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124 Lamar University-Graduate

College of EngineeringThe objectives o the graduate programs in Engineering, Environmental Science and

Studies, and Engineering Management are to:1. Advance the state o art o the practice o engineering.2. Advance the state o art o the teaching/learning process in engineering.3. Contribute to the economic well being o the residents o Southeast Texas, the

entire state and nation.4. Improve the saety, health and environment o Southeast Texas, the entire state

and nation.

The requirements o the various graduate programs in the College o Engineering aredescribed below.

The College o Engineering oers graduate degrees at the master’s and doctoral levels.

At the master’s level, both non-thesis and thesis degrees are available rom each o veengineering departments. Non-thesis degrees oered are the Master o Engineering (M.E.)and the Master o Engineering Management (M.E.M.). The Master o Engineering Science(M.E.S.) oered by each engineering department; the Master o Science in EnvironmentalEngineering and the Master o Science in Environmental Studies requires a thesis.

The Doctor o Engineering (D.E.) degree is oered through each o the ve engineeringdepartments. This degree requires a written eld study documenting the ndings o anadvanced engineering design completed by the degree candidate.

The Doctor o Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, emphasizing methodology andtechnology development or sustainability o chemical and allied industry, environment,

and economics, is oered through the Chemical Engineering Department in the Collegeo Engineering.

Graduate degree programs are oered as ollows:

Master o Engineering Management (M.E.M.)Master o Engineering Science (M.E.S.)Master o Engineering (M.E.)Doctor o Engineering (D.E.)Master o Science in Environmental Engineering (M.S.)Master o Science in Environmental Studies (M.S.)Doctor o Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemical Engineering

Master of Engineering Management (M.E.M.)The Master o Engineering Management is a non-thesis degree program with all

required courses oered ater 4 p.m. Course work is designed to build onto the educa-tion received while completing an accredited bachelor’s degree in engineering and theindividual’s proessional experience. Hence, practicing engineers generally will notrequire undergraduate prerequisites.

A total o 36 credit hours are required at the graduate level. Included among these 36credit hours are 15 hours o core courses required o all M.E.M. students. Course work inaddition to the required core courses is tailored specically to the needs o the student,

but generally has approximately one-third o the courses in the general area o technicalmanagement, one-third in Business Administration, and one-third in the student’s techni-cal discipline such as Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering,Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.



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Admission Requirements

Admission standards are designed to ensure that all enrolled students are qualiedproessionals serving in a leadership role in their engineering discipline. The our primaryrequirements are as ollows:

1. B.S. in Engineering or Equivalent.2. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Scores (Verbal + Quantitative) = 1000 or

more.3. Two-to-ve years o engineering experience in a leadership role.4. Letter o recommendation or the program rom someone in direct supervision

over the applicant in his/her primary employment.

Degree Requirements

1. All o the College o Graduate Studies general degree requirements.2. Completion o a core program o 15 semester hours o specied courses.3. Completion o a minimum o at least 36 semester hours rom an approved list o

courses. (See typical programs)

Step-by-Step Procedure

1. Obtain a Bachelor o Science Degree in Engineering.2. Complete two-to-ve years o proessional practice in a position o leadership.3. Apply or Admission to the Graduate College o Lamar University

a. Complete Graduate application, obtainable by calling (409) 880-8356 or online

at http://www.lamar.edu b. Take GRE and have scores sent to: Graduate Admissions, Lamar University,

P.O. Box 10078, Beaumont, Texas 77710.c. Have all undergraduate transcripts sent to Graduate Admissions.d. Have letter o recommendation rom supervisor sent to: Coordinator o Engi-

neering Graduate Programs, P.O. Box 10032, Beaumont, Texas 77710.

4. In consultation with Coordinator o Engineering Graduate Programs, select gradu-ate committee.

5. Complete 12 hours o course work including at least three core courses and applyor admission to candidacy.

6. Complete remaining course work specied in candidacy applicationa. Apply or Graduation b. Obtain copy o Comprehensive Examination policy rom Industrial Engineering

Department.c. Request and schedule Comprehensive Examination.d. Pass Comprehensive Examination

7. Graduate

Core Courses1. INEN 5369 Engineering Management

2. INEN 5320 Statistical Decision-Making or EngineersorINEN 5370 Operations Research




3. INEN 5316 Industrial Managementor

INEN 5376 Occupational Ergonomics

4. INEN 5366 Advanced Engineering Economics5. ACCT 5200 Financial Accounting

Typical Program OptionsEach student in consultation with an advisor should design a program tailored to meet

his or her own specic educational objectives. The ollowing typical program options aresuggested. Substitutions and/or modications to these programs can be accomplishedwith the approval o the student’s advisor.

I. M.E.M. for Industrial EngineeringTechnical Discipline

INEN 5370 Operations Research

INEN 5350 Production and Inventory Control

INEN 5345 Computer Integrated Manuacturing (CIM)

INEN 5376 Occupational Ergonomics

Technical Management

INEN 5369 Engineering Management

INEN 5366 Advanced Engineering EconomicsINEN 5320 Statistical Decision Making

INEN 5315 Industrial Management

Business Administration

ECON 5200 Foundations o Economics

ACCT 5200 Financial Accounting

ACCT 5370 Managerial Accounting

MKTG 5200 Marketing Concepts

II. M.E.M. for Quality ManagementTechnical Discipline

INEN 5303 Regression Analysis

INEN 5312 Quality Improvement

INEN 5319 Design o Experiments

INEN 5363 Six Sigma


Same as Option I


Same as Option I




III. M.E.M. for Construction Project ManagementTechnical Discipline

CVEN 5308 CostOptimization&SchedulingEngineeringCVEN 5320 Engineering Project Management

CVEN 5340 Foundation Engineering

CVEN 5381 Building Design/Construction

CVEN 6388 Computer Methods

ENGR 5301 Proessional Engineering Practice

ENGR 5110 Construction Seminar

ENGR 5201 Construction Project Design

Technical ManagementSame as Option I


Same as Option I

IV. M.E.M. for Environmental ManagementTechnical Discipline

CVEN 5317 Material Engineering Systems

CVEN 5331 Biological Wastewater Treatment

CVEN 5325 Fundamentals o Air Pollution

CVEN 5329 Water Supply and Treatment


Same as Option I


Same as Option I

V. M.E.M. for Chemical EngineersTechnical Discipline

CHEN 5302 Transportation Phenomena

CHEN 5347 Material Science

CHEN 5357 Process Simulation

CHEN 5358 Advanced Process Simulation

CHEN 5360 Thermodynamic Process Industry

CHEN 5361 Process Optimization

CHEN 6340 Distillation

CHEN 6345 Fundamentals o Sustainability





Same as Option I

Business AdministrationSame as Option I

VI. M.E.M. for Electrical EngineersTechnical DisciplineELEN 5346 Digital Signal ProcessingELEN 5365 Image ProcessingELEN 5301-30 Computer Networks IELEN 5301-30 Computer Networks IIELEN 5301-32 CMOS Digital IC DSNELEN 5301-32 VLSI Interconnects


Same as Option I


Same as Option I

VII. M.E.M. for Industrial Project ManagementTechnical DisciplineINEN 5323 IE Systems DesignINEN 5349 Production and Inventory ControlINEN 5354 Lean ManuacturingINEN 5363 Six SigmaINEN 5385 IE DesignINEN 5386 Industrial and Product Saety


Same as Option I


Same as Option I

VIII. M.E.M. for Mechanical EngineersTechnical DisciplineMEEN 5304 Advanced Engineering AnalysisMEEN 5389 CADMEEN 5309 Problems in Design and Finite AnalysisMEEN 5315 Theory o ElasticityENGR 5301-67 Turbomachinery

ENGR 5301-65 Optimization o Thermal SystemsENGR 5301-64 Manuacturing AnalysisENGR 5301-66 Materials SelectionENGR 5301-69 Modeling and Simulation




Master of Engineering Science (M.E.S.)The Master o Engineering Science Degree requires the completion o 30 semester

hours o graduate course work, including a thesis.


For admission to the program, the student must meet the ollowing requirements:

1. The general requirements or admission to the College o Graduate Studies.2. Hold a bachelor’s degree in a eld o engineering or related discipline with

credit substantially equivalent to that required or bachelor’s degrees at LamarUniversity.

