CBE 142

Course Number: CBE 142

Course Name: Introduction to Chemical Engineering Design

Units: 4

Offered: FALL

Requirement Satisfied: CORE

Concentration(s):

Past Professors: Mandadapu, Shekhar

Summary: Analysis and prediction of rates of chemical conversion in flow and nonflow processes involving homogeneous and heterogeneous systems.

Official Prerequisites: CBE 140, CBE 141

“Legit” Prerequisites: CBE 140, CBE 141

Topics Covered: Kinetics, Rate Equations, Reactor Design Equations, Equilibrium, Mass Transport

Workload: Weekly problem set. Requires both solving on paper and code. 2 midterms and 1 finals.

When to take: Junior Fall

"What’s next" Courses: CBE 154

Usefulness for research / internships: The concepts learned in this class will give you a basic understanding of what goes in and out of the chemical reactor. It’s essential for future class or any jobs that you have to do reactor design.

Added Comments or Tips: Professor Shekar’s office hours are very helpful for problem sets. Problem set sometimes could be challenging so taking advantage of GSI or Prof’s OH is a must. You can save coding time by reuse some of code you did for previous problem sets.