Undergraduate Courses 2017-18

For Chemical Engineering students only. This course is designed to provide academic advising to students, to enhance their understanding of the industries relevant to chemical engineers, and to improve their communication skills. Students are required to attend discussion sessions with advisors and selected seminars. Graded P or F.

This is the course to introduce the students about the history and modern development of chemical and biomolecular engineering. The instructor will highlight the key developments in the chemical and biomolecular discipline, discuss about the career perspectives of chemical and biomolecular engineers locally and globally. The frontiers of the development of chemical and biomolecular industries and academic research will be examined. Graded P or F.

Recommended for Science and Engineering students interested in chemical process analysis. Processes and process variables, engineering data. The conservation principle. Material and energy balances on non-reactive and reactive process units and systems, recycle and purge. Unsteady state processes.

For Chemical Engineering students. Physical, chemical and biochemical transformation of materials. Strategy of molecule synthesis, reaction-path synthesis, process synthesis, rate and equilibrium, process route selection, batch versus continuous, from chemistry to engineering.

What is biotechnology? How did it begin? What is happening next? This course gives a general overview of this booming industry. It uses a case-study format to survey the current landscape of biotechnology, describing basic scientific concepts and emphasizing the impact on human health and economy. It discusses the opportunities and limitations in future biotechnology development, examining from both technology and business perspectives.

First law of thermodynamics for closed and open systems, enthalpy and the energy equation. PVT data and thermodynamic properties, methods for their estimation, phase equilibria. Second and third laws of thermodynamics, entropy and the Carnot engine. Power cycles, refrigeration and liquefaction. Process examples.

Recommended for students interested in material science and selection. Materials fundamentals: atomic bonding, crystalline structure, imperfection, phase diagrams and kinetics. Materials: metals, ceramics, plastics and composites. Materials selection for the chemical process industries.

Fundamentals of environmental engineering. Sources of pollution. Pollution problems in water, air, on land and from noise and waste energy. Global pollution. Overview of pollution prevention and minimization.

For Chemical Engineering students only. This course is designed to provide academic advising to students, to enhance their understanding of the industries relevant to chemical engineers, and to improve their communication skills. Students are required to attend discussion sessions with advisors and selected seminars. Graded P or F.

Conceptual design of chemical processes. Flowsheet synthesis, selection and analysis. Short-cut methods, steady-state simulation, computer-aided design tools. Heat-exchanger networks, energy integration. Batch and continuous process design. Case studies and non-traditional applications.

Stoichiometry and reaction equilibria. Homogeneous reactions kinetics. Mole balances: batch, continuous-stirred tank and plug flow reactors. Collection and analysis of rate data. Catalytic reaction kinetics and isothermal catalytic reactor design. Diffusion effects.

Phase equilibria. Ideal and nonideal mixtures. Thermodynamic properties and VLE from equations of state. Liquid-liquid and liquid-solid systems. Stage process, short-cut and rigorous calculations in absorption, distillation or extraction. Continuous contacting processes. Separation sequences. Simulation and design.

Applications of fluid mechanics in chemical engineering. Fluid properties; energy equations and applications in process systems; flow in pipes and channels, around submerged objects. Laminar and turbulent flow, flow measurements.

Steady-state conductive, forced and free convective, radiative heat transfer in simple and complex process environments. Analysis and design of heat exchangers, fouling. Basic mass transfer concepts. Continuous contacting process and traditional design methodologies. Numerical solutions and simulations of unconventional examples.

Introduction of molecular biotechnology from an engineering perspective. Laboratory experiments including bacterial culturing, DNA extraction, purification, transformation, cloning, gel electrophoresis and Polymerase Chain Reaction will be conducted. Cutting edge engineering-based applications such as chip-PCR, DNA microarray, bioreactor, and manufacturing and characterization of pharmaceuticals will be introduced.

This course is a natural continuation of CENG 297, but students will specialize in laboratory experiments in the field of Environmental Engineering. The course will give the students opportunities to conduct Q&A Safety Reviews and make a major presentation.

Measurements and instrumentation. Data analysis, error analysis. Safety and rick assessment including PID analysis. Designing., assembling, testing and dissembling selected experimental rigs. Hazard and operability studies. A wide range of process experimentation. Written and oral presentations. Teamwork Training. Language Center Interaction for Report Writing. Library Workshop and Library Exercise.

This course is natural continuation of CENG297, but students will specialize further in the field of Chemical Engineering. The course will give the students opportunities to conduct Q&A Safety Reviews and make a major presentation.

Selected topics of current interest.

This course is designed for introducing ethical issues in undergraduate engineering education to help students learn more about the value implication of their actions as professional engineers and understand engineer's obligations to the public, their client, employer and profession. The course also aims to guide the students in their professional development through consultation, coaching and mentoring. Students are required to attend supervised discussion sessions and selected seminars. Actual case studies will be discussed.

Basic concepts, mathematical model, transfer function. Dynamics of first - and higher-order systems. Feedback control, controller tuning, frequency response methods. Cascade control, feedforward and ratio control. Introduction to computer control and multi-variable control. Control and instrumentation hardware.

