Cornell University School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Masters of Engineering Program Course Curriculum August 2011
2 Purpose of the Program The goal of the Masters of Engineering (M. Eng.) Program is to enhance the start of graduates careers in engineering practice. Students are encouraged to design a course of study that best suits their professional interests, career goals, and their individual reasons for undertaking the M. Eng. degree. All courses of study require curriculum approval by the Program Director. Chemical Engineering Course Requirements The College of Engineering requires that all M.Eng. students earn at least 30 credits for the M.Eng. degree. The total of 30 includes credits earned for the M.Eng. project. The faculty of Chemical Engineering requires that at least 12 of these credits, not including credits earned for the M.Eng. project, be earned in chemical engineering courses. Up to 2 credits may be taken with the S/U grade option. According to College of Engineering rules, students may earn up to 20 credits in a semester. Chemical Engineering Courses (not including 1-credit seminars and modules) 4700 Process Control Strategies (3) 4720 Feedback Control Systems (3) 4810 Biomedical Engineering (3) 4840 Microchemical and Microfluidic Systems (3) 520x Chemical Engineering Modules: 5204 Turbomachinery Applications (1) 5205 Applications of Fluid Dynamics (1) 5206 Chemical Engineering Tools and Equipment (1) 5430 Biomolecular Engineering of Bioprocesses (3) 5440 Systems Biology in Biotechnology and Medicine (3) 5640 Design of Chemical Reactors (3) 5720 Managing New Business Development (3) 5940 Biomolecular Engineering Logic and Design (2) 6240 Physics of Micro & Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics (3) 6310 Engineering Principles for Drug Delivery (3) 6400 Polymeric Materials (3) 6560 Membrane Separations (3) 6610 Air Pollution Control (3) 6640 Energy Economics (3) 6650 Energy Engineering (3) 6660 Analysis of Sustainable Systems (3) 7110 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) 7310 Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (3) 7510 Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering (4) Students should check for additional chemical engineering applications electives in the Courses of Study, which is available at the Engineering Registrar s office. M.Eng. Project Requirement Students must complete either an individual or group M. Eng. project that demonstrates knowledge acquired in the M. Eng. Program. Students usually earn from three to six credits for their work on the project. The project can take place during one semester or span the entire academic year. Students receive credit for the project by enrolling in 5650 for the appropriate number of credit hours during the semester(s) they work on the project. The timing and the number of credits for the project work should be decided in consultation with the project sponsor.
3 A description of projects that have been suggested by faculty members will be distributed to students at the start of the academic year. Students should read the material carefully and contact faculty members who are offering projects that interest them. The student and faculty sponsor should agree upon the specifics about each project, including what would be done, when the project will be carried out, the number of credit hours for the project, and the format of a final report. A note about registration for 5650. Students who decide to work on the project over two semesters should register for the total number of credits they expect to receive for the project in the first semester, usually the fall semester. At the end of the first semester, the transcript will show an R as the grade for 5650, which indicates that the course continues into the second semester. At the end of the second semester, a grade for the project will be recorded, and the total number of credits for the project will be awarded. (For example, a student who will work on a 6-credit project over two semesters should register for 5650 for 6 credits in the first semester. A grade of R will appear at the end of the first semester. Then, the student should register for 5650 for 6 credits in the second semester. A grade for the project will be given at the end of the second semester, and the six credits for the project will be awarded.) In some cases, students can earn more than six credits for the M.Eng. project. For example, students specializing in Medical and Industrial Biotechnology will complete an eight-credit project, as indicated in the sample curriculum on page 7. Other students interested in earning more than six credits for their project should carefully examine the course requirements described below to make sure their course plan can accommodate a project for more than six credits without exceeding the College of Engineering s 20-credit maximum in each semester. Students and their project advisor must agree on the number of credits allocated for the project. If the project exceeds six credits, students must file a one-page description of their proposed project early in the fall semester (including how credits will be allocated in fall and spring semesters) and have it approved