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CENG   402 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA II                   Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Continuation of Ceng 401.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM DH*1070  Davis, Sam                     *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   404 PROCESS DESIGN                           Credits 4.00  Spring 2000
Optimal design of chemical processes; industrial economic principles;
special process design projects in small groups.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM AL*C124  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0
001 W       03:00PM-03:50PM AL*C124  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   411 THERMODYNAMICS I                         Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Development and application of the first and second laws of
thermodynamics.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM AL*C124  Goveas, Jacqueline             *CURRENT ENR: 0
002 MW      08:35AM-09:50AM DH*1075  Robert, Marc                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   412 THERMODYNAMICS II                        Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Advanced treatment of chemical and phase equilibrium in multicomponent
systems.  Includes a detailed study of nonideal solutions.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM AL*C124  Chapman, Walter                *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   444 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAB III             Credits 2.00  Spring 2000
Continuation of Ceng 443.
001 F       03:00PM-03:50PM AL*C124  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   460 INTRO TO BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES      Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Enzyme kinetics; immobilized enzymes; cell cultivation; stoichiometry of
microbial growth and product formation; bioreactor design, agitation and
aeration; downstream processing.
Also offered as Bioe 460.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM AL*C124  San, Ka-Yiu                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   471 PROCESS DYNAMICS & CONTROL LAB           Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
Students will experiment with a laboratory computer control system.
Prereq- Ceng 470
001 F       02:00PM-03:00PM AL*C124  Zygourakis, Kyriacos           *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   500 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH                   Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
Independent investigation of a specific topic or problem in modern
chemical engineering research under the direction of a selected faculty
member.
Prereq- permission of the department.
001 TBA     TBA                      Robert, Marc                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   503 CHEMICAL ENGRG PROCESSES: AIR POLLUTION  Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Examines sources, characterization, and effects of atmospheric
pollutants O3, CO, HC, VOC, NOX, SOX, and particulates; regulatory
issues and pollution standards; dispersion models and meteorology; and
techniques, with emphasis on those employing catalysts, used in
pollution control.
Prereq- Math 212 and Chem 112 (or 102).
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:15PM AL*C124  McKee, H                       *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   571 FLOW AND TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA, Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Study of the geology, chemistry, and physics of multicomponent,
multiphase fluids in porous media.  Includes hydrostatic and
hydrodynamic properties of fluids in soils and rocks and the simulation
of fundamental transport processes in one dimension.
001 TBA     TBA                      Hirasaki, George               *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   590 KINETICS, CATALYSIS, AND REACTOR ENGINEE Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Review of kinetics and reactor design equations; heterogeneous
catalysis; catalyst preparation, characterization, testing; catalytic
reaction mechanisms; diffusion and reaction in catalyst pellets;
conservation equations; analysis of stirred tank, tubular, and
non-ideal reactors; multiplicity and stability of steady states; a
comprehensive laboratory experiment on catalysis.
Prereq- Ceng 390, Ceng 402, Ceng 412, Math 212.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM AL*B209  Hightower, Joe                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Zygourakis, Kyriacos           *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   594 PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS                   Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Molecular organization and physical properties of polymeric materials;
elastomeric, semicrystalline, and glassy polymers; processing and
technology of polymeric systems.
Also offered as Msci 594.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM PL*120   Armeniades, Constantine        *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   600 MASTER OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH  Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
Independent investigation of a topic or problem in modern chemical
engineering research under the direction of a selected faculty member.
Prereq- permission of department.
001                                  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   602 PHYSICO-CHEMICAL HYDRODYNAMICS           Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Topics in hydrodynamics including areas such as waves on liquid
surfaces, conventive diffusion in liquids, motion of drops and bubbles,
and electrophoresis.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM AL*C124  Miller, Clarence               *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   620 TISSUE ENGINEERING                       Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
This course will focus on cell-cell interactions and the role of the
extracellular matrix in the structure and function of normal and
pathological tissues for the development of (1) strategies to regenerate
mebtabolic organs and repair structural tissues, and (2) cell-based
therapies to deliver proteins and other therapeutic drugs.  Issues
related to cell and tissue transplantation such as substrate
properties, angiogenesis, growth stimulation, cell differentiation, and
immunoprotection will be emphasized.
Also offered as Bioe 620.
001 TTH     08:00AM-09:15AM GRB*211W Mikos, Antonios                *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   662 GRADUATE SEMINAR                         Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 TH      02:30PM-04:00PM          TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   700 M.S. RESEARCH AND THESIS                 Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   720 INTRO TO BIOMED ENGINEERING              Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
Molecular simulation techniques and statistical mechanics based theory
will be developed.  Topics include simple fluids, molecular fluids,
interfaces, ordered systems, and the current literature.  A prior course
in statistical mechanics is suggested but not required.
001 TBA     TBA             TBA      Hirasaki, George               *CURRENT ENR: 0

CENG   800 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

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