Jun 26, 2024  
2014-2015 Graduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Biology

  
  • BIOL 6220 - Advanced Electrophysiology

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in Biology and Biochemistry or consent of instructor.
    Mathematics and other aspects of electrophysiological research, including Fourier series, linear algebra, instrumentation electronics, and methods for analysis of electrophysiological data.
  
  • BIOL 6222 - Optical Methods Cell Biology

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
    Theoretical bases, technical considerations, applications, and limitations of optical approaches to the study cellular systems. Includes confocal and laser-scanning microscopy, ratiometric calcium imaging, and fluorescence-assisted cell sorting.
  
  • BIOL 6230 - Advanced Cell Biology I

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    Prerequisite: Undergraduate genetics, biochemistry, and cell biology.
    Core course for Molecular and Cell Biology program.  Topics include regulation of protein activity, GTPases, cell signaling, cell proliferation, apoptosis, and experimental design.
  
  • BIOL 6231 - Advanced Cell Biology II

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    Prerequisite: Undergraduate genetics, biochemistry, and cell biology.
    Core course for Molecular and Cell Biology program.  Topics include the cytoskeleton, cell motility, extracellular matrix, establishment and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity, and protein trafficking.
  
  • BIOL 6233 - Advanced Microbial Physiology

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2333 and BIOL 3304, or consent of instructor.
    Molecular and cellular mechanisms of fundamental processes in microbial physiology. Current literature and experimental techniques.
  
  • BIOL 6240 - Molecular Genetics 1

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    Prerequisite: Undergraduate genetics, biochemistry, and cell biology.
    Core course for Molecular and Cell Biology program.  Topics include prokaryotic molecular biology, DNA structure and replication, and advanced genetic approaches.
  
  • BIOL 6241 - Molecular Genetics 2

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    Prerequisite: Undergraduate genetics, biochemistry, and cell biology.
    Core course for Molecular and Cell Biology program.  Topics include eukaryotic molecular biology, transcription, translation, RNA splicing, and chromatin modification.
  
  • BIOL 6297 - Selected Topics in Biology

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
    May be taken for a maximum of six semester hours.

  
  • BIOL 6298 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
  
  • BIOL 6299 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (; )
  
  • BIOL 6307 - Advanced Cell Biology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: BIOL 4374 or equivalent.
    Topics and techniques in cell biology with emphasis on vesicular transport, cell motility, and other cellular processes.
  
  • BIOL 6312 - Scientific Communication

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor
    Principles of effective written and oral communication of ideas and data; basics of data visualization, poster design, oral presentations and scientific writing with a special emphasis on grant development.
  
  • BIOL 6315 - Neuroscience

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: BIOL 1161, 1361, 1162, and 1362, and BCHS 3304 or consent of instructor. Graduate standing
    Molecular, cellular, and behavioral principles of nervous system function, including aspects of development, learning and memory, and evolution. Students must complete a written assignment on aspects of the course content
  
  • BIOL 6317 - Multivariate Biometry

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-3); )
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3407 or equivalent.
    Advanced techniques in biometrics, emphasizing multivariate methods.
  
  • BIOL 6320 - Molecular Biology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3301,Graduate standing
    Molecular processes involved in biological systems ad methods for their study, including recombinant DNA techniques and other modern research applications. Students must complete a written assignment on aspects of the course content.
  
  • BIOL 6324 - Bioinformatics for Biologists

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(4-1); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing; BIOL 3306 or consent of instructor.
    Computer-assisted analyses of molecular data including data retrieval, database usage, sequence alignment, gene identification, phylogenetics, genomics, and proteomics. Individually designed research projects uses bioinformatic methods.
  
  • BIOL 6357 - Community Ecology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3306 and BIOL 4368 or consent of instructor.
    For biology majors. Current principles and theories regarding the structure and dynamics of communities, including concepts of predation, competition, succession, diversity, and stability.
  
  • BIOL 6366 - Molecular Evolution

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and BIOL 3301.
    Evolution of molecular entities and the use of molecular data in the reconstruction of evolutionary events at and above the species level. A written assignment on primary literature related to course subject.
  
