| Lower Division Courses |
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Class Description |
| Chemical Engineering 24 |
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Freshman Seminars.(1) One hour of seminar per week. Section 1 to be graded on a letter-grade
basis. Section 2 to be graded on a passed/not passed basis. The Berkeley Seminar Program has
been designed to provide new students with the
opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with
a faculty member in a small-seminar setting.
Berkeley seminars are offered in all campus
departments, and topics vary from department
to department and semester to semester. May
be repeated for credit as topic varies. |
Chemical Engineering 84 |
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Sophomore Seminar. (1-2) One hour of
seminar per week per unit for fifteen weeks.
One and one half hours of seminar per week per
unit for 10 weeks. Two hours of seminar per
week per unit for eight weeks. Three hours of
seminar per week per unit for five weeks.
Sections 1-2 to be graded on a passed/not
passed basis. Sections 3-4 to be graded on a
letter-grade basis. Prerequisites: At discretion of
instructor. Sophomore seminars are small interactive
courses offered by faculty members in
departments all across the campus. Sophomore
seminars offer opportunity for close, regular
intellectual contact between faculty members and
students in the crucial second year. The topics
vary from department to department and semester
to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.
May be repeated for credit as topic varies. |
| Chemical Engineering C96 |
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Introduction to Research and Study in
the College of Chemistry. (1) One hour of
seminar per week. Must be taken on a passed/
not passed basis. Prerequisites: Freshman standing
in chemistry, chemical biology, or chemical
engineering major, or consent of instructor.
Chemistry and chemical biology majors enroll in
Chemistry C96 and chemical engineering majors
enroll in Chemical Engineering C96. Introduces
freshmen to research activities and programs of
study in the College of Chemistry. Includes lectures
by faculty, an introduction to college library
and computer facilities, the opportunity to meet
alumni and advanced undergraduates in an informal
atmosphere, and discussion of college and campus
resources. Also listed as Chemistry C96. (F) |
Chemical Engineering 98 |
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Directed Group Studies for Lower
Division Undergraduates. (1-3) Course may be
repeated for credit. One hour of work per week
per unit. Must be taken on a passed/not passed
basis. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Supervised research on a specific topic.
Enrollment is restricted; see the "Introduction to
Courses and Curricula" section of the General
Catalog. |
| Upper Division Courses |
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Class Description |
| Chemical Engineering 140 |
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Introduction to Chemical Process
Analysis. (4) Three hours of lecture and one hour
of discussion per week. Prerequisites: Chemistry
4B (or 1B) with a grade of C- or better; Physics
7B, which may be taken concurrently. Material
and energy balances applied to chemical process
systems. Determination of thermodynamic properties
needed for such calculations. Sources of
data. Calculation procedures. (F) |
| Chemical Engineering 141 |
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Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. (3) Three hours of lecture and one hour of
discussion per week. Prerequisites: 140 with a
grade of C- or higher; Engineering 7, Computer
Science 9A or 61A, or an acceptable computer
programming transfer course for science or
engineering students. Thermodynamic behavior
of pure substances and mixtures. Properties
of solutions, phase equilibria. Thermodynamic
cycles. Chemical equilibria for homogeneous
and heterogeneous systems. (F) |
| Chemical Engineering 142 |
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Chemical Kinetics and Reaction
Engineering. (3) Three hours of lecture and one
hour of discussion per week. Prerequisite: 141.
Analysis and prediction of rates of chemical conversion
in flow and nonflow processes involving
homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. (S) |
Chemical Engineering 150A |
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Transport Processes. (4) Three hours of
lecture and one hour of discussion per week.
Prerequisites: 140 with a grade of C- or higher;
Math 54, which may be taken concurrently. Principles
of fluid mechanics and heat transfer with
application to chemical processes. Laminar and
turbulent flow in pipes and around submerged
objects. Flow measurement. Heat conduction and
convection; heat-transfer coefficients. (S) |
Chemical Engineering 150B |
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Transport and Separation Processes. (4)
Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion
per week. Prerequisite: 150A with a grade
of C- or higher; Engineering 7, Computer
Science 9A or 61A, or an acceptable computer programming transfer course for science or
engineering students. Principles of mass transfer
with application to chemical processes. Diffusion
and convection. Simultaneous heat and
mass transfer; mass transfer and coefficients.
