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| Resources for First Year Graduate Students (Updated May 21, 2012)
The Director of Graduate Studies (Charlie Stanier) advises on course selection for the first semester. For students entering with master's level coursework in chemical engineering, the advisor helps to determine which of our required courses may be met by previous work.
Our Department has a long history of successful graduate students entering our program with degrees in chemistry, physics, atmospheric science, environmental science, materials science, biological engineering, polymer chemistry, and other areas. We also, like many programs, have students entering graduate school after employment. For students coming into the department without a chemical engineering degree, or who have been away from courses for a while and need a refresher, additional course work may be needed.
While incomings students will have formal advising appointments for course selection right before classes start in August, some students find a list of information on likely classes helpful. So here it is below. In addition to consulting this list, we highly encourage incoming students to CONTACT DR. STANIER to discuss by email, phone, Skype, or in person.
Our policies on required courses can be found in our graduate handbook.
This is divided into three sections, required courses, common electives, and refresher/prepatory coursework.
Part I. Information on courses required for a M.S. or Ph.D. in chemical and biochemical engineering.
052:217 Transport Phenomenon
This is a course on mass, momentum, and heat transfer using the classic Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot (2nd Edition) textbook entitled "Transport Phenomenon."
Next scheduled offering: Fall 2012
Instructor: Dr. David Rethwisch
Representative syllabus
052:117 Intermediate (Graduate) Thermodynamics
This is a course on chemical engineering thermodynamics.
Next scheduled offering: Fall 2013
Representative syllabus
052:115/215 Technical Communication
This is a course on research methods with a major emphasis on writing and oral presentation of technical reviews, literature reviews, and research proposals
Next scheduled offering: every spring
Instructor: Dr. Eric Nuxoll
Representative syllabus
650:270 Principles of Scholarly Integrity
Training in the responsible conduct of research and scholarly activities; discussion of case studies--student/mentor responsibilities in the pursuit of scholarly work (ownership, authorship, plagiarism/falsification/fabrication of data); student/mentor relationships and intellectual dialogues (communication, collaboration, grievance management); student responsibilities to the institution/scholarly community/society (intellectual property, conflict of interest, fiscal responsibilities, human/animal subjects).
This course requires a 4 hour meeting during the orientation week BEFORE classes. This course meets 2 times per semester, and runs for 4 semesters. It is offered by the Graduate College and attendance is required for the first 4 semesters of your program. See course info here.
Our students are required to have one course in chemical kinetics from the following list.
052:108 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering
Biochemistry, cellular biology, recombinant DNA and hybridoma technologies; emphasis on engineering aspects of biotechnology, including enzyme kinetics, cell growth kinetics, transport phenomena in bioreactors, bioreactor design, bioseparations, formulation and sterilization of growth media, commercial applications of biotechnology. Uses Bioprocess Engineering: Basic Concepts, 2nd Ed. by
Shuler & Kargi
Next scheduled offering: Fall 2012
Instructor: Dr. Tonya Peeples
052:242 Polymer Chemistry
Monomer reactivity and polymerization reactions; step, radical, ionic, and ring-opening polymerizations.
Next scheduled offering: Fall 2012
Instructor: Dr. C. Allan Guymon
052:236 Amospheric Chemistry and Physics - see course description below
The primary goal of the class is to strengthen student knowledge of the fundamental and applied issues in atmospheric chemistry, through a combination of lectures, problem sets, and projects. Gas-phase and aerosol-phase problems are considered on urban, regional and global scales.
Topics to be covered include global circulation, global biogeochemical cycles, synoptic meteorology, vertical transport of pollutants, sampling techniques for gas phase compounds, aqueous phase reactions, deposition, gas-particle partitioning, photolysis, atmospheric residence time, aerosol size distributions, dynamics of aerosol particles, dynamics of aerosol populations, radiative transfer involving aerosols, cloud formation, and sampling techniques for aerosols. Uses Seinfeld and Pandis, 2nd ed., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
Next scheduled offering: Spring 2014
Instructor: Dr. Charles Stanier
Representative syllabus
Additional requirements exist, such as safety training, completion of an online course covering sexual assault prevention (including sexual violence, sexual harassment, stalking, and dating violence), attendance of a Graduate research speaker series, and (based on language background and test scores) English speaking, reading, and writing course requirements may apply.