by their project supervisor and the M.Eng. director before they start work on the project. Knowledge Area Requirements Most M. Eng. students are required to have knowledge of business practices and pollution control. Students can satisfy the business practices knowledge requirement by taking 5720 (Managing New Business Development) or one of the alternative courses listed below. Students can satisfy the pollution control knowledge requirement by taking 6610 (Air Pollution Control) or one of the alternative courses listed below. The courses listed below for the knowledge area requiremenst are examples. Students may choose other appropriate courses to satisfy these requirements, but the M.Eng. director should approve those courses in advance. These are knowledge requirements not necessarily course requirements. Therefore, students who already have taken an appropriate course or have industrial experience in business practices or pollution control do not have to take an additional course to satisfy the knowledge requirement in that area. Students with prior academic or industrial experience in business practices or pollution control should confirm with the M.Eng. director that their prior coursework or experience satisfies the knowledge requirement. Business Practices ORIE 4150 NBA 5640 Pollution Control CEE 3510 Economic Analysis of Engineering Systems (spring) (ORIE 350 is a prerequisite) Entrepreneurship, Private Equity and Business Plan Development (fall and spring) Environmental Quality Engineering (spring)
4 CEE 6550 BEE 4750 Transport, Mixing, and Transformation in the Environment (fall) Environmental Systems Analysis (fall) Guide for Fulfilling Requirements The appendix to this guide contains a page that students can use to plan a curriculum and guarantee that all requirements for the M.Eng. degree are fulfilled. During the spring semester, students will turn in the completed page to the M.Eng. director to qualify for graduation from the M.Eng. program. Areas of Specialization Students may wish to specialize in one of the many areas of strength at Cornell. To help students who wish to specialize, we have organized areas of specialization in energy economics and engineering (EEE), medical and industrial biotechnology (MIB), polymer processing, materials science, microfabrication, and food science. The specializations consist of core courses and a series of electives. Using electives judiciously, students can specialize in one of these areas while meeting all of the chemical engineering requirements for the M. Eng. degree. The following pages contain suggested curricula and electives for the areas of specialization listed above. These curricula are examples that serve as starting points for students thinking of specializing. Students are not required to specialize in an area. The choice whether to pursue an option is up to each student. Minors Some areas of specialization are organized formally into M. Eng. minors. Students earning an M. Eng. in chemical engineering are eligible to participate in the following minors: bioengineering, systems engineering, manufacturing engineering and engineering management. Each minor has specific course requirements that must be fulfilled to complete the minor. The latter two minors require an M. Eng. project outside of the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Courses of Study 2011-2012 The Courses of Study guide is found online at http://courses.cornell.edu/. It contains descriptions of all courses at Cornell and other academic information. In addition, a convenient course schedule for 2011 is found at http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu/courses/roster/fa11/. Academic Standing A grade-point average of at least 2.50 is required to be in good standing in the M.Eng. program. Credit toward the M.Eng. degree will not be awarded for any course in which the grade received is below C-. To complete the M.Eng. degree requirements, a grade-point average of at least 2.50 is required in all courses that count toward the M.Eng. degree.
5 Curriculum Examples The following is a typical core course curriculum for the M. Eng. in chemical engineering. To help you decide whether you wish to pursue an area of specialization, examples of possible curricula for several areas of specialization are shown on the following pages. These are suggested curricula; you may develop your own curriculum. If you wish to complete one of the M. Eng. minors, you must satisfy the specific curriculum requirements for that minor and the requirements for chemical engineering. Students who are interested in a minor should check with the faculty coordinator for the minor to get updated requirements and to get the full list of electives for the minor. Chemical Engineering Core Curriculum Elective 3 Elective 3 Business Practices 3 Pollution Control 3 yyy Elective 3 yyy Elective(s) 3 Elective(s) 6 565 M. Eng. Project 3 Elective(s) 3 15 15 Note: Many of the courses listed on the following pages have been designated as fall or spring semester classes. Departments change their schedules often and occasionally do not offer some courses. Students should confirm with the online Schedule of Courses when the courses they wish to take are offered.