Design of staged and continuous separations
processes. (F) |
Chemical Engineering 154 |
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Chemical Engineering Laboratory. (3)
One hour of lecture and eight hours of laboratory
per week. Prerequisites: 142; 150B; 185 or
demonstration of competence by exam. Experiments
in physical measurements, fluid mechanics,
heat and mass transfer, kinetics, and separation
processes. Emphasis on investigation of basic
relationships important in engineering. Experimental
design, analysis of results, and preparation
of engineering reports are stressed. (F, S) |
Chemical Engineering 157 |
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Transport Processes Laboratory. (3) One
hour of lecture and five hours of laboratory per
week. Prerequisites: 150A; 150B (may be taken
concurrently). Physicochemical properties of
materials. Fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer
experiments illustrating principles and
applications of transport phenomena in chemical
engineering practice. Experiments illustrate the
application of chemical engineering principles to
modern technologies such as microelectronics
processing, biotechnology, and materials processing.
(F, S) |
Chemical Engineering 160 |
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Chemical Process Design. (4) Three hours
of lecture, one hour of discussion, and three
hours of computer lab per week. Prerequisites:
142, 150B. Design principles of chemical
process equipment. Design of integrated chemical
processes with emphasis upon economic
considerations. (F, S) |
Chemical Engineering 162 |
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Dynamics and Control of Chemical Processes. (4) Three hours of lecture and four hours
of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: 150B,
Math 53, Math 54. Analysis of the dynamic
behavior of chemical processes and methods and
theory of their control. Implementation of computer
control systems on laboratory processes
and process simulations. (F, S) |
| Chemical Engineering 170 |
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Biochemical Engineering. (3) Courses
170E and 170M will restrict credit if completed
before 170. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: 150B (may be taken concurrently).
Design, operation, and analysis of process in the
biochemical industries. Fermentation and recovery
of biochemical products. (F) |
Chemical Engineering 170L |
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Biochemical Engineering Laboratory. (3) Six hours of laboratory and one hour of lecture
per week. Prerequisite: 170 (may be taken
concurrently) or consent of instructor.
Laboratory techniques for the cultivation of
microorganisms in batch and continuous reactions.
Enzymatic conversion processes.
Recovery of biological products. Also listed as
Chemistry C170L. (S) |
| Chemical Engineering 171 |
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Transport Phenomena. (3) Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: 150B. Study of
momentum, energy, and mass transfer in laminar
and turbulent flow. (S) |
| Chemical Engineering 176 |
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Principles of Electrochemical Processes. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites:
141, 150B. Principles and application of
electrochemical equilibria, kinetics, and transport
processes. Technical electrolysis and
electrochemical energy conversion. |
| Chemical Engineering 178 |
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Polymer Science and Technology. (3)
Three hours of lecture per week with some
lectures replaced by a three-hour laboratory.
Prerequisites: 150A or equivalent fluid mechanics
or consent of instructor; one semester of
organic chemistry and physics recommended.
Introduction to physical and chemical behavior
of organic polymers. Properties of solutions,
melts, glasses, elastomers, and crystals.
Engineering applications, emphasizing processing
technology. Experiments in polymerization
and characterization. Also listed as Chemistry
C178. (F) |
| Chemical Engineering 179 |
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Process Technology of Solid-State
Materials Devices. (3) Three hours of class
meetings per week with five lectures replaced
by a three-hour laboratory. Prerequisites: Engineering
45; one course in electronic circuits
recommended; senior standing. Chemical processing
and properties of solid-state materials.
Crystal growth and purification. Thin film technology.
Application of chemical processing to the
manufacture of semiconductors and solid-state
devices. (S) |
| Chemical Engineering 185 |
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Technical Communication for Chemical
Engineers. (3) Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: 140; satisfactory completion of
UC Entry-Level Writing requirement; satisfaction
of the ChE English composition requirement
and satisfactory language skills as judged by
instructor. Development of technical writing and
oral presentation skills in formats commonly
used by chemical engineers. May be repeated
with consent of instructor. (F, S) |
| Chemical Engineering 194 |
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Research for Advanced Undergraduates. (2-3) Individual conferences. Prerequisites:
Honors and senior standing; a minimum GPA of
3.4 overall at Berkeley. Original research under
direction of one of the members of the staff.
May be repeated for credit. (F, S) |
| Chemical Engineering 195 |
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Special Topics. (2-3) Individual conferences.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Lectures and/or tutorial instruction on special
topics. May be repeated for credit. (F, S) |
| Chemical Engineering 196 |
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Special Laboratory Study. (2-3) Individual
conferences. Prerequisites: Senior standing and
consent of instructor. Special laboratory or
computation work under direction of one of the
members of the staff. May be repeated for credit.
