311 Thermodynamics of Mixtures. 3 cr. Properties of ideal and non-ideal vapors and liquids, ideal and non-ideal multicomponent vapor-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibria, complex chemical reaction equilibria, electrolytic solutions, surface thermodynamics, solid phase thermodynamics. P: CBE 211 with grade of C or better.
320 Introductory Transport Phenomena. (Crosslisted with BME) 4 cr. Mass, momentum, and energy transport; calculation of transport coefficients; solution to problems in viscous flow, heat conduction, and diffusion; dimensional analysis; mass, momentum, and heat transfer coefficients; over-all balances; elementary applications. P: Physics 201, Math 319 or 320, CBE 250 with grade of C or better; or cons inst.
324 Transport Phenomena Lab. 2 cr. Determination of thermodynamic properties, transport properties, and transfer coefficients; study of related phenomena. P: CBE 211 & 320, or con reg; Stat 324.
326 Momentum and Heat Transfer Operations. 3 cr. Analysis of chemical engineering operations involving fluid flow and heat transfer. Flow of fluids through ducts and porous media; motion of particulate matter in fluids; general design and operation of fluid-flow equipment. Conductive, convective and radiative heat exchange with and without phase change; general design and operation of heat-exchange equipment. P: CBE 211 & 320 with grades of C or better.
424 Operations and Process Laboratory. 5 cr. Experiments in unit operations, and supervised individual assignments selected from areas such as: fluid dynamics, analytical methods, reaction kinetics, plastics technology, and use of computers in data processing and simulation. P: CBE 324, 326, 426 & 430; or cons inst.
425 Undergraduate Rheology Seminar. (Crosslisted with Chem, EMA, ME) 0-1 cr. Rheology seminar course encouraged for all interested in professions related to polymers, suspensions or rheology; will not count toward credit requirement of the major. P: Cons inst or Jr st.
426 Mass Transfer Operations. 3 cr. Analysis of chemical engineering operations involving mass transfer. Differential and stagewise separation processes; simultaneous heat and mass transfer; mass transfer accompanied by chemical reaction; general design and operation of mass-transfer equipment. P: CBE 311 & 320 with grades of C or better, or cons inst.
430 Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design. 3 cr. Analysis and interpretation of kinetic data and catalytic phenomena; application of basic engineering principles to chemical reactor design. P: CBE 311 & 320; or cons inst.
440 Chemical Engineering Materials. 3 cr. Structure and properties of metallic and nonmetallic materials of construction; interrelations between chemical bonding, structure, and behavior of materials. P: Chem 345.
450 Process Design. 3 cr. Analysis and design of chemical processing systems and equipment. P: CBE 326, 426 & 430 or cons inst.
470 Process Dynamics and Control. 3 cr. A systematic introduction to dynamic behavior and automatic control of industrial processes; lab includes instrumentation, measurement and control of process variables by using conventional hardware and real-time digital computers. P: CBE 326 & ECE 376; CBE 430 or con reg.
510 Introduction to Tissue Engineering. (Crosslisted with BME) 3 cr. Overview of tissue engineering, including discussion of cell sources, cell-material interactions, tailoring biomaterials, methods of culture and characterization of engineering tissues, ethical issues, concluding with case studies of specific types of tissue engineering. Optional laboratory exercises offered throughout semester. P: BME 430 or equiv, or cons inst.
517 Biology in Engineering Seminar. (Crosslisted with BME, BSE) 1 cr. Current topics at the interface of biology and engineering with special emphasis on the ways in which engineers have contributed to knowledge and advances in biology. P: Jr st in engr & one college-level biol crse.
520 Stem Cell Bioengineering. (Crosslisted with BME) 3 cr. Covers engineering approaches that are used to understand and manipulate stem cells. Concepts covered include: introduction to stem cell biology, quantitative modeling of stem cell signaling, methods to engineer the stem cell microenvironment, and the role of stem cells in tissue development and regeneration. P: Math 319 or 320, Zoology 470 or 570, Chem 343, or cons inst.
