, and poster presentation at a recognized scientific event or contribution to a scientific manuscript required. Credit will not be given for both this course and CHE 3911 . A continuation of CHE 3900 , individual study of a specific chemical engineering problem or individual laboratory research.
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CHE 3910 Honors Independent Research I (3)
Same as CHE 3900 with special honors emphasis. Prereq.: A grade of “C” or better in CHE 2171 and CHE 2176 , an overall GPA of at least 3.0, and consent of instructor. Midterm presentation, final presentation, and final written report required. Credit will not be given for both this course and CHE 3900 .
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CHE 3911 Honors Independent Research II (3)
Same as CHE 3901 with special honors emphasis. Prereq.: A grade of “C” or better in CHE 3910 , an overall GPA of at least 3.0, and consent of instructor. Midterm presentation, final presentation, final written report, and poster presentation at a recognized scientific event or contribution to a scientific manuscript required. Credit will not be given for both this course and CHE 3901 .
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