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Special Program Note for the Chemical Engineering Program
The Interprofessional Project Experience
Students in the chemical engineering program must be
enrolled in six credits of Interprofessional Projects according
to the following format:
• CHE/IPRO 296 Introduction to IPROs (1 credit)
• IPRO 497 Interprofessional Project (3 credits)
• CHE/IPRO 496 Design IPRO (2 credits)
IPRO 497 provides the opportunity to enroll in an
IPRO offered by any academic unit. CHE/IPRO 296 and
CHE/IPRO 496 create a package to accomplish interdisciplinary
teamwork for process design. CHE/IPRO 496
Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering is concerned with the design, development
and management of facilities that convert raw
materials into useful products. The engineer must assume
responsibility for the economical use of the raw materials,
preservation of the environment, and profitability of the
operation. The chemical engineering program has been
Coursework
The chemical engineering curriculum emphasizes basic
knowledge and applications of transport processes,
thermodynamics and kinetics of processes, automatic
control, and design, as well as fundamental sciences,
mathematics and engineering sciences. Design experience
is spread across the curriculum, beginning with the
Introduction to the Profession courses. Equipment design
is emphasized in courses such as Fluid Mechanics,
Heat and Mass-Transfer Operations, Thermodynamics,
and Chemical Reaction Engineering. Control-system
design is practiced in the Process Control course. Process
Professional Training
Professional training is stressed equally in the design of
the chemical engineering curriculum. Because engineering
is largely a team effort, the department develops the individual’s
ability to work effectively as a team member.
Group projects are assigned starting with the Introduction
to the Profession course. Laboratory course and capstone
design course projects are conducted by teams of students.
The laboratory work is designed to reinforce the concepts
developed in the lectures and to show the application
of chemical engineering principles to the solution of
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Chemical and Environmental Engineering
students attend one lecture weekly on process design and a
weekly two-hour meeting with the expanded IPRO group
and their project adviser. The expanded IPRO group
consists of the CHE/IPRO 496 students, CHE/IPRO 296
students and students from other academic units who have
registered for the relevant IPRO 497 sections (3 credit
hours). CHE/IPRO 296 students provide support to the
specific design activity through literature survey, data
generation and use of design software as appropriate.
CHE/IPRO 496 students are responsible for developing
and designing the process. IPRO 497 students enrich
the project by extending the work into their areas of
specialization.
designed to provide both the engineering competence
and the professional skills necessary to succeed in this
endeavor. In order to achieve this objective, the curriculum
incorporates coursework in both of these areas
throughout the four-year duration of the program.
modeling, simulations and optimization are discussed
and practiced in Transport Phenomena, Process Modeling
and System Theory, Numerical and Data Analysis,
Statistical Tools for Engineering, and Process Control
courses. The capstone design courses (Chemical Process
Design and Process Design IPRO) integrate these design
concepts and practice process design and optimization.
In addition to engineering competence, the program also
examines the economic, environmental and societal
implications of chemical engineering.
real-world problems. Because individual attention is so
important to the student’s growth, laboratory sections are
small and a high level of personal contact between student
and instructor is maintained. Students are encouraged to
become involved with state-of-the-art research projects at
the undergraduate level. The industry/university co-op program
is available to students who would like to use one or
more extra semesters any time after their sophomore year
to work on an internship in industry.
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