3. These are minimum admission requirements. Individual departments may bemore selective.

Degree Requirements

1. All o the College o Graduate Studies general degree requirements.2. A minimum o 3 semester hours (one course) rom those courses listed above as

core courses.3. A minimum o 21 semester hours (seven courses) o electives. Additional core

courses may satisy part o this requirement.4. Satisactory completion and deense o thesis (ENGR 5390 and ENGR 5391).

Master of Engineering (M.E.)

The Master o Engineering Degree is a non-thesis 36 semester hour* program designedto suit the needs o the practicing engineer.



1. The general requirements or admission to the College o Graduate Studies.2. Hold a bachelor’s degree in a eld o engineering or related discipline with

credit substantially equivalent to that required or bachelor’s degrees at LamarUniversity.

3. These are minimum admission requirements and may be more selective or indi-

vidual departments.

Degree Requirements

1. All o the College o Graduate Studies general degree requirements.2. Completion o one course rom each o the three categories o core courses or a

total o 9 semester hours o core course work. The core course categories and corecourses are listed above.

3. A minimum o 27 semester hours* (nine courses) o electives. Additional corecourses may satisy part o this requirement.

4. Satisactory completion o a nal comprehensive examination.

*A graduate student who has passed the Fundamentals o Engineering Examination or a graduate student who is a

Proessional Engineer registered in the State o Texas (or registered in another state where requirements do not confict with the provisions o the Texas Engineering Practice Act and are o a standard not lower than those specied in Section12 o that Act) may satisy course requirements by completing 24 semester hours o electives toward a total o 33 semester hours provided ENGR 6310 (Design Project) is included.




Doctor of Engineering (D.E.)The Doctor o Engineering Degree is designed to permit the practicing engineer to

study practical engineering problems o a complex nature.


For admission to the program, the ollowing requirements must be met:

1. The general requirements o the College o Graduate Studies.2. The applicant must hold a Bachelor o Science degree in a eld o engineering.

The applicant must have an overall GPA and quantitative section o the GRE scorewhich meets the ollowing criteria: (50*GPA + GRE) must equal or exceed 800.International students must have a minimum TOEFL score o 530.

3. The applicant must hold a Master’s degree or have completed at least 30 semester

hours o course work at the graduate level in a eld o engineering or a closelyrelated discipline.

4. These are minimum admission requirements. Individual departments may bemore selective.

Degree Requirements

1. All o the College o Graduate Studies general degree requirements.2. The student shall complete a residency o one year.3. The student shall register or ENGR 6110, Proessional Seminar, each semester in

which the student is registered or more than six hours or in which the student

is registered or eld study. A minimum o 4 hours is required.4. Completion o one course rom each o the three categories o core courses or atotal o 9 semester hours o core course work. The core course categories and corecourses are listed above. Exceptions to this rule must be approved by the Directoro Engineering Graduate Studies.

5. Completion o the diagnostic examination. This examination has the objectiveso determining the student’s qualications or a doctoral program and to provideguidance or the selection o a study program. This examination must be completed beore the student has earned 15 semester hours o course credit ater admissionto the program.

6. Completion o a minimum o 18 credit hours o eld study preparatory courses in

a concentration designed to orm a cohesive degree plan and must be approved bythe student’s advisory committee. The eld study preparation includes completiono one semester o ENGR 6320, Justication o Engineering Project.

7. Completion o candidacy examination. The purposes o this examination are totest the ability o the student to comprehensively relate the subjects o the studyprogram and to ascertain the student’s qualications to perorm the eld study.

8. Completion o the eld study. Ater the student is admitted to candidacy a ormalengineering proposal must be presented to the doctoral committee. Upon com-mittee approval o the proposed eld study the work is initiated. Normally, 30semester hours o eld study is required.

9. Deense o eld study. Upon completion o the eld study a ormal report with astandard thesis ormat shall be submitted to the committee and deended in anoral examination.




Master of Science in Environmental EngineeringUntil recently, environmental engineers were primarily concerned with municipal

water systems and sewage treatment acilities. The bulk o the course work dealt with theapplication o engineering solutions to human health problems. Today, the eld includesthe study o water quality, air quality and methods or disposing o toxic/hazardouswastes. Overall, environmental engineers are engaged in solving the large and complexenvironmental problems threatening the natural ecosystem.

The Master o Science in Environmental Engineering program is designed to provideengineers with the highly specialized chemical/civil engineering background needed byindustry and by regulatory agencies on the ederal, state and municipal levels.


For admission to the program, the student must meet the ollowing requirements:1. The general requirements or admission to the College o Graduate Studies.2. Hold a bachelor’s degree in a eld o engineering which is equivalent to a bachelor’s

degree at Lamar University.3. Because o the diversity o the scientic disciplines which are admitted to the envi-

ronmental studies program, some students may be lacking in certain undamentalsubject areas, usually undergraduate level courses in engineering, microbiology, basic chemistry, geology, and/or mathematics. These courses must be taken inaddition to the curriculum required or the master’s degree program.

Degree Requirements

1. All o the College o Graduate Studies general degree requirements.2. A minimum o 12 semester hours (4 core courses) rom those listed below:

CHEM 5301 Special Topics in Environmental Chemistry1

CVEN 5325 Fundamentals o Air PollutionCVEN 5329 Water Supply and TreatmentCVEN 5331 Biological Wastewater TreatmentCHEN 6344 Multimedia Transport o PollutantsCVEN 6387 Hydraulics o Environmental Systems2

1with committee approval, an equivalent chemistry course may be substituted.2with committee approval, Hazardous Waste Management (ENGR 6339) may be substituted.

3. A minimum o 15 semester hours (ve courses) o designated electives rom thelist below or other approved electives:

BIOL 5301 Special Topic: MicrobiologyBIOL 5430 LimnologyBIOL 5470 Ecology o Polluted WatersCHEM 5411 Biochemistry ICVEN 5324 Models in Hydrological Systems (HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS)CVEN 5326 Hydrologic and Hydrodynamic ProcessesCVEN 5338 Solid Waste Management

CHEN 5342 Reactor Design or Environmental SystemsCVEN 5343 Industrial Waste TreatmentCVEN 5351 Unit Operation in Environmental Engineering




GEOL 5301 Special Topic: HydrogeologyCVEN 6339 Hazardous Waste ManagementENGR 6389 Computer-Aided Sotware Engineering

(Geographic Inormation System)4. Satisactory completion and deense o thesis

Master of Science in Environmental StudiesThe environmental studies program is designed or students who wish to continue

to work in their scientic specialty but as it relates to environmental aairs. The degreeis especially intended or individuals who wish to work in the evaluation, operationsand/or regulatory aspects o the eld as opposed to the design or engineering areas. Con-sequently, the program will provide an understanding o environmental problems and

processes rom the point o view o the chemist, biologist or geologist and provide theinterdisciplinary perspective needed to cope with various environmental issues.



1. The general requirements or admission to the College o Graduate Studies.2. Hold a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, geology, the subdivisions o those

elds e.g. microbiology, organic chemistry, hydrogeology, etc. or other closelyrelated elds with credit substantially equivalent to that required or bachelors’

degrees at Lamar University.3. Some applicants to this program may be required to take undergraduate level coursesin engineering, geology, microbiology, basic chemistry and/or mathematics. Thesecourses must be taken in addition to those required or the masters program andwill be selected in consultation with the advisor early in a student’s graduatecareer.

Degree Requirements

1. All o the College o Graduate Studies general degree requirements.2. A minimum o 6 semester hours (two graduate courses) in the student’s science

specialty.3. A minimum o 12 semester hours (our core courses) rom those listed below:

CHEM 5301 Special Topics in Environmental Chemistry1

CVEN 5325 Fundamentals o Air PollutionCVEN 5329 Water Supply and TreatmentCVEN 5331 Biological Wastewater TreatmentCHEN 6344 Multimedia Transport o PollutantsCVEN 6387 Hydraulics o Environmental Systems2

1with committee approval, an equivalent chemistry course may be substituted.2with committee approval, Hazardous Waste Management (ENGR 6339) may be substituted.

