Required Area Courses

CHEM 101 – General Chemistry I
Credits: 4
Prerequisites:
Atomic structure, chemical bonds, compounds, solutions, stoichiometry. Electrochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, acids and bases, basic organic chemistry.

MATH 106 – Calculus I
Credits: 3
Prerequisites:
Limits and continuity; derivative and properties of differentiable functions; mean value theorems, Taylor’s formula, extreme values; indefinite integral and integral rules; Riemann integral and fundamental theorem of calculus; L’Hospital’s rule; improper integrals.

PHYS 101 – General Physics I
Credits: 3
Co requsitie: Must be taken with PHYS 101L

Physical quantities; rectilinear motion; motion in two and three dimensions; Newton’s laws of motion; work and energy; momentum; conservation laws; collisions; rotational dynamics; gravitation; periodic motion; fluid motion.

PHYS 101L – General Phys I Lab
Credits: 1
Co-requsitie: Must be taken with PHYS 101
General physics laboratory course to accompany PHYS 101. Experiments in mechanics.

COMP 125 – Programming with Python
Credits: 3
Prerequisites:
Gain a solid foundation in algorithmic thinking and structured programming, and perform basic, common computational tasks easily and efficiently. Examine the fundamentals of data storage, input and output, control structures, functions, sequences and lists, file I/O, graphics and objects.

CHBI 100 – Intro to Chem&bio Eng
Credits: 3
Prerequisites:
History and scope of Chemical and Biological Engineering and its interaction with other disciplines, Teaching objectives of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Engineering Design Principles and Applications in Chemical and Biological Engineering ( Design of Experiments, Design of Processes, Design of Products, From Genes to Products.

CHEM 102 – General Chemistry II
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: CHEM 101 or consent of the instructor
Atomic structure, chemical bonds, compounds, solutions, stoichiometry. Electrochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, acids and bases, basic organic chemistry.

MATH 107 – Intr.to Linear Algebra
Credits: 3
Prerequisites:
Vectors; matrices and systems of linear equations; vector spaces; linear maps; orthogonality; algebra of complex numbers; eigenvalue problems.

MATH 203 – Multivariable Calculus
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: MATH. 106 or consent of the instructor
Functions of several variables; partial differentiation; directional derivatives; exact differentials; multiple integrals and their applications; vector analysis; line and surface integrals; Green?s, Divergence and Stoke?s theorems.

PHYS 102 – General Physics II
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: PHYS. 101 or consent of the instructor and must be taken with PHYS 102L
Electric charge and electric field; Gauss’s law; electric potential; dielectrics; electric circuits; magnetic field and magnetic forces; sources of magnetic field; electromagnetic induction; electromagnetic waves.

PHYS 102L – General Physics Lab II
Credits: 1
Co-requisite: Must be taken with PHYS 102

Electric charge and electric field; Gauss’s law; electric potential; dielectrics; electric circuits; magnetic field and magnetic forces; sources of magnetic field; electromagnetic induction; electromagnetic waves.

CHBI 201 – Prin&cal in Chem&Bio Eng
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: CHEM. 102 and CHBI 100 or consent of the instructor
Basic concepts of chemical and biological engineering systems. Modeling through material and energy balances. Problem solving methods, computational techniques and computer simulation. Examples from chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

CHEM 216 – Organic Chemistry
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: CHEM 102 or consent of the instructor.
Bonding, molecular shapes and stereochemistry in organic compounds. Functional groups, reactivity and mechanisms of basic organic reactions, such as nucleophilic and electrophilic substitution, elimination and addition. Principles of organic synthesis, critical reaction parameters and their optimization. Carbonyl compounds, amines, phenols and their reactions. Synthetic polymers and their applications.

CHEM 301 – Physcl Chem. I
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: CHEM. 102
Properties of perfect and real gases, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, entropy, free energy, physical transformations of pure materials and simple mixtures, the phase rule and phase diagrams, chemical equilibrium. Lab component.

MATH 204 – Diff. Equations
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: MATH. 107 or consent of the instructor
First order differential equations. Second order linear equations. Series solutions of ODE?s. The Laplace transform and applications. Systems of first order linear equations. Nonlinear equations and systems:existence, uniqueness and stability of solutions. Fourier series and partial differential equations.

CHBI 204 – Thermodynamics
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: (CHEM. 102 or CHEM. 103) or consent of the instructor
First and second laws. Energy conservation and entropy. Analysis of engineering systems, such as refrigeration cycles and combustion engines. Vapor/liquid equilibrium,applications in mixture behaviours.

