The graduate faculty of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering are continually developing and offering new special topic graduate courses. Topics under development include environmental and surface science courses. Current information on new courses can be obtained by contacting chbegrad@umd.edu, or by visiting Testudo, the university's online services system, which hosts schedules of classes, the course catalog, and course descriptions.
Graduate courses with an EMPM designation cannot be used to satisfy the minimum 30 credit hours without prior permission of the Graduate Director.
Please note that courses may not be offered every semester or every academic year.
Core Courses
Course Number |
Course Title/Description |
Credits |
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| CHBE | 608 | Research in Chemical Engineering Students gain experience in research through lab rotations and experience presenting their findings. |
1 |
| CHBE | 609 | Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Students are exposed to current research topics in Chemical Engineering through the Department Seminar Series. Also provides general information on lab safety, ethics, and the Research Aptitude Exam for incoming graduate students. |
1
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| CHBE | 610 | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 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. |
3
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| CHBE | 620 | Methods of Engineering Analysis 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. |
3
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| CHBE | 630 | Transport Phenomena Momentum, heat and mass transfer theory at both the continuum and microscopic levels. Steady and unsteady state; creeping and laminar flows; viscous and inviscid flows; transport at interfaces; lubrication theory; boundary layer theory; forced and natural convection; with specific application to complex and biological chemical engineering processes. |
3
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| CHBE | 640 | Advanced Chemical Reaction Kinetics 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 introduced. |
3
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Research Courses
Course Number |
Course Title/Description |
Credits |
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| CHBE | 799 | Master's Thesis Research Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. |
1-6
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| CHBE | 899 | Doctoral Dissertation Research Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. |
1-8
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Special Problems Lecture Classes and Approved Electives
Course Number |
Course Title/Description |
Credits |
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| CHBE | 651 | Photovoltaics: Solar Energy The emphasis of the class is on developing a conceptual understanding of the device physics and manufacturing processes of crystalline and thin-film photovoltaic cells, and to develop elementary computational skills necessary to quantify solar cell efficiency. The class material includes detailed, system-level energy balances necessary to understand how solar energy fits into the complete energy generation, conversion, and storage picture. Quantitative comparisons of PV technology to solar chemical conversion processes and biofuels are made. |
3
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| CHBE | 652 | Introduction of Machine Learning in Chemical Engineering Introduction of data science and machine learning approaches to modern problems in chemical engineering and materials science. This course develops data science approaches, including their foundational mathematical and statistical basis, and applies these methods to data sets of limited size and precision. Methods for regression and clustering will be developed and applied, with an emphasis on validation and error quantification. Techniques that will be developed include linear and nonlinear regression, clustering and logistic regression, dimensionality reduction, unsupervised learning, and artificial neural networks. These methods will be applied to a range of engineering problems, including conducting polymers, stretchable conductors, organic synthesis, and quality control in manufacturing. |
3 |
| CHBE | 670 | Colloid and Interface Science Introduction to colloidal systems and interfacial science. Topics include preparation, stability and coagulation kinetics of colloidal suspensions. Introduction to DLVO theory, electrokinetic phenomena, colloidal aggregation, interfacial phenomena, double layer theory, surface chemistry. Discussion of interfacial thermodynamics and interfacial forces for solid-liquid interfaces. Applications to nanomaterial synthesis, nanomaterial and polymer self-assembly, protein-protein interactions, and protein aggregation will be discussed. |
3 |
| CHBE | 672 | Control of Air Pollution Sources Sources and effects of air pollutants, regulatory trends, atmospheric dispersion models, fundamentals of two-phase flow as applied to air pollution and air pollution control systems, design of systems for control of gasses and particulate matter. |
3 |
| CHBE | 673 | Electrochemical Energy Engineering Basic electrochemical thermodynamics and kinetics, with emphasis on electrochemical techniques, fundamental principle and performance of batteries, and supercapacitors. |
3 |