4. A minimum o 9 semester hours (three courses) o designated electives rom thelist below or other approved electives:

BIOL 5301 Special Topic: MicrobiologyBIOL 5430 Limnology




BIOL 5470 Ecology o Polluted WatersCHEM 5411 Biochemistry ICVEN 5324 Models in Hydrological Systems (HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS)

CVEN 5326 Hydrologic and Hydrodynamic ProcessesCVEN 5338 Solid Waste ManagementCHEN 5342 Reactor Design or Environmental SystemsCVEN 5343 Industrial Waste TreatmentCVEN 5351 Unit Operation in Environmental EngineeringGEOL 5301 Special Topic: HydrogeologyCVEN 6339 Hazardous Waste ManagementENGR 6389 Computer-Aided Sotware Engineering

(Geographic Inormation System)5. Satisactory completion and deense o thesis

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemical Engineering

Admission Standards

A minimum undergraduate GPA o 3.0/4.0 or a graduate GPA o 3.5/4.0, a GraduateRecord Examination (GRE) minimum score (verbal + quantitative) o 1200, three letterso recommendation, and a personal statement o educational goals are required to be con-sidered or admission into the Ph.D. program. For international students, a TOEFL scoreo at least 550 is also required. For applicants without a chemical engineering degree, theDepartment Graduate Coordinator will determine a plan o study that will acilitate suc-cessul completion o all requirements or the Ph.D. degree. This may include additionalcoursework, independent study, or other means to enhance the student’s knowledge o key elements in this eld.

Degree Requirements

1. Credit Hour Requirements

Ph.D. candidates must complete a minimum o 70 credit hours o coursework beyondthe bachelor’s degree. The Lamar University Chemical Engineering Ph.D. program requiresa coherent program o (1) 15 credit hours selected rom the specied core courses, (2) 21credit hours o elective courses in chemical engineering or related elds (electives romother colleges must be approved on a case-by-case basis), (3) 4 hours o Proessional Seminar(ENGR 6110), (4) a research project o at least 12 hours o research courses (CHEN 6680or regular semester; CHEN 6380 or summer) prior to admission to candidacy, and (5)18 hours o Ph.D. dissertation courses (CHEN 6690 and CHEN 6691 or regular semester;CHEN 6390 and CHEN 6391 or summer) ater admission to candidacy.

2. Direct Action Items

•Ph.D. Advisor and Advisory CommitteeThe Ph.D. advisor is mutually selected by the student and the aculty member. The

Ph.D. advisor must be a Lamar University graduate aculty member in the Department o Chemical Engineering. The Ph.D. Advisory Committee will consist o a minimum o threeLamar University graduate aculty members in the Department o Chemical Engineering




and one graduate aculty member rom another department or one qualied expert romother institutions, organizations, or industry with the invitation o the advisor and theapproval o the Department Chair, the Dean o Engineering, and the Dean o Graduate

Studies. In addition, the Dean o Graduate Studies will appoint a graduate aculty memberrom another college as the Graduate Council Representative at both the deense o thedissertation proposal and the oral deense o the dissertation.

•Written Qualiying Examination

Each student desiring the Ph.D. degree is required to pass a written qualiying ex-amination. The purpose o the written qualiying examination is to test the student’sunderstanding o basic scientic and engineering principles and their application to thestudent’s research interests. Students must attempt the written qualiying examinationduring either their second or third long semester in the program. The written qualiyingexamination is administered once each long semester. The student’s cumulative graduateGPA must be at least 3.0 at the time o the examination.

The written qualiying examination is an eight-hour written examination with a selec-tion o problems rom Transport Phenomena, Thermodynamics, Kinetics and EngineeringMathematics designed to test understanding o basic concepts and principles. Based onthe results o the written qualiying examination, the Ph.D. qualiying examination com-mittee will recommend the student (1) be allowed to prepare a dissertation proposal, (2) be granted a second and nal attempt at one or more parts o the examination, or (3) bewithdrawn rom the Ph.D. program.

•Degree Plan

Students must select their Ph.D. advisor within one semester ater passing the Ph.D.written qualiying examination. Students must submit their degree plans within one yearo passing the Ph.D. written qualiying examination. The degree plan must be approved by the Ph.D. advisor, the Department Graduate Coordinator, the Department Chair, theDean o Engineering, and the Dean o Graduate Studies.

•Dissertation Proposal

The general eld o dissertation research should be agreed upon by the student andthe Ph.D. Advisory Committee. As soon thereater as the research project can be outlinedin reasonable detail, the student should complete the dissertation proposal. The disserta-

tion proposal must be approved at a meeting o the student’s Advisory Committee. Thecommittee will also review the easibility o the proposed research and the adequacy o available acilities.

The approved proposal must be signed by all members o the student’s Advisory Com-mittee (with the exception o the Graduate Council Representative), the Department Chair,and the Dean o Engineering. It must be submitted to the College o Graduate Studies atleast 14 weeks prior to the scheduling o the nal examination.

Students perorming research involving human subjects, animals, inectious biohazardsor recombinant DNA must receive approval rom the College o Graduate Studies priorto conducting their research.

The student is admitted to candidacy only ater the deense and the approval o thedissertation proposal and the completion o a minimum o 12 graduate credit hours.




•Dissertation Preparation

Ater the dissertation proposal is approved, the candidate may begin to prepare thedissertation under the guidance o the Ph.D. advisor and the Advisory Committee. The

dissertation must be an original work o the candidate that demonstrates the student’sability to perorm independent research. Acceptance o the dissertation is based primarilyon its scholarly merit, but it must also exhibit credible literary workmanship. The ormato the dissertation must be acceptable to the College o Graduate Studies.

The candidate must submit a single, unbound copy o the dissertation in nal orm tothe College o Graduate Studies at least 10 days beore the oral dissertation deense (nalexam).

•Dissertation Deense

The candidate or the Ph.D. degree must pass a dissertation deense by deadline dates an-

nounced in the Academic Calendar each semester or summer term. No student may deend adissertation without having current ocial cumulative and degree plan GPAs o 3.0 or betterand without having been admitted to candidacy. There must be no grades o D, F, I, or Uor any course listed on the degree plan. To absolve a decient grade, a student must repeatthe course and achieve a grade o C (or S) or better. Students must be registered during thesemester in which the dissertation deense takes place and must have completed all coursework on their degree plans with the exception o remaining dissertation courses.

The qualiying examination results and the dissertation proposal must be submittedto the College o Graduate Studies at least 14 weeks prior to the date o the deense. Therequest or permission to hold and announce the dissertation deense must be submit-ted to the College o Graduate Studies a minimum o 10 working days in advance o the

scheduled deense date. The dissertation deense or the Ph.D. degree must be administeredon campus unless otherwise authorized by the College o Graduate Studies.

The student’s Ph.D. Advisory Committee, as nally constituted, will evaluate thisdissertation deense. A positive vote by members o the Ph.D. Advisory Committee (withthe exception o the Graduate Council Representative) with no more than one dissensionis required to pass the deense. The candidate and all visitors must excuse themselvesrom the proceedings beore the vote.

The Advisory Committee will submit its recommendations on the appropriate ormto the College o Graduate Studies regarding acceptability o the candidate or the Ph.D.degree. Deenses that are not completed and reported as satisactory to the College o

Graduate Studies within 2 working days o the scheduled deense date will be recordedas ailures.

By dates announced each semester in the Academic Calendar, the candidate mustsubmit to the College o Graduate Studies three ocial copies o the dissertation in nalorm on rag content paper with two extra copies o the abstract. The dissertation mustinclude all suggestions and corrections o the members o the student’s Advisory Com-mittee and must bear the signatures o the advisor, the Department Chair, the Dean o Engineering, and the members o the student’s Advisory Committee, with the exceptiono the Graduate Council Representative.




3. Special Conditions

•Transer o Credits

Courses or which transer credits are sought must have been completed with a gradeo A, B, or S (Satisactory) and have been accepted as graduate credits by an accreditedinstitution where the work was taken. Transer credits must be approved by the student’sadvisor, the Department Graduate Coordinator, the Department Chair, and the College o Graduate Studies. For students with a master’s degree rom another accredited institu-tion, only the graduate level courses taken during their study or a master’s degree andpertaining to the eld o current study can be transerred. For students without a master’sdegree, a maximum o 6 hours may be transerred. Students may transer a maximum o 6 hours o Ph.D. courses beyond the credits used or the master’s degree.

•Residence Students who enter the Ph.D. degree program with only a baccalaureate degree mustspend at least two academic years in resident study. Students holding master’s degreesupon entering the Ph.D. degree program must spend at least one academic year in residentstudy. One academic year may include two adjacent long semesters or one long semesterand two adjacent six-week summer semesters.

•Continuous Enrollment Requirement

From the time they advance to candidacy until the deense o their dissertation, Ph.D.students must maintain continuous enrollment by registering or at least six credit hourseach long semester until the dissertation is approved and accepted. Special cases must be approved by the advisor, the Department Graduate Coordinator, the Department Chair,the Dean o Engineering, and the Dean o Graduate Studies.

