Chemical Engineering

Biochemical engineering applies chemical engineering principles to biological systems and organisms. You will understand how to design bioreactors, scale up fermentation processes, and purify biological products for pharmaceuticals, food, and biofuels.

Chemical engineering applies chemistry, physics, and mathematics to design and operate industrial processes. Learners will understand mass and energy balances, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and chemical reactor design for large-scale production.

Chemical plant safety focuses on identifying, assessing, and mitigating hazards in chemical processing facilities. You will understand how to implement safety management systems, analyze risk, and design fail-safes to prevent industrial accidents.

Chemical reaction engineering focuses on the design and operation of chemical reactors. Students analyze reaction kinetics, transport phenomena, and thermodynamics to optimize industrial chemical processes, scale up reactions safely, and maximize product yield.

Fluid mechanics is the study of fluids (liquids and gases) at rest and in motion. Learners analyze fluid behavior under various forces, calculate pressure drops, and design piping systems, pumps, and aerodynamic structures.

Heat transfer examines how thermal energy moves through conduction, convection, and radiation. Students learn to calculate heat flow rates, design heat exchangers, and analyze thermal management systems in industrial and electronic applications.

Mass transfer studies the transport of chemical species within physical systems. Learners understand diffusion and convective transport, enabling them to design separation processes like distillation, absorption, extraction, and membrane filtration.

Where the barrel comes from and what turns it into products: source rocks and traps, seismic, drilling and well control, reservoir drive mechanisms and recovery factors, production engineering and artificial lift, then distillation, cracking and refinery economics. Learners will be able to follow a well from prospect to product slate and explain why a shut-in is expensive.

Process control covers the monitoring and adjustment of industrial processes to maintain desired operating conditions. Students learn to model system dynamics, design feedback loops, and implement controllers to ensure safety, stability, and efficiency.

Process design integrates chemical engineering principles to synthesize and optimize industrial plants. Learners develop process flowsheets, conduct mass and energy balances, estimate capital costs, and evaluate the safety and environmental impact of chemical systems.

Thermodynamics explores the relationships between heat, work, entropy, and energy. Students analyze phase equilibria, chemical reactions, and power cycles, gaining the ability to predict system behavior and calculate the efficiency of energy conversion systems.