Master of Engineering in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Graduate Certificate in Engineering in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
For more information contact:
Sheryl Ehrman, Associate Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
1208C Chemical & Nuclear Engineering Bldg
301-405-1917
email: sehrman@umd.edu
The following four core courses are offered by the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering . In addition to the core courses, students may select technical electives approved by an advisor. The only guideline for the selection of electives is that the electives be part of an integrated program of study.
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Core
ENCH 610 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) Advanced application of the general thermodynamic methods to chemical engineering problems. First and second law consequences; estimation and correlation of thermodynamic properties; phase and chemical reaction equilibria.
ENCH 620 Methods of Engineering Analysis (3) Application of selected mathematical techniques to the analysis and solution of engineering problems; included are the applications of matrices, vectors, tensors, differential equations, integral transforms, and probability methods to such problems as unsteady heat transfer, transient phenomena in mass transfer operations, stagewise processes, chemical reactors, process control, and nuclear reactor physics.
ENCH 630 Transport Phenomena (3) Heat, mass and momentum transfer theory from the viewpoint of the basic transport equations. Steady and unsteady state; laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layer theory, mechanics of turbulent transport; with specific application to complex chemical engineering situations.
ENCH 640 Advanced Chemical Reaction Kinetics (3) The theory and application of chemical reaction kinetics to reactor design. Reaction rate theory; homogeneous batch and flow reactors; fundamentals of catalysis; design of heterogeneous flow reactors.
Technical Electives
The following constitutes only a sample of the courses which may be used as technical electives.
ENPM 626 Thermal Destruction Technology (3) Prerequisite: ENME 332 and ENME 232 . Thermal destruction, incineration and combustion processes. Emphasis is on solid wastes and their composition, current and advanced destruction technologies, guidelines on design and operation, and environmental pollution.
ENPM 627 Risk Assessment for Environmental Compliance (3) Fundamentals of environmental protection. Risk identification, characterization, assessment and management in compliance programs related to environmental laws and regulations. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Toxic Substances Control Act and Clean Water Act. Technology basis of Clean Air Act and Superfund and options for compliance. Expert systems for environmental applications. Elements of life cycle analysis risk assessment. Risk reduction through multimedia emission evaluation and voluntary programs.
ENPM 637 Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering (3) An examination of biological principles directly affecting man and his environment, with particular emphasis on microbiological interactions in environmental engineering related to air, water and land systems; microbiology and biochemistry of aerobic and anaerobic treatment processes for aqueous wastes.
ENPM 653 Environmental Law for Engineers and Scientists (3) Introduction to the basics in environmental law including the language and methods of the law, and the Constitution as the basis of the American legal system. Exposure to how lawyers think and approach environmental engineering problems. Case studies used extensively.
ENPM 655 Contaminant Transport and Fate in the Environment (3) Prerequisites: Calculus, General Physics, General Chemistry, ENPM633 or permission of instructor . This class covers the physical and chemical behaviors of pollutants in surface water and subsurface environment. Emphasis will be on interactions between organic contaminants and natural geological matrixes and relevant issues including groundwater transport and subsurface remediation.
ENPM 808B Chemical and Biological Detection (3) Introduction to hardware (instrumentation) and software (data analysis algorithm) aspects of chemical and biological detection. Physical measurements, chemical sensors, biosensors, optical sensor components, signal conditioning and analysis, chemometrics, image analysis, applications.
ENPM 808C Computational Methods in Environmental Engineering (3) Introduction to the use of microcomputers and the familiarization with computer tools that aid in the numerical solution of environmental engineering problems. Operating systems, networks, numerical methods, programming, spreadsheets, numerical and symbolic computation, software and hardware interface, data acquisition.
ENPM 808R Waste Minimization in Project Management Design (3) Introduction to material use and flow concepts; recycling of nonmetallics; sustainability and industrial ecology; life cycle environmental assessments and models; municipal solid waste; case studies and plant visit.
ENCH 454 Chemical Process Analysis and Optimization (3) Prerequisites: MATH 246, ENCH 426, and ENCH 440 . Applications of mathematical models to the analysis and optimization of chemical processes. Models based on transport, chemical kinetics and other chemical engineering principles will be employed. Emphasis on evaluation of process alternatives.
ENCH 470 The Science and Technology of Colloidal Systems (3) Prerequisites: ENCH 400, ENCH 424, ENCH 426, and CHEM 482. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENCH 468C or ENCH 470 . Introduction to colloidal systems. Preparation, stability, and coagulation kinetics of colloidal suspensions. Introduction to DLVO theory, electrokinetic phenomena, rheology of dispersions, surface/interfacial tension, solute absorption at gas-liquid, liquid-liquid, liquid-solid and gas-solid interfaces and properties of micelles and other microstructures.
ENCH 471 Particle Science and Technology (3) Credit will only be granted for one of the following: ENCH 468I or ENCH 471 . Theory and modeling techniques for particle formation and particle size distribution dynamics. Science and technology of multiphase systems, powder and aerosol technology. Industrial, environmental and occupational applications: dry powder delivery of drugs, aerosol generation methods, nanoparticles, biowarfare agent detection, dry powder mixing, particulate emissions. Design particle synthesis and processing systems, particle removal systems.
