Teaching

  • CHE 2410 - Introduction to Chemical Process. Units and conversions, process variables, material and energy balances, process flow sheet analysis, phase equilibrium, elementary transient balances.
  • CHE 3323 - Chemical Reaction Engineering. An introduction to the kinetics of chemical conversion processes and the design of chemical reactors.
  • CHE 4363/5363 - Biochemical Engineering. Introduction to biochemical engineering, including design of processes that involve biological organisms; cellular, molecular and tissue engineering; biomaterials and biotransport. Kinetics of biomass and product information and substrate utilization. Biotransport phenomena, bioenergetics, downstream separation, and purification process.
  • CHE 5343 - Reaction Kinetics. Analysis and design of chemical reactor operations with multiple reactions; semibatch operations and other complex reactor configurations. Determination of kinetic parameters from operating data. Economic-based optimization, characterization and modeling of non-ideal reactors.