(F, S) |
| Chemical Engineering 197 |
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Field Study in Chemical Engineering. (1-4)
Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of
field work per week per unit. Must be taken on a
passed/not passed basis. Prerequisites: Upper
division standing and consent of instructor.
Supervised experience in off-campus organizations
relevant to specific aspects and applications
of chemical engineering. Written report required
at the end of the term. This course does not satisfy
unit or residence requirements for the bachelor's
degree. (F, S) |
| Chemical Engineering 198 |
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Directed Group Study for Under- 21
graduates. (1-3) Course may be repeated for
credit. One hour of lecture per week per unit.
Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis.
Prerequisite: Completion of 60 units of undergraduate
study and in good academic standing.
Supervised research on a specific topic.
Enrollment is restricted; see the "Introduction
to Courses and Curricula" section of the
General Catalog. |
| Graduate Courses |
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Class Description |
| Chemical Engineering 230 |
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Mathematical Methods in Chemical
Engineering. (3) Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Math 53 and 54, or equivalent; open
to seniors with consent of instructor. Mathematical
formulation and solution of problems drawn from
the fields of heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics,
thermodynamics, and reaction kinetics
employing ordinary and partial differential equations,
variational calculus, and Fourier methods. (F) |
| Chemical Engineering 232 |
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Computational Methods in Chemical
Engineering. (3) Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: 230. Open to senior honor
students. Introduction to modern computational
methods for treatment of problems not amenable
to analytic solutions. Application of numerical
techniques to chemical engineering calculations
with emphasis on computer methods. |
| Chemical Engineering 240 |
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Thermodynamics for Chemical Product
and Process Design. (3) Three hours of lecture
per week. Prerequisites: Math 53 and 54, or
equivalent; 141 or equivalent; open to seniors
with consent of instructor. First and second laws
of thermodynamics, thermodynamic calculus.
Criteria for thermodynamic equilibrium. Thermodynamic
properties of pure materials and
their relation to molecular constitution. Mixtures.
Phase equilibria, chemical reaction
equilibria. Thermodynamics of systems under
stress, or in electric, magnetic, or potential
fields. (F) |
| Chemical Engineering 241 |
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Molecular Thermodynamics for Phase
Equilibria in Chemical Engineering. (2) Two
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: 141 or
equivalent. Engineering-oriented synthesis of
molecular models with statistical and classical
thermodynamics. Quantitative representation of
vapor-liquid, liquid-liquid, and solid-fluid
equilibria. In addition, to phase equilibria for
conventional, chemical, and petrochemical
industries, attention is given to supercritical
extraction, polymers, gels, electrolytes, adsorption,
hydrates, and to selected topics in
biothermodynamics. |
| Chemical Engineering 244 |
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Kinetics and Reaction Engineering. (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites:
142 and 230, or equivalent; open to seniors
with consent of instructor. Microscopic processes
in chemical reactors: kinetics, catalysis. Interaction
of mass and heat transfer in chemical
processes. Performance of systems with
chemical reactors. |
| Chemical Engineering 245 |
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Catalysis. (3) Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: 244 or Chemistry 223, or
consent of instructor. Adsorption and kinetics of
surface reactions; catalyst preparation and characterization;
poisoning, selectivity, and empirical
activity patterns in catalysis; surface chemistry,
catalytic mechanisms, and modern experimental
techniques in catalytic research; descriptive examples
of industrial catalytic systems. |
| Chemical Engineering 246 |
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Principles of Electrochemical
Engineering. (3) Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of
instructor. Electrode processes in electrolysis
and in galvanic cells. Charge and mass transfer
in ionic media. Criteria of scale-up. |
| Chemical Engineering 248 |
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Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Principles of surface and colloid chemistry with
current applications; surface thermodynamics,
wetting, adsorption from solution, disperse systems,
association colloids, interacting electrical
double layers and colloid stability, kinetics of
coagulation, and electrokinetics. |
| Chemical Engineering 249 |
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Biochemical Engineering. (3) Three hours
of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 150A, 150B,
Molecular and Cell Biology 102, Chemistry
112B, 120B, or consent of instructor. Application
of chemical engineering principles to
the processing of biological and biochemical
materials. Design of systems for cultivation of
microorganisms and for the separation and purification
of biological products. |
| Chemical Engineering 250 |
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Transport Processes. (3) Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisites: 150A, 150B, and
230, or equivalent; open to seniors with consent of
the instructor. Basic differential relations of mass,
heat, and momentum transport for Newtonian and
non-Newtonian fluids; exact solutions of Navier-
Stokes equations; scaling and singular perturbations;
creeping flow; laminar boundary layers; turbulence;
hydrodynamic stability. (S) |
| Chemical Engineering 256 |
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Advanced Transport Phenomena. (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
230. Formulation and rigorous analysis of the laws
governing the transport of momentum, heat, and
mass, with special emphasis on chemical engineering
applications. Detailed investigation of
laminar flows complemented by treatments of turbulent
flow systems and hydrodynamic stability |
| Chemical Engineering 268 |
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Physicochemical Hydrodynamics. (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: A
first graduate course in fluid mechanics is recommended.
