Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2002
Chemical Engineering (CENG)
Rice Course Schedule as of 11/26/2002.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
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NOTE: Course web pages are available for some CENG courses.
CENG 301 CHEMICAL ENG'G FUNDAMENTALS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Use of basic mathematical concepts, physical laws, stoichiometry, and the
thermodynamic properties of matter to obtain material and energy balances for
steady and unsteady state systems. Required for sophomores intending to major
in chemical engineering.
Co-req- Ceng 303.
001 AL C124 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Davis, Samuel Henry Enr: 19 Max: 0
Zygourakis, Kyriacos
CENG 303 MATLAB AND MAPLE FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS Credits 2.00 Fall 02
Teaches students how to use Workstations and the computer languages MATLAB and
MAPLE that are applied extensively in Ceng 301 and other courses. Course is a
co-requisite for students enrolled in Ceng 301.
001 AL B209 - W 07:00PM - 09:00PM Staff Enr: 20 Max: 0
CENG 390 KINETICS & REACTOR DESIGN Credits 4.00 Fall 02
Principles and significance of chemical kinetics; procedures for evaluating
kinetic parameters from reaction rate data; application of these methods to
design and predict the performance of various types of ideal and nonideal
chemical reactors.
001 DH 1042 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Wong, Michael Enr: 19 Max: 0
CENG 401 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA I Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Fundamental principles of heat, mass, and momentum transport applied to the
continuum; analysis of macroscopic physical systems based on the continuum
equations; applications in chemical engineering practice.
001 AL C124 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Miller, Clarence A. Enr: 17 Max: 0
CENG 403 EQUIPMENT DESIGN Credits 4.00 Fall 02
Design and economic analysis of chemical process equipment. Use of computer
design packages in the analysis of chemical equipment.
001 AL C124 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
AL Cox, Ken Enr: 14 Max: 0
CENG 412 THERMODYNAMICS II Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Advanced treatment of chemical and phase equilibri in multicomponent systems.
Includes a detailed study of nonideal solutions.
001 KH 107 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Chapman, Walter G. Enr: 17 Max: 0
CENG 420 BIOSYSTEMS TRANSPORT AND REACTION PROCES Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Application of the basic principles of transport and reaction to analyze
momentum, heat, and mass transport, and reaction processes in the human body.
Includes mathematical modeling to describe physiologic function, to understand
pathological conditions, and to design bioartificial organs with emphasis on
the quantification of biomedical systems in relation to underlying molecular
mechanisms and cellular behavior. Also offered as BIOE 420.
Prereq- Math 211, 212. Also offerd as BIOE 420.
001 DH 1070 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Mikos, Antonios G. Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 443 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAB II Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Experiments demonstrating transport coefficient measurements, forced and free
convection transfer operations, and thermodynamic principles as covered in Ceng
401, 402, 411.
001 AL C124 - F 02:00PM - 02:50PM Staff Enr: 17 Max: NA
CENG 470 PROCESS DYNAMICS & CONTROL Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Modeling of dynamic processes. Response of uncontrolled systems. Transfer
functions. Feedback controllers; response and stability of controlled systems;
frequency response. Design of feedback controllers. Cascade, feedforward and
multivariable control systems. Introduction to computer control. Use of
simulators to design feedback controllers. Required for B.S. majors in chemical
engineering.
Prereq- Ceng 301; Math 211, 212; Phys 101, 102.
001 AL C124 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Mantzaris, Nikos Enr: 14 Max: NA
CENG 500 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Fall 02
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. Course may be repeated for credit.
001 TBA - TBA Robert, Marc A. Enr: 1 Max: 5
CENG 501 FLUID MECHANICS AND TRANSPORT PROCESSES Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Advanced study in fluid mechanics and transport processes including analytical
and numerical approximation methods, boundary layer theory, and potential flow
theory.
001 AL B209 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Hirasaki, George J. Enr: 12 Max: NA
CENG 551 INTRODUCTION TO BIOENGINEERING Credits 1.00 Fall 02
A seminar course introducing current research areas in Bioengineering and
Biotechnology. Taught in a tutorial manner to help acquaint students with the
research activities of various laboratories at Rice and the Texas Medical
Center.
Prereq- Graduate standing or instructor's approval. Also offered as BIOE 551.
Also offered as BIOE 551
001 KH 105 - F 02:00PM - 03:00PM McIntire, Larry V. Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 571 FLOW AND TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA Credits 3.00 Fall 02
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 Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 593 POLYMER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Basic concepts in macromolecular chemistry and their application in the
synthesis and chemical modification of polymers.
Prereq- Chem 211, 212.
001 AL B209 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Armeniades, Constantine D Enr: 9 Max: NA
CENG 600 MASTER OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH Credits Fall 02
Independent investigation of a topic or problem in modern chemical engineering
research under the direction of a selected faculty member.
Prereq- permission of department. Course may be repeated for credit.
001 TBA - MWF 02:25PM - 03:40PM Zygourakis, Kyriacos Enr: 1 Max: NA
CENG 603 RHEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 02
Calculus and time derivatives of directed quantites. Elastic solid, Newtonian
liquid. Shear and extensional flows. Linear Viscoelaticitiy. Non-linear
viscoelasticity: rate- and time-dependent shear and extensional viscosity,
normal stressess in shear. Elementary theories of non-linear viscoelastic
behavior. Isotrophy, objectivity, frame-indifference. Shear and extensional
rheometry. Special topics: thermodynamics of microstructured materials;
fine-grained theories of polymer dynamics; computational rheology.
Prereq- Graduate status; CENG 501 or insturctor permission
001 AL B209 - MW 04:00PM - 05:30PM Pasquali, Matteo Enr: 8 Max: NA
CENG 611 ADVANCED TOPICS-THERMODYNAMICS Credits 3.00 Fall 02
An advanced treatment of the thermodynamics of pure and multicomponent systems.
Topics range from classical thermodynamics to a discussion of modern
developments.
001 AL B209 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Robert, Marc A. Enr: 14 Max: NA
CENG 661 GRADUATE SEMINAR Credits 1.00 Fall 02
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001 DH 1064 - TH 02:30PM - 04:00PM Staff Enr: 47 Max: NA
CENG 700 M.S. RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits Fall 02
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001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: NA
CENG 800 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Fall 02
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001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 39 Max: NA
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