| CHBE | 674 | Biopharmaceutical Process Development and Manufacturing Covers the fundamental steps involved in process development and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals. An overview of different classes of biopharmaceuticals as well as manufacturing requirements for clinical development and regulatory approval will be provided. In depth coverage of manufacturing steps including cell culture, purification and formulation as well as drug product manufacturing, analysis and stability will be covered. Scientific literature will be used to highlight current challenges and novel solutions in each step of the manufacturing process. Scale up considerations, GMP requirements and process economics will also be introduced. |
3 |
| CHBE | 676 | Molecular Modeling Methods Statistical mechanics will be introduced to give the fundamental background for atomic to mesoscale molecular modeling. Classical atomic-level simulations methods (Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics) and the procedures to develop intra- and intermolecular potentials will be covered. This course will also discuss the theory and application of coarse-grained molecular simulations, mesoscale simulations and other modern simulation techniques. A broad range of applications will be included throughout the semester, e.g., phase behavior of small molecules, kinetics, and biophysics. |
3 |
| CHBE | 677 | Mesoscopic and Nanoscale Thermodynamics New emerging technologies deal with bio-membrane and gene engineering, microreactor chemistry and microcapsule drug delivery, micro-fluids and porous media, nanoparticles and nanostructures, supercritical fluid extraction and artificial organs. Engineers often design processes where classical thermodynamics may be insufficient, e.g., strongly fluctuating and nanoscale systems, or dissipative systems under conditions far away from equilibrium. |
3 |
| CHBE | 680 | Bionanotechnology: Physical Principles Physics at nano/micro scales. Biomolecular building blocks. Simplest biomolecular assembly: protein folding. Nanoscale intermolecular interactions important in biology. Protein-ligand binding. Protein higher-order assembly: filaments, networks. Protein filaments and motility. DNA, RNA and their assembly assisted by proteins. Viral capsid assembly. Lipid assembly into micelles, bilayers. Lipid-protein co-assembly in membranes. Lipid and polymer-based carriers useful in medicine. Antimicrobial therapies. Targeted cancer therapy. Ideal properties of nanocarriers in terms of size, charge, and surface chemistry. |
3 |
| CHBE | 681 | Transport Phenomena in Small and Biological Systems Familiarize students with the fundamental physics and modeling of transport phenomena in small and biological systems, and their current scientific and engineering utilization in microfluidics, nanofluidics and biological systems. |
3 |
| CHBE | 682 | Biochemical Engineering 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. |
3 |
| CHBE | 684 | Metabolic Pathway Engineering A focus on the analysis and engineering of metabolic pathways through (chemical) engineering principles, will be covered. Topics covered include: overview of biochemistry and metabolism; metabolic flux analysis and isotope labeling illustrated with examples from the recent scientific literature; technologies for engineering metabolic pathways; metabolic control analysis and pathway regulation; applications of metabolic engineering to synthesis of biofuels and therapeutics; specialized and related subjects such as protein engineering and synthetic biology. |
3 |
| CHBE | 686 | Advanced Heterogeneous Catalysis for Energy Applications Introduction to heterogeneous catalytic science and technology for energy conversion and hydrocarbon processing. Preparation and mechanistic characterization of catalyst systems, kinetics of catalyzed reactions, adsorption and diffusion influences in heterogeneous reactions. An overview of heterogeneous catalysis in various energy-related applications, including petroleum refining, chemicals from biomass, valorization of shale gas, and CO2 utilization will be introduced. |
3 |
| CHBE | 690 | Polymer Reaction Engineering Advanced topics in polymerization kinetics, reactor design and analysis; addition and step-growth polymerization; homogeneous and heterogeneous polymerization; photopolymerization; reactor dynamics; optimal operation and control of industrial polymerization reactors. |
3 |
| CHBE | 693 | Chemical Processes in Beer Brewing Covers chemical engineering principles and chemical processes involved in the brewing and quality control of beer. Topics will include extraction and isomerization of bittering compounds from hops, enzymatic reactions involved in mashing beer, colloidal chemistry of haze formation, and microbiology of yeast and fermentation. Quantitative models will be applied to these processes based on fundamental chemical engineering principles from reaction kinetics, thermodynamics, transport phenomena, and colloid and interfacial science. |
3 |
| CHBE | 694 | Sustainable Separations and Carbon Capture Provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable separations and carbon dioxide capture using synthetic membranes and sorbents. |
3 |
| CHBE | 697 | Protein Engineering Covers the fundamentals of protein engineering and its applications in medicine, chemical processes, and energy. Topics will include the structure and function of biological molecules, rational design and directed evolution, construction of protein and peptide libraries, protein screening platforms, methods for characterizing structure and function of biological molecules. Scientific literature will be used to highlight key discoveries and current work in protein engineering. |
3 |
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