Chemical Engineering (CHE)

Credits: Required. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.

Curriculum in career planning and academic course support for Freshmen learning team. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.

Prereq: (MATH 1430 or satisfactory scores on mathematics placement examinations) AND (MATH 1650 or satisfactory scores on mathematics placement examinations)
Formulation and solution of engineering problems. Significant figures. Use of SI units. Graphing and curve-fitting. Flowcharting. Introduction to material balances, engineering economics, and design. Use of spreadsheet programs to solve and present engineering problems. Solution of engineering problems using computer programming languages. Chemical Engineering examples. Satisfactory placement scores can be found at: https://math.iastate.edu/academics/undergraduate/aleks/placement/.Graduation Restriction: Only one of ENGR 1600, ABE 1600, AERE 1600, CHE 1600, CE 1600, CPRE 1850, EE 1850, IE 1480, ME 1600, and SE 1850 may count towards graduation. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: Required. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.

Professionalism in the context of the engineering/technical workplace. Introduction to chemical engineering career opportunities. Process and workplace safety. Development and demonstration of key workplace competencies: teamwork, professionalism and ethical responsibility, ability to engage in life-long learning, and knowledge of contemporary issues. Resumes; professional portfolios; preparation for internship experiences. Restricted to CHE majors. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: Required. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.

Curriculum and career planning, academic course support for learning community.

Credits: Required. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.

Prereq: CHEM 1780, MATH 1660, CHE 1600
Assessment of proficiency in general chemistry, calculus (including infinite series and applications of derivatives and integrals), and material balances, and an ability to use the principles of science and mathematics to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHEM 1780, MATH 1660, CHE 1600
Introduction to chemical processes. Physical behavior of gases, liquids, and solids. Application of material and energy balances to chemical engineering equipment and processes. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

(Cross-listed with BME 2200).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: BIOL 2120; (CHEM 1670 or CHEM 1770); (ABE 1600 or AERE 1600 or BME 1600 or CE 1600 or CHE 1600 or CPRE 1850 or EE 1850 or ENGR 1600 or IE 1480 or ME 1600 or SE 1850); MATH 1660; PHYS 2320
Engineering analysis of basic biology and engineering problems associated with living systems and health care delivery. The course will illustrate biomedical engineering applications in such areas as: biotechnology, biomechanics, biomaterials and tissue engineering, and biosignal and image processing, and will introduce the basic life sciences and engineering concepts associated with these topics. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 1. Repeatable, maximum of 2 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for CHE Course
Introduction to independent study with emphasis on skills necessary to pursue further independent study of a topic of special interest to student and faculty. Topics may include introductions to laboratory safety, standard operating procedures, design of experiments, data analysis, computational methods, literature searches, and professional communications. Pre-enrollment contract between student and instructor required. Graduation Restriction: Not applicable to the B.S. in Chemical Engineering degree. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 1600, CHE 2050, CHE 2100, MATH 2650
Numerical methods for solving systems of linear and nonlinear equations, ordinary differential equations, numerical differentiation and integration, and nonlinear regression using chemical engineering examples. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 2. Contact Hours: Laboratory 4.

