Minor Chemical Engineering (24 credits)

Program Requirements

The B.Sc.; Minor in Chemical Engineering is designed for Chemistry students who wish to study the problems of process engineering and its related subjects, and the important link between molecular sciences and industrial processing. This Minor will not provide requirements for registration as a licensed (professional) engineer.

Required Courses (18 credits)

• CHEE 200 Chemical Engineering Principles 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Chemical Engineering : Introduction to the design of industrial processes. Survey of unit operations, and systems of units. Elementary material balances, first and second laws of thermodynamics, use of property tables and charts, steady flow processes. Relationships between thermodynamic properties, property estimation techniques. Laboratory and design exercise.

  Terms: Fall 2023

  Instructors: Nasuhoglu, Deniz (Fall)

  • (3-1-5)

  • Restriction: Not open to U0 students.

• CHEE 204 Chemical Engineering Principles 2 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Chemical Engineering : Material and energy balances in chemical processes. Introduction to process design. Problem solving in the design of various industrial processes such as combustion, humidification, separation processes (evaporation, crystallization), and other reactive systems used in the diverse areas of chemical engineering.

  Terms: Winter 2024

  Instructors: Kopyscinski, Jan (Winter)

  • (3-2-4)

  • Prerequisite: CHEE 200

• CHEE 220 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Chemical Engineering : Application of thermodynamic equilibrium; free energy and equilibrium; phase rule; chemical reaction equilibrium for homogenous and multicomponent/multiphase systems. Application to the design of binary distillation. Laboratory exercise.

  Terms: Winter 2024

  Instructors: Girard-Lauriault, Pierre-Luc (Winter)

  • (3-1.5-4.5)

  • Prerequisite: CHEE 200

  • Corequisite(s): MATH 262

• CHEE 314 Fluid Mechanics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Chemical Engineering : Fluid properties; dimensional analysis; drag; packed/fluidized beds; macroscopic energy balances, Bernoulli's equation and linear momentum theorem; flowmeters, pipeline systems, non-Newtonian fluids, microscopic balances leading to continuity and Navier-Stokes equations; boundary layer approximation; turbulence. Laboratory exercises.

  Terms: Fall 2023

  Instructors: Maric, Milan (Fall)

  • (3-2-4)

  • Corequisite(s): MATH 264 and CHEE 204

• CHEE 315 Heat and Mass Transfer (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Chemical Engineering : Transport of heat and mass by diffusion and convection; transport of heat by radiation; diffusion; convective mass transfer; drying; absorption; mathematical formulation of problems and equipment design for heat and mass transfer; laboratory exercises.

  Terms: Winter 2024

  Instructors: Servio, Phillip (Winter)

  • (3-2-4)

  • Prerequisite: CHEE 314

• CHEE 351 Separation Processes (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Chemical Engineering : Concepts underlying equilibrium based separation, design of processes and equipment for distillation, absorption/stripping, liquid extraction, washing, and leaching. Consideration of mass transfer effects.

  Terms: Winter 2024

  Instructors: Seifitokaldani, Ali (Winter)

  • (3-2-4)

  • Corequisites: CHEE 204, CHEE 315

  • Prerequisite: CHEE 220

Complementary Courses (6 credits)

6 credits selected from any undergraduate courses offered by Chemical Engineering, excluding the following courses: CHEE 363, CHEE 456, CHEE 494, CHEE 495 and CHEE 496.