  • BIOL 6368 - Ecology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3301 and 3306 or consent of instructor. Graduate standing
    Current concepts of the interrelationships between organisms and the environment. Students must complete a written assignment on aspects of the course content
  
  • BIOL 6371 - Molecular Genetics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and either BIOL 3301 or BCHS 4306.
    The molecular biology and genetics of bacteriophages, procaryotes, and eucaryotes.
  
  • BIOL 6374 - Cell Biology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3301. Graduate standing
    BCHS 3304, graduate standing. Composition, organization, and function of cells at the molecular level. Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree in Biology or in Biochemistry
    Students must complete a written assignment on aspects of the course content
  
  • BIOL 6384 - Developmental Biology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3301,Graduate standing
    Cellular differentiation, growth, and morphogenesis of developing biological systems. Students must complete a written assignment on aspects of the course content.
  
  • BIOL 6397 - Selected Topics in Biology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
    May be taken for a maximum of six semester hours.

  
  • BIOL 6398 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
  
  • BIOL 6399 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • BIOL 6498 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 4.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
  
  • BIOL 6598 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 5.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
  
  • BIOL 7123 - Advanced Microbiology Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(1-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Biology or Biochemistry.
    Presentation and discussion of the current literature in Microbiology.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • BIOL 7124 - Cell Biology Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(1-0); )
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in the Department of Biology and Biochemistry.
    Presentations from the literature and discussion of current topics in cell biology.
  
  • BIOL 7323 - Microbiology Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in biology.
    May be repeated for a maximum of nine semester hours.

  
  • BIOL 7367 - Population Biology Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in biology.
    Graduate seminar in newer aspects of population biology.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • BIOL 7374 - Seminar in Developmental Biology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in biology.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • BIOL 7399 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • BIOL 7699 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit Hours: 6.0 (; )
  
  • BIOL 8198 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
  
  • BIOL 8199 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
  
  • BIOL 8298 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
  
  • BIOL 8299 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (; )
  
  • BIOL 8398 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
  
  • BIOL 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • BIOL 8498 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 4.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
  
  • BIOL 8598 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 5.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
  
  • BIOL 8698 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 6.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor and approval of chair.
  
  • BIOL 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 6.0 (; )
  
  • BIOL 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 9.0 (; )

Biotechnology

  
  • BTEC 6301 - Advanced Biotechnology Techniques and Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(0-1); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
    Students will gain hands-on experience on modern techniques used in biotechnology laboratories.
  
  • BTEC 6302 - Introduction to Regulatory Affairs

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
    Overview of federal and global regulations of biotechnology products. Topics include: history, regulatory agencies, drugs, biologics, and medical device submissions, GLP, GCP, GMP, and FDA inspections.
  
  • BTEC 6401 - Bioprocessing in Biotechnology

    Credit Hours: 4.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-3); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
    Course covers microbial growth, kinetics, and fermentation operation as applicable to bioprocessing. Laboratory experiments will cover upstream and downstream techniques of product processing such as cell culture and protein purification.
  
  • BTEC 8698 - Doctoral Dissertation Research

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(0-18); )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
    Doctoral Dissertation Research.

Information Technology

  
  • CIS 6315 - Advanced Information Systems Applications

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
    Advanced concepts and computer-based applications that are integral to office information systems.
  
  • CIS 6321 - Introduction to Information Systems Security

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
    Overview of information systems security issues for technology professionals from an applied perspective.
  
  • CIS 6322 - Secure Enterprise Computing

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CIS 6321  or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
    Enterprise security administration for technology professionals through server operating systems architecture and configuration; hands-on experience with UNIX and Windows operating systems.
  
  • CIS 6323 - Cryptography and Information Systems Security

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CIS 6321  or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
    Practical issues in cryptography, including examples of current historical cryptography systems; major types of cryptosystems and cryptanalytic techniques, and how they operate; hands-on experience with current cryptographic technology.
  
  • CIS 6324 - Information Systems Security Risk Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CIS 6322  or CIS 6323  or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
    This course focuses on the organizational issues of risk analysis in the legal context of the Internet. Organizational problems involving reliability, safety, security, privacy, and human well-being are addressed.
  