•Time Limit

All requirements or the Ph.D. degree must be completed within a period o ten con-secutive calendar years or the degree to be granted. A course will be considered validuntil 10 years ater the end o the semester in which it is taken. Graduate credit or coursework more than ten calendar years old at the time o the nal oral examination may not be used to satisy degree requirements.

Final corrected copies o the dissertation and record o study must be accepted by

the College o Graduate Studies no later than one year ater the dissertation deense orwithin the 10-year time limit, whichever occurs rst. Failure to do so will result in thedegree not being awarded.

Core Courses

CHEN 5302 Transport PhenomenaCHEN 5352 Advanced Process ControlCHEN 6343 Kinetics and Reactor DesignCHEN 6345 Fundamentals o SustainabilityCHEN 6347 Advanced Thermodynamics

CHEN 6348 Advanced Chemical Engineering Mathematics




Core Courses (15 Credit Hours)CHEN 5302 Transport Phenomena

Analysis o transport with respect to fuid dynamics, heat arid mass transer. Derivation o Navier-Stokes

Equation and its application to fow phenomena. Boundary layer fows, molecular interpretation o viscos-ity, and interacial tension and Its relation to slip/non-slip condition. Interdependence o fuid fow, heat

transer, and mass transer. Tensor and vector notation will be presented and employed.

CHEN 5352 Advanced Process Control

Modem control theory concerning state-space ormulation, multivariable control, optimal control, and

discrete control or Jumped/distributed parameter systems is addressed. Applications o control theory and

the implementation o control strategies or the chemical processing industries are demonstrated

CHEN 6343 Kinetics and Reactor Design

Emphasis is placed on complex reactor design, Attention is devoted to chemical kinetics and catalysis as well

as to the engineering aspects o both homogeneous and heterogeneous reactors. Mixing problems in terms

o residence, time distribution. The importance o temperature eects is stressed.

CHEN 6345 Fundamentals o Sustainibility

This course examines the scientic basis and technology details o sustainability, dened as “minimization o the eect o entropy on society,” Emphasizes the interace among engineering, environment, and economics.

Incorporates the ideas o sustainability into chemical engineering elds such as process and product design,

manuacturing, and value chain management or the purpose o minimizing both resource utilization and

adverse environmental impact.

CHEN 6347 Advanced Thermodynamics

Derivation o thermodynamic laws and application to physical chemical phenomena. Development o ideal

and non-ideal gas, liquid, and solid solution behaviors or physical and chemical equilibria. Course credit

in chemistry is optional.

CHEN 6348 Advanced Chemical Engineering Mathematics

The course covers the undamentals and numerical techniques or Linear Systems o Equations, Nonlinear

Systems o Equations, Numerical Dierentiation/Integration, Regression Analysis, Systems o Ordinary

Dierential Equations, and Partial Dierential Equations, or modeling and analysis o chemical engineer-

ing systems.




Graduate FacultyAssociate Proessor Kendrick (Ken) Aung

Combustion, propulsion, energysystems, sprays, mixing

Proessor Wendell C. BeanControl systems, biomedical signalprocessing

Assistant Proessor Mark BourlandMechanics, structural, bridge design

Proessor Daniel H. ChenProcess control, process simulation,air pollution control

Proessor Hsing-wei ChuOperations research statistical deci-sion analysis, networks

Proessor David L. CockeAnalytical and environmental chem-istry, catalysis

Proessor Paul CorderMechanical systems design; stressanalysis; nite element models

Associate Proessor Brian N. Craig

Ergonomics, human actors, saetyAssistant Proessor James Curry

Operations research, supply chainoptimization, simulation

Associate Proessor John L. GossageReaction kinetics, reactor design,polymerization

Proessor Tho-Ching HoFluidization, heat transer,optimization

Proessor Jack R. HopperReaction kinetics, catalysis,pollution prevention

Associate Proessor Mien JaoGeotechnical engineering

Proessor Enno KoehnConstruction, planning, schedulingand productivity, design and analysis

ProfessorKu-YenLi Mass transer, gas-liquid reactions,unit operations in environmentalengineering

Assistant Proessor Xianchang LiHeat transer, energy conservation,thermal systems, turbomachinery,numerical simulation

Associate Proessor CheJen (Jerry) Lin

Environmental engineeringAssistant Proessor Sidney Lin

Materials science, uel cells,ceramic membrane separation

Assistant Proessor Xinyu LiuMicro-manuacturing, statisticalquality control CAD/CAE/CAM

Associate Proessor Helen LouProcess modeling, simulation andoptimization; Sustainable Engineer-

ingAssistant Proessor Alberto MarquezScheduling, supply chain optimiza-tion, nancial engineering

Proessor Harley R. MylerImage and signal processing, digitalvideo, video communications andnetworks, control systems

Associate Proessor G.N. ReddyComputer engineering, articialneural networks & uzzy logic,

digital signal processing,Industrial automation,Instrumentation, Virtual systems,Computer networks

Assistant Proessor Selahattin SayilVLSI design and testing, contactlesstesting and testability, interconnectnoise modeling, cmac neural networks

Proessor Malur SrinivasanAdvanced materials processing,

modeling o microstructureevolution in manuactured products,development o nanostructuredengineering products

Assistant Proessor Raael TadmorWetting/Dewetting phenomena,orces between suraces, viseosity o conned liquids, biolubricationorces in biological systems

Associate Proessor Ryan UnderdownEnterprise Engineering

Engineering ManagementAssistant Proessor Bin Wang

Molecular sel-assembly, mass tran-er o ultrathin lms, nanoparticulateelectrochemical catalysts




Graduate Faculty (con't)Associate Proessor Ruhai Wang

Computer Networks,Internetworking,Telecommunication systems,Microcomputer and computerarchitecture

Assistant Proessor Qiang XuSustainable Systems Engineeringand Industrial Sustainability;Process and Product Synthesisand Integration

ProfessorCarlL.Yaws Physical and thermodynamicproperties, distillation

ProfessorFredM.Young Fluid dynamics, heat transer

ProfessorRobertYuan Structural Analysis, ExperimentalMechanics, Civil EngineeringComposites

Proessor Victor Zaloom

Engineering economics,manuacturing productivity,computer applications,statistical quality control

Assistant Proessor Jiang (Jenny) ZhouSystem dynamics, systemoptimizations, mechanical issuesin microelectronics, biomechanics

Assistant Proessor Weihang ZhuComputer haptics, virtual reality,

computer aided design andmanuacturing/computernumurial control, medicalsimulation, computationalgeometry, inormation technology

Engineering Courses (ENGR)5101, 5201, 5301 Special Topics 3:1-3:0

An investigation into specialized study in advanced areas o engineering under guidance o a aculty member. This

course may be repeated or credit when topics o investigation dier.

5110 Seminar 1:1:0

Discussion o ethical, proessional, and technical topics related to the practice o civil engineering. Presentation

o oral and written reports.

5306 ENGR Internship – 1 1:1:0

Internship opportunity provides experience in the practice o engineering or graduate students. Its purpose is

engineering career development.

5307 ENGR Internship – 2 1:1:0

Internship opportunity provides experience in the practice o engineering or graduate students. Its purpose isengineering career development.

5311 Heat Transer Analysis 3:3:0

Fundamental principles o heat transer by conduction, convection and radiation. Emphasis will be given to the

analysis o problems combining the various heat transer mechanisms.

5348 Advanced Air Pollution Control 3:3:0

Air pollution control and design principles; VOC incineration; gas absorption; air pollution and atmospheric

dispersion modeling; particulate matter; cyclones, electrostatic precipitators; abric lters and scrubbers; control

o nitrogen oxides and sulur oxides.

5390-5391 Thesis 6:A:0

Prerequisite: Approval o graduate advisor. Must complete both or required 6 credits.

6110 Proessional Seminar 1:1:0

Advanced topics suitable or research along with research procedures will be discussed. Field study organiza-tion and content together with doctoral research problems and progress will be presented. Topics will vary each

semester and course may be repeated or credit. Registration and completion or three semesters is required o all

doctoral candidates.

6310 Design Projects 3:A:0

May be repeated or credit when the subject matter varies.

Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy.




6320 Justifcation o Engineering Projects 3:3:0

The preparation o proposals or advanced engineering work. The student will be given individual assistance in

preparing a proposal or his eld study.

