Graduate Education: Masters Program
Chemical and Biological Engineering Track:
1st Year:
| Course |
Course Name |
Brief Description |
| Fall |
| CHBE 135 |
Advanced Thermodymanics |
Advanced thermodynamics as applied to chemical and biological engineering.
Statistical mechanics, chemical equilibrium, and computation of vapor-liquid
equilibrium compositions for chemical and biological engineering applications. |
| CHBE 101 |
Mathematical Methods for Chemical and Biological
Engineers |
Mathematical analysis of heat, mass, and momentum transfer. Problems of
industrial and biological interest. |
| CHBE 103 |
Chemical and Catalytic Reaction Engineering Topics |
Application of chemical kinetics to the development and improvement of industrial
processes; theories of chemical kinetics, complex kinetics, chain reactions; isothermal and
polytropic reactor stability; stability criteria; oscillatory catalytic and non-catalytic
reactions. |
| Spring |
| CHBE 114 |
Advanced Transport Phenomena |
Heat, mass, and momentum. Emphasis on coupling transport processes with
chemical reaction in chemical and biological engineering. |
Biotechnology Track:
1st Year:
| Course |
Course Name |
Brief Description |
| Fall |
| CHBE 103 |
Chemical and Catalytic Reaction Engineering Topics |
Thermodynamics of
biological reactions; principles of fermentation processes; chemical engineering
applications to bioreactor analysis. |
| CHBE166 |
Principles of Cell and Microbe Cultivation |
In-depth examination of
microbial and mammalian cell cultivation and concomitant production of
commercially important products. |
| Spring |
| Bio 152 |
Biochemistry and Cellular Metabolism |
An in-depth examination of the
structure and function of biomolecules: chemical and physical properties of
proteins/enzymes, carbohydrates, and lipids. |
| Bio 105 |
Molecular Biology |
Gene structure and function in prokaryotes and
eukaryotes. |
| CHBE 161 |
Protein Purification |
Methods of purifying proteins at a large scale for
therapeutic or industrial uses. |
Requirements for both tracks include:
- Masters of Science:
- Masters of Engineering:
- Additional course work electives
** Additional program details are provided in the
Graduate Handbook
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