CHBI 301 – Fluid Mechanics
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: (MATH. 204 and CHBI. 201) or consent of the instructor
Characteristics of fluids, fluid statics, Bernoulli equation, fluid kinematics, boundary layers, viscous flows and turbulence.

ENGR 201 – Statistics for Engineers
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: MATH. 106 or consent of the instructor
Descriptive statistics; measures of association, correlation, simple regression; probability theory, conditional probability, independence; discrete and continuous random variables; probability distributions; functions of random variables; sampling distributions; estimation; inference (confidence intervals and hypothesis testing). Topics are supported by computer applications and specific examples from engineering applications.

CHBI 291 – Summer Practice I
Credits: 0
Prerequisites: ACWR 101
A minimum of 20 working days of training in an industrial summer practice program after the completion of second year. The training is based on the contents of the “Summer Practice Guide Booklet” prepared by each engineering department. Students receive practical knowledge and hands-on experience in an industrial setting.

CHBI 300 – Biochemistry
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: CHEM 102 and ENGR 201 or consent of instructor.
Co-requisites: Must be taken with CHBI 300L
Protein characterization, enzyme kinetics, basic metabolic pathways, membrane structure and function, biochemistry of energy and signal transduction, replication and expressions of genes. Laboratory studies.

CHBI 300L – Biochemistry Laboratory
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: CHBI 300 or must be taken with CHBI 300
Protein characterization, enzyme kinetics, basic metabolic pathways, membrane structure and function, biochemistry of energy and signal transduction, replication and expressions of genes. Labaratory studies.

CHBI 305 – Heat and Mass Transfers
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: CHBI. 301 or consent of instructor
Fundamental principles of heat and mass transfer as they apply to basic chemical and biological engineering systems. Heat transfer processes (conduction, convection and radiation) will be examined in various steady and unsteady state systems with particular emphasis on the design of shell and tube heat exchangers. Emphasis will be on the development of a physical understanding of the underlying phenomena and upon the ability to solve real heat and mass transfer problems of engineering significance. The fundamental principles of mass transfer by steady and unsteady state molecular diffusion will also be examined in stagnant fluids and under laminar flow conditions. Convective mass transfer under turbulent flow conditions and convective mass transfer coefficients will be studied.

CHBI 307 – Separation Process
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: CHBI 305 or CHBI 303 or CHBI 302 or consent of the instructor
Theory of rate and equilibrium based separation operations for separating mixtures. Distillation, absorption and extraction, Chromatography, ion exchange, membrane separations, electrophoresis. Multicomponent separations.

CHBI 308 – Reaction Engineering
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: CHBI. 301 or consent of the instructor
Design and operation of chemical reactors. Homogeneous, heterogeneous and biochemical reactions. Ideal and non-ideal reactors. Kinetics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Kinetics of substrate utilization and biomass production.

CHBI 309 – Proc. Model, Dyn.&contro
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: CHBI. 303 or CHBI 305 or consent of the instructor
Dynamic models for chemical and biological systems. Their simulation and analysis. Design and implementation of control systems.

CHBI 391 – Summer Practice II
Credits: 0
Prerequisites: CHBI 291 and ACWR 106-102-103-104-105-107
A minimum of 20 working days of training in an industrial summer practice program after the completion of third year. The training is based on the contents of the “Summer Practice Guide Booklet” prepared by each engineering department. Students receive practical knowledge and hands-on experience in an industrial setting.

CHBI 402 – Chem & Biol. Eng. Lab
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: CHBI. 307 and CHBI. 308 and (CHBI 309 or CHBI 408) or consent of the instructor
Experimental demonstration of concepts taught in separations, reaction engineering and control.

CHBI 403 – Process & Product Design
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: (CHBI. 307 or CHBI 303 and CHBI. 308) or consent of the instructor
Chemical process and product design methods; economic analysis of chemical processing plants.

CHBI 418 – Biochemical Engineering
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: MBGE 300 or CHBI 300 or consent of the instructor
Biotechnology course with a strong emphasis on bioprocess engineering principles. Fermentation, mammalian cell culture, continuous culture, biological unit operations, lectures on synthetic biology topics. Strongly recommended for CHBI students that wish to design a biological process in CHBI 491.

CHBI 491 – Chem & Biol Eng Design
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: CHBI. 403 or consent of the instructor
A capstone design course where students apply engineering and science knowledge in a chemical and biological engineering design project. Development, design and management of a project in teams under realistic constraints and conditions. Emphasis on communication, teamwork and presentation skills.