Prerequisite: Approval o advisory committee.

6349 Engineering Applications o AI/Expert Systems 3:3:0An in-depth study o the eective utilization o Articial Intelligence/Expert Systems as applied to engineering

problems. Projects assigned will involve the design and development o sotware systems to solve discipline-specic

problems using available AI languages and expert system shells.

6369 Computer Methods o Engineering Optimization 3:3:0

Formulation, solution and implementation o optimization models such as linear programming, dynamic pro-

gramming, integer programming, quadratic programming, convex programming, geometric programming and

unconstrained optimization or analyzing complex systems problems in industry. One or more sotware packages

will be used to execute the algorithms presented throughout the course.

Prerequisite: A graduate course in operations research.

6389 Computer-Aided Sotware Engineering 3:3:0

Analysis and utilization o computer sotware to solve engineering design problems. Applications on the CAD/CAE

and various other systems will be emphasized.6601 Engineering Practice 6:A:0

An internship period under personal supervision. Approval must be obtained rom the student’s graduate commit-

tee. Usually, a ormal proposal will be required. May be taken or either six or 12 hours credit per semester. Must

be repeated or credit until eld study is completed. Total credit: six semester hours per section.

6602 Engineering Practice 6:A:0

An internship period under personal supervision. Approval must be obtained rom the student’s graduate commit-

tee. Usually, a ormal proposal will be required. May be taken or either six or 12 hours credit per semester. Must

be repeated or credit until eld study is completed. Total credit: six semester hours per section.

Chemical Engineering Courses (CHEN)5302 Transport Phenomena 3:3:0

Analysis o transport with respect to fuid dynamics, heat and mass transer. Derivation o NavierStokes Equation

and its application to fow phenomena. Boundary layer fows, molecular interpretation o viscosity, and interacial

tension and its relation to slip/nonslip condition. Interdependence o fuid fow, heat transer, and mass transer.

Tensor and vector notation will be presented and employed.

5341 Mass-Transer Operations 3:3:0

The principles o diusion and mass transer are considered. The study o gas-liquid operations includes hu-

midication and design o equipment. Solid-fuid studies include absorption, ion exchange, drying and leaching

operations. Less conventional mass-transer operations are also considered.

5342 Reactor Design or Environmental Systems 3:3:0

Development o the undamentals or the rate o chemical reactions and biological reactions in homogeneous and

heterogeneous systems. Analysis o ideal chemical reactors and their design with application to environmental

reactions in the air, water and soil. An introduction to the basic concepts o mathematics modeling. The subject

matter is directed toward chemical and petroleum engineering design and operation. Development o models whichorm the ramework o a quantitative and scientic approach to technical problems will be ollowed by analytical

and/or numerical solutions to optimize output and protability.

5352 Advanced Process Control 3:3:0

Modem control theory concerning statespace ormulation, multivariable control, optimal control, and discrete

control or lumped/distributed parameter systems is addressed. Applications o control theory and the implementa-

tion o control strategies or the chemical processing industries are demonstrated.

5357 Process Simulation

Steady state chemical and rening processes simulation using state-o-the-art computer sotware.

5358 Advanced Process Simulation

In depth coverage o chemical and rening processes using state-o-the-art steady-state computer simulation sot-

ware. Advanced topics and undamentals are emphasized.

5359 Dynamic SimulationChemical and rening process dynamic simulation using state-o-the-art computer sotware. Controller installation

and central schemes are discussed.




5360 Thermodynamics-Process Industry 3:3:0

Thermodynamic laws are derived and applied to physical chemical phenomena. Ideal and non-ideal gas, liquid and

solid solution behavior are developed or physical and chemical equilibria. Course credit in chemistry is optional.

May be repeated one time or graduate credit, with prior approval, where course content varies.

5361 Process Optimization 3:3:0Linear and non-linear optimization. Introduction to optimization technique and concepts.

5371 GIS in Water Resources 3:3:0

Introduction or geographic inormation system (GIS-ArcView or Arc/Ino) to analyze spatial data or engineering

easibility study. Discussion o application o GIS in water resource engineering (digital elevation models, river

and watershed networks, and land use mapping, hydrological modeling). May be repeated or credit when subject

matter varies.

5392 Intermolecular Forces with Applications to Biology 3:3:0

An introduction to the various intermolecular and inter-particle interactions in solutions and in colloidal systems:

van der Waals, electrostatic, hydrophobic. Polymers in solutions, suractants in solutions, colloidal systems in

electrolyte environment, with suractants and with polymers. Suraces and interaces: surace energy, surace ten-

sion, wetting, biological suraces and cell membranes, and how polymers interact with cell membrane.

5394 Wetting Phenomena and Transport Related Eects 3:3:0Young-DupreapproachtowettingandtherelationbetweenMarangoniEffectandthespreadingcoefcient.Covers

the concept o complete wetting, partial wetting, and non-wetting systems. Follows some experimental methods

related to wetting.

6110 Proessional Seminar 1:1:0

Advanced topics or research procedures, eld study organization and content, Ph.D. research problems and prog-

ress. Topics vary each semester. Registration and completion or our semesters is required or all Ph.D. candidates.

May be repeated or credit.

6340 Distillation 3:3:0

Material and energy-balance relationships are reviewed or multicomponent ractionation equipment and or

batch stills. Various plate designs are presented rom the standpoint o two-phase hydraulics and mass-transer

eciency.

6343 Kinetics and Reactor Design 3:3:0Emphasis is placed on complex reactor design. Attention is devoted to chemical kinetics and catalysis as well as to

the engineering aspects o both homogeneous and heterogeneous reactors. Mixing problems in terms o residence

time distribution. The importance o temperature eects is stressed.

6344 Multimedia Transport o Pollutants 3:3:0

Chemical transer rates between air and water, water and soil/sediment, as well as air and soil. Intraphase pollutant

processes in atmosphere, surace water, and ground water. Description o the dispersion model and the meterologi-

cal eects on pollutant transport. Discussion o partition to biomass and exposure pathways.

6345 Fundamentals o Sustainability 3:3:0

This course examines the scientic basis and technology details o sustainability, dened as “minimization o

the eect o entropy on society.” Emphasizes the interace among engineering, environment, and economics.

Incorporates the ideas o sustainability into chemical engineering elds such as process and product design,

manuacturing, and value chain management or the purpose o minimizing both resource utilization and adverse

environmental impact.6346 Sustainability Applications 3:3:0

Practical applications o sustainability to topics including environmental research, pollution prevention, plant

saety/abnormality management and control, process optimization, renewal energy, innovative material, and

biotechnology to support the sustainability o our environment, society, and industry.

Prerequisite: Fundamentals o Sustainability (CHEN 6345).

6347 Advanced Thermodynamics 3:3:0

Derivation o thermodynamic laws and application to physical chemical phenomena. Development o ideal and

nonideal gas, liquid, and solid solution behaviors or physical and chemical equilibria. Course credit in chemistry

is optional.

6348 Advanced Chemical Engineering Mathematics 3:3:0

The course covers the undamentals and numerical techniques or Linear Systems o Equations, Nonlinear Systems

o Equations, Numerical Dierentiation/Integration, Regression Analysis, Systems o Ordinary Dierential Equa-tions, and Partial Dierential Equations, or modeling and analysis o chemical engineering systems.




6368 Artifcial Neural Networks & Fuzzy Logic 3:3:0

Study o various Articial Neural Network architectures or real-world applications. Massive parallel computa-

tion, ault tolerance and adaptation characteristics. Emphasis on computer simulation o ANN-architectures and

their applications.

6680 Research 6:A:0A Ph.D. student must enroll in at least 12 hours o research courses (CHEN 6680) or conducting research project

prior to admission to candidacy.

6690–6691 Ph.D. Dissertation 6:A:0

Continuous enrollment or at least six dissertation credit hours each semester upon advancement to candidacy.

Direct supervised research. Graded on a credit (CR) or nocredit (F) basis. Award o credit or the nal dissertation

course is contingent upon successul deense o the dissertation. Minimum o 18 credit hours is required.

Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy and approval o thesis advisor. 6690 must be taken once, ollowed by 6691

each semester until dissertation is completed.

Civil Engineering Courses (CVEN)5212 Civil Engineering Systems Design Project 2:0:6

Planning, design, and analysis o a civil engineering system or project; an integrated and realistic group project

is utilized which involves numerous major aspects o the civil engineering proession. Presentation o oral and

written design reports.

