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Cellular & Molecular Laboratory


COURSES

CHE 431: Chemical Reaction Engineering


Design and analysis of homogeneous flow and batch reactors. Chemical kinetics and equilibria. Reaction rate expressions from mechanisms and experimental data. Mass and heat transfer in heterogeneous reactors. Heterogeneous reactor design. Catalysis. Prerequisites: (CHE 210 or concurrently) and CHE 201 Restrictions and comments: Open only to juniors or seniors in the Chemical Engineering major.
Credit Hours: 4 ( Lecture/Recitation/Discussion hours: 5 )
Semesters offered: Fall

CHE 831: Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering
Characterization of solid catalysts. Heterogeneous reaction rate expressions. Simultaneous mass and heat transport and chemical reaction in porous catalysts. Design of fixed-bed and fluidized-bed reactors. Industrial catalytic reactions.
Credit Hours: 3
Semesters offered: Spring

BMB 961: From Analysis of Metabolism to Systems Biology
In this course we will take a multidisciplinary approach to understanding how metabolic networks are regulated, analyzed, and manipulated. We will do this by studying the structure and dynamic behavior of metabolic networks in animals, plants, and microbes. Topic areas include metabolic networks and their regulation, analysis of metabolic fluxes from both kinetic and steady state approaches, and metabolic engineering.
Credit Hours: 3
Semesters offered: Spring