  • CIS 6337 - Digital Forensics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CIS 6321  or consent of graduate advisor.
    Explores the realm of digital forensics, including media analysis, data reconstruction, network forensics and the legal issues surrounding the use of forensic data.
  
  • CIS 6355 - Applications of Expert Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
    Applications, functions, and impact of expert systems on industry.
  
  • CIS 6357 - Control Systems Security

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-3); )
    Prerequisite: CIS 6321 
    Application of security principles to industrial control systems and their networks. Hands-on laboratory exercised with SCADA devices.
  
  • CIS 6358 - Secure Software Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CIS 6321 .
    Examines the management of software engineering process with an emphasis on security, including common bugs and tools to prevent them in a secure development process.
  
  • CIS 6359 - Penetration Testing

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-3); )
    Prerequisite: CIS 6321 , CIS 6322 , CIS 6323 .
    Application of tools, techniques, and procedures to perform penetration testing on networks and applications.
  
  • CIS 6380 - Strategic Planning for Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
    Review of planning fundamentals, strategies for effective and efficient planning at various organizational levels, issues, challenges, and career planning for supervisors.
  
  • CIS 6390 - Current Issues in Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • CIS 6396 - Internship in Information Security

    Credit Hours: Cr. 3. (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: At least 12 hours in the MS/ISS program and prior written approval of the graduate faculty advisor.
    Information Systems Security internship in a public or private organization.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • CIS 6397 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Consent of graduate faculty advisor.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • CIS 6398 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Consent of graduate faculty advisor.
    Individual projects under faculty sponsorship.
  
  • CIS 6399 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Consent of graduate faculty advisor.
    May be repeated one time for a total of six semester hours of credit.


Chemical Engineering

  
  • CHEE 6111 - Graduate Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(1-0); )
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • CHEE 6197 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(1-0); )
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • CHEE 6198 - Research

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of chair.
  
  • CHEE 6289 - Chemical Engineering Project

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of instructor.
    Industrial scale chemical engineering economics and/or engineering project.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • CHEE 6297 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • CHEE 6298 - Research

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of chair.
  
  • CHEE 6300 - Physics and Chemistry of Engineering Materials

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
    Advanced theories of the structure and properties of materials, preparation methods, and applications in electronics, optics, catalysis and fuel cells.
  
  • CHEE 6319 - Introduction to Nanotechnology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 3333 or equivalent, engineering post baccalaureate or graduate standing in engineering.
    Field of nanotechnology. Fundamental concepts underlying various nanotechnologies which serves as a leveling course.
  
  • CHEE 6320 - Introduction Nanomaterials Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 6319  or equivalent or consent of instructor.
    Engineering of nanomaterials with emphasis on structural, optical, photonic, magnetic, and electronic materials. Synthetic methods and analytical characterization with design for applications will be emphasized.
  
  • CHEE 6321 - Nano Design & Fabrication

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: ECE 6320  or CHEE 6320  or MECE 6320  or consent of instructor.
    Design and fabrication at the nanoscale. Effects of nanoscale phenomena on device scaling; technological advantages and challenges. Design, fabrication, metrology, and devices integration at nanoscale.
  
  • CHEE 6322 - Topics in Colloid and Interfacial Science

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
    This interdisciplinary course discusses the basics of colloidal interactions, dynamics, self-assembly, and characterization techniques for a wide range of materials and their applications, spanning areas of biotechnology, energy and nanotechnology.
  
  • CHEE 6323 - Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 3300, CHEE 3334 and CHEE 3369 and graduate standing, or consent of instructor.
    Fundamental concepts in tissue engineering and cell biology. Tissue structure, function, and replication.
  
  • CHEE 6327 - Experimental Methods in Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and/or consent of instructor.
    Experimental methods used in chemical and biomolecular research such as error analysis, experimental design, microscopy (optical, electron, atomic force), scattering, spectroscopic analysis, bioanalysis, electro chemical analysis, and x-ray diffraction.
  
  • CHEE 6330 - Foundations of Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
    Introductory graduate level mathematical methods used in linear system analysis, solution of ordinary and partial differential equations, and model parameter estimation for various problems encountered in chemical engineering.
  