5300 Advanced Structural Analysis 3:3:0

Review or methods o statically indeterminate structural analysis including constant deormation, slope defection

and moment distribution; introduction o stiness and fexibility methods using matrix algebra, theories o arches,

cables, cylindrical structures using classical and energy methods. May be repeated or credit when topics vary.

5308 Cost Optimization and Scheduling Engineering 3:3:0

Includes the mathematics o cost comparisons, protability, productivity, and optimization with emphasis on

engineering project scheduling, cost estimation, and control. May be repeated or credit when the subject matter

varies.

5310 Advanced Concrete Design 3:3:0Analysis and design o concrete members based upon working stress and strength design methods. Consideration

given to pre-stressing or post-stressing o beams and structural components. May be repeated or credit when the

subject matter varies.

5313 Fluid Mechanics 3:3:0

Fluid statics, undamentals o fuid motion, systems and control volumes, basic laws, irrotational fow, similitude

and dimensional analysis, incompressible viscous fow, boundary layer theory and an introduction to compressible

fow. Vector methods will be employed.

5314 Hydraulic Engineering 3:3:0

Design considerations o hydraulic systems including closed and open channel fow together with related hydraulic

accessories. May be repeated or credit when the subject matter varies.

5317 Materials Engineering Analysis/Laboratory 3:2:3

The nature and properties o materials used in civil engineering such as structural metals, concrete, timber, compos-

ites and bituminous materials. The engineering application and perormance o materials are emphasized. Various

properties and behavior o engineering materials are investigated by laboratory experimentation.

5318 Stress Analysis and Material Systems 3:3:0

A study o solid mechanics and/or building/hydraulic systems related to the perormance o dierent materials such

as soils, metals, timber, masonry, and composites under various loading conditions. Consideration o construction

and environmental eects. Topics may include, i applicable, unsymmetrical sections, shear center, curved beams,

torsion o noncircular cross sections, strain energy, virtual work, plasticity, atigue, and introduction to the theory

o elasticity. May be repeated or credit.

5320 Engineering Project Management 3:3:0

Principles governing the eective and ecient management o engineering projects including the application o

comprehensive planning, scheduling, and cost estimation procedures. Presentation o oral and written design

reports.

5323 Advanced Steel Design 3:3:0Analysis and design o structural members using steel. Consideration is given to elastic and inelastic buckling in

beams and columns due to local, fexural, torsional and torsional fexural action. May be repeated or credit when

the subject matter varies.




5324 Models In Hydrological Systems

Analysis o basin hydrology, steamfow requency, and water surace proles, introduction to wave machines and

hydrological transport processes including water quality simulation in hydrodynamic systems (oceans, estuaries,

lakes/reservoirs, rivers/streams, storm water control acilities). May be repeated or credit when subject matter

varies.5325 Fundamentals o Air Pollution 3:3:0

Pollutant sources, emissions and transport. Air pollution control methods. Particulate collection theory, gaseous

pollutant removal theory. Atmospheric sampling and analysis methods. May be repeated or credit when the

subject matter varies.

5326 Hydrologic and Hydrodynamic Processes 3:3:0

Overview o hydrological models, hydrological design and hydrodynamic processes in bodies o water (rivers/

streams, oceans, estuaries, inland lakes, and reservoirs); energy and momentum transer through a water surace;

standing or progressive waves; salt water and resh water interaction; wind eects o stratication and circula-

tions; analysis o stratied fow and density currents; selective withdrawal; turbulent wind mixing. Consideration

o environmental eects. May be repeated or credit when the subject matter varies.

5327 Numerical and Computer Methods In Structures 3:3:0

Matrix and computer methods applied to analysis and design o trusses, beams, and rames. Consideration o CADtechniques. May be repeated or credit when subject matter varies.

5328 Theory o Structures 3:3:0

Investigation and design o acilities under static, hydraulic, dynamic, and/or hazardous loading conditions. Principles

o ultimate strength and plastic design theories. Consideration o environmental eects and saety actors or various

temporary and/or permanent loading situations. May be repeated or credit when the subject matter varies.

5329 Water Supply and Treatment 3:3:0

An investigation o the chemistry o water treatment processes including the study o treatment process selection

and associated design parameters.

5331 Biological Wastewater Treatment 3:3:0

Principles o treatment or domestic and industrial wastewaters with emphasis on process kinetics and biological

action.

5332 Introduction in Composite Structures 3:3:0Mechanics and technology o composite materials and applications o composites in structures. Structure-properties

dependencies and design o composite materials. Stress and strength analysis and optimization or typical composite

structures. Beams, plates and shells made rom composites. Mechanics o eectively anisotropic bodies.

5338 Solid Waste Management 3:3:0

A study o solid waste collection, transer and disposal systems. Investigation o the reclamation o resources by

multiple use, reuse and improvement o existing sources to meet quality requirements.

5340 Foundation Engineering 3:2:3

The practice o geotechnical engineering: subsurace explorations; geotechnical analysis and design o shallow

ootings, deep oundations, and retaining structures; stability o earth slopes, and soil improvement.

5343 Industrial Waste Treatment 3:3:0

Procedures or analysis o the industrial waste problem, methods o collecting experimental data and process design

or required treatment. Case studies and special laboratory problems or translating experimental data to prototype

design. May be repeated or credit when the subject matter varies.

5347 Statistical Principles in Engineering Systems

Review o engineering data types and its treatment/presentation or inerences. Specic topics include: descriptive

statistics, probability density unctions, sampling distribution, hypothesis test, condence interval, linear and

curvilinear regressions, analysis o variance, design o experiment and statistical quality control. Examples o the

application o statistics in civil and environmental engineering will be emphasized.

5350 Hydraulic Engineering Systems 3:2:3

Continuation o CVEN 3350Hydraulics I emphasizing practical design applications o basic fuid mechanics

principles in fuid measurement, machinery, closed conduit fow, open channel fow and hydraulic transients.

Presentation o oral and written design reports.

5351 Unit Operations o Environmental Engineering 3:3:0

Theory o fuid and slurry movement under gravity and pressure systems, mixing processes, coagulation and foc-

culation o chemical treatment, separatory processes including fotation and sedimentation, and gas transer andabsorption o the biological systems. Selected laboratory assignments or model studies o these unit operations.

5355 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering 3:3:0

Evaluation o strength parameters and compressibility o soils, elastic analysis o the stress and strain, techniques

o orecasting oundation settlement, and slope stability analysis.




5381 Building Design/Construction 3:3:0

Advanced topics in Building and/or Construction Systems. Topics may include the treatment o contaminated

soils, and the eects o various static, dynamic, hydraulic, and wind loads on structural rames and oundations.

Environmental, social, and saety requirements may be taken under consideration. Presentation o oral and written

design reports. May be repeated or credit when topics vary.5387 Special Topics 3:3:0

The course is designed to meet special needs o students. Each topic is oered on an irregular schedule as the

demand requires. Sample topics include: (1) Kinetic theory o gases; (2) Transients in compressible fow; (3) Non-

linear vibrations; (4) Protective construction; (5) Transients in engineering systems; (6) Stagewise mass transer;

(7) Nuclear engineering; (8) Hybrid and analog computers; (9) Adaptive control; (10) Optimization techniques;

(11) Sampling techniques.

5388 Special Topics 3:3:0

The course is designed to meet special needs o students. Each topic is oered on an irregular schedule as the

demand requires. Sample topics include: (1) Kinetic theory o gases; (2) Transients in compressible fow; (3) Non-

linear vibrations; (4) Protective construction; (5) Transients in engineering systems; (6) Stagewise mass transer;

(7) Nuclear engineering; (8) Hybrid and analog computers (9) Adaptive control; (10) Optimization techniques;

(11) Sampling techniques.5398 Reinorced Concrete Design 3:2:3

The design o structural concrete members based upon working stress and strength design methods. Study o

standard specications. Introduction to prestressed concrete.

5399 Structural Steel Design 3:2:3

The design o buildings and bridge components according to standard specications. Application o load and

resistance actor and allowable stress design methods. Introduction to plastic design o steel structures.

6330 Air Quality Modeling 3:3:0

Review o various air quality models. Introduction and implementation o air quality science in model simulation

including the emission inventory, dynamic meteorology and chemical transport. Air quality simulation using

rstprinciple models will be emphasized.

6332 Advanced Foundation Engineering 3:3:0

Investigate practical applications o soil mechanics principals to geotechnical engineering, dewatering techniques,

design and analysis o deep oundations and retaining structures.

