Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2003
Chemical Engineering (CENG)

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CENG 305   COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN CHEMICAL ENGINE Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Introduction to modern practice and chemical engineering applications of
scientific computing: linear algebra (review); computer-aided solution of
systems of linear equations:(direct, iterative); evalutation of integrals;
systems of nonlinear algebraic equations; systems of ordinary differential
equations; one-dimensional boundary value problems; stability and accuracy of
computational methods; computational software libraries. Principles illustrated
through chemical engineering examples.
Prereq-CENG 301and CENG 303
001 AL C124 - MWF 09:00PM - 09:50PM     Pasquali, Matteo          Enr: 18 Max: NA

CENG 343   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAB                 Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Experiments demonstrating the principles presented in Ceng 301, 302, and 390.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 15 Max: NA

CENG 402   TRANSPORT PHENOMENA II                   Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Continuation of Ceng 401.
001 AL C124 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM     Davis, Samuel Henry       Enr: 18 Max: NA

CENG 404   PROCESS DESIGN                           Credits 4.00  Spring 03
Optimal design of chemical processes; industrial economic principles; special
process design projects in small groups.
001 AL C124 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM     Cox, Ken                  Enr: 14 Max: NA

CENG 411   THERMODYNAMICS I                         Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Development and application of the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
001 AL C124 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM     Staff                     Enr: 16 Max: NA

CENG 460   BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING                  Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Design, operation, and analysis of processes in the biochemical industries.
Topics include enyme kinetics, cell growth kinectics, energetics, recombiant
DNA technology, microbial, tissue and plant cell cultures, bioreactor design
and operation, down stream processing.
Also offered as BIOE 460
001 KH 105 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      San, Ka-yiu               Enr: 1 Max: NA

CENG 500   UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH                   Credits   Spring 03
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: 7 Max: NA

CENG 503   CHEMICAL ENGRG PROCESSES: AIR POLLUTION  Credits 3.00  Spring 03
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 AL C124 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:15PM     McKee, Herbert C.         Enr: 0 Max: NA

CENG 571   FLOW AND TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA  Credits 3.00  Spring 03
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 AL C124 - MW 02:00PM - 03:15PM      Hirasaki, George J.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

CENG 590   KINETICS, CATALYSIS, AND REACTOR ENGINEE Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Review of kinetics and reactor design equations; heterogeneous catalysis;
catalyst preparation, characterization, testing; catalytic reaction mechanisms;
diffusion and reaction in catalyst pellets; conservation equations; reactor
analysis.
001 AL B209 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM     Hightower, Joe W.         Enr: 11 Max: NA

CENG 594   PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS                   Credits 3.00  Spring 03
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 AL C124 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM     Armeniades, Constantine D Enr: 10 Max: NA

CENG 600   MASTER OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH  Credits   Spring 03
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 - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 1 Max: NA

CENG 602   PHYSICO-CHEMICAL HYDRODYNAMICS           Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Topics in hydrodynamics including areas such as waves on liquid surfaces,
convection and diffusion in liquids, motion of drops and bubbles, and
electrophoresis.
001 AL B209 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM     Miller, Clarence A.       Enr: 13 Max: NA

CENG 615   APPL OF MOLECULAR SIMULATION AND STATIST Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Introduction to molecular simulation techniques and applications of statistical
mechanics-based theory to engineering problems.  Projects involve topics of
current research interest.  Students are expected to know thermodynamics and to
have had some introduction to statistical mechanics.
001 AL B209 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM     Chapman, Walter G.        Enr: 5 Max: NA

CENG 620   TISSUE ENGINEERING                       Credits 3.00  Spring 03
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. Includes  strategies to regenerate mebabolic organs and repair
structural tissues, as well as cell-based therapies to deliver proteins and
other therapeutic drugs, with emphasis on issues related to cell and tissue
transplantation such as substrate properties, angiogenesis, growth stimulation,
cell differentiation, and immunoprotection.
Also offered as BIOE 620.
001 DH 1042 - MW 11:00AM - 12:15PM      Mikos, Antonios G.        Enr: 0 Max: NA

CENG 630   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF NANOSTRUCTURED M Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Overview of materials with structural features on the nanometer scale.
Discussion of general concepts of synthesis, characterization and applications.
Hightlight advances found in recent literature.
001 AL B209 - WF 09:30AM - 10:45AM      Wong, Michael             Enr: 18 Max: NA

CENG 662   GRADUATE SEMINAR                         Credits 1.00  Spring 03
No description
001 DH 1070 - TH 02:30PM - 04:00PM      Staff                     Enr: 46 Max: NA

CENG 692   NUMERICAL METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIAL EQUAT Credits 3.00  Spring 03
The class focuses on the numerical analysis of various times integration
techniques for ordinary differential equations, as well as spatial and temporal
discretization methods for hyperbolic and parabolic partial differentioal
equaitons that describe processes in engineering and biology, homeworks and
projects aim at the comparative evaluation of the various schemes discussed in
class.
Prereq- Knowledge of a programming language (Fortan prefereably), elementary
P.D.E.'s, basic concepts of calculus
001 AL B209 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:15PM     Mantzaris, Nikos          Enr: 12 Max: NA

CENG 700   M.S. RESEARCH AND THESIS                 Credits   Spring 03
No description
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 2 Max: NA

CENG 720   SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   Credits   Spring 03
A course which covers various special topics in chemical engineering. Offered
at irregular intervals on demand.  Enrollment requires approval of the
instructor.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM         Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

CENG 800   GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits   Spring 03
No description
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 37 Max: NA