- C&PE 111 Introduction to the Chemical Engineering Profession (2).
An introduction
to the University of Kansas and work done by professional engineers. Students
are introduced to the resources available to them at KU, in the School of Engineering,
and in the Chemical and petroleum Engineering Department. They are
introduced to the curricula requirements and expectations of chemical engineering
students. The career opportunities for chemical engineers are described. Students
are introduced to engineering ethics, basic safety considerations, teamwork,
and technical writing. The course includes fundamental calculations of material
and energy balances and fluid flow. LEC
- C&PE 117 Energy in the Modern World (1).
A survey course on global energy supply
and demand, production methods and energy economics. Course begins with
the matrix of energy supply and demand focusing on fossil fuels and nuclear energy
and includes transportation/ distribution patterns and issues and current
production technologies. We then analyze alternate energy realities and potentials
such as solar energy, wind energy, biomass utilization, hydrogen, fuel cells, hydroelectric,
geothermal, wave/tidal, and others based on thermodynamic principles
and economics. Course is also open to non-engineering students. LEC
- C&PE 121 Introduction to Computers in Engineering (3).
Formulation of engineering
problems for machine computation with emphasis on good programming
practices and the integration of appropriate computational and related tools. Solutions
are computed using Excel, Visual Basic, and general purpose languages such
as Mathcad and/or MATLAB. Computing methods are introduced as tools for developing
solutions using elementary numerical techniques including linear interpolation,
linear regression, numerical integration, and root finding. Microsoft Office
is used with the computational tools to provide integrated report generation
capability. Two lectures and weekly laboratory instruction. Prerequisite: MATH
121. LEC
- C&PE 127 Introduction to Petroleum Engineering Profession (1).
An introduction
to principles of reservoir engineering and an application of economic principles
will be introduced along with the use of computer spreadsheets. A mini petroleum
engineering design project will be assigned to illustrate the integration of petroleum
engineering principles and the use of computers. C&PE 127 is required of all Petroleum Engineering freshmen but is optional for others. Transfer students
who don.t take the course must substitute C&PE 127 with one hour of engineering
science. LEC
- C&PE 211 Material and Energy Balances (3).
The application of the laws of chemistry,
physics, and mathematics to the solution of material and energy balance
problems occurring in the process industries. Prerequisite: C&PE 121 or consent of
instructor and CHEM 188. LEC
- C&PE 217 Introduction to Petroleum Drilling Engineering (2).
An introduction to
modern rotary drilling. Topics covered include: rig systems/hardware, management
practices, cost analysis, drilling fluid function formulations and testing, well
control systems, cement formulation and placement, drilling bits. LEC
- C&PE 221 Basic Engineering Thermodynamics (3).
An introduction to the concepts
of heat, work, the first law and second law of thermodynamics, and equations
of state. These concepts are applied to flow and non-flow systems including
power, heat pump and refrigeration cycles. Prerequisite: MATH 122 or permission
of instructor. Prerequisite or Corequisite: C&PE 121 and PHSX 211. LEC
- C&PE 511 Momentum Transfer (3).
Solutions of continuity, momentum, and energy
equations applied to fluids in confined flow or flowing past submerged objects.
Laminar and turbulent flows of both incompressible and compressible fluids
are considered. Engineering applications include pressure drop and network
analysis of piping and transmission lines, flow measurement and fluid moving
equipment. Prerequisite: C&PE 221. LEC
- C&PE 512 Process Engineering Thermodynamics (3).
Further development of the
laws of thermodynamics to treat chemical and petroleum processes. Analysis and
application of Gibbs and Maxwell relations. Development and use of partial molar
properties and fugacities. Development, analysis and application of excess free energy
relations, including equations of state and solution models, to analyze and
describe phase equilibra. Prerequisite: C&PE 221. Prerequisite or Corequisite:
C&PE 211. LEC
- C&PE 517 Reservoir Engineering I (4).
Properties of porous rocks, reservoir fluids,
and fluid saturated rocks. Introduction to multiphase flow in porous media including
concepts of wettability, capillary pressure and relative permeability. Prerequisite:
CHEM 188. Corequisite: C&PE 211. LEC
- C&PE 521 Heat Transfer (3).
An applied study of the various (conductive, convective,
and radiative) heat transfer mechanisms in solid and fluid systems. Engineering
applications include: conduction in solids and fluids, free and forced convection
in fluids, simple and solar radiation, boiling and condensing fluids, and design
of heat exchangers, evaporators, and furnaces. Prerequisite: C&PE 221 and a
course in differential equations. LEC
- C&PE 522 Economic Appraisal of Chemical and Petroleum Projects (2).
Consideration
of the economic factors important in the development of the chemical or
petroleum enterprise. Applications of economic evaluation methods to engineering
project development. Consideration of risk and uncertainty in project development.
Prerequisite: MATH 122, C&PE 121, PHSX 211, and C&PE 221 or consent of
instructor. LEC
- C&PE 523 Mass Transfer (4).
Includes one credit hour of calculations laboratory.
Treatment of mass transfer phenomena with application to analysis and design of
unit operations equipment such as distillation, extraction, absorption, and adsorption.