Computer-aided-design and process evaluation. Risk assessment, qualitative and quantitative assessment. Hazop, Hazan, FMEA, decision tree, fault tree, reliability. Toxicity, dispersion, fire, explosion, relief. Workplace safety. Plant safety and hazard analysis. Plant equipment specification and selection. Cost estimation and profitability analysis. Project evaluation. Cost optimization. Environmental control.

Chain structure and configuration. Condensation and addition polymerization. Thermodynamics of polymer solutions. Amorphous and crystalline states. Glass-rubber transition behavior. Elastic properties of rubber. Polymer viscoelasticity and rheology. Polymer processing and design.

History of biochemical engineering. Quantitative metabolism including kinetics of cell growth, substrate utilization and product formation. Design and analysis of bioreactors (batch, fed-batch, continuous, continuous with recycle). Enzyme kinetics. Thermodynamics and Energetics. Sterilization. Mixing and aeration. Product recovery. Flowsheeting and simulation of large scale bioprocess.

Students not studying in the Chemical and Bioproduct Engineering Program may enroll in the course upon instructor's approval. Survey of bioproducts, cellular production hosts, production techniques (bioreactors), separation and purification processes, product formulation, product and process design.

Students not studying in the Department of Chemical Engineering may enroll in the course upon instructor's approval. Molecular biology, protein engineering, enzyme kinetics, thermodynamics and energetics of biological systems, molecular and cellular processes, bioreaction networks and metabolic engineering.

Overview of water, air and solids bioremediation, waste characteristics, cell metabolism including co-metabolism. Degradative pathways for selected pollutants (e.g. aromatics, halogenated compounds bioreactor systems for bioremediation). Bioremediation technologies for water (aerobic, anaerobic, hybrid, SBR, wetlands), solid (bioleaching, landfill, composting) and air (biofiltration), biofilms, molecular biology applications on environmental biotechnology.

Students not studying in the Department of Chemical Engineering may enroll in the course upon instructor's approval. Microfabrication technology for biomicrodevice; sensing and characterization techniques for biomicrosystem; surface chemistry and biological compatibility of engineered materials; applications of biomicrosystems (food and environment protection, clinical/medical diagnostics, tissue engineering and controlled release drug delivery).

Survey of western pharmaceuticals; pharmaceutical processing technologies including reactions and separations; enantiomers and chiral separations; polymorphs and solid state pharmaceuticals; pharmaceutical dosage forms including tablets, capsules and transdermal patches; traditional Chinese medicine processing.

Wastes from the process industries. Behavior of toxic chemicals in atmospheric, soil and aquatic environments. Adsorption/desorption, air stripping, steam stripping, supercritical extraction. Pyrolysis, biological, catalyzed and uncatalyzed reactions. Integrated environmental control.

This course will review the methods for assessing environmental impacts. Impact and management systems will be discussed in the context of both HK and international environmental legislation, which incorporates Licensing, BATNEEC, integrated pollution control, environmental management and auditing systems based on ISO 14000. Actual case studies from the process industries will be discussed.

Introduction to absorption and adsorption, scrubbing, stripping, membrane separation, incineration, catalytic reduction, particulate removal using settling chambers, cyclones, electrostatic precipitators, filters, and wet collectors.

Introductory materials for microelectronics fabrication and thin film processing. Reaction engineering analysis of processing steps in electronic materials fabrication.

Introduction to nanostructured materials and nanotechnology. Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials. Selected applications of nanostructured materials in chemical engineering.

A major project involving the application of Chemical and Bioproduct Engineering principles to the design, planning, experimental or analytical investigation of current engineering design and research problems. Working in small teams and individually under supervision, students are expected to demonstrate creative and critical powers through choices and decisions made in areas of uncertainty. Students should have completed the second year program. May be graded PP.

Continuation of CENG 392.

A major project involving the application of Chemical and Environmental Engineering principles to the design, planning, experimental or analytical investigation of current engineering design and research problems. Working in small teams and individually under supervision, students are expected to demonstrate creative and critical powers through choices and decisions made in areas of uncertainty. Students should have completed the second year program. May be graded PP.

Continuation of CENG 395.

A major project involving the application of Chemical Engineering principles to the design, planning, experimental or analytical investigation of current engineering design and research problems. Working in small teams and individually under supervision, students are expected to demonstrate creative and critical powers through choices and decisions made in areas of uncertainty. Students should have completed the second year program. May be graded PP.

Students conduct in-depth experimental/computational investigations on selected topics in one of the departmental research areas. Students work under supervision and are encouraged to use their own initiative to complete an appropriate program of work within the time allocated.

Continuation of CENG 397.

For Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and General Business Management, Chemical and Bioproduct Engineering, and Chemical and Bioproduct Engineering and General Business Management students only. A practical training course for a total duration of six weeks. Topics include plastic technology practice and metal surface finishing, instrumentation, CAD, ASPEN plus simulation I & II, and safety. Graded P or F.

For Chemical and Environmental Engineering students admitted in 2006-07 or after. A practical training course for a total duration of seven weeks. Topics include plastic technology practice and metal surface finishing, instrumentation, measurement of pollutants, ASPEN plus simulation I & II, CAD, and safety. Graded P or F.