6333 Chemical Principles o Envirorunental Systems 3:3:0

Introduction to aquatic and atmospheric chemistry, chemical kinetics and equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, chemi-

cal buer, metal-ligand chemistry, precipitation and dissolution, redox chemistry and radical chemistry.

6336 Stormwater Management and Design 3:3:0

Introduction o stormwater quality and quantity management and simulation models (e.g., SWMM, StormCAD),

introduction to the Best Management Practice and Total Maximum Daily Load or coastal areas, and design o urban

stormwater system acilities, e.g., detention ponds, culverts, channel system and stormwater pipes.

6339 Hazardous Waste Management 3:3:0

The design, operation and applicability o standard destruction and detoxication technologies will be presented.

The various types o incineration, thermal, biological, physical and chemical treatment methods will be included,

as well as the technologies now in the later stages o research and development. Emphasis will be on applicability

and unctional design as opposed to detailed design.6345 Water Quality Modeling and Monitoring 3:3:0

Introduction to water quality simulation in natural water systems, e.g., water temperate, dissolved oxygen model in

lakes/reservoirs/estuaries, turbulent diusion and dispersion in one and twodimensional systems, and chemical

and biological kinetics in water quality model. Introduction to monitoring o air and water quality parameters in

coastal areas, including solids, dissolved oxygen, BOD, COD, salinity, criterion pollutants and selected instru-

mental analysis.

6387 Hydraulics o Environmental Systems 3:3:0

Hydraulic design o municipal utilities including storm water and waste water collections systems, water distribu-

tion networks and treatment plant acilities.

6388 Computer Methods o Engineering Project Management 3:3:0

Principles governing the eective and ecient management o engineering projects including the application o

comprehensive planning, scheduling and cost estimation procedures. Utilization o various computer methodsand systems will be emphasized.




Electrical Engineering Courses (ELEN)5344 Electric Power Systems Analysis I 3:3:0

A three-semester sequence, selected rom: symmetrical components, impedance and ault-current calculations,

load-fow studies, economic operation, stability and control, system modeling, non-ossil uel energy conversion.Both analytical and digital-computer methods may be employed as appropriate.

5346 Digital Signal Processing 3:3:0

Sampling/reconstruction, quantization, discrete-time systems, digital ltering, Z-transorms, transer unctions,

digital lter realizations, discrete Fourier transorm (DFT) and ast Fourier transorm (FFT), nite impulse response

(FIR) and innite impulse response (IIR) lter design, and digital signal processing (DSP) applications.

5354 Discrete Control Systems 3:3:0

Principles o digital and sampled-data control systems. Analysis o response, and stability. Analytical compensa-

tion by Z-transorm and other methods. Extensive use o computers.

5362 Remote Sensing 3:2:3

Design o systems which gather and share data over geographically scattered remote locations. Real-time access,

monitoring, diagnosis, and control o remote locations. Communication systems design using radio-telemetry, satel-

lite, and dial-up networks. Data interace to the Internet. Inormation sharing through dynamic-web site design.5365 Image Processing I

Twodimensional signal processing techniques; pictorial image representation; spatial ltering; image enhancement

and encoding; segmentation and eature extraction; introduction to image understanding techniques.

5373 Advanced Electromagnetics 3:3:0

Graduate-level topics in electromagnetic theory and applications. Assumes a grounding in electromagnetic elds

and waves and methods or the solution o boundary value problems.

Prerequisite: ELEN 3371 or equivalent.

5383 Instrumentation 3:3:0

Unied methods or the design o signal conditioning circuits between sensors and computers. Accepted practice

or sensor-based microprocessor and microcomputer data acquisition and processing systems instrumentation

amplier circuits.

5384 Virtual Systems Design 3:2:3Design o virtual systems that replace complex hardware systems such as measurement systems, analyzers, and

controllers. Object-oriented-programming (OOP) techniques that realize true representations o hardware. Design

o Windows engineering applications.

5393 Introduction to VLSI Design 3:3:0

Study o the principles o basic microchip design. Use o several CAD tools, with hands-on experience in imple-

menting Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) circuits. Detailed study and computer simulation o MOS-capacitance

models.

5395 Computer Hardware Description Languages 3:3:0

A CAD method o design o digital hardware using Computer Hardware Description Languages (CHDLs). Imple-

mentation o combinational logic units, microprocessors and microprogrammed processors.

5397 Fault Diagnosis & Fault Tolerant Design 3:3:0

Study o several test generation algorithms or combinational circuits such as Boolean Dierence, D, PODEM,

and FAN Algorithms. Test generation techniques or RAMS and microprocessors. Various methods or Design or

testability and Fault Tolerant Design.

6313 Digital Filters 3:3:0

Introduction to digital ltering. Recursive, non-recursive lters and their design. Butterworth, chebysbev lters.

Prerequisite: Prociency in computer programming.

6314 Computer Control and Instrumentation 3:3:0

Basic Instrumentation principles. Signal acquisition and conditioning. Computer control using digital signal pro-

cessing techniques in time and requency domains. Programming project assignments involving implementation

o basic instrumentation and computer control methods.

6358 Industrial Automation and Process Control 3:2:3

Design and develop industrial automation and process control (IAPC) systems and processes. Distributed control

system design, implementation o real-time process databases and man-machine interace. Study o modern tech-

niques or process control and management. This is a graduate engineering Core course available to all engineeringgraduate students.

6365 Image Processing II 3:3:0

Current topics in image processing research: nonlinear and adaptive ltering, color image processing, image

encoding and digital video processing.




6374 Nonlinear Optics 3:2:3

Advanced topics in Nonlinear Optics including a lab component. May be repeated or credit when subject matter

varies.

6394 CAD Tools or VLSI Design 3:3:0

Study o the principles involved in the development o a variety o Computer Aided Tools used in the design o Very Large Scale Integrated circuits. Implementation o the tools with programming assignments.

Industrial Engineering Courses (INEN)5300 Quality Improvement 3:3:0

Statistical methods and other Industrial Engineering analysis and design tools are used to control and improve

quality and assure requirements are met. Prerequisite: INEN 3320

5301* Graduate Seminar 3:3:0

This seminar provides a platorm or the acilities, industry and students to communicate eectively regarding

research opportunities and job opportunities.

5303 Regression Analysis 3:3:0

Review o regression analysis; theory o least squares; multivariate analysis; theory o the general linear hypothesismodel.

5305 Reliability 3:3:0

Statistical theories pertinent to solution o engineering problems in reliability; distribution and ailure theory in-

cluding ailure rate and mean time to ailure or the exponential, log normal, gamma and Weibull distributions.

5315 Industrial Management 3:3:0

Provides a oundation or becoming a manager in an industrial organization. Topics include: Strategic planning,

culture change, organizational analysis and technology management. Students will apply decision making meth-

odologies to hypothetical situations. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.

5316 Industrial and Product Saety 3:3:0

Convey an appreciation o the social and economic impact o industrial accidents. Provide general rules and

checklist to help design and maintain a sae work place. Introduces the role o government and voluntary stan-

dards in process and product design saety. Prerequisite: Work Design5319 Design o Experiments 3:3:0

Experimental design and analysis o experiments are developed as tools o the manuacturing and process indus-

tries. Exploratory and evolutionary EVOP designs, analysis o variance ANOVA, error and regression are treated

in some detail.

Prerequisite: Course in statistics or equivalent.

5320 Statistical Decision Making or Engineers 3:3:0

Analysis o data to help the engineer/executive make decisions. Evaluations o perormance claims, probability

distributions, hypothesis testing, ANOV, design o experiments.

5333 Operations Research II 3:3:0

Advanced topics in operations research-linear programming, non-linear programming, advanced topics in queuing

and inventory theories, sensitivity analysis and dynamic programming.

Prerequisite: ENGR 5372 or equivalent.5345 Computer Integrated Manuacturing (CIM) 3:3:0

Advanced concepts in computer aided design and manuacturing to include geometric modeling in a 3D solids

environment, analysis o engineering design problems, robotics, computer numerical control, and manuacturing

control systems. Course includes a design project.

5350 Production and Inventory Control 3:3:0

Techniques or planning and controlling production and inventories. Forecasting, aggregate planning, materials

requirements planning, scheduling, project management.

5354 Lean Manuacturing 3:3:0

The planning, evaluation, deployment and integration o lean manuacturing theory and methods. Emphasis on

manuacturing processes/equipment and systems.