Prerequisite: C&PE 211, C&PE 511, and C&PE 512. Corequisite: C&PE 521. LEC
- C&PE 524 Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design (3).
Development
and solution of the material and energy balance equations for continuous and
batch reactors. These balance equations are applied in (a) the determination of intrinsic
kinetics, (b) the design of reactors and (c) the analysis of reactor behavior.
Both homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction systems are considered. Prerequisite:
C&PE 511, C&PE 512, and a course in differential equations. Corequisite:
C&PE 521. LEC
- C&PE 527 Reservoir Engineering II (4).
Lectures on single phase flow and pressure
distribution in reservoirs. Calculations in drawdown, buildup, multiple rate,
fractured systems, gas and injection well testing. Material balance calculations for
gas, gas-condensate, undersaturated, and saturated reservoirs. Prerequisite: C&PE
517 or consent of instructor, a course in differential equations. LEC
- C&PE 528 Well Logging (3).
Analysis of well logs to determine properties of reservoir
rocks, fluid saturations and lithology, and production logging. Prerequisite:
Junior or senior standing in Petroleum Engineering or consent of instructor. LEC
- C&PE 601 Undergraduate Topics in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (1-4).
Undergraduate study in various branches of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
on topics that may vary from year to year. Prerequisite: Varies. LEC
- C&PE 612 Environmental Assessment of Chemical Processes (3).
A discussion
and project-based survey of environmental issues in chemical engineering, including
environmentally conscious design, environmental fate and transport, green
chemistry, and life cycle analysis. Focus will be on the design, implementation and
management of comprehensive environmental assessments for existing and new industrial facilities with an emphasis on the technical and economic impacts of
catalytic systems on pollution control strategies. LEC
- C&PE 613 Chemical Engineering Design I (4).
Synthesis, design and economic
analysis of petrochemical, and chemical plants. Applications in computer aided
engineering applied to these topics. Prerequisite: C&PE 521, C&PE 522, C&PE 523,
and C&PE 524. Corequisite: C&PE 615. LEC
- C&PE 614 Reaction Engineering for Environmentally Benign Processes (3).
Principles
of reaction engineering and green chemistry applied to processes of the future.
With a case-based introduction to the design and optimization of catalytic
processes and reaction systems, focus will be on key reaction engineering concepts,
including catalysis, mechanisms, reaction kinetics, heterogeneous reactions,
reactor types and economic evaluation. Students will develop a multidisciplinary
understanding of chemical, biological and molecular concepts and of the multiscale
character of developing and designing processes from the micro level to the
macro level. Prerequisite: Senior standing in engineering to the physical/biological
sciences. LEC
- C&PE 615 Introduction to Process Dynamics and Control (3).
The behavior of
chemical processing equipment in the presence of disturbances in operating conditions
is analyzed. Control systems are designed based on the criteria of system
stability and optional system performance. Prerequisite: C&PE 523 and C&PE 524.
LEC
- C&PE 616 Chemical Engineering Laboratory I (3).
Laboratory study of chemical
engineering concepts of thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer,
and reaction kinetics. Includes emphasis on technical communication skills. Prerequisite:
C&PE 523, C&PE 524, and ENGL 102. LAB
- C&PE 617 Drilling and Well Completion (3).
Design and analysis of rotary drilling
and well completion systems; casing design, cementing, and perforating. Prerequisite:
C&PE 527 and C&PE 511 or ME 610. LEC
- C&PE 618 Secondary Recovery (4).
Study of waterflooding based upon linear
displacement theory. Extension to two and three dimensions through correlations
and stream tube models. Design of waterfloods including preparation of a reservoir
description for waterflood evaluation. Prerequisite: C&PE 527. LEC
- C&PE 619 Petroleum Engineering Laboratory I (2).
Laboratory study of methods
to determine rock and fluid properties related to petroleum engineering including
phase behavior, viscosity, permeability, porosity, capillary pressure, and drilling
fluid properties. Analysis of experimental uncertainty. Oral and written presentations.
Prerequisite: ENGL 102 and C&PE 527. LAB
- C&PE 623 Chemical Engineering Design II (2).
A continuation of C&PE 613 with
emphasis on individual student process design development and analysis. Prerequisite:
C&PE 613, C&PE 615. LEC
- C&PE 624 Plant and Environmental Safety (3).
An introductory course designed
to acquaint students to topics including chemical plant and environmental accident
analysis; review of hazard evaluation procedures including fault tree, hazard
and operability studies and human error analysis; safety equipment design; EPA
and TOSCA criteria and ethical considerations. Prerequisite: C&PE 613 and C&PE
615. LEC
- C&PE 626 Chemical Engineering Laboratory II (3).
Laboratory study of chemical
engineering concepts of thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer,
reaction kinetics, and process control. Includes emphasis on technical communication
skills. Prerequisite: ENGL 102, C&PE 523, C&PE 524, C&PE 615. LAB
- C&PE 627 Petroleum Production (3).