6 Energy Economics and Engineering Specialization 6660 6640 Analysis of Sustainable 5 Energy Engineering 3 Systems + Modules 6650 Energy Economics 3 Environmental Impact Eelctive 2 3 Economic and Social Impact 3 Energy Technology Elective 3 3 Elective 1 Elective 1 Elective 3 Business Practices Course 3 5650 Energy-related M. Eng. Project 3 15 15 1 Economic and Societal Impact Electives: AEM 4150 Price Analysis (fall) AEM 4500 Resource Economics (fall) AEM 4510 Environmental Economics (spring) AEM 7500 Resource Economics (fall) CEE 4920 Engineers for a Sustainable World (fall) (not offered 2011) NBA 5190 Sustainability as a Driver for Innovation in the Entrepreneurial Organization (spring) NBA 5730 Seminar in Sustainable Development (spring) NBA 6030 Sustainable Global Enterprise (spring) NBA 6140 Green Leap Strategies (spring) PAM 3400 The Economics of Consumer Policy (fall) 2 Environmental Impact Electives (this elective also satisfies the pollution control knowledge requirement): 6610 Air Pollution Control (spring) BEE 6510 Bioremediation: Engineering Organisms to Clean Up the Environment (not offered 2011-12) CEE 4520 Water Supply Engineering (not offered 2010-11) CEE 4540 Sustainable Municipal Drinking Water Treatment (fall) CEE 6200 Water Resources Systems Engineering (spring) 4 Energy Technology Electives: 4130 Introduction to Nuclear Science and Engineering (fall) (not offered 2011-12) CHE 5209 Industrial Heat Transfer Operations (fall) (not offered 2011-12) BEE 6880 Applied Modeling and Simulation for Renewable Energy Systems (spring) BEE 7880 Biomass Conversion of Energy and Chemicals (spring) EAS 4010 Fundamentals of Energy and Mineral Resources (fall) ECE 4510 Electric Power Systems I (fall) ECE 4510 Electric Power Systems II (spring) 5870 Energy Seminar I (fall) ECE 5880 Energy Seminar II (spring) MAE 4590 Introduction to Controlled Fusion: Principles and Technology (spring)
7 MAE 5010 Future Energy Systems (spring) MAE 5430 Combustion Processes (fall) MSE 5330 Materials for Energy Production, Storage, and Conversion MSE 5460 Solar Cells: Energy from the Environment (not offered 2010-11) Courses with less than three units can be combined to fulfill the three credits required for an elective area. Students who wish to fulfill an elective by taking a course that is not listed above should send the course title and description to the M.Eng. director for approval before taking the course.
8 Medical and Industrial Biotechnology Specialization 2010-2011 The Medical and Industrial Biotechnology (MIB) Specialization prepares students from engineering and life sciences for careers in biotechnology industries including manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, tissue culture, agricultural products, and new food and energy sources. The core of the specialization comprises two courses -- Bioprocess Engineering ( 5430) and Systems Biology in Biotechnology and Medicine ( 5440) -- and an M.Eng. independent project that will involve important laboratory methods in biotechnology, including recombinant DNA and cloning, cell culture, protein production, small and large-scale separations, and bioreactor design and operation. This example curriculum satisfies the chemical engineering M.Eng. requirements and the specialization requirements. 