Prerequisite: INEN 3380.

5363 Six Sigma 3:3:0

Overview o the six sigma DMAIC methodology at the green belt level o competency with emphasis on process

management.

Prerequisite: INEN 3380.




5366 Advanced Engineering Economy 3:3:0

Special economic analyses based on risk, uncertainty and other probabilistic considerations. Bayesian attacks,

infuence o perect inormation, competitive decisions and decisions under pressure.

5369 Engineering Management 3:3:0

Prepares students or a transition rom engineering to management. Topics include: proposal writing, projectnegotiations, ethics, project management, teams and culture.

5370 Operations Research 3:3:0

An introduction to the construction o mathematical models or organizational systems to aid executives in making

decisions. Linear programming, network fow programming, dynamic programming, queuing theory.

5374 Human Factors Engineering 3:3:0

Convey human actors considerations in design and research. Applications include control panels, audio and video

displays, computer work stations, special accommodations.

5375 Simulation o I.E. Systems 3:3:0

Introduction to concepts o simulation modeling and analysis with application to manuacturing and service sys-

tems. Students will apply problem solving and process analysis techniques to an industrial engineering problem

and propose an improved systems design.

Prerequisite: Work Design, Probability and Statistics5376 Occupational Ergonomics 3:3:0

Application o ergonomics to the design and/or redesign o jobs, manuacturing workstations, and other work

environments to achieve increased protability and reductions in injury/illness.

5379 Facilities Design

Study o concepts and methods used to design an eective acility layout and materials handling system.

5381 Heuristic Algorithms

Heuristic Algorithms and applications to classical and real lie problems. Justication and logic o heuristic algo-

rithms. Greedy algorithms, Steepest Ascent, Numerical optimization, Simulated Annealing, Taboo Search, Cross

entropy optimization, TSP, Set covering, Set partitioning.

Prerequisite: INEN 4370 or INEN 2360, or graduate students

5382* Data Mining

An introduction to data mining that covers data warehousing, data cleaning, data cubes, classication algorithms,clustering, and advanced regression techniques.

Prerequisite: None

5392 Virtual Reality and Haptics

This is introduction to virtual reality research course, which ocuses on the emerging interdisciplinary eld o virtual

reality and haptic technology. Haptics is a research technology that will revolutionize all aspects o Inormation

Technology as well as impacting in the general area o human machine interace design. The course will discuss

the virtual reality architecture, the haptic (touch) sotware and hardware, and the virtual reality applications in

design and manuacturing, medical simulation, education and training, etc.

Prerequisite: C/C++ programming required, Graphics programming experience preerred but not required (will

cover the graphic basics in the course). A complementary course ‘Computational Methods’ is oered this semes-

ter to provide training on C++ programming and Computer Graphics.

5394 Engineering Database Design

To provide students in engineering with knowledge about the design and implementation o engineering applica-tions using database technology. Examples will be drawn rom manuacturing and production systems.

Prerequisite: It is assumed that students have had a programming course and are amiliar with undamental

programming constructs. Visual Basic or Application is used in this course.

5395 Computational Methods

This course introduces students to numeric research. Major topics covered are C++, LP/IP sotware application

development, and Computer Graphics.

Prerequisite: Any introductory programming course. Co-enrolled or completed an ‘Operation Research’ Course

or ‘Virtual Reality and Haptics’ Course.

5396 Automated System Engineering

To provide students in engineering with knowledge about the industrial automation and process control in the

manuacturing industry: control system, PLC, sensor and actuator, auto-id, fexible manuacturing system, as-

sembly line and automatic inspection.5385 I.E. Design 3:1:6

Students design systems to solve a problem or problems typical o those encountered by practicing industrial

engineers. Students work in teams to ormulate issues, propose solutions, and communicate results in ormal

written and oral presentations.

* Pending approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board




Mechanical Engineering Courses (MEEN)5304* Advanced Engineering Analysis

The course covers selected topics o advanced engineering mathematics and their applications to engineering. The

topics include analytical and numerical solutions o ordinary and partial dierential equations, vector dierentialcalculus and integral theorems, probability and statistics, and optimization.

5309 Problems in Design and Finite Analysis 3:3:0

Advanced techniques and analysis involving microcomputers, nite elements, nite dierences. May be repeated

or credit when the subject matter varies.

5311* Energy Conversion Systems 3:3:0

This course deals with dierent types o energy conversion devices and systems, including conventional heat en-

gines, solar thermal systems, photovoltaic (PV), and uture energy systems such as Stirling engines, microturbines,

uel cells, IGCC, and hydrogen-based energy systems. The course also introduces the theoretical background or

direct energy conversion devices such as MHD, thermoelectric, and thermionic systems.

5315 Theory o Elasticity

General analysis o stress and strain, equations o equilibrium and compatibility, stress and strain relations, two

dimensional stress problems, elastic energy principles, thermoelastic problems. May be repeated or credit whenthe subject matter varies.

5321* Applied Numerical Analysis 3:3:0

Introduction to numerical techniques and their applications in dierent engineering problems, experimental

data analysis and statistical methods, optimization methods, and numerical methods in solving dierential equa-

tions.

5322* Advanced Dynamics 3:3:0

Energy methods in dynamics, ree and orced vibrations, applications to systems with one-, two-, and multi-de-

gree o reedom, response to various excitations, transient response, engineering applications, and vibration in

continuous systems.

5326* Control o Mechanical Systems 3:3:0

Mathematical modeling o various systems, transient and steady-state response, requency response analysis,

root-locus, stability, control system design, steady-sates representations, controllability and observability, anddesign o system in state space.

5333* IC Engines 3:3:0

This course deals with the theory, design, and simulation o internal combustion engines. The theory o internal

combustion engines cover thermodynamic and uel-air cycles, uels and their properties, intake and exhaust

fows, combustion and pollutant emissions, heat transer, and modeling o IC engines. An IC engine simulation

sotware will be used to solve practical IC engine problems. Current status and uture challenges o IC engines

will also be discussed.

5335 Mechanical Vibrations 3:3:0

Topics in mechanical vibrations including an introduction to the theory o vibrations, mechanical vibration analy-

sis methods using simulationbased design, mechanical vibration measurement and monitoring, interpretation o

vibration measurements data and other mechanical vibration topics as appropriate.




5356 Process Modeling with Neural Networks 3:3:0

Multivariate Statistics, Genetic Algorithm, and empirical modeling tools such as Partial Least Squares, Mono-

tonic/Bounded Derivative Neural Network, and Inerential Property Estimation using state-o-the-art computer

sotware. These modeling tools take advantage o the large amount o process data now available in process plants

or data mining.5367* Intro to CFD 3:2:3

Introduction to basic concepts underlying computational fuid dynamics (CFD) including derivation o governing

equations, discretization methods, grid generation, solution algorithms, numerical solution methods, error predic-

tion, and interpretation o numerical results. A commercial CFD sotware package, CFX, is use to solve practical

engineering fuid fow problems.

Prerequisite: Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transer, Numerical Methods, MEEN 5366.

5368* Combustion Theory 3:3:0

Fundamental principals o combustion theory and their applications in dierent engineering problems such as

urnaces, automotive engines, gas turbines, and rockets. Topics covered include thermochemistry, uels, chemical

kinetics, conservation equations or reacting fows, premixed and diusion fames, droplet burning, and pollutant

emissions, introduction to numerical modeling o combustion and combustion measurement techniques.

Prerequisite: Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transer, Thermodynamics.5369* Energy Conservation and Management 3:3:0

Fundamentals o energy conservation and management, energy audit procedure and methodology, energy con-

servation analysis based on calculation o heat transer, thermodynamics and economics, potential energy saving

opportunities in dierent industrial areas, technologies to improve energy eciency.

Prerequisite: Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transer, Thermodynamics.

5370* Gas Turbine Heat Transer & Cooling Technology 3:3:0

The undamentals o gas turbine heat transer and cooling are introduced, including the eect o gas turbine cool-

ing on its thermal perormance. Dierent aspects o internal cooling and lm cooling technologies are discussed.

State-o-the-art experimental design and numerical modeling related to gas turbines heat transer and cooling are

presented.

Prerequisite: Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transer.

5389 CAD 3:3:0

Introduction to ProEngineer. The analysis and the utilization o state o the art computer hardware and sotware to solvethe problems associated with the utilization o computers in both graphics and engineering design problems.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the College o Engineering and consent o the instructor.

* Pending approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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