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ECHE 151 - Chemical Engineering at Case (0)
Introduction to the faculty and their research as well as a description of the various elective sequences available to chemical enigneering majors. All students attend the lectures in this class before the junior year.
ECHE 250 - Honors Research I (3)
A specicialty program which affords a limited number of students the opportunity to conduct research under the guidance of the faculty. At the end of the first semester of the sophomore year, students who have a strong interest in research are encouraged to discuss reserach possibilities with the faculty. Assignments are made based on mutual interest. Subject to the availability of funds, the faculty employs students through their sophomore and junior summers as members of their research teams. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
ECHE 251 - Honors Research II (3)
(See ECHE 250.) Prerequisite: ECHE 250
ECHE 260 - Introduction to Chemical Systems (3)
Material and energy balances, both algebraic and differential. Conservation principles and the elementary laws of physical chemistry applied to chemical processes. Developing skills in quantitative formulation and solution of word problems.
ECHE 296 - Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (credit as arranged)
This course is an opportunity for undergraduate students to experience research - how to approach a research problem, design experiments and analyze data. This will be accomplished through (a) discussion of specific interdisciplinary research being pursued in Chemical Engineering at Case, and (b) assignment of opend-ended projects on research topics. It is meant to be a mechanism for student to become involved in a supervised research project; the final assignment is to submit a proposal for this project.
ECHE 340 - Biochemical Engineering (3)
Chemical engineering priciples applied to biological and biochemical systems and related processes. Microbiology and biochemistry linked with transport phemonema, kinetics, reactor design and analysis, and separations. Specific examples of microbal and enzyme processes of industrial significance. Prerequisites: BIOC 307, BIOL 343, ECHE 364, ECHE 360
ECHE 355/EBME 350 - Quantitative Molecular Engineering (3)
students are equipped with a "molecular toolbox" - a set of quantitative skills that permit rational designs for engineering tissues starting at the molecular level. Builds on the physical and chemical principles in equilibrium, kinetics, and mass transport. Specific exmpales in bioengineering systems will be used to illustrate the importance of understanding and application of these principles to tissue enigneering of skin and cartilage. Prerequisites: ENGR 225
ECHE 360 - Transport Phenomena for Chemical Systems (3)
Viscous and turbulent fluid flow; heat and mass transport. Microscopic and macroscopic transport of mass, momentum and energy including conduction and convection as well as interfacial and radiative heat transport. Design of piping networks, pumps, packed/fluidize beds, and heat exchangers. Diffusion and interfacial mass transfer. Heat and mass transfer analogies. Vector/tensor analysis and dimensional analysis used throughout. Prerequisites: MATH 223 and ENGR 255
ECHE 361 - Separation Processes (3)
Analysis and design of separation processes involving distillation, extraction, absorption, adsorption, and membrane processes. Design problems and the physical and chemical processes involved in separation. Equilibrium stage, degrees of freedom in design, graphical and analytical design techniques, efficiency and capacity of separation processes. Prerequisites: ECHE 260, ECHE 363 and ECHE 360 or consent of instructor
ECHE 362 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory (4)
Experiments in the operation of separation and reaction equipment, methods of analysis, calculations. Distillation, chemical reactor, liquid-liquid extraction, heat transfer, and gas stripping. Prerequisites: ECHE 361, ECHE 363, ECHE 364, ECHE 360
ECHE 363 - Thermodynamics of Chemical Systems (3)
Chemical potential, phase equilibria, phase rule, chemical reaction equilibria, and applications to engineering problems. Thermodynamic properties of real substances, with emphasis on solutions. Thermodynamic analysis of processes including chemical reactions. Prerequisites: ECHE 260 and ENGR 225. Corequisite: MATH 224 or consent of instructor.
ECHE 364 - Chemical Reaction Processes (3)
Design of homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactor systems. Relationships between type of reaction and choice of reactor. Methods of obtaining and analyzing kinetic data. Relationship between mechanism and reaction rate and brief introduction to catalysis. Prerequisite: ECHE 360 or consent of instructor
ECHE 365 - Measurements Laboratory (3)
Laboratory instruction in electronic and transducer methods of physical property measurements. Temperature, pressure, flow, and liquid level measurements; physical property measurements such as specific gravity, viscosity and thermal conductivity; process chemical composition analysis such as gas chromatography, spectrographic analyzers, and electroanalytical instrumentation; sampling systems for process analyzers. Prerequisite: ECHE 360
ECHE 367 - Process Control (4)
Feedback control of chemical processes. Topics include: Mathematical modeling of the dynamics of typical heat and mas transfer processes; linearization; dynamic behavior of linear processes; stability; Laplace transforms; black diagrams and transfer functions; steady state and dynamic performance of PID control systems; tyning of PID controllers; Internal Model Controllers; analysis of control system performance via Root-Locus, frequency response diagrams; analysis of control system stability, including Routh & Nyquist criteria; feedforward and cascade control; sampling and aliasing; digital control Z transforms; transient repsonse and stability. Prerequisites: MATH 224 and any course covering the first law of thermodynamics
ECHE 380 - Electrochemical Technology (3)
Fundamentals of modern electrochemical technology and the engineering principles involved. Basics of classical electrochemistry; thermodynamics and kinetics. Engineering aspects of transport phenomena, scaling, and design as applied to electrochemical industries. Practical examples from metal finishing, batteries and fuel cells, electrolytic industries, and metal refining. Prerequisites: ECHE 360 or consent of instructor
ECHE 381 - Electrochemical Engineering (3)
Engineering aspects of electrochemical processes including current distribution, mass transport, and fluid mechanical effects. Examples from industrial processes including electroplating, industrial electrolysis, corrosion, and batteries. Prerequisite: ECHE 380 or consent of instructor
ECHE 383 - Chemical Engineering Applied to Microfabrication and Devices (3)
Silicon based microfabrication and micromachining processes require many chemical engineering related technologies. Microfabricated devices such as sensors are also directly related to chemical engineering. In this course, the application of chemical engineering principles to microfabrication and micromachining will be introduced. Oxidation processing, chemical vapor deposition, ething and patterning techniques, electroplating and other technologies will be discussed. Prerequisite: ECHE 363 or ECHE 360
ECHE 397 - Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (credit as arranged)
Five-year BS/MS students use this course for their research.
ECHE 398 - Process Analysis and Design (3)
Economic analysis and cost estimation of classical processes. Equipment and materials selection in the chemical process industry. Scale considerations, plant layout and plant site selection. Process analysis, heuristics and optimization. Environmental and plant safety issues. Prerequisites: ECHE 361, ECHE 363, ECHE 360.
ECHE 399 - Chemical Engineering Design Project (3)
A capstone course for chemical engineering seniors. Uses material learned in previous and concurrent course in an integrated fashion to solve chemical process design problems. Praticality, economics, scheduling, decision making with uncertainty, and proposal and report preparation. Numberous small exercises and one comprehensive process design project done by the class. Prerequisite: ECHE 398
