| Curriculum of Study for the Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Chemical Engineering
This material is extracted from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art Course Catalog 2005-2007. It is not guaranteed to be completely correct in all respects. Please consult the most recent catalog for offical information.
The education of the chemical engineer requires a strong foundation in chemistry and physics, which must be applied through the medium of mathematics to the solution of design problems. A thorough knowledge is required of chemical structures, together with energy and kinetic relationships of chemical reactions and molecular transfer. The chemical engineer deals with the application of these principles to processes carried out on a variety of scales from microreactors to an industrial scale, in which matter undergoes changes in physical state, chemical composition or energy content. Emphasis is placed on developing creative ability. Facts and theories are presented primarily to stimulate further thought and study in all fields of chemical engineering. Formal instruction is supplemented by visits to several plants and companies where the contribution of engineers can be observed and understood with respect to equipment, utilities, safety, costs, environmental impact, labor and supervision. The students gets first-hand experience in the chemical engineering laboratory in applying engineering analysis to equipment performance, and in learning limitations of theoretical concepts. In the senior year, the student learns how to design chemical plants from fundamental data on new processes and to recognize areas of limited knowledge from the results of the design, and thus recommend pilot plant studies, if necessary. Chemical engineering graduates find employment in a wide variety of areas. In addition to the chemical and petroleum industries, chemical engineers are involved heavily in the biomedical, materials and environmental fields. A chemical engineering education can also be easily applied to other inter-disciplinary areas such as bio-chemical and bio-medical engineering, energy resources, environmental engineering and materials resources. As a result, chemical engineers are also finding employment in non-industrial institutions such as government, research think-tanks, policy study groups and even publishing companies.
“Minors”
A “minor” can be obtained by a student in Chemical Engineering taking any four (4) courses in one of the fields described below. Note that it will not be necessary to obtain a “minor” in any field in order to graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering. As a rule, the courses have 3 credits.
Environmental Engineering
ChE 340/Industrial Waste Treatment
CE 141/Environmental Systems Engineering
CE 142/Water Resources Engineering (also EID 142)
CE 346/Hydraulic Engineering
CE 348/ Environmental and Sanitary Engineering (also EID 348)
EID 141/Air Pollution Control Systems
CE 414/Solid Waste Management
CE 435/Geo-Environmental Engineering (also EID 435)
CE 440/Industrial Waste Treatment Design
CE 441/Water and Wastewater Technology
CE 446/Pollution Prevention or Minimization
CE 447/Stream and Estuary Pollution
CE 449/Hazardous Waste Management.
Biomedical Engineering
ECE 343/Bio-instrumentation and Sensing
EID 120/Foundations of Bioengineering
EID 121/Biotransport Phenomena
EID 122/Biomaterials
EID 123/Biosystems and Instrumentation
EID 124/Bioengineering in Safety Design and Injury Analysis and Prevention
EID 125/Biomechanics
EID 320/ Special Topics in Bioengineering
EID 325/Science and Application of Bioengineering Technology
EID 326/Ergonomics
Ch 340/Biochemistry (also Bio 102)
Bio 101/Molecular and Cellular Biology
ECE 422/Selected Topics in Embedded Systems
ME 421/Rehabilitation Engineering (also EID 421)
ME 423/Measurement of Human Performance (also EID 423)
EID 424/Bioengineering Applications in Sports Medicine
Ch 440/Biochemistry II.
Energy Engineering
ME 131/Energetics (also EID 131)
ME 133/Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration (also EID 133)
ME 330/ Advanced Engine Concepts
ME 334/Combustion (also EID 334)
ChE 421/Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering
ChE 434/Special Topics in Combustion (also ME 434)
ChE 435/Transport Processes in Internal Combustion Engines (also ME 435)
ECE 422/Selected topics in Embedded Systems
Ph 462/Nuclear Physics
Applied Chemical Technology
ChE 311/Introduction to Polymer Technology
ME 313/ Science of Materials for Engineering Design (also EID 313)
ME 314/Introduction to Composite Materials (also EID 314)
ESC 310/Solid State Materials
Ch 364/Solid State Chemistry
Ph 319/Introductory Quantum and Solid State Physics
ChE 411/Polymer Technology and Engineering
ME 410/Materials, Manufacturing Process (also EID 410).
Note:
You will be given a letter by the Chemical Engineering Department certifying that you have completed a “minor.”
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