  • CHEE 6331 - Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: approval of department.
    Linear methods applied to chemical engineering, matrices, transforms, series, complex variable methods, boundary layer problems.
  
  • CHEE 6332 - Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering II

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 6331  or consent of instructor.
    Solution of initial value problems, linear and non-linear equations. Solution of boundary value problems. Solutions of elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic partial differential equations using finite-difference and finite element techniques.
  
  • CHEE 6333 - Transport Processes

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 3369.
    Advanced principles of fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer with application to problems in research and design. Emphasis on unified point of view to transport processes in laminar and turbulent flow situations.
  
  • CHEE 6335 - Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 3460.
    Advanced methods.  Advanced principles of chemical engineering thermodynamics.  Introduction to molecular and statistical thermodynamics and their ability to predict bulk thermodynamic properties and characteristics of chemical engineering systems.
  
  • CHEE 6337 - Advanced Reactor Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: undergraduate kinetics or reactor design course.
    Introduction to modern concepts and techniques of chemical reactor analysis and design.
  
  • CHEE 6360 - Biomolecular Engr Fundamentals

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor
    Analysis and design fundamentals for biomolecular processes.
  
  • CHEE 6365 - Fundamentals of Catalysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 4367 or equivalent.
    Theories and experimental procedures in modern heterogeneous catalysis, catalyst preparation and properties, absorption, surface mechanisms, catalyst design, and catalytic processes.
  
  • CHEE 6367 - Advanced Process Control

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 3367 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
    Application of high-speed computers in the control of chemical processes, reactors, and units.
  
  • CHEE 6368 - Chemical Process Economics I

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in chemical engineering.
    Managerial economics of chemical processes and products; development of decision-making methods using chemical industry examples.
  
  • CHEE 6369 - Chemical Process Economics II

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 6368 .
    Study of profitability, process comparison, and risk analysis from an advanced viewpoint, followed by extensive case history studies of managerial economics in process industries.
  
  • CHEE 6371 - Pollution Control Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Credit for or concurrent enrollment in CHEE 4321 and CHEE 4367 or equivalent.
    A general survey of problems and remedies with the earth as an environmentally closed system. Limitations of absorption and self-cleaning of the terrasphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere and their interaction and interrelationship.
  
  • CHEE 6373 - Environmental Remediation

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • CHEE 6375 - Chemical Processing for Microelectronics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 4367 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
    Chemical engineering principles applied to micro-electronic device fabrication and processing.
  
  • CHEE 6377 - Introduction to Polymer Science

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
    Introduction to the synthesis, characterization, physical properties and processing of polymeric materials. The course thematically revolves around methods to measure, characterize and tailor structure, processing, property correlations for polymeric materials.
  
  • CHEE 6379 - Safety and Reliability

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 3363, CHEE 3369 and CHEE 3367.
    An overview of risk, safeguards and hazards associated with chemical process engineering. Layers of protection, hazard identification, source term models, toxic release and dispersion models, fires and explosions, probabilistic analysis, fault tree analysis, designs to prevent accidents, safety-instrumented systems, and safety-related standards and regulations.
  
  • CHEE 6380 - Biochemical Separations

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • CHEE 6383 - Advanced Unit Operations

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 3462.
    Property prediction of multi-component fluids. Advanced principles of heat exchanger design, multi-component fractionation, absorption, stripping, and extraction from a unified point of view.
  
  • CHEE 6384 - Petrochemical Processes

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 3332 and graduate standing or consent of instructor.
    Petrochemical industry in terms of feed stocks, products, companies and trends. Technology, markets, and economics for the major building blocks and derivatives.
  
  • CHEE 6386 - Air Pollution Problems and Control

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Air pollutant identification and control technology; estimation of pollutant transport, dispersion, and conversion; computer application for design of control units.
  
  • CHEE 6388 - Catalytic Processes

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: CHEE 4367 or consent of instructor.
    Process-oriented survey of catalytic technology; catalyst selection and design; catalytic processes, engineering, and economics in the petroleum, chemical, and pollution control industries.
  
  • CHEE 6389 - Chemical Engineering Project

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of instructor.
    Industrial scale chemical engineering economics and/or engineering project.
    May be repeated for credit.

 

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