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Chemical Engineering
www.iastate.edu/~ch_e/
Charles E. Glatz, Chair of Department
Distinguished Professors: Reilly, Seagrave
University Professors: Hill
Professors: Brown, Fox, Glatz, Hebert, Jolls, Porter, Schrader,
J. Shanks, Ulrichson
Distinguished Professors (Emeritus): Burnet, Doraiswamy
University Professors (Emeritus): Wheelock
Professors (Emeritus): Abraham, Boylan, Youngquist
Associate Professors: Mallapragada, Rollins,
B. Shanks, Vigil
Associate Professors (Adjunct): Hanneman
Associate Professors (Emeritus): Collins
Assistant Professors: Gonzalez, Narasimhan
Undergraduate Study
For undergraduate curriculum in chemical engineering leading
to the degree bachelor of science, see College of Engineering, Curricula.
This curriculum is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission
of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
Chemical engineering is a profession which provides a link between
scientific knowledge and manufactured products. The chemical engineer
relies on science, experience, creativity, and ingenuity to produce
these materials economically. Almost everything of a material nature
used by society today has at some point felt the influence of the
chemical engineer. From raw materials such as minerals, coal, petroleum,
and agricultural products, chemical engineers create versatile intermediate
and commodity chemicals, high performance fuels, new materials for
construction, pharmaceuticals, high performance foodstuffs, synthetic
textiles, plastics, solid state electronic components, and dozens
of other engineered materials. The chemical engineer’s influence
has been important in the development of catalysts, fuel cells,
automatic controls, biochemical processes, artificial kidneys, tissue
engineering, nuclear energy, medical instruments and devices, as
well as in the development of air and water pollution control systems.
Many new and equally exciting challenges await the practicing chemical
engineer of the future.
The profession of chemical engineering embraces a wide variety of
activities including research, process development, product development,
design, manufacturing supervision, technical sales, consulting,
and teaching. The engineer can be behind a desk, in a laboratory,
in a manufacturing plant, or engaged in nationwide and worldwide
travel.
Successful chemical engineers find chemistry, mathematics, and physics
to be interesting and exciting. Many chemical engineers also have
interest in the biological sciences. The curriculum in chemical
engineering includes continued study of chemistry, mathematics,
and physics as well as intensive study in the engineering sciences
such as chemical reaction engineering, thermodynamics, mass transfer,
fluid mechanics, heat transfer, system analysis and process synthesis,
and design.
The curriculum in chemical engineering is designed to produce graduates
that have the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science,
and engineering; the ability to design, conduct and interpret experiments,
and the ability to design a chemical engineering system, component,
or process. Graduates should also have the ability to function on
multi-disciplinary teams; the ability to identify, formulate, and
solve chemical engineering problems; and the ability to use the
techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering
practice.
The curriculum should also assure that graduates have the ability
to communicate effectively, the broad education necessary to understand
the impact of chemical engineering solutions in a global and societal
context, and recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage
in life-long learning, as well as a knowledge of contemporary issues
and an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
The curriculum assures that graduates have a thorough grounding
in chemistry, along with a working knowledge of advanced chemistry
such as organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, materials chemistry,
or biochemistry. In addition, a working knowledge, including safety
and environmental aspects, of material and energy balances applied
to chemical processes; thermodynamics of physical and chemical equilibria;
heat, mass, and momentum transfer; chemical reaction engineering;
continuous and stage-wise separation operations; process dynamics
and control; process design; and appropriate modern experimental
and computing techniques is assured.
A significant number of chemical engineering graduates should have
an ability to function as engineers in an international setting,
and an ability to pursue research and advanced studies in chemical
engineering, or in related fields such as medicine, law, and business.
A cooperative education program is available to students in chemical
engineering. See Cooperative Programs, College of Engineering.
Graduate Study
The department offers work for the degrees master of science,
master of engineering, and doctor of philosophy with major in chemical
engineering, and minor work to students taking major work in other
departments.
Prerequisite to major graduate work is a bachelor’s degree
in chemical engineering, chemistry, or other related field. Students
with undergraduate background other than chemical engineering should
contact the department for further details.