ENCH 482 Biochemical Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ENCH 440 . Introduction to biochemical and microbiological applications to commercial and engineering processes, including industrial fermentation, enzymology, ultrafiltration, food and pharmaceutical processing and resulting waste treatment. Enzyme kinetics, cell growth, energetics and mass transfer.
ENCH 483 Bioseparations (3) Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENCH 483 or ENCH 468A . Engineering fundamentals of separations and purification of biological molecules. Case studies and examples illustrate principles and practice of centrifugation, precipitation, crystallization, filtration, membrane separations, chromatography, and affinity separation of recombinant proteins and other biomolecules. Process scale-up and economics of biotechnology products and processes.
ENCH 485 Biochemical Engineering Laboratory (3) Prerequisite: ENCH 482 . Techniques of measuring pertinent parameters in fermentation reactors, quantification of production variables for primary and secondary metabolites such as enzymes and antibiotics, the insolubilization of enzymes for reactors, and the demonstration of separation techniques such as ultrafiltration and affinity chromatography.
ENCH 490 Introduction to Polymer Science (3) Prerequisites: ENCH 424 and ENCH 440 . The elements of the chemistry, physics, processing methods, and engineering applications of polymers.
ENCH 496 Processing of Polymer Materials (3) Prerequisite: ENCH 424. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENCH 496 or ENMA 496 . A comprehensive analysis of the operations carried out on polymeric materials to increase their utility. Conversion operations such as molding, extrusion, blending, film forming, and calendaring. Development of engineering skills required to practice in the high polymer industry.
ENCH 735 Chemical Process Dynamics and Control (3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor . Dynamic response of continuous and sampled-data processes; feedback and feedforward control; model uncertainty; Internal Model Control structure; robustness with respect to modeling error; control of multi-input multi-output processes; decentralized control; Relative Gain Array; Process Resiliency.
ENCH 736 Model Based Process Control (3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor . Step and impulse response models; state space models; model predictive control formulation; on-line optimization; state feedback; Kalman filter; disturbance estimation; constrained processes; nonlinear process models.
ENCH 762 Advanced Biochemical Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ENCH 482 or permission of both department and instructor . Advanced topics to include use of a digital computer for mathematical modeling of the dynamics of biological systems; separation techniques for heat sensitive biologically active materials; and transport phenomena in biological systems.
Graduate Certificate in Engineering Courses
- ENCH 610, ENCH 620, ENCH 630, ENCH 648C
or - ENCH 620, ENCH 630, ENCH 640, and ENPM 641 or ENCH 648B
ENCH 610 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) Advanced application of the general thermodynamic methods to chemical engineering problems. First and second law consequences; estimation and correlation of thermodynamic properties; phase and chemical reaction equilibria.
ENCH 620 Methods of Engineering Analysis (3) Application of selected mathematical techniques to the analysis and solution of engineering problems; included are the applications of matrices, vectors, tensors, differential equations, integral transforms, and probability methods to such problems as unsteady heat transfer, transient phenomena in mass transfer operations, stagewise processes, chemical reactors, process control, and nuclear reactor physics.
ENCH 630 Transport Phenomena (3) Heat, mass and momentum transfer theory from the viewpoint of the basic transport equations. Steady and unsteady state; laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layer theory, mechanics of turbulent transport; with specific application to complex chemical engineering situations.
ENCH 640 Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering (3) The theory and application of chemical reaction kinetics to the design of "real" chemical reactors, including: (a) non-isothermal reactors: simultaneous solution of molar and energy balances, reactor stability and multiple steady states; (b) non-ideal reactors: residence time distributions and reactor flow models: (c) heterogeneous reactors: simultaneous mass transfer and reaction in porous catalysts, overall effectiveness factors. In addition, kinetics and reactor design in biochemical engineering, polymerization processes, and chemical vapor deposition processes will be introduces.
ENCH 648B Advanced Biochemical Engineering (3) Introduction to biochemical and micro-biological applications to commercial and engineering processes, including industrial fermentation, enzymology, ultrafiltration, food and pharmaceutical processing and resulting waste treatment. Enzyme kinetics, cell growth, energetics and mass transfer.
ENCH 648C Science and Technology of Collodial Systems (3) The colloidal domain focuses on the behavior of structures in the size range of 1 nanometer to 1 micrometer. Such structures are important in biological systems, in the development and stability of paints, in the manufacturing of toothpaste, in advancing nanotechnology, in the formulation and stability of ink for injet printers and in a host of other areas in industry and academia. The objective of this course is to help the student develop a basic understanding of the nature of colloidal systems, as well as the factors that determine their stability and instability. The primary focus of the course will be to show the importance of surfaces/interfaces, and intermolecular and intra-/inter-particle forces on the formation and behavior of colloids. Topics to be covered include: preparation, stability and coagulation kinetics of colloidal suspensions; DLVO theory, electrokinetic phenomena, rheology of dispersions, surface/interfacial tension, solute adsorption at gas-liquid, liquid-liquid, liquid solid and gas-solid interfaces and properties of micelles and other microstructures.
