Undergraduate Course Descriptions
(As it appears in the LSU 2009-2010 General Catalog)

ChE 2160 - Computer Technology for Chemical Engineering Systems (1) F,S

Prereq.: MATH 1550.

Introduction to operating systems, programming techniques, and software packages used in the solution of chemical engineering problems.

ChE 2171 - Chemical Engineering Fundamentals: Material and Energy Balances (3) F,S

Prereq: MATH 1550 and CHEM 1202.

Emphasis on basic principles and concepts used to make chemical engineering calculations; techniques used in these calculations applied so typical industrial problems.

ChE 2176 Mathematical Modeling of Chemical Engineering Systems (3) F,S

Prereq.: MATH 2090, CHE 2160, and 2171.

Basic concepts and techniques in analysis of engineering processes; mathematical description of physical systems and application of modern computers to solution of resulting equations.

ChE 3100 Chemical Equilibrium and Kinetics of Environmental Processes (3) F

Prereq.: CHE 3172 or ME 3333 or equivalent. Not open to chemical engineering majors. Credit will not be given for both this course and CHE 4190.

Introductory chemical thermodynamic concepts extended to heterogeneous equilibrium, dilute solutions, surfaces and colloids of significance is environmental engineering. processes; chemical reaction kinetics concepts applied to the environment; applications to waste treatment process design, property estimations for elucidating the fate and transport of chemicals in the environment.

ChE 3101 Transport Sciences: Momentum Transfer (3) F

Prereq.: CHE 2171. MATH 2090, and credit or registration in CE 2450.

Fundamentals of momentum transfer; applications to the fluid problems of engineering.

ChE 3102 Transport Sciences: Heat and Mass Transfer (4) S

Prereq.: CHE 3101 or CE 2200, and MATH 2065 or 2090.

Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer; similarities of heat, mass, and momentum transfer and their interrelation; engineering applications.

ChE 3104 Engineering Measurements Laboratory (3) F,S

Prereq.: CHE 2176 and credit or registration in CHE 3102.

2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Laboratory work to accompany CHE 3101 and 3102.

ChE 3171 Process Economics and Optimization (3) F

Prereq.: CHE 2176 and credit or registration in CHE 3102 and 3173.

Application of optimization principles to the economic design of chemical engineering unit operations.

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ChE 3172 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) F

Prereq.: CHE 2171.

Basic concepts and chemical engineering applications of thermodynamics; emphasis on flow processes and real gas thermodynamics.

ChE 3173 Heterogeneous Equilibrium (3) S

Prereq.: CHE 3172.

Theory of vapor-liquid. liquid-liquid, and solid-liquid equilibrium, including the effects of chemical reactions; application of thermodynamic theory to the correlation of equilibrium data and the prediction of equilibrium compositions.

ChE 3249, 3250 Engineering Practice (1-3, 1-3) Su only

Prereq.: consent of instructor. Pass-fail grading. A minimum of 6 weeks of full-time employment by an industry participating in the summer program.

Selected engineering problems in an industrial environment.

ChE 3271, 3272 Senior Projects (1-2, 1-2)

Prereq.: consent of department. Pass-fail grading.

Experimental and theoretical investigations including library research.

ChE 4151 Unit Operations Design (4) F

Prereq.: CHE 3102, 3171 and 3173.

3 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Unit operations analyzed as applications of chemical engineering fundamentals and transport sciences; use of these principles in design calculations.

ChE 4162 Unit Operations Laboratory (3) F,S

Prereq.: CHE 3104 and credit or registration in CHE 4151.

1 hr. lecture; 6 hrs. lab. Obtaining and interpreting data needed to solve typical problems in design or operation of chemical engineering equipment.

ChE 4172 Process Design (4) S

Prereq.: CHE 4151 and 4190.

3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Chemical plant design from initial concept through preliminary estimate; flow diagrams. equipment cost estimation, economic analysis, safety, and environmental issues; computer-aided process design.

ChE 4190 Chemical Reaction Engineering (3) F

Prereq.: CHE 3102 and 3173; or equivalent.

Basic principles of reactor design; selection of best design alternatives; achievement of
optimum reactor operation.

ChE 4198 Process Dynamics (3) S

Prereq.: ChE 3171 and credit or registration in ChE 4151.

