Department of Chemical Engineering Advising Handbook “OLD Curriculum” for students admitted to Chemical Engineering in Sp 2016 or earlier Phillip Savage, Department Head Themis Matsoukas, Undergraduate Program Coordinator Rachel Smith, Undergraduate Student Records Last updated: 2016.04.05 Advising Handbook 1 A. General Information 4 Foreword 5 Chemical Engineering Faculty 6 Department Staff 6 What is New in this Edition 8 Chemical Engineering at Penn State 9 Educational Objectives 9 Academic Integrity 10 Advising 10 Grade Availability 11 Transcript 11 Degree Audit 11 Audit Check Sheets 14 Prerequisites 15 Your Responsibilities 16 B. CURRICULUM 17 General Requirements 18 First Year Seminar 18 Arts/Humanities/Social Science Electives 18 US and International Cultures (US/IL requirement) 18 Language substitution 18 AP credits 19 Other course substitutions 19 Nutrition & Physical Activity (GHA) 19 The CH E Program 20 Common Requirements for All Options 20 Required Chemical Engineering (CH E) Courses 21 Note on CH E 480W 23 Note on ChE 360 23 Prerequisite Chain for CH E courses 24 Information for Students at Campus Colleges 25 Tips for Freshmen & Sophomores 25 Options 26 General Option (GEN) 26 Bioprocess & Biomolecular Engineering Option (BPBME) 29 Energy & Fuels Engineering Option (E&FE) 31 Polymer Engineering Option (PLMRE) 33 Research-Intensive Option 35 Academic Opportunities 37 Program For Schreyer Honors College Scholars 37 Research Opportunities In Chemical Engineering 38 ROTC Program 38 Minors of Interest to CH E Students 38 Professional Planning 41 Graduate School 41 2 Co-Op & Internships In Chemical Engineering 42 Full - Time Employment After Graduation 43 Student Societies 45 AIChE Student Chapter 45 Omega Chi Epsilon 47 C. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL 48 Approved Engineering Electives (General Option) 48 Useful Links 51 3 Old Curriculum – For students who started at Penn State before Summer 2015 A. GENERAL INFORMATION 4 Old Curriculum – For students who started at Penn State before Summer 2015 Foreword This Handbook summarizes the academic requirements of the so-called “Old” Curriculum and is for students who were started at Penn State before summer 2015. Students who entered the ChE major in Spring 2016 are under the Old Curriculum and they are the last group of students to be under the old requirements. This Handbook will receive minimal maintenance until the students under the Old Curriculum graduate. Themis Matsoukas Professor Undergraduate Program Coordinator Department of Chemical Engineering August 20, 2015 5 Old Curriculum – For students who started at Penn State before Summer 2015 Chemical Engineering Faculty Alger, Monty Professor [email protected]. 5-026 132B Fenske edu 9 Armaou, Antonios Associate Professor [email protected] 5-531 170 Fenske 6 Bishop, Kyle Assistant Professor [email protected] 7-439 132C Fenske du 9 Borhan, Ali Professor [email protected] 5-784 122 Fenske 7 Curtis, Wayne Professor [email protected] 3-480 226B Fenske 5 Danner, Ronald P. Professor Emeritus [email protected] 3-481 163 Fenske 4 Fichthorn, Kristen Professor [email protected] 3-480 164 Fenske 7 Gomez, Enrique Associate Professor [email protected] 7-342 106 Fenske D. u 8 Gomez, Esther Assistant Professor [email protected] 7-473 204 Fenske u 2 Hillsley, Mechteld Instructor [email protected] 3-935 111 Fenske u 6 Janik, Michael Professor [email protected] 3-936 104 Fenske Kim, Seong H. Professor [email protected] 63-480 N323 MSC 9 Kumar, Manish Assistant Professor [email protected] 5-751 155 Fenske u 9 Lueking, Angela Professor [email protected] 3-625 120 Hosler 6 Maranas, Costas Professor [email protected] 3-995 112 Fenske 8 Maranas, Janna Professor [email protected] 3-622 107 Fenske 8 Matsoukas, Themis Professor [email protected] 3-200 150 Fenske 2 McFadden, Dawn Assistant Professor [email protected]. 3-622 132A Fenske edu 9 Milner, Scott T. Professor [email protected] 3-935 120 Fenske 5 Perez, Joe Professor Emeritus [email protected] 5-034 130 Fenske 0 Rioux, Robert Associate Professor [email protected] 7-250 165 Fenske 3 Salis, Howard Assistant Professor [email protected] 5-193 210 Ag Engr 1 Savage, Phillip Department Head [email protected] 7-587 160 Fenske Velegol, Darrell Professor [email protected] 65-873 108 Fenske 9 Vrentas, James S. Professor [email protected] 3-480 119 Fenske 8 Wood, Thomas Professor [email protected] 3-481 161 Fenske 1 Zhang, Xueyi Assistant Professor [email protected] 5-974 167 Fenske 6 Zydney, Andrew Professor [email protected] 3-711 118 Fenske 3 Department Staff Benner, Laurinda Administrative Manager [email protected] 3-4676 133B Fenske Black, Stephen Network & Systems Analyst [email protected] 3-9634 5 Fenske Dunlap, Roger Facilities Representative [email protected] 3-4800 127A Fenske 6 Old Curriculum – For students who started at Penn State before Summer 2015 Haines, Lisa Administrative Support [email protected] 3-1375 133 Fenske Assistant Jabco, Chris Advanced Engineering Aide [email protected] 3-4830 49 Fenske Krause, Cathy Graduate Administrative [email protected] 5-2575 158 Fenske Assist. Krause, Mindy Communications Strategist [email protected] 7-6225 133 Fenske Parrett, Tammy Financial Administrative [email protected] 3-4961 133 Fenske Assistant Petrine, Lisa Department Head Staff [email protected] 5-2577 158 Fenske Assistant Smith, M J NSF-NRT Project [email protected] 3-4677 133 Fenske Coordinator Smith, Rachel Administrative Support [email protected] 5-2574 158 Fenske Assistant 7 Old Curriculum – For students who started at Penn State before Summer 2015 What is New in this Edition 1. ChE 360 may be replaced with 3 credits of ChE 4XX courses (Effective Fall 2014). 