5430 Bioprocess Engineering 3 5440 Systems Biology in Biotechnology and Medicine x MIB Elective 3 5950 Medical and Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory Project 4010 Molecular Principles of 3 4020 Cellular Principles of Biomedical Engineering** Biomedical Engineering** 5940 Bioengineering Logic and 2 Design Free Elective 3 5990 Medical and Industrial 1 5990 Medical and Industrial Biotechnology Seminar*** Biotechnology Seminar*** 3 8 3 1 Total 15 Total 15 *the MIB elective should be chosen from the list below; **students who have taken CHE 401 and/or 402 or the equivalent(s) can substitute electives for these classes; ***the seminars are self-directed sets of 10 lectures each semester from various biotechnology and biology seminar series on campus. The 8-credit M.Eng. project in the spring semester will apply methods and techniques in biotechnology to an independent project. Potential projects will be discussed and researched in the fall semester under the auspices of (Bioengineering Logic and Design). The result of this 2-credit course will be a prospectus containing a problem statement, significance, plan, and timeline for proposed project. Students in this specialization are not required to satisfy the air pollution and business practices knowledge requirements described on page 3. MIB Electives Bioengineering Electives: AEP 4700 Biophysical Methods (also BIONB 4700) BME 6410 Biomedical Engineering Analysis of Proteins for Medicine (spring) BME 6670 Biotechnology BEE 7600 Nucleic Acid Engineering BEE 3600 Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (also BME 3600)
9 BEE 3680 CEE 6580 CEE 4510 Biotechnology Applications: Animal Bioreactors Biodegradation and Biocatalysis (spring) Microbiology for Environmental Engineering (spring) Biological Sciences Electives: BIOAP 4580 Mammalian Physiology BIOAP 3160 Cellular Physiology BIOBM 3300 Biochemistry (fall and spring) BIOBM 3340 Computer Graphics and Molecular Biology (fall and spring) BIOBM 4320 Survey of Cell Biology (spring) BIOBM 4340 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine, Agriculture and Industry (fall) BIOBM 4380 The RNA World BIOBM 4390 Molecular Basis of Human Disease (also BIOGD 4390) BIOBM 6310 Protein Structure, Dynamics and Function BIOBM 6330 Biosynthesis of Macromolecules (fall) BIOBM 6360 Functional Organization of Eukaryotic Cells (spring) BIOMI 3940 Applied and Food Microbiology (also FDSC 3940) BIOMI 3970 Environmental Microbiology (also CSS 3970) BIOMI 4160 Bacterial Physiology BIOMI 4200 Microbial Genomics BIOMI 4850 Bacterial Genetics (fall) BIOMI 6901 Prokaryotic Biology: Microbial Structure and Function BIOMI 6902 Prokaryotic Biology: Environmental Microbiology BIOMI 6903 Prokaryotic Biology: Microbial Physiology/Diversity BIOMI 6904 Prokaryotic Biology: Microbial Genetics BIOMI 6905 Prokaryotic Biology: Microbial Pathogenesis BIOPL 3420 Plant Physiology BIOPL 3430 Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering of Plants BIOPL 3800 Strategies and Methods in Drug Discovery BIOPL 4440 Plant Cell Biology BIOPL 4620 Plant Biochemistry BIOPL 4825 Molecular Biology of Plant Organelles (also BIOGD 4825) BIOPL 4826 Plant Biotechnology (also PLBR 4826) CHEM 4500 Principles of Chemical Biology (also BIOBM 4500) (I) (PBS) CHEM 4510 Structural Chemical Biology (PBS) CHEM 6670 Topics in Chemical Biology CHEM 6680 Chemical Aspects of Biological Processes CHEM 6720 Kinetics and Regulation of Enzyme Systems CHEM 6770 Chemistry of Nucleic Acids CHEM 6860 Physical Chemistry of Proteins
10 Polymer Processing Specialization 6400 Elective(s) 3-6 Elective(s) 6 Business Practices 3 Pollution Control 3 Polymeric Materials 3 M. Eng. Project. 3 5650 Elective 3-6 Electives 3 Total 15 Total 15 Examples of Electives: TXA 3350 Fiber Science MSE 5250 Organic Optoelectronics MSE 5550 Introduction to Composite Materials (fall) MSE 6550 Composite Materials (spring) MSE 5210 Solid Polymers (fall) MSE 5230 Physics of Soft Materials 6440 Aerosols and Colloids (fall) 7450 Physical Polymer Science I (fall)
