Individual research projects for undergraduates in Chemical Engineering before their junior year, and for high performing undergraduates not in the Honors Program. G4153 Process Dynamics and Control. Experimental techniques for the acquisition of pilot plant data, using unit operations equipment and reactors for use in process design. Process and process equipment design, complete design of process plants including complete flow sheets, estimated plant costs, costs of process development, economics of investment. 1 to 4 hours.
Selected students work with individual faculty members on research problems.
Theories of catalytic activity, catalytic reactors, basics of catalyst surface characterization and activity measurement. G5183 Engineering Rate Operations. G5193 Characterization of Solid Surfaces. Physical-chemical characterization of surfaces with emphasis on catalysis and chemical reactivity. G5243 Biochemical Engineering.