525 Macromolecular Hydrodynamics. (Crosslisted with ME) 3 cr. Observed phenomena in polymeric flow systems. Techniques of viscometry and viscoelastic measurements for polymeric fluids. Rheological models. Analytical solutions to flow problems: non-Newtonian viscosity, linear viscoelasticity, normal stresses, recoil, stress relaxation, etc. Dimensional analysis. Unit operations of the polymer industry: extrusion, blow molding, injection molding, mixing. P: CBE 320 or ME 363 or equiv or cons inst.
535 Heterogeneous Catalysis: Principles and Applications. 3 cr. This course discusses catalytic phenomena, with extensions to reactor design and catalyst characterization. Examples will be drawn from current problems in catalysis. P: CBE 430 or cons inst.
540 Polymer Science and Technology. 3 cr. Synthesis, properties, and fabrication of plastic materials of industrial importance. P: Chem 345; CBE 326 & 430, or con reg; Stat 324; or cons inst.
541 Plastics and High Polymer Laboratory. 1-3 cr. Experiments on polymerization, fabrication, and testing of plastics. P: CBE 540 or con reg; or Chem 664 or con reg.
544 Processing of Electronic Materials. (Crosslisted with ECE, MS&E) 3 cr. Physics and chemistry principles underlying microelectronic materials processing. Effects of processing on materials and structures important in microelectronic and opto-electronic devices. P: CBE 440 or MS&E 351 or ECE 335; or cons inst.
547 Introduction to Colloid and Interface Science. 3 cr. Introduction to topics in colloid and interface science. Topics include: sedimentation and diffusion, solution thermodynamics, rheology, light scattering, surface tension and contact angle, adsorption, association colloids, particle interactions, electrokinetics, and colloidal stability. P: Chem 561 or 562 or equiv, or cons inst.
560 Biochemical Engineering. (Crosslisted with BME) 3 cr. Application of chemical engineering principles to biomedical and microbiological problems. P: CBE 426; Chem 561 or 562; Biochem 501 or equiv; or cons inst.
561 Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory. (Crosslisted with BME) 3 cr. Brief review of physical chemistry of biological macromolecules. Theory and laboratory experiments aimed at developing skills at preparing and characterizing biological macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies. Half-semester-long laboratory project focused on design of a specific process/product involving biomolecules. P: CBE 311; Chem 561 or 562 or 565 or equiv; Biocore 303 or Biochem 501 or equiv; or cons inst.
562 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering. 1-3 cr. Topics of specialized interest to majors in chemical engineering. Given on demand. P: Jr st and cons inst.
565 Food Process Engineering. (Crosslisted with Food Sci) 3 cr. Application of engineering principles to the quantitative analysis of food processing systems. Physical/chemical characteristics of biological systems, flow processes, preservation processes and separation processes. P: CBE 326 & 426; Chem 345.
567 Solar Energy Technology. (Crosslisted with ME) 3 cr. Radiant energy transfer and its application to solar exchangers; energy balances for solar exchangers, review of theory, economics, and practice of solar energy applications. P: ME 364 or CBE 326 or cons inst.
599 Special Problems. 1-4 cr. Research or independent study.
620 Intermediate Transport Phenomena. 3 cr. Mass, momentum, and energy transport; kinetic theory of transport properties; analytical and approximate solutions to the equations of change; boundary layer theory; turbulence; simultaneous heat and mass transfer; multicomponent diffusion. P: Grad st in CBE or cons inst.
660 Intermediate Problems in Chemical Engineering. 3 cr. Illustrations of solving chemical engineering problems by using a variety of mathematical topics such as ordinary and partial differential equations, Laplace transform, Bessel functions, matrices, and tensor analysis. Problem formulation and interpretation of results emphasized. P: Grad st in CBE or cons inst.
699 Advanced Independent Studies. 1-5 cr. Research on assigned topics.
710 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. 3 cr. Application of thermodynamic principles to selected topics, including equations of state, non-ideal solutions, and complex physical and chemical equilibria. P: Grad st in CBE or cons inst.
720 Physicochemical Hydrodynamics. 3 cr. Tensor analysis; partial differential equations for multi-component fluid mixtures; applications to laminar flow, turbulent flow, porous media, particulate systems; two-phase flow problems; interfacial transport; boundary-layer methods and variational procedures. P: CBE 620 & 660, or cons inst.