An introduction to the hydrodynamics of
capillarity and wetting. Balance laws and shortrange
forces. Dimensionless numbers, scaling, and
lubrication approximation. Rayleigh instability.
Marangoni effect. The moving contact line.
Wetting and short-range forces. The dynamic
contact angle. Dewetting. Coating flows. Effect of
surfactants and electric fields. Wetting of rough or
porous surfaces. Contact angles for evaporating
systems. Also listed as Mechanical Engineering
C268. (F) |
| Chemical Engineering 295 |
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Special Topics in Chemical Engineering. Prerequisite: Open to properly qualified graduate
students. Current and advanced study in
chemical engineering, primarily for advanced
graduate students. |
| Chemical Engineering 295B |
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Electrochemical, Hydrodynamic, and
Interfacial Phenomena. (2) Two hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: Open to properly
qualifed graduate students. Course may be
repeated for credit. (F) |
| Chemical Engineering 295D |
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Development of Biopharmaceuticals. (2) Two hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
Graduate standing or consent of instructor. This
course will present the process of taking a discovered
biological activity through steps leading
to a pharmaceutical product fit for marketing to
the public. Students will gain an understanding of
product development in a modern biotechnology
company. This course focuses on pharmaceuticals
produced by biotechnology and from human
blood plasma. |
| Chemical Engineering 295K |
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Current Topics in Metabolic
Engineering. (1) One hour of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: 170 or equivalent, MCB 102 or
equivalent, or consent of instructor. This course
will survey recent advances in metabolic engineering
and will survey the recent literature in
this area. Topics of interest include flux analysis,
recombinant gene expression, metabolomics,
proteomics, transcriptomics, physiology, microbial
secondary metabolites. Students will be
expected to read and interpret the recent literature.
A working knowledge of molecular biology
is necessary. |
| Chemical Engineering 295L |
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Implications and Applications of
Synthetic Biology. (3) Formerly C200. Two
hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per
week. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Explore strategies for maximizing the economic
and societal benefits of synthetic biology and
minimizing the risks. Create "seedlings" for
future research projects in synthetic biology at
UC Berkeley. Increase multidisciplinary collaborations
at UC Berkeley on synthetic biology.
Introduce students to a wide perspective of SB
projects and innovators as well as policy, legal,
and ethical experts. Also listed as
Bioengineering C230. (S) |
| Chemical Engineering 295M |
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Topics in Fluid Mechanics. (1-2)
Course may be repeated for credit. One hour of
seminar per week. Must be taken on a satisfactory/
unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite: Consent of
instructor. Lectures on special topics which will
be announced at the beginning of each semester
that the course is offered. Topics may include
transport and mixing, geophysical fluid dynamics,
bio-fluid dynamics, oceanography, free surface
flows, non Newtonian fluid mechanics, among
other possibilities. Also listed as Bioengineering
C290C, Mechanical Engineering C298A, Civil
and Environmental Engineering C290K, Nuclear
Engineering C290F, Mathematics C290C,
Physics C290I, and Environ Sci, Policy, and
Management C291. |
| Chemical Engineering 295N |
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Polymer Physics. (3) Three hours of lecture
per week. Prerequisites: 230, 240. This
course, which is based on Gert Strobl's book,
The Physics of Polymers, addresses the origin of
some of the important physical properties of
polymer liquids and solids. This includes phase
transitions, crystallization, morphology of multiphase
polymer systems, mechanical properties,
response to mechanical and electric fields, and
fracture. When possible, we will develop quantitative
molecular models that predict macroscopic
behavior. The course will address experimental
data obtained by microscopy, light and neutron |
| Chemical Engineering 295O |
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Chemical Engineering Management. (3)
One 2-hour lecture per week. Prerequisite:
Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Students will participate in solving open-ended
technical and business problems facing management
in an industrial organization. Emphasis will
be on problem synthesis, creative and strategic
thinking, and communication skills. Objectives
of the course are to provide an understanding (1)
of what is expected of a new engineer in industry,
(2) of the viewpoint of management, and (3)
of the skills needed for success. |
| Chemical Engineering 295P |
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Introduction to New Product Development. (3) Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of
instructor. This course is part of the product
development initiative sponsored by the
Department of Chemical Engineering. It focuses
on real-life practices and challenges of translating
