College of Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering

Dana Stevenson-Abouelnasr, Head

Faculty

• Nabil Abdel-Jabbar
  
• Ibrahim M. Abu-Reesh
  
• Raafat Alnaizy
  
• Rachid Chebbi
  
• Ghaleb Husseini
  
• Taleb Ibrahim
  
• Ibrahim Kocabas
  
• Kevin Loughlin
  
• Zarook Shareefdeen

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (BSChE)

The mission of the chemical engineering program at AUS is to prepare students to become engineers and leaders in chemical and related industries by cultivating an environment that is academically challenging.
The chemical engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET as well as by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Chemical engineers have many different responsibilities including design, analysis, research and development, supervision, production and sales. They manage the development of new technologies and products; they develop safe and environmentally benign processes that are efficient and economic to operate; and they direct the design, construction and operation of new plants, ranging from pilot plants to full-scale chemical facilities.

Chemical engineers are making unparalleled contributions in chemical and petrochemical processing, food and pharmaceutical industries, pollution control and abatement, process automation, process control and modeling, and biochemical technology. The Department of Chemical Engineering offers a four-year program of study that prepares graduates to work in all areas of the chemical industry. Specifically, it is designed to help students in developing a basic knowledge in science, in engineering and in the fundamentals and practical knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer, reaction engineering, chemical unit operation, process control, process simulation, plant design, process integration, cost estimation, pollution prevention and waste management.

Program Educational Objectives

Graduates of the chemical engineering program are expected to be able to:

• succeed in the chemical engineering profession in a manner that contributes positively to society
  
• design new chemical processes and improve upon existing ones
  
• identify problems and develop solutions that incorporate ethical responsibilities, protect the environment, promote safety and are sensitive to social customs and concerns
  
• lead and participate in teams with members of diverse backgrounds and skills
  
• communicate effectively
  
• excel in advanced studies in chemical engineering or other professional degree programs and maintain a life-long interest in learning

Program Outcomes

Upon graduation, an AUS chemical engineering student should be able to demonstrate the following:

• identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
  
• apply principles of chemistry, physics and mathematics to chemical engineering problems
  
• use fundamental principles of chemical engineering and apply economic analysis in the design, development and simulation of chemical systems and processes
  
• integrate safety, health and environmental considerations into the design of engineering equipment and processes
  
• design and conduct experiments, and analyze and interpret technical data using modern experimental and computation-based techniques and tools
  
• use modern software and tools in process design, data gathering and analysis, and the solution of engineering problems
  
• recognize the ethical and moral issues and codes related to the engineering profession
  
• work effectively in teams to solve problems
  
• use written and oral communication
  
• pursue new concepts and understanding of current issues through self-directed study and life-long learning
  
• recognize the importance of contemporary issues and understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context

Degree Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 140 credits to graduate. After the third year, each student is required to devote at least five weeks to the summer internship with an industrial firm prior to graduation. In the fourth year, each student is required to apply the knowledge, including economical and environmental analyses, gained from previous years to perform and analyze experiments and to work on supervised projects of specific chemical engineering significance.

All chemical engineering students are required to take a comprehensive assessment examination during this capstone course sequence. Students are required to participate in several laboratory courses including organic chemistry, materials science, transport phenomena, unit operations and process control.

Students seeking the BSChE degree must satisfy the following requirements:

General Education Requirements (minimum of 44 credits)

• English language competency requirement: a minimum of 12 credits in 100-level or above writing (WRI)/English (ENG) courses, including ENG 204 and ENG 207
  
• Arabic heritage requirement: any course listed as an Arabic heritage requirement
  
• mathematics and/or statistics requirement: MTH 103 and MTH 104
  
• science requirement: CHM 101, PHY 101and PHY 101L
  
• humanities and social sciences requirement: a minimum of 15 credits to be selected from the areas of humanities and social sciences with at least six credits taken from the humanities area and at least six credits taken from the social sciences area. If the three credits in courses on Arabic heritage are satisfied by one of the theme courses (THM 301 or THM 302), three additional credits must be taken from the humanities or social sciences courses.
  
• computer literacy requirement: satisfied through extensive use of computer resources in courses throughout the engineering curriculum
  
• information literacy requirement: satisfied through WRI 102 and ENG 204

Major Requirements (81 credits)

• CHE 205 Principles of Chemical Engineering I
• CHE 206 Principles of Chemical Engineering II
• CHE 215 Fluid Flow
• CHE 230 Materials Science
• CHE 240 Computer Methods in Chemical Engineering
• CHE 303 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I
• CHE 304 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II
• CHE 307 Heat Transfer
• CHE 321 Chemical Reaction Engineering
• CHE 329 Mass Transfer 
• CHE 332 Engineering Economy
• CHE 350 Transport Phenomena Laboratory I
• CHE 397 Professional Training in Chemical Engineering
• CHE 412 Separation Processes
• CHE 421 Chemical Process Dynamics and Control
• CHE 432 Process Design Safety and Economics
• CHE 451 Transport Phenomena Laboratory II
• CHE 452 Unit Operations and Control Lab
• CHE 490 Senior Design Project I
• CHE 491 Senior Design Project II
• CHM 102 General Chemistry II
• CHM 215 Organic Chemistry I
• CHM 216 Organic Chemistry II
• CHM 217 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
• CHM 331 Physical Chemistry II
• ELE 225 Electric Circuits and Devices
• MTH 203 Calculus III
• MTH 205 Differential Equations
• MTH 221 Linear Algebra
• NGN 110 Introduction to Engineering and Computing
• NGN 111 Introduction to Statistical Analysis
• PHY 102 General Physics II
• PHY 102L General Physics Laboratory II

Major Electives (minimum of 9 credits)

Students must complete a minimum of nine credits from any CHE 300- or 400-level courses not listed above. Students may complete one major engineering elective outside chemical engineering from the approved list available in the department.

Free Electives (minimum of 6 credits)
A minimum of six credits from any courses offered at or above the 100 level.

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