The master of engineering degree requires a creative component.
A thesis is required for the master of science degree.
Courses open for nonmajor graduate credit: All 300 and 400 level
courses except 302, 391, 392, 396, 397, 398, 490, 498, and 499.
Courses Primarily for Undergraduate Students
Ch E 202. Seminar.
(1-0) Cr. R. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification in chemical
engineering. Offered on a satisfactory-fail grading basis only.
Ch E 210. Material and Energy Balances.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Chem 178, Math 166. Introduction
to chemical processes. Physical behavior of gases, liquids, and
solids. Application of material and energy balances to chemical
engineering equipment and processes.
Ch E 298. Cooperative Education. Cr.
R. F.S.SS. Prereq: Permission of department chair. First
professional work period in the cooperative education program. Students
must register for this course before commencing work.
Ch E 302. Seminar. (1-0) Cr. R. S.
Prereq: Junior classification in chemical engineering. Offered
on a satisfactory-fail grading basis only.
Ch E 325. Chemical Engineering Laboratory
I. (0-4) Cr. 2. F.S. Prereq: 357, credit or enrollment
in 381. Experiments covering fundamental material and energy
balances, momentum and energy transport operations, and thermodynamics.
Computer applications. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Ch E 356. Transport Phenomena I. (3-0)
Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: 210, Phys 221, credit or enrollment in Math
267. Momentum and mechanical energy balances. Incompressible
and compressible fluid flow. Applications to fluid drag, piping
system design, filtration, packed beds and settling. Nonmajor graduate
credit.
Ch E 357. Transport Phenomena II.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: 356. Conduction and diffusion,
convective heat and mass transfer, boiling and condensation, radiation,
and design of heat exchange equipment. Introduction to diffusion.
Nonmajor graduate credit.
Ch E 358. Separations. (4-0) Cr. 4.
F.S. Prereq: 357. Diffusion and mass transfer in fluids.
Analysis and design of continuous contacting and multistage separation
processes. Binary and multicomponent distillation, absorption, extraction,
evaporation, membrane processes, and simultaneous heat and mass
transfer. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Ch E 381. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Math 267, Phys 222, Chem 321. Application
of thermodynamic principles to chemical engineering problems. Thermodynamic
properties of fluids, phase equilibria, and chemical reaction equilibria.
Nonmajor graduate credit.
Ch E 382. Chemical Reaction Engineering.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: 381, credit or enrollment in 357.
Kinetics of chemical reactions; design of homogeneous and heterogeneous
chemical reactors. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Ch E 391. Foreign Study Orientation.
(1-0) Cr. 1. S. Prereq: 356, permission of instructor. Preparation
for foreign study program. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis
only. Credit for graduation allowable only upon completion of 392.
Ch E 392. Foreign Study Program. Cr.
2-6. SS. Prereq: 391. Study of chemical engineering including
laboratories and lectures at University College London or other
collaborating international universities. Comparative study of U.S.
and international manufacturing facilities. Expenses required. Offered
on a satisfactory-fail grading basis only.
Ch E 396. Summer Internship. Cr. R.
SS. Prereq: Permission of department. Summer professional
work period. Students must register for this course prior to commencing
work.
Ch E 397. Engineering Internship.
Cr. R. F.S. Prereq: Permission of department. One semester
maximum per academic year professional work period. Students must
register for this course prior to commencing work.
Ch E 398. Cooperative Education. Cr.
R. F.S.SS. Prereq: 298, permission of department chair. Second
professional work period in the cooperative education program. Students
must register for this course before commencing work .
Ch E 406. Environmental
Chemodynamics. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2003. Prereq:
381, credit or enrollment in 358. Examines the mechanisms and
rates of chemical transport across air, water, and soil interfaces.
Applications of transport and thermodynamic fundamentals to movement
of chemicals in the environment. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Ch E 410. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.
(2-3) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2004. Prereq: 382 and Chem 331
or senior or graduate classification in chemistry or material science
and engineering. Integration and synthesis of chemical engineering
and chemistry as practiced in modern industry. Engineering of chemical
reactions and processes. Processing routes and product engineering
for commodity chemicals, petroleum-based fuels, petrochemicals,
intermediates, specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and engineered
materials. Environmental strategies for waste/by-product minimization
and pollution prevention. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Ch E 415. Biochemical Engineering.
