Technical Electives for Options and Concentrations
The department offers the chemical engineering student a traditional program as well as formal options in biological engineering, nanomaterials engineering, nuclear engineering and paper engineering and concentrations in engineered materials and computer-aided process design and controls. The required courses for each option are listed under its curriculum. Recommended technical electives for the options and concentrations are listed below.
Nanomaterials Engineering Option
Engineered Materials Concentration
The biological engineering option is designed to prepare the student for work in the biopharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. One technical elective is required and must be selected from the following list of courses.
|
Elective Courses (choose one) |
cr. | |
| 10.538 | Advanced Separations in Biotechnology | 3 |
| 10.555 | Biopharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance | 3 |
| 10.586 | Bioprocessing Projects Laboratory | 3 |
| 81.252 | Physiology | 3 |
| 81.476 | Cell Culture | 3 |
| 92.593 | Experimental Design | 3 |
Nanomaterials Engineering Option
The nanomaterials engineering option is designed to prepare the student to work in a materials related industry. Four technical electives are required and must be selected from the following list of courses.
|
Elective Courses (choose four) |
cr. | |
| 10.405 | Design of Papers | 3 |
| 10.501 | Paper Industry Processes | 3 |
| 10.523 | Nanodevices and Electronic Materials | 3 |
| 10.524 | Self-assembly and Nanotechnology | 3 |
| 10.541 | Nanocharacterization by SEM, TEM and AFM | 3 |
| 26.575 | Biomaterials | 3 |
| 84.334 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| 84.403 | Introduction to Polymer Science | 3 |
| 92.593 | Experimental Design | 3 |
Nuclear Engineering Option 
The nuclear engineering option consists of a sequence of four courses that are specifically designed to give a traditional chemical engineer concentrated training in a variety of nuclear technologies. The course selection integrates the key nuclear-related subjects usually taken as part of an undergraduate degree program in nuclear engineering. The four-course sequence is designed to be taken during the junior and senior years, one course per semester. These courses satisfy the technical and chemical engineering elective requirements in the curriculum. One technical elective is required and must be selected from the following list of courses.
|
Elective Courses (choose one) |
cr. | |
| 24.432 | Nuclear Systems Design and Analysis | 3 |
| 24.436 | Undergraduate Directed Studies | 3 |
| 95.422 | Environmental Radiation and Nuclear Site Criteria | 3 |
| 98.306 | Nuclear Instrumentation | 3 |
| 24.505 | Reactor Physics | 3 |
| 24.506 | Special Topics in Reactor Physics | 3 |
| 24.507 | Reactor Engineering and Safety | 3 |
| 24.509 | System Dynamics (with nuclear projects) | 3 |
| 24.511 | Advanced Reactor Concepts | 3 |
| 24.514 | Chemical and Nuclear Waste | 3 |
| 85.585 | Nuclear Chemistry | 3 |
| 95.441 | Radiochemistry | 3 |
Paper Engineering Option
The paper engineering option consists of four courses that are designed to give chemical engineers training in the processing and testing of paper and paper-like materials in order to prepare them for work in the paper industry. One technical elective is required and must be selected from the following courses:
|
Elective Courses (choose one) |
cr. | |
| 10.402 | Engineering Analysis of Coating & Converting Systems | 3 |
| 10.541 | Nanocharacterization by SEM, TEM and AFM | 3 |
| XX.XXX | Approved Technical Elective | 3 |
Computer-Aided Process Design & Controls Concentration
The computer-aided process design and controls concentration, which consists of four courses, provides the student with a specialization in the design, analysis and computer control of chemical processes. Courses are taught on the hardware and software aspects of computer control and advanced methods of chemical process analysis, design and control. The four courses for the concentration satisfy the technical and Chemical Engineering elective requirements in the curriculum.
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Required Courses |
cr. | |
| 10.518 | Microprocessor Control with Lab | 4 |
| 10.522 | Computer Aided Chemical Process Design | 3 |
| 10.530 | Advanced Control Strategies | 3 |
| 10/24.509 | System Dynamics | 3 |
Engineered Materials Concentration
The engineered materials concentration allows the student to develop a specialization in a particular area. The concentration begins with the survey course 10.308 Introduction to Material Science and Engineering, which is required for all Chemical Engineering juniors, and is followed by four additional courses. Courses must be selected to cover at least three areas of specialization. The four courses for the concentration satisfy the technical and Chemical Engineering elective requirements in the curriculum.
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Required Courses |
cr. | |
| 10.405 | Design of Paper (PA) | 3 |
| 10.506 | Interfacial Science and Engineering and Colloids (C/PA/PL) | 3 |
|
or 10.527 |
Nanomaterials Science and Engineering (C/PA/PL) | 3 |
|
Elective Courses (choose two) |
cr. | |
| 10.501 | Paper Ind. and Proc. Analysis (PA) | 3 |
| 10.523 | Nanodevices and Electronic Materials (E) | 3 |
| 10.525 | Construction and Use of Packaging Materials (PA/PL) | 3 |
| 10.533 | Macromolecular Science and Engineering (PL) | 3 |
| 10.541 | Nanocharacterization by SEM, TEM and AFM | 3 |
| 16.470 | VLSI Fabricating with Lab (E) | 3 |
| 26.543 | Survey of Plastic Materials (PL) | 3 |
| 26.544 | Survey of Plastics Materials II (2) (PL) | 3 |
(1) Areas of Specialization: C - Ceramics PA - Paper E - Electronics Materials PL-Plastics
(2) Prerequisite 26.543
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