5303	Advanced Topics in Chemical Engineering	V:1-3
Description	One or more advanced topics. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic changes

5305	Graduate Research Project	3
Description	A graduate research project must be completed and submitted to the Graduate Office for a grade to be assigned, otherwise IP notations are recorded. This course is specifically designed for Plan II and Plan III students
Prerequisites	departmental approval

5306	Thesis	3
Description	This course is for Plan I students. The course requires 6 hours of grades, the first 3 hours consisting of completion of a thesis proposal and the last 3 hours consisting of completion of the thesis. Completion of the thesis proposal is a prerequisite for enrollment in the last 3 hours of thesis

5308	Transport Processes	3(3-0)
Description	An advanced and unified treatment of fluid mechanics and heat transfer, stressing the fundamental equations of momentum and energy transport and their applications in chemical engineering

5309	Separation Processes	3(3-0)
Description	A basic understanding of the concepts underlying the solution, behavior and computation of separation processes is stressed. Both staged and continuous separation methods are considered. (Credit may not be obtained in both CHEN 5309 and NGEN 5309.)

5311	Chemical Process Design and Economics	3(3-0)
Description	A comprehensive treatment of process design problems with emphasis on the engineering economics of the chemical process industry.

5314	Optimization of Chemical Processes	3(3-0)
Description	Optimization techniques and their application in the chemical and petroleum industries. (Credit may not be obtained in both CHEN 5314 and NGEN 5314.)

5331	Simulation and Analysis of Chemical Engineering Processes	3(3-0)
Description	Analytical and numerical techniques for the simulation and analysis of processes and equipment employed in the chemical and petroleum industries

5333	Chemical and Catalytic Reaction Engineering	3(3-0)
Description	Analysis of various interactions between physical and chemical rate processes and their influences on the design and control of chemical reactors

5334	Biochemical Engineering	3(3-0)
Description	Kinetics of microbial growth and enzyme-catalyzed reactions, mass transfer in bioprocess systems, design and analysis of biological reactors and the recovery of products from such operations.

5336	Rheology	3(3-0)
Description	The study of non-Newtonian fluid flow behavior. Designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of theoretical as well as practical aspects of the flow of non-Newtonian fluids. (Credit may not be obtained in both CHEN 5336 and NGEN 5336.)

5360	Advanced Natural Gas Processing	3(3-0)
Description	Study of the latest processes that are utilized in the natural gas industry. It includes analysis, design and optimization of various natural gas processes with considerations of economics, environmental and safety aspects. (Credit may not be obtained in both CHEN 5360 and NGEN 5360.)

5361	Advanced Process Dynamics and Control	3(3-0)
Description	Fundamentals of modern process control theory are covered and applied to control applications in the chemical and petroleum industries. (Credit may not be obtained in both CHEN 5361 and NGEN 5361.)

5371	Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics	3(3-0)
Description	The general equations of multicomponent-multiphase systems, with application to phase equilibria and chemical reaction equilibria. Prerequisite: CHEN 3371

5401	Advanced Problems in Chemical Engineering	V:1-4
Description	Individual or group research on advanced problems conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Maximum credit 8 semester hours