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 357, 382 recommended, Chem 331. Enrollment
in Ch E 515L optional. Application of basic chemical engineering
principles in biochemical and biological process industries such
as enzyme technology and fermentation. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Ch E 421. Process Control. (3-0) Cr.
3. F.S. Prereq: Credit or enrollment in 358, Math 267. Control
of industrial chemical processes. Device applications and limitations.
Dynamics of chemical process components and process control systems.
Nonmajor graduate credit.
Ch E 426. Chemical Engineering Laboratory
II. (0-4) Cr. 2. F.S. Prereq: 325, 358, 382. Experiments
in heat and mass transfer, staged operations, chemical reactor performance,
unit processes. Computer applications. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Ch E 430. Process and Plant Design. (2-6)
Cr. 4. F.S. Prereq: 358, 382. Synthesis of chemical engineering
processes, equipment and plants. Cost estimation and feasibility
analysis. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Ch E 443. Polymers and Polymer Engineering.
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 382 and Chem 331 or Mat E 351. Chemistry
of polymers, addition and condensation polymerization. Physical
and mechanical properties, polymer rheology, production methods.
Applications of polymers in the chemical industry. Nonmajor graduate
credit.
Ch E 490. Independent Study. (0-3
to 0-18) Cr. 1 to 6. Introduction to research methods; investigation
of an approved topic.
H. Honors
Ch E 498. Cooperative Education. Cr.
R. F.S.SS. Prereq: 398, permission of department chair. Third
and subsequent professional work periods in the cooperative education
program. Students must register for this course before commencing
work.
Ch E 499. Undergraduate Research.
(0-9) Cr. 3. Prereq: Permission of department. Research in
chosen area of chemical engineering, with final written report.
Students are encouraged to elect this course for two consecutive
semesters. For students majoring in chemical engineering. No more
than 6 credits may be counted toward graduation.
Courses Primarily for
Graduate Students, open to qualified undergraduate students
Ch E 515L. Bioinformatics Laboratory.
(Same as BRT 515L.) (0-3) Cr. 1. Alt. S., offered 2004. Prereq:
Credit or enrollment in 415 or BBMB 301 or 404. Project-based
computational and experimental investigation of enzyme structure
and function.
Ch E 525. Metabolic Engineering. (3-0)
Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2004. Prereq: 382, Chem 331. Enrollment
in Ch E 525L optional. Principles of metabolic engineering. Emphasis
on emerging examples in biorenewables and plant metabolic engineering.
Overview of biochemical pathways, determination of flux distributions
by stoichiometric and labeling techniques; kinetics and thermodynamics
of metabolic networks; metabolic control analysis; genetic engineering
for overexpression, deregulation, or inhibition of enzymes; directed
evolution; application of bioinformatics, genomics, and proteomics.
Ch E 525L. Metabolic Engineering Laboratory.
(Same as BRT 525L.) (0-3) Cr. 1. Alt. S., offered 2004. Prereq:
382, BBMB 404 or background combining metabolism and laboratory
experience. Project-based development of metabolic flux analysis
of fermentation for the production of chemicals. Engineers and biologists
will divide responsibilities in team assignments.
Ch E 539. Fluidized Bed Processes.
(Same as M E 539.) See Mechanical Engineering.
Ch E 540. Biomedical Applications of Chemical
Engineering. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2005. Prereq:
210, Math 266, Phys 222. Applications of material and energy
balances, transport phenomena, chemical reaction engineering, and
thermodynamics to problems in biomedical and biochemical engineering,
applied physiology, and environmental studies.
Ch E 543. Polymeric Biomaterials. (3-0)
Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2003. Prereq: Chem 331 or a polymers
class. Enrollment in Ch E 543L optional. Polymeric biomaterials,
overview of biomaterial requirements, different classes of polymers
used as biomaterials, specific bioapplications of polymers.
Ch E 543L. Tissue Engineering Laboratory.