scientific discovery into commercial products. Its
scope is limited in most circumstances to situations
where some knowledge of chemical engineering,
chemistry, and related disciplines might prove to
be particularly useful. The course primarily uses
case studies of real-world new product development
situations to simulate the managerial and
technical challenges that will confront students in
the field. We will cover a wide range of topics
including basic financial, strategic, and intellectual
property concepts for products, managing risk
and uncertainty, the effective new product development
team, the evolving role of corporate
R&D, the new venture product company, and the |
| Chemical Engineering 295Q |
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Advanced Topics in New Product
Development. (3) Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or
consent of instructor; 295P recommended. This
course is a part of the product development initiative
sponsored by the Department of Chemical
Engineering. The course builds on the coverage
in 295P of real-life practices of translating scientific
discovery into commercial products. We will
cover a wide range of advanced product development
concepts including technology road maps,
decision analysis, six sigma, product portfolio
optimization, and best practices for field project
management. (S) |
| Chemical Engineering 295R |
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Applied Spectroscopy. (3) Three hours
of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Graduate
standing in engineering, physics, chemistry, or
chemical engineering; courses in quantum
mechanics and linear vector space theory. After
a brief review of quantum mechanics and semiclassical
theories for the interaction of radiation
with matter, this course will survey the various
spectroscopies associated with the electromagnetic electromagnetic
spectrum, from gamma rays to radio waves.
Special emphasis is placed on application to
research problems in applied and engineering
sciences. Graduate researchers interested in
systematic in situ process characterization,
analysis, or discovery are best served by this
course. Also listed as Applied Science and
Technology C295R. |
| Chemical Engineering 295S |
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Introduction to Experimental Surface
Chemistry. (3) Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: 240 or equivalent. This course is
intended to introduce chemical engineering
students to the concepts and techniques involved
in the study of chemical processes at surfaces.
Special emphasis will be placed on the chemistry
of semiconductor surfaces. Topics to be covered
include: thermodynamics and kinetics of surfaces;
crystal and electronic structures of clean surfaces
(metals and semiconductors); adsorption and
desorption; surface kinetics and dynamics including
diffusion; dynamics of growth and etching;
surface reaction models; a survey of modern
surface analytical techniques including electron
diffraction, auger electron spectroscopy, photoelectron
spectroscopy, vibrational spectroscopy,
scanning tunneling microscopy, and mass
spectrometry. |
| Chemical Engineering 296 |
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Special Study for Graduate Students in
Chemical Engineering. (1-6) Individual conferences.
Must be taken on a satisfactory/
unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite: Consent of
instructor. Special laboratory and theoretical
studies. May be repeated for credit. (F, S) |
| Chemical Engineering 298 |
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Seminar in Chemical Engineering. (1)
Variable from 1 to 2-hour meetings per week.
Prerequisite: Open to properly qualified graduate
students with consent of instructor. Lectures,
reports, and discussions on current research in
chemical engineering. Sections are operated
independently and directed toward different
topics. May be repeated for credit. (F, S) |
| Chemical Engineering 299 |
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Research in Chemical Engineering. (1-12)
Individual conferences. Prerequisite: Consent of
instructor. May be repeated for credit. (F, S) |
| Chemical Engineering 602 |
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Individual Studies for Graduate Students. (1-8) Individual conferences. Must be taken on a
satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite:
Graduate standing in Ph.D. program. Individual
study in consultation with the major field adviser
for qualified students to prepare themselves for
the various examinations required of candidates
for the Ph.D. May not be used for unit or residence
requirements for the doctoral degree.
May be repeated for credit. (F, S) |
| Professional Courses |
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Class Description |
| Chemical Engineering 300 |
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Profession Preparation: Supervised
Teaching of Chemical Engineering. (2)
Individual conferences and participation in
teaching activities. Must be taken on a satisfactory/
unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites:
Graduate standing, appointment as a graduate
student instructor, or consent of instructor.
Discussion, problem review and development,
guidance of large scale laboratory experiments,
course development, supervised practice
teaching. May be repeated for credit. (F, S) |
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