725 Structural Theories of Fluid Dynamics. (Crosslisted with Chem, EMA) 3 cr. Interconnection between fluid structure and bulk flow properties, kinetic theory of polymer solutions, polymer melts, suspensions and emulsions, deduction of rheological constitutive equations, Brownian motion. Configuration-space and phase-space kinetic theory. P: Grad st in CBE or cons inst.
731 Computational Modelling of Reactive Systems. 3 cr. Principles of computer-aided modelling of chemical reaction systems. Formulation, numerical solution and sensitivity analysis of reactor models. Bayesian estimation of parameters. Iterative strategies for model development. Structure and use of related software. P: Grad st in CBE or cons inst.
735 Kinetics and Catalysis. 2-3 cr. Survey of kinetic principles and factors which influence reaction rates, with particular emphasis on catalysts and catalytic reactions. May include a seminar on modern catalytic research. P: Grad st in CBE or cons inst.
747 Advanced Colloid and Interface Science. 3 cr. Advanced topics in colloid and interface science. Topics include: intermolecular forces, stability of thin films, association colloids, liquid crystals, microhydrodynamics, electrostatics, electrokinetics, colloidal stability, and dispersion rheology. P: CBE 547 or cons inst.
760 Advanced Problems in Chemical Engineering. 3 cr. Application of selected topics in intermediate mathematics to solution of problems in transport phenomena, transient phenomena in unit operations, process dynamics, and thermodynamics; reading of research literature and development of skill in engineering analysis. P: CBE 660 or cons inst.
770 Advanced Process Dynamics and Control. 3 cr. Modern methods for the mathematical analysis and control of dynamical systems. Application to physico-chemical systems. Real-time computer control. P: Grad st in CBE or cons inst.
777 Nonlinear Dynamics, Bifurcations and Chaos. (Crosslisted with ECE, Math) 3 cr. Advanced interdisciplinary introduction to qualitative and geometric methods for dissipative nonlinear dynamical systems. Local bifurcations of ordinary differential equations and maps. Chaotic attractors, horseshoes and detection of chaos. P: Cons inst.
782 Modeling Biological Systems. (Crosslisted with BME) 3 cr. Literature survey of mathematical models in biology at the molecular and cellular levels; application of chemical kinetics and thermodynamics to biological systems; comparison of deterministic and stochastic strategies. P: Math 319 or 320 or cons inst.
783 Design of Biological Molecules. (Crosslisted with BME) 3 cr. Introduction to the methodologies for engineering the structure and function of biological molecules, especially proteins. Students will develop an understanding for the integration of computation and experiment to address biological molecular engineering problems. P: Biocore 303 or Biochem 501 or Zoology 570; or cons inst.
790 Master's Research or Thesis. 1-9 cr. P: Grad st, for Master's candidates only.
890 Pre-Dissertator's Research. 1-9 cr. P: Grad st, for post-master's, pre-dissertator stdts only.
915 Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine. (Crosslisted with B M I, Biochem, Genetics, BME, Comp Sci) 1 cr. Participants and outside speakers will discuss current research in computation and informatics in biology and medicine. This seminar is required of all Cibm program trainees. P: Cons inst.
920 Seminar on Advances in Transport Phenomena. 1 cr. Critical review of recent and current research in transport phenomena and allied disciplines. P: Cons inst.
925 Rheology Research Seminar. (Crosslisted with EMA, Chem, ME) 0-1 cr. Exploration of the most recent research literature on viscoelasticity, constitutive equations, non-Newtonian flow systems, fluid metering devices, kinetic theory of macromolecules, and rheooptical phenomena. Periodic reports on recent advances made by research workers in the various rheology groups on the Madison campus.
932 Biotechnology Training Program Seminar. (Crosslisted with Microbio, Biochem) 1 cr. Biotechnology Training Program trainees will present their research for critical review by audience. P: Grad st. Required of Biotechnology Training Program trainees.
960 Research Seminar. 1 cr.
961 Seminar-Chemical Engineering. 0-1 cr.
970 Seminar on Process Analysis, Synthesis, Dynamics and Control. 1 cr. Critical review of recent and current research in these areas. P: Cons inst.
990 Thesis-Research. 1-12 cr. P: Dissertator status.