Design and analysis of natural production
and artificial lift systems, including beam pumping, gas lift, and submersible
pumps. Vertical and horizontal two phase flow, compression, metering, acidizing,
fracturing, and pipe line flow systems. Prerequisite: C&PE 617. LEC
- C&PE 628 Petroleum Engineering Design (3).
Design problems related to petroleum
reservoir development such as selection of optimum well spacing for a specified
reservoir, evaluation of a producing property or installation of a waterflood.
Designs consider economic, uncertainty analysis, as well as conservation, environmental,
and professional ethics factors. Prerequisite: C&PE 522, C&PE 527, and
C&PE 618. LEC
- C&PE 629 Petroleum Engineering Laboratory II (2).
Continuation of C&PE 619
emphasizing surface and subsurface operations such as laboratory experiments
related to compressible and incompressible fluid flow through the pipe and measurement
of the heat transfer coefficients, properties of drilling fluids and strength
of cement. Additional topics include core displacement experiments, vapor-liquid
equilibrium and dissolving power of HCl acid, application of statistics to reservoir
data, oral and written presentation. Prerequisite: C&PE 619. LAB
- C&PE 651 Undergraduate Problems (1-6).
Investigation of a particular problem in
the field of chemical or petroleum engineering. IND
- C&PE 654 Biocatalysis (3).
Introductory and advanced topics in biocatalysis with
focus on enzymatic reactions. Enzymology will provide the fundamental basis for
discussion of kinetics and bio-process development. Advanced topics include: enenzymes
in non-aqueous solvents, immobilization techniques, whole-cell transformations,
bio-reactors. LEC
- C&PE 655 Introduction to Semiconductor Processing (3).
An overview of various
processes to fabricate semiconductor devices and integrated circuits. Topics covered
include crystal growth, oxidation, solid-state diffusion, ion implantation,
photolithography, chemical vapor deposition, epitaxial growth, metalization, and
plasma etching of thin films. (Same as EECS 670.) Prerequisite: Senior standing in
C&PE or EE or consent of instructor. LEC
- C&PE 656 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (3).
An interdisciplinary introduction
to the field of biomedical engineering. This course covers a breadth of
topics including biotransport, biomechanics, biomaterials, tissue engineering,
drug delivery, biomedical imaging, computational biology, and biotechnology.
Students are exposed to these broad topics, and go further in depth in a topic of
their choice with the semester project. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior-level standing
in Engineering or consent of instructor. LEC
- C&PE 657 Polymer Science and Technology (3).
Polymer Science and Technology
is a 3-hour introductory course to polymer chemistry, science, technology, and
processing. The course targets junior, senior, and graduate chemical engineers and
chemistry majors and is intended to provide a background which would allow
young professionals to understand polymer chemistry and processes to which
they would be exposed to in industry and literature. The course would also assist
them in selecting polymers and polymer specifications. Prerequisite: Senior or
graduate student standing in chemical or petroleum engineering, or consent of instructor.
LEC
- C&PE 661 Undergraduate Honors Research (3).
This course involves the investigation
of a particular problem in the field of chemical or petroleum engineering.
C&PE 661 should be taken, rather than C&PE 651, for students seeking Departmental
Honors in Chemical Petroleum Engineering. C&PE 661 may also be used
by students in the Honors Program to help satisfy the course requirement of this
program. The design or research topic is identified jointly by the student and faculty
research supervisor. Prerequisite: Completion of C&PE 121, C&PE 211, C&PE
511, C&PE 512, C&PE 522, overall GPA >3.5, and engineering GPA>3.5, or permission
of the department. IND
- C&PE 678 Applied Optimization Methods (3).
Study of methods for solving optimization
problems encountered in engineering and the natural sciences, with specific
applications illustrating analytical and numerical techniques. Topics covered
include methods, penalty functions, linear programming, nonlinear and integer
programming, stochastic optimization approaches, and treatment of constrained
problems. A semester project is required. Prerequisite: Senior standing. LEC
- C&PE 701 Methods of Chemical and Petroleum Calculations (3).
- C&PE 710 Subsurface Methods in Formation Evaluation (3).
- C&PE 712 Environmental Assessment of Chemical Processes (3).
- C&PE 714 Reaction Engineering for Environmentally Benign Processes (3).
- C&PE 715 Topics in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (1-4).
- C&PE 721 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3).
- C&PE 722 Kinetics and Catalysis (3).
- C&PE 725 Molecular Cell Biology (3).
- C&PE 731 Convective Heat and Momentum Transfer (3).
- C&PE 732 Advanced Transport Phenomena II (3).
C&PE 751 Basic Rheology (3).
- C&PE 752 Tissue Engineering (3).
- C&PE 753 Introduction to Electrochemical Engineering (3).
- C&PE 754 Biocatalysis (3).
- C&PE 755 Introduction to Semiconductor Processing (3).
- C&PE 756 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (3).
- C&PE 765 Corrosion Engineering (3).
- C&PE 771 Advanced Reservoir Engineering (3).
- C&PE 778 Applied Optimization Methods (3).
- C&PE 790 Introduction to Flow in Porous Media (3).
- C&PE 795 Enhanced Petroleum Recovery (3).
- C&PE 798 Phase Equilibrium (3).