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Part II. Information on popular electives for our graduate students. Listing only courses available in Fall 2012.
052:231 Environmental Chemistry
Principles of general, physical, organic chemistry applied in water and air systems; emphasis on qualitative and quantitative understanding of chemical kinetics and equilibrium; acid-base reactions, complex formation, precipitation, dissolution, and oxidation-reduction reactions; organic nomenclature.
Next scheduled offering: Fall 2012
Instructor: Dr. David Cwiertny
representative syllabus
052:118 Mathematical Methods in Engineering
Linear ordinary differential equations, series solutions of differential equations, special functions, Laplace transforms, Fourier series, matrices, linear systems, eigenvalue problems, second-order partial differential equations.
Prerequisites: Matrix Algebra and Ordinary Differential Equations
Next scheduled offering: Fall 2012
Instructor: Dr. Jia Lu
053:154 Environmental Microbiology
Fundamentals of microbiology and microbial ecology with application in water quality and biodegradation of priority pollutants; lectures and laboratory.
Next scheduled offering: Fall 2012
Instructor: Dr. Timothy Mattes
Representative syllabus
004:208 Spectroscopy
Principles of atomic and molecular absorption and emission spectroscopy in ultraviolet, visible, and infrared regions of the spectrum, including fluorescence, phosphorescence, Raman spectroscopy; applications to analytical problems, with emphasis on modern instrumentation and methodology.
Next scheduled offering: Fall 2012
Instructor: Dr. Maxwell Geng
004:173 Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry
Fundamental chemical processes of importance in the atmosphere, soil, and water, with emphasis on kinetics and photochemistry of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, atmospheric structure and dynamics, global geochemical cycling, chemistry-climate relationships, environmental remediation strategies; experimental methods in field and laboratory studies.
Next scheduled offering: Fall 2012
Instructor: Dr. Mark Young
Representative syllabus
175:221 Aerosol Technology
Particle statistics and physics of aerosols, including inertia, diffusion, nucleation, evaporation, condensation, optics, electrical properties; relationship to fields such as agriculture, nanotechnology, environmental and occupational health, atmospheric chemistry, drug delivery.
Next scheduled offering: Fall 2012
Instructor: Dr. Tom Peters
Representative syllabus
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Part III. Common classes that are (a) available in summer or fall 2012, and (b) taken as refresher, or for students entering without previous training in chemical engineering. These may be optional or required, depending on evaluatoin by the CBE faculty. Listing on courses available in summer and fall (common refresher/prepartory classes taken in spring include Chemical Engineering (undergraduate) Thermodynamics, Engineering Heat and Flow, and Chemical Reaction Engineering).
052:041 Process Calculations
Fundamental principles of chemical process analysis, including material and energy balances for single-unit and multiple-unit processes, analysis of reactive and nonreactive systems, introduction to equations of state, thermodynamics of multiphase systems. Uses Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes with CD, 3rd Ed. by Felder and Rousseau
Schedule: multiple options - see below
Instructor: Dr. Julie Jessop
Online course website
Representative syllabus
- Schedule option 1: Take as regular (in person) class, offered every fall
- Schedule option 2: Take as an online course (enrollment and tuition to Univ. of Iowa required) -- during spring or summer periods.
- Schedule option 3: Take as a non-graded refresher course. No enrollment required. Will not show on transcript.
052:161 Mass Transfer and Separations
Mechanisms of diffusional mass transfer; solution of industrial problems, including the design of distillation, extraction, absorption, adsorption, drying, membrane processes; mechanical separations. Uses Separation Process Principles, 3rd Edition by
Seader, Henley, & Roper
Schedule: Fall 2012
Instructor: Dr. Eric Nuxoll
Representative syllabus
22M:034 Engineering Math IV: Ordinary Differential Equations
Ordinary differential equations and applications, with integrated use of computing, student projects; first-order equations; higher order linear equations; systems of linear equations, Laplace transforms; introduction to nonlinear equations and systems, phase plane, stability.
Schedule: all semesters
Note: online and community college versions of this course may be useful preparation or refresher material. Online options are available from many outlets with paid options that include grading and credit, and free options that just have access to course materials and video lectures.
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