Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2000
Chemical Engineering (CENG)
Rice Course Schedule as of 01/03/2000.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
NOTE: Course web pages are available for some CENG courses.
CENG 302 SEPARATION PROCESSES Credits 4.00 Spring 00
Analysis and design of single and multistage contacting operations involving
binary and multicomponent systems.
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 402 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA II Credits 3.00 Spring 00
Continuation of Ceng 401.
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 404 PROCESS DESIGN Credits 4.00 Spring 00
Optimal design of chemical processes; industrial economic principles; special
process design projects in small groups.
001 TBA - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM
AL C12 Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 411 THERMODYNAMICS I Credits 3.00 Spring 00
Development and application of the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
001 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Goveas, Jacqueline L. Enr: 0 Max: NA
002 TBA Robert, Marc A. Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 412 THERMODYNAMICS II Credits 3.00 Spring 00
Advanced treatment of chemical and phase equilibrium in multicomponent systems.
Includes a detailed study of nonideal solutions.
001 TBA - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Chapman, Walter G. Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 444 CHEMICAL ENG'G LAB Credits 2.00 Spring 00
Continuation of Ceng 443.
001 TBA - F 03:00PM - 03:50PM Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 460 INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNICAL PROCESSES Credits 2.00 Spring 00
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 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM San, Ka-yiu Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 471 PROCESS DYNAMICS & CONTROL LAB Credits 1.00 Spring 00
Students will experiment with a laboratory computer control system.
Prereq- Ceng 470
001 TBA - F 02:00PM - 03:00PM Zygourakis, Kyriacos Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 500 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 00
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 Robert, Marc A. Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 503 SIM&DESIGN-CENG PROC I Credits 3.00 Spring 00
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 TBA McKee, Herbert C. Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 562 NMR SPECTROSCOPY IN ENGI Credits 3.00 Spring 00
Basic principles and applications of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to
chemical engineering problems. Topics include in vivo NMR, imaging, NMR
microscopy 2-dimensional methods, solid state. Material from current
literature.
Also offered as BIOE 562
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 15
CENG 571 FLOW AND TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA, Credits 3.00 Spring 00
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 Hirasaki, George J. Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 590 KINETICS, CATALYSIS, AND REACTOR ENGINEE Credits 3.00 Spring 00
* 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 TBA Hightower, Joe W. Enr: 0 Max: NA
Zygourakis, Kyriacos
CENG 594 PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS Credits 3.00 Spring 00
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 TBA Armeniades, Constantine D Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 600 MASTER OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH Credits Spring 00
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 Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 602 PHYS-CHEM HYDRODYNAMICS Credits 3.00 Spring 00
Topics in hydrodynamics including areas such as waves on liquid surfaces,
conventive diffusion in liquids, motion of drops and bubbles, and
electrophoresis.
001 TBA Miller, Clarence A. Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 611 ADVANCED TOPICS-THERMODYNAMICS Credits 3.00 Spring 00
An advanced treatment of the thermodynamics of pure and multicomponent systems.
Topics range from classical thermodynamics to a discussion of modern
developments.
001 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max:
CENG 620 TISSUE ENGINEERING Credits 3.00 Spring 00
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 mebabolic 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 TBA Mikos, Antonios G. Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 662 GRADUATE SEMINAR Credits 1.00 Spring 00
No description
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 671 FLOW AND TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA Credits 3.00 Spring 00
Calculation of multicomponent-multiphase transport in one to three dimensions
using finite difference methods. Develop multidimensional models of systems.
Representation and estimation of geological heterogeneity.
001 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max:
CENG 700 M.S. RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits Spring 00
No description
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 720 INTRO TO BIOMED ENGINEERING Credits 1.00 Spring 00
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 Hirasaki, George J. Enr: 0 Max: NA
CENG 800 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 00
No description
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
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