(Same as BRT 543L.) (0-3) Cr. 1. Alt. F., offered 2003. Prereq:
Chem 331 or a polymers class. Problem-based learning laboratory
involving working in teams to design, construct and test a bioreactor
to cultivate bioartificial skin in vitro on three-dimensional porous,
biodgradable, polymer scaffolds.
Ch E 545. Analytical and Numerical Methods.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 358, Math 267. Analysis of equipment
and processes by analytic and/or numerical solution of descriptive
differential equations. Operational and series techniques, boundary
value problems, numerical interpolation and approximation, integration
techniques.
Ch E 552. Transport Phenomena I. (3-0)
Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 357, 381, Math 267, credit or enrollment in
545. Equations of change for mass, energy, and momentum. Introduction
to transport in multicomponent systems. Exact and approximate solutions
to the equations of motion.
Ch E 553. Transport Phenomena II.
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 552. Convective and radiative heat
transfer, boiling, condensation, multicomponent diffusion, mass
transfer models. High transfer rate effects. Simultaneous heat,
mass, and momentum transfer.
Ch E 562. Bioseparations. (3-0) Cr.
3. Alt. F., offered 2004. Prereq: 357 or advanced standing in
a science major. Enrollment in Ch E 562L optional. Principles
and techniques for separation and recovery of biologically-produced
molecules, especially proteins. Relationship between the chemistry
of biological molecules and efficient separation and preservation
of biological activity. Includes centrifugation and filtration,
membrane processing, extraction, precipitation and crystallization,
chromatography, and electrophoresis.
Ch E 562L. Bioseparations Laboratory.
(Same as BRT 562L.) (0-3) Cr. 1. Alt. F., offered 2004. Prereq:
358 or background combining protein chemistry and lab experience.
Project-based development of protein recovery from plants process.
Engineers and biologists will divide responsibilities in team assignments.
Ch E 565. Processing of Solid State Materials.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2005. Prereq: 382. Application
of chemical engineering principles in the semiconductor and related
industries. Analysis of chemical and physical processes in materials
fabrication.
Ch E 572. Turbulence. (Same as Aer
E 572.) See Aerospace Engineering.
Ch E 583. Advanced Thermodynamics. (3-0)
Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 381. Application of thermodynamic principles
to chemical engineering problems. Thermodynamic properties of non-ideal
fluids and solutions; phase and chemical-reaction equilibria/stability.
Ch E 587. Advanced Chemical Reactor Design.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 382. Analysis of complex reactions
and kinetics. Fixed bed, fluidized bed, and other industrial reactors.
Analysis and design of non-ideal flow mixing, and residence times.
Heterogeneous reactors.
Ch E 590. Special Topics. Cr. 2 to
6 each time taken. Investigation of an approved topic on an individual
basis.
Ch E 595. Special Topics. Cr. 2 or
3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor.
A. Separations
B. Advanced Control Theory
C. Crystallization
D. Thermodynamics
E. Kinetics and Catalysis
F. Transport Operations
G. Bioengineering
H. Chemical Engineering Instrumentation
I. Materials
Ch E 599. Creative Component. Cr.
var.
Courses for Graduate Students
Ch E 601. Seminar. (1-0) Cr.
R. F.S. Offered on a satisfactory-fail grading basis only.
Ch E 632. Multiphase Flow. (Same as
M E 632.) See Mechanical Engineering.
Ch E 645. Advanced Calculation Methods for
Chemical Engineers. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2005. Prereq:
545. Advanced analysis and design of equipment and processes
requiring specialized mathematical techniques.
Ch E 652. Advanced Transport. (3-0)
Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2004. Prereq: 552 and 553. Advanced
topics in momentum transport, fluid mechanics, and mass transport
including study of recent literature.
Ch E 688. Catalysis and Catalytic Processes.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2004. Prereq: 382. Principles
and applications of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. Adsorption.
Reaction kinetics and mass transfer effects. Catalyst characterization.
Industrial catalytic processes.
Ch E 690. Advanced Topics. Cr. var.
Ch E 697. Engineering Internship.
Cr. R. F.S.SS. Prereq: Permission of major professor, graduate
classification. One semester and one summer maximum per academic
year professional work period.
Ch E 699. Research.
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