11 Materials Science Specialization Elective(s) 3-6 Elective(s) 3-6 Business Practices 3 Pollution Control 3 Elective(s) 6 M. Eng. Project 3 565 Elective(s) 3-6 Total 15 Total 15-16 Examples of Electives: MSE 4020 MSE 5210 MSE 5310 MSE 5230 MSE 5250 MSE 5410 MSE 5450 MSE 5550 MSE 5850 CHE 4800 CHE 6400 CHE 6440 Mechanical Properties of Materials, Processing and Design (fall) Solid Polymers (fall) Introduction to Ceramics (spring) Physics of Soft Materials Organic Optoelectronics Micro-Processing of Materials Magnetic and Ferroelectric Materials (fall) Introduction to Composite Materials (spring) Electronic, Magnetic, and Dielectric Properties of Materials (spring) Electronic Materials Processing Polymeric Materials (fall) Aerosols and Colloids (fall)
12 Microfabrication Specialization 4840 Elective(s) 3-6 Elective(s) 3-6 Business Practices 3 Pollution Control 3 Micromical and 3 M. Eng. Project 3 Microfluidic 5650 Elective(s) 3-6 Electronic Materials 3 4800 Processing Elective 0-3 15 15 Possible Electives: AEP 4500 AEP 5500 AEP 6610 AEP 6620 AEP 663 0 MSE 5450 MSE 5350 MSE 5490 ECE 4570 ECE 4820 ECE 5350 ECE 5360 ORIE 5770 Introductory Solid State Physics (fall) Applied Solid State Physics (spring) Nanoharacterization (fall) Micro/Nano-Fabrication and Processing (spring) Nanobiotechnology (fall) Magnetic and Ferroelectric Materials (fall) Thermodynamics of Condensed Systems (fall) Nanofabrication: Making It Small (spring) Silicon Device Fundamentals (fall) Plasma Processing of Electronic Materials (spring) Semiconductor Physics (fall) Nanofabrication of Semiconductor Devices (fall) Quality Control
13 Food Science Specialization Elective(s) 3-6 Elective(s) 3-6 XXX Business Practices 3 Pollution Control 3 Electives 6-9 M. Eng. Project 3 5650 Elective(s) 3-6 Total 15 Total 15 Possible Electives: NS 3320 Methods in Nutritional Sciences (fall) FDSC 4150 Principles of Food Packaging (spring) FDSC 4170 Food Chemistry I (spring) FDSC 4180 Food Chemistry II (fall) FDSC 4230 Physical Principles of Food Processing and Manufacturing (fall) 6400 Polymeric Materials (fall) 6440 Aerosols and Colloids (fall)
14 Bioengineering Minor The Bioengineering Minor is administered by the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Students intending to complete the minor must file a course plan with the Biomedical Engineering office in 115 Weill Hall. The minor requires three approved courses, either two in bioengineering and one in biological sciences, or three in bioengineering. Students must also take the Bioengineering Seminar for one semester. Also, students selecting this option must select a bioengineering-related M. Eng. project. The following curriculum is an example that satisfies the chemical engineering requirements and the bioengineering minor requirements. CHE Elective 3 Air Pollution Control 3 6610 5430 Biomolecular Engineering of 3 M. Eng. Project 3 Bioprocesses 5650 Business Practices 3 CHE Applications 6 Electives Biological Sciences Elective 3 Bioengineering Elective 3 Bioengineering Elective 3 Total 15 Total 15 Examples of Electives: Bioengineering Electives: 4010 Molecular Principles of Biomedical Engineering (fall) 4020 Cellular Principles of Biomedical Engineering (spring) 4810 Biomedical Engineering (spring) 6310 Engineering Principles for Drug Delivery BME 6410 Biomedical Engineering Analysis of Proteins for Medicine (spring) BME 5600 Biotransport and Drug Delivery (spring) Biological Sciences Electives: BIOBM 3300 Biochemistry (fall and spring) BIOBM 3340 Computer Graphics and Molecular Biology (fall and spring) BIOBM 4400 Laboratories in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (fall and spring) BIOBM 4320 Survey of Cell Biology (spring) BIOBM 4340 Applications of Molecular Biology to Medicine, Agriculture and Industry (fall) BIOBM 6330 Biosynthesis of Macromolecules (fall) BIOBM 6360 Functional Organization of Eukaryotic Cells (spring) BIOMI 4160 Bacterial Physiology (not offered 2008-9) BIOMI 4850 Bacterial Genetics (fall)