Prereq: CHE 3570; CHE 3810; (STAT 2310 or STAT 3050); (Credit or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 3090 or ENGL 3120 or ENGL 3140 or JLMC 3470)
Experiments covering fundamental material and energy balances, momentum and energy transport operations, and thermodynamics. Computer applications. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 2050 AND CHE 2100 AND (PHYS 2310 or PHYS 2310H) AND PHYS 2310L AND (credit or concurrent enrollment in MATH 2670)
Momentum and mechanical energy balances. Incompressible and compressible fluid flow. Applications to fluid drag, piping system design, filtration, packed beds and settling. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3560
Conduction and diffusion, convective heat and mass transfer, boiling and condensation, radiation, and design of heat exchange equipment. Introduction to diffusion. Graduation Restriction: Credit for only FSHN 3510 or CHE 3570 may be applied toward graduation for the Food Science major or Food Science minor. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3100, CHE 3570, and CHE 3810
Diffusion and mass transfer in fluids. Analysis and design of continuous contacting and multistage separation processes. Binary and multicomponent distillation, absorption, extraction, evaporation, membrane processes, and simultaneous heat and mass transfer. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 2020, MATH 2670, PHYS 2320, CHEM 3250 and Credit or concurrent enrollment in CHE 3100 and PHYS 2320L
Application of thermodynamic principles to chemical engineering problems. Thermodynamic properties of fluids, phase equilibria, and chemical reaction equilibria. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3100, CHE 3810; credit or enrollment in CHE 3570
Kinetics of chemical reactions. Design of homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactors. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3570, CHE 3810; credit or enrollment in ENGL 3140 or ENGL 3090 or ENGL 3120 or JLMC 3470
Graduation Restriction: Credit for graduation allowable only upon completion of CHE 3920. Meets International Perspectives Requirement. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 4.

Prereq: CHE 3580, CHE 3820, and CHE 3910
Study of chemical engineering including laboratories and lectures at collaborating international universities. Comparative study of U.S. and international manufacturing facilities. Expenses required. Meets International Perspectives Requirement. (Typically Offered: Summer)

(Dual-listed with CHE 5060).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3570 and CHE 3810
Examines the mechanisms and rates of chemical transport across air, water, and soil interfaces. Applications of transport and thermodynamic fundamentals to movement of chemicals in the environment.

(Dual-listed with CHE 5080).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3810
Examines the factors underlying interfacial phenomena, with an emphasis on the thermodynamics of surfaces, structural aspects, and electrical phenomena. Application areas include emulsification, foaming, detergency, sedimentation, fluidization, nucleation, wetting, adhesion, flotation, and electrophoresis.

(Dual-listed with CHE 5100).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3570, CHE 3810, and CHE 3820
Electrochemical engineering principles in thermodynamics, electrode kinetics, charge and mass transport; modeling and simulation; electrocatalysis; electrochemical reactions; applications of electrochemical engineering in fuel cells, batteries and electrolyzers. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHEM 3250; MATH 2670; PHYS 2310 or PHYS 2310H; PHYS 2310L
Survey of the engineering science fundamentals in chemical engineering. Topics include material balances, energy balances, thermodynamics, transport phenome, and reaction engineering. Graduation Restriction: Credit for CHE 4120 may not be applied to any undergraduate or graduate degree programs in chemical engineering. (Typically Offered: Spring, Summer)

(Dual-listed with CHE 5150).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3570, CHEM 3310; BBMB 3010 or BBMB 3030 or BBMB 4040
Application of basic chemical engineering principles in biochemical and biological process industries such as enzyme technology and fermentation.

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3570 and CHE 3810
Application of transport phenomena, thermodynamics, and chemical kinetics to the study of safety, health, and loss prevention. Government regulations, industrial hygiene, relief sizing, runaway reactions, toxic release, and dispersion models will be used. Fires, explosions, risk assessment, hazard identification, case studies, accident investigations, and design considerations will be studied. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3580, CHE 3820, and MATH 2670
Control of industrial chemical processes. Device applications and limitations. Dynamics of chemical process components and process control systems. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 2. Contact Hours: Laboratory 4.

Prereq: CHE 3250, CHE 3580, and CHE 3820
Experiments in heat and mass transfer, staged operations, chemical reactor performance, unit processes. Computer applications. Graduation Restriction: Only one of CHE 4260 or 4270 may count toward graduation. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 2. Contact Hours: Laboratory 4.

Prereq: CHE 3250, CHE 3580, CHE 3820; BBMB 3010 or BBMB 3030 or BBMB 4040
Experiments on biological applications in chemical engineering. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3580 and CHE 3820
Application of core chemical engineering concepts to product design. Market and economic analysis, and technical feasibility. Literature and intellectual property search. Environmental, regulatory, and safety considerations. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 6.

