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Dec 11, 2024
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2011-2012 Graduate Studies Bulletin [Archived Catalog]
Chemical Engineering, B.S.E.
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Learning Outcomes
- Students will apply knowledge of mathematics and chemistry to typical problems encountered in chemical engineering practice.
- Students will apply knowledge of engineering to typical problems encountered in chemical engineering practice.
- Students will gain an understanding of chemical engineering science fundamentals.
- Students will be able to design and conduct laboratory experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data using factorial design methods.
- Students will be able to use chemical process simulators and other techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for chemical engineering practice.
- Students will be able to design a chemical engineering system, unit, or chemical process to meet desired needs.
- Students will be able to present technical material through oral presentations with visual aids.
- Students will be able to present technical material including analysis and conclusions through technical reports.
- Students will be able to work in multi-functional teams.
- Students will be able to find information and to learn independently.
- Students will gain an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
- Students will gain an awareness of economic, political, and social issues.
- Students will comprehend the topics and ideas of familiar subjects in a foreign language.
Program Educational Objectives
The educational objectives of the chemical engineering program are to prepare the student for a professional career or graduate studies in chemical engineering and other fields.
The program accomplishes this, in part, by providing the student with a thorough grounding in mathematics and chemistry appropriate to the chemical process industries, and by providing the student with a working knowledge of chemical engineering subjects including material and energy balances applied to chemical processes; thermodynamics of physical and chemical equilibria; heat, mass, and momentum transfer; chemical reaction engineering; continuous and stage-wise separation operations; process dynamics and control; process design; safety aspects of chemical processes; and appropriate experimental and computing techniques.
Curriculum
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Degree Requirements (131 Hours)
Major Requirements (83 Hours)
Chemistry electives (6 Hours)
Chemistry laboratory electives (2 Hours)
Engineering electives (6 Hours)
Technical electives (12 Hours)
B.S.E. with Distinction
Available to students majoring in chemical engineering who wish to participate in significant research and/or design activities in chemical engineering with a faculty mentor. Prerequisite
A minimum GPA of 3.50 in major courses, 3.50 in all engineering courses, and 3.50 overall at the time the student applies to enter the departmental undergraduate research track. Requirements
The student should apply to enter the departmental undergraduate research track and choose the members of the thesis committee as early as possible but in all cases at least one year before submitting and defending the thesis. The thesis committee will consist of a thesis advisor, who must be a tenure-track faculty member in chemical engineering, and two other tenure-track or research faculty members in chemical engineering or in any other department.
By the end of the semester in which the student is admitted into the research track, a short description of the research must be agreed upon by the thesis committee and the student, and filed in the college office. Projects involving research and/or design are acceptable. The design projects or research projects for ECHE 465, 466, 567, or other courses are not acceptable as the thesis. The student must also choose three credit hours of engineering or technical elective courses related to the thesis topic. The course(s) must be approved by the thesis committee and completed by the student at least one semester before the thesis is submitted and defended.
Before submitting and defending the thesis, the student must have completed three credit hours of ECHE 499 Special Problems under the thesis advisor, preferably one credit hour per semester. During the semester in which the thesis is submitted and defended the student must also complete three credit hours of ECHE 497 Thesis Preparation, one credit hour under each of the three members of the thesis committee. At least two months before submitting and defending the thesis, the student must present a progress report to the thesis committee orally and in writing.
By the end of his/her last semester, the student must have presented the research at a national meeting of a professional society (such as AIChE, ACS, ECS, etc.), at Discovery Day at USC, or at a comparable venue. The student must also submit a written thesis describing the research and defend it orally before the thesis committee. The defense must be announced at least one week in advance and be open to the general public.
Students who successfully fulfill all of these requirements with a GPA of at least 3.50 in the three hours of ECHE 497 , 3.50 in all major courses, 3.50 in all engineering courses, and 3.50 overall, will be awarded their degree with “Distinction in Chemical Engineering” upon graduation. |
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