Engineering Electives for Chemical Engineering

Revised April 3, 2006

The courses of study listed below for areas of concentration in bio-processing, environmental engineering, materials science, and product and process development and design have been pre-qualified by the department faculty and do not need additional approval.

BIOPROCESSING

The six elective courses should be chosen as follows:

ChE 453: Bioprocess Engineering I: Fundamentals and Applications

ChE 455: Bioprocess Engineering II: Biological Processes

ChE 433: Digital Process Control Lab

ChE 450A: Engineering and Microbiology Techniques (or equivalent)

Elective 5-6: Two courses from the following list

• Biol 2970 - Biology II
• Biol 334 - Introduction to Cell Biology
• Biol 3051 - Biology III (Genetics)
• BME 547- Biological Mass and Momentum Transport
• ENVE 584 - Environmental Biology
• Any 300-, 400- or 500-level ChE course (including an independent study project or senior thesis)

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

The six elective courses should be chosen as follows (this also fulfills the requirements for the Minor in Environmental Engineering Science).

ChE 443: Environmental Chemistry

ChE 408: Environmental Engineering Laboratory

ChE 345: Pollutant Abatement and Waste Minimization

ChE 539: Industrial Ecology

ChE/Env Elective 5-6: For the two elective courses, one must be taken from Group A and the other must be taken from either group A or Group B. For dual degree students both elective courses must be taken from Group A.

Group A

• ChE 344 – Air Pollution
• ChE 345 – Pollutant Abatement & Waste Minimization (option for dual degree students, prescribed for all other students)
• ChE 479 – Chemical Process Safety
• ChE 505 – Environmental Reaction Engineering
• ChE 518 – Aerosol Science and Engineering
• Any 500-level ENV course
• Env/CE 352 – Environmental Engineering Science
• Env/ME 449 – Sustainable Air Quality
• Env/ME 448A – Combustion and Environment

Group B

• Any 300-, 400- or 500-level ChE course (including an independent study project or senior thesis)
• Any 500-level Env course

MATERIALS SCIENCE

The six elective courses should be chosen as follows:

ChE 476: Engineering Properties of Materials

ChE 657, 658, or 659: Materials Laboratory

Electives 3-6: Four courses from the following list.

· CE 231 – Statics

· CE 241 – Mechanics of Deformable Bodies

· ME 361A – Materials Engineering

· ME 426 – Experimental Stress Analysis

· ME 455 – Fundamentals of Material Fatigue

· ME 515 – Elasticity

· ME 519 – Plasticity

· ME 520 – Fracture Mechanics

· ME 525 – Materials Selection in Engineering Design

· ME 546 – Finite Element Analysis

· ME 559 – Introduction to Biomechanics

· ChE 651 – Science of Synthetic and Biological Polymers

· ChE 653 – Technology of Composite Materials

· ChE 657 – Materials Characterization Techniques I (with lab)

· ChE 658 – Materials Characterization Techniques II (with lab)

· ChE 659 – Materials Characterization Techniques III (with lab)

· ME/ENVE 448A – Combustion and Environment

· ENVE 518 – Aerosol Science and Technology

· ENVE 592 – Advanced Topics in Aerosol Science and Technology

· Any 300-, 400- or 500-level ChE course (including an independent study project or senior thesis)

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND PROCESS DESIGN

The six elective courses should be chosen as follows:

ChE 479: Chemical Process Safety

ChE 433: Digital Process Control Laboratory

ChE 551: Data Analysis and Experimental Design

ChE 539: Industrial Ecology

Electives 5-6: Any 300-, 400- or 500-level ChE course (including an independent study project or senior thesis)