Prereq: CHE 3580 and CHE 3820
Synthesis of chemical engineering processes, equipment and plants. Cost estimation and feasibility analysis. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

(Dual-listed with CHE 5400). (Cross-listed with BME 4400).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 2100 or CHE 2200, MATH 2660 or MATH 2670, PHYS 2320
Applications of material and energy balances, transport phenomena, chemical reaction engineering, and thermodynamics to problems in biomedical engineering and applied physiology; survey of biomedical engineering; biomaterials; biomedical imaging.

(Dual-listed with CHE 5470).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHEM 3310; CHE 3820 or MATE 3510
Chemistry of polymers, addition and condensation polymerization. Physical and mechanical properties, polymer rheology, production methods. Applications of polymers in the chemical industry.

Credits: 1-6. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Department Permission for CHE Course
Investigation of topics of special interest to student and faculty with a final written report or presentation. Election of course and topic must be approved in advance by Department with completion of Study Proposal. Graduation Restriction: No more than 6 credits of CHE 4900 may be counted towards technical electives.

Credits: 1-6. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Department Permission for Course
Investigation of topics of special interest to student and faculty with a final written report orpresentation. Election of course and topic must be approved in advance by Department with completion of Study Proposal. Graduation Restriction: No more than 6 credits of CHE 4900 may be countedtowards technical electives.

Credits: 3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: CHE 2050; CHE 2100; Permission of Instructor
Application of core chemical engineering concepts to solve industrially-sponsored process design problems in teams. Introduction to literature review and analysis, intellectual property, and project management. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

(Dual-listed with CHE 4060).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Examines the mechanisms and rates of chemical transport across air, water, and soil interfaces. Applications of transport and thermodynamic fundamentals to movement of chemicals in the environment. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

(Dual-listed with CHE 4080).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: CHE 3810 or graduate standing
Examines the factors underlying interfacial phenomena, with an emphasis on the thermodynamics of surfaces, structural aspects, and electrical phenomena. Application areas include emulsification, foaming, detergency, sedimentation, fluidization, nucleation, wetting, adhesion, flotation, and electrophoresis. Term project required for graduate credit.

(Dual-listed with CHE 4100).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: (CHE 3570, CHE 3810, and CHE 3820) or graduate standing
Electrochemical engineering principles in thermodynamics, electrode kinetics, charge and mass transport; modeling and simulation; electrocatalysis; electrochemical reactions; applications of electrochemical engineering in fuel cells, batteries and electrolyzers. (Typically Offered: Fall)

(Dual-listed with CHE 4150).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Application of basic chemical engineering principles in biochemical and biological process industries such as enzyme technology and fermentation.

(Dual-listed with BME 4400/ CHE 4400).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: (CHE 2100 or CHE 2200, MATH 2660 or MATH 2670, PHYS 2320) or graduate standing
Applications of material and energy balances, transport phenome, chemical reaction engineering, and thermodynamics to problems in biomedical engineering and applied physiology; survey of biomedical engineering; biomaterials; biomedical imaging.

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Polymeric biomaterials, overview of biomaterial requirements, different classes of polymers used as biomaterials, specific bioapplications of polymers.

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Analysis of equipment and processes by analytic and/or numerical solution of descriptive differential equations. Operational and series techniques, boundary value problems, numerical interpolation and approximation, integration techniques. (Typically Offered: Fall)

(Dual-listed with CHE 4470).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Chemistry of polymers, addition and condensation polymerization. Physical and mechanical properties, polymer rheology, production methods. Applications of polymers in the chemical industry.

Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 4.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Conservation equations governing diffusive and convective transport of momentum, thermal energy and chemical species. Transport during laminar flow in conduits, boundary layer flow, creeping flow. Heat and mass transport coupled with chemical reactions and phase change. Scaling and approximation methods for mathematical solution of transport models. Diffusive fluxes; conservation equations for heat and mass transfer; scaling and approximation techniques; fundamentals of fluid mechanics; unidirectional flow; creeping flow; laminar flow at high Reynolds number; forced-convection heat and mass transfer in confined and unconfined laminar flows. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Principles and techniques for separation and recovery of biologically-produced molecules, especially proteins. Relationship between the chemistry of biological molecules and efficient separation and preservation of biological activity. Includes centrifugation and filtration, membrane processing, extraction, precipitation and crystallization, chromatography, and electrophoresis.

(Cross-listed with AERE 5720).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Qualitative features of turbulence. Statistical representation of turbulent velocity fields: averages, moments, correlations, length and time scales and the energy cascade. Averaged equations of motion, closure requirements, Reynolds averaged models. Homogeneous shear flows, free shear flows, boundary layers. Numerical simulation of turbulence: DNS, LES, DES.

(Cross-listed with MSE 5800X/ IE 5800X).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Tools and skills of Project Management (PM) adapted from industry to improve efficiency in thesis research. Project charter initiation for thesis, timeline and meeting scheduling tools, expectation management, and communication with advisors. Practice of the PM skills using student's own thesis. Presentation of a project charter. Demonstration of knowledge of related PM skills and the ability of utilizing these skills for thesis research. Sharing thesis ideas and learning experience in the Graduate for Advancing Professional Skills (GAPS) learning community. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Application of thermodynamic principles to chemical engineering problems. Thermodynamic properties of non-ideal fluids and solutions; phase and chemical-reaction equilibria/stability. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Analysis of complex reactions and kinetics. Fixed bed, fluidized bed, and other industrial reactors. Analysis and design of non-ideal flow mixing, and residence times. Heterogeneous reactors. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 2-6. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Investigation of an approved topic on an individual basis.

Credits: 2-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor

Credits: 2-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor

Credits: 2-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor

Credits: 2-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor

Credits: 2-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor

Credits: 2-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor

Credits: 2-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor

Credits: 2-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor

Credits: 2-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor

Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course

Credits: Required. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Repeatable.

Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Principles of metabolic engineering. Emphasis on emerging examples in biorenewables and plant metabolic engineering. Overview of biochemical pathways, determination of flux distributions by stoichiometric and labeling techniques; kinetics and thermodynamics of metabolic networks; metabolic control analysis; genetic engineering for overexpression, deregulation, or inhibition of enzymes; directed evolution; application of bioinformatics, genomics, and proteomics.

(Cross-listed with ME 6320).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Single particle, multiparticle and two-phase fluid flow phenome (gas-solid, liquid-solid and gas-liquid mixtures); particle interactions, transport phenome, wall effects; bubbles, equations of multiphase flow. Dense phase (fluidized and packed beds) and ducted flows; momentum, heat and mass transfer. Computer solutions. Offered even-numbered years. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Principles of statistical physics. General features of molecular simulations including Monte Carlo (MC) methods, molecular mechanics (MM), and molecular dynamics (MD). Overview of intermolecular and interatomic potentials. Evaluation of phase equilibria, free energies, and surface/interfacial properties. Coarse-grained methods.

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Principles and applications of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. Adsorption. Reaction kinetics and mass transfer effects. Catalyst characterization. Industrial catalytic processes.

Credits: 2-6. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Investigation of an approved topic on an individual basis. Election of course and topic must be approved in advance by Program of Study Committee.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: 1-30. Contact Hours: Lecture 30.
Repeatable.

Credits: Required. Repeatable.

One semester and one summer maximum per academic year professional work period. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.

Discussions intended to foster the development of graduate students as teaching assistants and future chemical engineering instructors. Topics include classroom and laboratory instruction, grading, and developing a teaching philosophy. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Participation in the instruction of a CHE course under the mentorship of a CBE faculty member. Typical activities may include lecture preparation and delivery, laboratory instruction, design of assessments, problem-solving sessions, office hours, and grading. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Advanced topic for thesis/dissertation.