1. Course number and name
CHME 101. Introduction to Chemical Engineering Calculations
2. Credits and contact hours
2 credit hours = 30 contact hours per semester
3. Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name
Dr. Catherine Brewer
4. Text book, title, author, and year
- Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 4th Edition by Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau, Lisa G. Bullard; Wiley, July 2015, ©2016
- MATLAB Numerical Methods with Chemical Engineering Applications, by: Kamal I. M. Al-Malah, Ph.D.; McGraw-Hill Education, 2014 (free online in the eLibrary at AICHE.org for AICHE members).
a. other supplemental materials
- Flowcharts: http://users.evtek.fi/~jaanah/IntroC/DBeech/3gl_flow.htm
- Excel Spreadsheets: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2016/
5. Specific course information
a. catalog description: Introduction to the discipline of chemical engineering, including: an overview of the curriculum; career opportunities; units and conversions; process variables; basic data treatments; and computing techniques including computer programming and use of spreadsheets.
b. prerequisites: none co-requisites: MATH 190
c. required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1): Required
6. Specific goals for the course
a. The student will…
- describe career opportunities available to holders of a BSCHE from NMSU
- find and use learning and advising resources with CHME and Engineering
- create a course registration plan for future semesters that meets the degree and prerequisite requirements for the BSCHE in the most timely manner;
- convert chemical engineering units both by hand and using computer software
- convert between mixture mass and mole fractions
- convert between absolute and relative pressure and temperature scales
- identify and describe the measurement of process variables
- apply the concept of significant figures to numerical answers
- perform a regression of data to a mathematical model
- numerically solve systems of linear algebraic equations by multiple methods
- validate calculated results
- perform calculations in MATLAB and Excel
- use IF statements in MATLAB
- use built-in functions in Excel
- use flow-of-control operations (such as WHILE and FOR statements) in MATLAB
- generate 2-D plots of data and functions in MATLAB and Excel
- perform input/output data treatments in MATLAB
b. Criterion 3 Student Outcomes specifically addressed by this course are found in a mapping of outcomes against all CHME courses in the curriculum.
7. Brief list of topics to be covered
- Career opportunities in Chemical Engineering
- Units and conversions
- process variables
- data regression
- numerical calculations
Common Syllabus Addendum
The NMSU Department of Chemical Engineering maintains a syllabus addendum containing course requirements common to all courses with the CH E prefix online. This document is accessible from the URL: http://chme.nmsu.edu/academics/syllabi/chme-common-syllabus-addendum/