2011-2012 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

principles, environmental sciences, and/
or materials science can be useful to a
career in this area.
CHEN E4201: Engineering applications of
electrochemistry
CHEN E4252: Introduction to surface and colloid
science
CHEN E6050: Advanced electrochemistry
CHEN E3900: Undergraduate research project
Bioinductive and Biomimetic
Materials. This is a rapidly emerging
area of research, and the department’s
course concentration is under
development. At present, students
interested in this area are recommended
to attend Polymer surfaces and
interfaces (CHEN E4640); and Physical
chemistry of macromolecules (CHEN
E6620). Other courses in the “Science
and Engineering of Polymers and
Soft Materials” concentration are
also relevant. When complete, the
concentration will include courses
directly addressing biomaterials and
immunological response.
Courses in Chemical
Engineering
See also section for Biomedical
Engineering. Note: Check the
department website for the most current
course offerings and descriptions.
CHEN E1040y Molecular engineering and
product design
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisites: None. An introductory course
intended to expose students to Chemical
Engineering. Examines the ways in which
chemical and biological sciences are interpreted
through analytical, design, and engineering
frameworks to generate products that enhance
human endeavor. Students are introduced to
the culture of chemical engineering and the
wide variety of chemical engineering practices,
through lectures by department faculty and
practicing chemical engineers, trips to industrial
facilities, reverse-engineering of chemical
products, and a chemical design competition.
CHEE E3010x Principles of chemical
engineering thermodynamics
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Castaldi.
Prerequisite: CHEM C1403. Corequisite:
CHEN E3020. Introduction to thermodynamics.
Fundamentals are emphasized: the laws of
thermodynamics are derived and their meaning
explained and elucidated by applications to
engineering problems. Pure systems are treated,
followed by an introduction to mixtures and
phase equilibrium.
CHEN E3020x Analysis of chemical
engineering problems, I
2 pts. Lect: 1. Lab: 1. Professor Ortiz.
Prerequisites: vector calculus, ordinary
differential equations. Corequisites: CHEN
E3010, E3110. Computational solutions
of chemical engineering problems in
thermodynamics, transport phenomena, and
reaction design.
CHEN E3100x Material and energy balances
4 pts. Lect: 4. Professor McNeill.
Prerequisites: First-year Chemistry and Physics
or equivalents. This course serves as an
introduction to concepts used in the analysis
of chemical engineering problems. Rigorous
analysis of material and energy balances on
open and closed systems is emphasized. An
introduction to important processes in the
chemical and biochemical industries is provided.
CHEN E3110x Transport phenomena, I
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Hill.
Prerequisites: mechanics, vector calculus, ordinary
differential equations. Corequisite: CHEN E3020.
Analysis of momentum and energy transport
processes at molecular, continuum, and system
scales for systems of simple fluids (gases and lowmolecular-weight
liquids). Molecular-level origins of
fluid viscosity, continuum fluid mechanics analysis
of laminar flows, and the resulting dimensionless
correlations of kinematic and mechanical
characteristics of a system needed for engineering
design (e.g., friction factor vs. Reynolds number
correlations). Molecular origins of fluid conductivity,
continuum heat transfer analysis, and the resulting
correlations of a system’s thermal characteristics
useful in engineering design (e.g., Nusselt number
correlations). Examples are reviewed of analyses
typical in chemical engineering technologies.
Essential mathematical methods are reviewed or
introduced in context.
CHEN E3120y Transport phenomena, II
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Durning.
Prerequisite: CHEN E3110. Corequisite: CHEN
E3220. Developments in Transport I are
extended to handle turbulence. Topics include:
Turbulent energy cascade, wall-bounded
turbulent shear flow, time-averaging of the
equations of change, Prandtl’s mixing length
hypothesis for the Reynolds stress, the Reynolds
analogy, continuum modeling of turbulent flows
and heat transfer processes, friction factor,
and Nusselt number correlations for turbulent
conditions. Then, macroscopic (system-level)
mass, momentum, and energy balances for onecomponent
systems are developed and applied
to complex flows and heat exchange processes.
The final part focuses on mass transport in
mixtures of simple fluids: Molecular-level origins
of diffusion phenomena, Fick’s law and its multicomponent
generalizations, continuum-level
framework for mixtures and its application to
diffusion dominated processes, diffusion with
chemical reaction, and forced/free convection
mass transport.
CHEN E3210y Chemical engineering
thermodynamics
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Kumar.
Prerequisites: CHEE E3010 and CHEN E3100.
Corequisite: CHEN E3220. This course deals
with fundamental and applied thermodynamic
principles that form the basis of chemical
engineering practice. Topics include phase
equilibria, methods to treat ideal and nonideal
mixtures, and estimation of properties using
computer-based methods.
CHEN E3220y Analysis of chemical
engineering problems, II
2 pts. Lect: 1. Lab: 1. Professor Ortiz.
Prerequisite: CHEN E3020. Corequisites:
CHEN E3210, E3120. Computational
solutions of chemical engineering problems in
thermodynamics, transport phenomena, and
reaction design.
BMCH E3500y Transport in biological
systems
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisites: CHEM C3443 and MATH E1210.
Corequisites: BIOL C2005. Convective and
diffusive movement and reaction of molecules
in biological systems. Kinetics of homogeneous
and heterogeneous reactions in biological
environments. Mechanisms arid models of
transport across membranes. Convective
diffusion with and without chemical reaction.
Diffusion in restricted spaces. Irreversible
thermodynamic approaches to transport and
reaction in biological systems.
CHEN E3810y Chemical engineering
laboratory
3 pts. Lab: 3. Professor Banta.
Prerequisites: Completion of core chemical
engineering curricula through the fall semester
of senior year (includes: CHEN E3110, E3120,
E4230, E3100, E3010, E3210, E4140, E4500), or
instructor’s permission. The course emphasizes
active, experiment-based resolution of openended
problems involving use, design, and
optimization of equipment, products, or materials.
Under faculty guidance students formulate,
carry out, validate, and refine experimental
procedures, and present results in oral and
written form. The course develops analytical,
communications, and cooperative problemsolving
skills in the context of problems that
span from traditional, large scale separations
and processing operations to molecular level
design of materials or products. Sample projects
include: scale up of apparatus, process control,
chemical separations, microfluidics, surface
engineering, molecular sensing, and alternative
energy sources. Safety awareness is integrated
throughout the course.
CHEN E3900x and y Undergraduate research
project
1–6 pts. Members of the faculty.
Candidates for the B.S. degree may conduct
an investigation of some problem in chemical
engineering or applied chemistry or carry out
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