15 Manufacturing Engineering Minor The Manufacturing Engineering Minor is administered by the Departments of Operations Research and Mechanical Engineering. Students intending to complete the minor should consult with Professor John Callister (jc62@cornell.edu) in the M&AE/OR&IE Departments at 291 Grumman Hall. The minor requires ORIE 5150, NBA 5530, ORIE 8930 and 8940, which are colloquia, three approved electives, and a team M. Eng. project supervised by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. MAE 6900 ORIE 9100 6240 Elective 3 Elective(s) 3 Business Practices 3 Pollution Control 3 Group M. Eng. Project 2 MAE 6900 Group M. Eng. Project 3 Elective (2) 3 NBA 5530 Finance and Accounting for 3 Manufacturing Enterprise Engineering 1 ORIE 5150 Economic Analysis of 3 Colloquium Engineering Systems Physics of Micro- and 3 ORIE 9101 Enterprise Engineering 1 Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics Colloquium Total 15 Total 16 Examples of Electives: 6240 Physics of Micro- and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics (also MAE 5240; fall) MAE 4550 Introduction to Composite Materials (fall) NBA 5800 Strategies for Global Competitiveness (fall NBA 5920 Experience in International Management (fall and spring) NBA 6180 Global Innovation and Technology Commercialization (spring)
16 Systems Engineering Minor The Systems Engineering Minor is administered by the Systems Engineering Program. Students intending to complete the minor should consult with the Professor Peter Jackson (255-9122, pj16@cornell.edu) who can approve specific course selections. Students must complete SYSTEN 5100, SYSEN 5200, CEE 5900 and a fourth course with some systems content. This option requires a teambased M. Eng. project for at least 4 credits that includes some systems engineering. For more information consult http://www.systemseng.cornell.edu/program.html. 5650 SYSEN 5100 CEE 5900 Elective 3 Elective(s) 3 Business Practices 3 Pollution Control 3 6610 Group M. Eng. Project 3 Group M. Eng. Project 3 5650 Applied Systems 3 SYSEN Systems Architecture, 3 Engineering 5200 Behavior and Optimization Project Management (also 4 Course with systems content 3 offered in spring) Total 16 Total 15
17 Engineering Management Minor The Engineering Management Minor is administered by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Students intending to complete the minor should visit 219 Hollister Hall (see Patty Apgar, 255-7560) to pick up information about the minor and specific course selections. Students must complete CEE 590, CEE 593 and a third course (at least three credits) in some area of Engineering Management. 5650 CEE 5900 Elective 3 Elective 3 Business Practices 3 Pollution Control 3 M. Eng. Project 2 M. Eng. Project 3 5650 Elective 3 CEE 5930 Engineering Management 3 Methods Project Management (also 4 Engineering Management 3 offered in spring) course* Total 15 Total 15 Examples of Electives: MAE 5949 CEE 5940 ORIE 4510 ORIE 5150 Enterprise Engineering Colloquium (fall and spring) Economic Methods for Engineering Management Economic Analysis of Engineering Systems Manufacturing Systems and Logistics
18 Credits for Chemical Engineering courses (not including 5650) course Semester Course Title Credits number Total credits (must be at least 12) Credits for MEng Project Course number Semester(s) Project Title Faculty advisor Credits 5650 Dept & Course number Credits for electives outside Semester Course title Credits Total non- electives Dept & Course number Dept & Course number Environmental Knowledge Requirement (activity or course) Semester Course title Business Practices Knowledge Requirement (activity or course) Semester Course title