Principles and practices of process dynamics and automatic control; mathematical modeling of process dynamics, feedback control, and feed forward control.

ChE 4204 Technology of Petroleum Refining (3) F

Prereq.: Credit or registration in CHE 4151.

Catalytic and thermal processes used in petroleum refining; application of scientific and engineering principles in processes such as catalytic cracking, reforming, coking, alkylation, isomerization, and hydroprocessing; emphasis on applied catalysis and its impact on engineering design.

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ChE 4205 Technology of Petrochemical Industry (3)

Prereq.: CHE 4151.

Processes used in the manufacture of petroleum-based chemicals; application of scientific
and engineering principles involved in the production of hydrogen, alcohols, olefins. aromatics, aldehydes, ketones, acids, rubber, and other polymers; emphasis on catalysis by transition-metal complexes.

ChE 4210 industrial Catalysis (3)

Prereq.: credit or registration in CHE 4190.

Principles of the industrial utilization of heterogenous catalysis; topics include absorption phenomena, methodology in catalyst preparation, characterization and evaluation of catalysts, diffusion and reaction in porous catalysts, and a survey of major industrial processes.

ChE 4221, 4222 Senior Research (1,2)

Prereq.: credit or registration in CHE 3102, 3104, and 3173, gpa of at least 2.8 (in CHE) and consent of instructor. CHE 4221 is prerequisite for 4222. Not open to graduate students.

! hr lecture (4221); 6 hrs. lab (4222). Comprehensive research or development project of a theoretical or experimental nature, involving a team effort over two semesters (spring and fall periods).

ChE 4253 Introduction to Industrial Pollution Control (3)

Prereq.: CHE 3102 or equivalent introductory course in transport science.

Quantitative application of chemical engineering principles to removal of objectionable
components from effluents, with emphasis on industrial processing effluents; currently available techniques for controlling air and water pollution and solid wastes; concept of
pollution control through basic process alterations developed by specific examples.

ChE 4260 Biochemical Engineering (3)

Prereq.: credit or registration in CHE 4190 or equivalent.

Application of chemical engineering fundamentals to microbiological and biochemical systems; problems peculiar to industrial operations involving microbial processes; growth conditions and requirements, metabolisms, product separations, enzyme catalysis, sterilization, and aseptic operations.

ChE 4263 Environmental Chemodynamics (3)

Preveq.: CHE 3102 or equivalent introductory course in transport science.

Environmental chemodynamics: interphase equilibrium, reactions, transport processes and related models for anthropogenic substances across natural interfaces (air-water-sediment-soil) and associated boundary regions.

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ChE 4270 Processing of Advanced Materials (3)

Prereq.; CHE 3102 or equivalent transport course.

Treatment of coupled chemical reaction and mass, energy, and momentum transport in the manufacturing and processing of semiconductors and advanced ceramic materials; engineering models for chemical and physical vapor deposition methods and
condensed phase processes.

ChE 4272 Chemical Processing of Nanomaterials (3)

Prereq.: CHE 3102 or equivalent introductory course in transport science.

Chemical engineering principles applied to preparation, handling, and applications of nanomaterials. Emphasis will be on manufacturing and processing steps. Case studies will be developed to focus on specific device or material applications.

ChE 4275 Electrochemical Engineering (3)

Prereq: CHE 3102 or equivalent introductory course in transport science.

Principles of electrochemistry applied to engineering problems; potential distribution theory, kinetics, mass transport, and thermodynamic principles; quantification of
controlling factors in microfabrication, corrosion, battery design, and electrochemical synthesis.

ChE 4285 Principles of High Polymers (3)

Prereq.: CHE 3172 and CHEM 3491.

Solution and solid-state properties of high polymers; microstructure of polymer chains and effect on macromolecular physical properties of the final plastics.

ChE 4296 Development of Mathematical Models (3)

Frereq.: CHE 2176 and 3102; or equivalent.

Mathematical descriptions of systems encountered in chemical engineering
developed from basic principles; lumped parameter systems, distributed parameter systems, formulation of ordinary and partial differential equations, continuous and discrete
analogs, and matrix formulations; models developed for systems ranging from simple elements to plant-scale.

ChE 4410 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering Design (3)

May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. when topics vary.

One or more phases of current chemical engineering design.

ChE 4420 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering Science (3)

May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. when topics vary.

One or more phases of current chemical engineering science.

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