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Minor Chemical Engineering (24 credits)

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Offered by: Chemical Engineering     Degree: Bachelor of Science

Program Requirements

A Chemical Engineering Minor will be of interest to Chemistry students who wish to study the problems of process engineering and its related subjects. A student completing this Minor will be able to make the important link between molecular sciences and industrial processing. This Minor will not provide Professional Engineering accreditation.

Required Courses (6 credits)

  • CHEE 200 Chemical Engineering Principles 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Introduction to the design of industrial processes. Survey of unit operations, and systems of units. Elementary material balances, first and second laws of thermodynamics, use of property tables and charts, steady flow processes. Relationships between thermodynamic properties, property estimation techniques. Laboratory and design exercise.

    Terms: Fall 2018

    Instructors: Berk, Dimitrios (Fall)

    • (3-1-5)

  • CHEE 204 Chemical Engineering Principles 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Material and energy balances in chemical processes. Introduction to process design. Problem solving in the design of various industrial processes such as combustion, humidification, separation processes (evaporation, crystallization), and other reactive systems used in the diverse areas of chemical engineering.

    Terms: Winter 2019

    Instructors: Kopyscinski, Jan (Winter)

Complementary Courses (18 credits)

At least one of:

  • CHEE 220 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Application of thermodynamic equilibrium; free energy and equilibrium; phase rule; chemical reaction equilibrium for homogenous and multicomponent/multiphase systems. Application to the design of binary distillation. Laboratory exercise.

    Terms: Winter 2019

    Instructors: Girard-Lauriault, Pierre-Luc (Winter)

  • CHEE 314 Fluid Mechanics (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Fluid properties; dimensional analysis; drag; packed/fluidized beds; macroscopic energy balances, Bernoulli's equation and linear momentum theorem; flowmeters, pipeline systems, non-Newtonian fluids, microscopic balances leading to continuity and Navier-Stokes equations; boundary layer approximation; turbulence. Laboratory exercises.

    Terms: Fall 2018

    Instructors: Moraes, Christopher; Soleimani, Majid (Fall)

with the remainder chosen from the following:

* Students select either CHEE 494 or CHEE 495

  • CHEE 230 Environmental Aspects of Technology (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : The impact of urbanization and technology on the environment. Topics include urbanization: causes, effects, land use regulations; transportation technology and environmental implications; environmental impact of energy conversions; energy policy alternatives; formulation of energy and environmental policy; air pollution: sources, effects, control; water pollution: sources, effects, control.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

    • (3-0-6)

  • CHEE 315 Heat and Mass Transfer (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Transport of heat and mass by diffusion and convection; transport of heat by radiation; diffusion; convective mass transfer; drying; absorption; mathematical formulation of problems and equipment design for heat and mass transfer; laboratory exercises.

    Terms: Winter 2019

    Instructors: Servio, Phillip (Winter)

  • CHEE 351 Separation Processes (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Concepts underlying equilibrium based separation, design of processes and equipment for distillation, absorption/stripping, liquid extraction, washing, and leaching. Consideration of mass transfer effects.

    Terms: Winter 2019

    Instructors: Seifitokaldani, Ali (Winter)

  • CHEE 370 Elements of Biotechnology (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Biological macromolecules; cell structure and metabolism; industrially significant microbes; enzyme kinetics; introduction to molecular biology and genetic engineering, laboratory exercises.

    Terms: Fall 2018

    Instructors: Hoesli, Corinne (Fall)

    • (3-1-5)

  • CHEE 380 Materials Science (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Structure/property relationship for metals, ceramics, polymers and composite materials. Atomic and molecular structure, bonds, electronic band structure and semi-conductors. Order in solids: crystal structure, disorders, solid phases. Mechanical properties and fracture, physico-chemical properties, design. Laboratory exercises.

    Terms: Fall 2018

    Instructors: Meunier, Jean-Luc (Fall)

    • (3-1-5)

  • CHEE 438 Engineering Principles in Pulp and Paper Processes (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Characterization of wood, pulp and paper. Flowsheets of basic pulping processes. Applications of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, and reaction engineering principles in the pulp and paper processes.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

  • CHEE 452 Particulate Systems (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Study of operations involving multiphase systems with one of the phases finely sub-divided as bubbles, drops or particles. Applications in environmental engineering, grinding, agglomeration, settling, fluidization.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

    • (3-0-6)

    • Prerequisites: CHEE 200, CHEE 314. A D grade is acceptable for prerequisite purposes only.

  • CHEE 494 Research Project and Seminar 1 (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Independent study and experimental work on topic(s) chosen by consultation between the student and professor. Students must find a supervisor amongst the department faculty before registering for this course.

    Terms: Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Summer 2019

    Instructors: Dorval Courchesne, Noémie-Manuelle (Fall) Dorval Courchesne, Noémie-Manuelle (Winter) Dorval Courchesne, Noémie-Manuelle (Summer)

    • (1-6-2)

    • Students are required to complete a written report and a presentation before the end of the semester.

  • CHEE 495 Research Project and Seminar 2 (4 credits) *

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Independent study and experimental work on topic(s) chosen by consultation between the student and professor. Students must find a supervisor amongst the department faculty before registering for this course.

    Terms: Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Summer 2019

    Instructors: Dorval Courchesne, Noémie-Manuelle (Fall) Dorval Courchesne, Noémie-Manuelle (Winter) Dorval Courchesne, Noémie-Manuelle (Summer)

    • (1-9-2)

    • Students are required to complete a written report and a presentation before the end of the semester.

  • CHEE 587 Chemical Processing: Electronics Industry (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Introduction to semiconductors and elementary semiconductor devices. Chemical processes and unit operations in the manufacture of microelectronic components with emphasis on silicon chip fabrication, fundamentals of crystal growth, photolithography, deposition of thin films, dopant diffusion, plasma and chemical etching, packaging. Safety and environmental concerns. Sustainability practices in this industry.

    Terms: Winter 2019

    Instructors: Berk, Dimitrios (Winter)

  • CHEE 592 Industrial Air Pollution Control (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Air pollution effects, control laws and regulations, measurements; emission estimates, meteorology for air pollution control engineers, dispersion models, nature of particulate pollutants, control of primary particulates, control of volatile organic compounds, sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides; air pollutants and global climate.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

    • (3-0-6)

    • Prerequisite: CHEE 314 or permission of instructor.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEE 472.

  • CHEE 593 Industrial Water Pollution Control (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Wastewater constituents of concern; legislation pertinent to wastewater treatment; wastewater sampling and analysis techniques; process analysis and selection; physical, chemical and biological processes; advanced wastewater treatment methods; integration of sciences and engineering principles to design wastewater treatment processes.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

    • (3-0-6)

    • Prerequisite: CHEE 314 or equivalent.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEE 471.

  • MATH 314 Advanced Calculus (3 credits)

    Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Derivative as a matrix. Chain rule. Implicit functions. Constrained maxima and minima. Jacobians. Multiple integration. Line and surface integrals. Theorems of Green, Stokes and Gauss. Fourier series with applications.

    Terms: Fall 2018, Winter 2019

    Instructors: Roth, Charles (Fall) Drury, Stephen W (Winter)

Faculty of Science—2018-2019 (last updated Aug. 22, 2018) (disclaimer)
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