2. CH E 443 is a new elective that will satisfy the CHE 4XX requirement in the general option (Effective Spring 15). 3. The physical chemistry course can now be selected from the following list of courses: CHEM 408 Computational Chemistry (3) CHEM 448 Surface Chemistry (3) CHEM 452 Physical Chemistry - Quantum Chemistry (3) CHEM 464 Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics (3) CHEM 466 Molecular Thermodynamics (3) This means that CHEM 466, which was previously required, can now be replaced by any of the above courses. 4. eLion has been replaced by LionPath. The sections in this Handbook that refer to eLion will not be updated. 5. This Handbook willrecvive minimal maintenance as the OLD curriculum is being phased out. 8 Old Curriculum – For students who started at Penn State before Summer 2015 Chemical Engineering at Penn State Chemical Engineering is the discipline devoted to the manipulation of molecular matter and energy. Founded on a set of core principles—the conservation of mass, momentum and energy—chemical engineering is a hierarchy of sub disciplines (thermodynamics, kinetics, catalysis, mass, heat and momentum transfer, control) that is able to solve complex problems spanning multiple characteristic time and length scales – from hours and meters to picoseconds and tenths of nanometers. The focus of the discipline is on molecular transformations, whether they are done stoichiometrically, with synthetic catalysts, bioenzymatically, in cells, or even with whole organisms. The emphasis on chemistry and molecular biology as core enabling sciences differentiates chemical engineering from the other engineering disciplines. However, chemical engineering shares in common with the other engineering disciplines, the high level use of mathematics, both as an essential tool for analysis and model building and, even more importantly, as a language for the expression and exchange of well-posed problems and the definition of their solutions. During the 20th century, chemical engineers were employed for the most part in the VISION chemical and petroleum industries. These two the Department of Chemical Engineering at The sectors still provide employment for many of Pennsylvania State University will be recognized as one today’s chemical engineers, but our graduates of the leading comprehensive programs in the country, also pursue careers in electronics, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, consulting fulfilling its part of the University’s proud historical land services, food processing, and many other grant mission through excellence in teaching, research, areas. Chemical engineering of the 21st and service. century can engage their skills across these many apparently disparate industries because MISSION of the breath and depth of their training in the to foster a community of learning and scholarship to engineering core and the enabling sciences; chemical engineers are about to reduce very create new knowledge and technology and to enable our different problems to their basics, e.g. in graduates to identify and achieve their goals. molecular transformations, transport, phase behavior etc. With their foundation in quantitative logical thinking and problem solving, it is not surprising that chemical engineers successfully pursue advanced degrees in business (MBA), law (JD) and medicine (MD) as well as in their own disciplines (MS, PhD). Chemical engineering education provides the student with a powerful problem solving skill set comprised of a high level synthesis of mathematics, computation, chemistry, physics, and molecular biology with the engineering core of thermodynamics, transport, control, and design. Educational Objectives The undergraduate program in Chemical Engineering at Penn State has been designed so that students can identify and pursue their personal and professional goals while obtaining a strong foundation in the principles and practice of Chemical Engineering. The program aims to produce graduates who will attain one or more of the following: 1. Careers as practicing chemical engineers in traditional chemical and energy-related industries as well as in expanding areas of materials, environmental, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries 2. Advanced degrees in chemical engineering (or a related technical discipline), medicine, law, or business 3. Positions that provide the technical, educational, business, and / or political leadership needed in today’s rapidly changing, increasingly technological, global society. 9 Old Curriculum – For students who started at Penn State before Summer 2015 Graduates will learn a broad spectrum of fundamental knowledge in basic mathematical, physical, chemical and biological sciences that is required in engineering problem solving. This includes proficiency in calculus, physics and in chemical and life sciences. Graduates will learn to identify, define, analyze and solve practical, complex, chemical engineering problems. Students will be able to perform mass and energy balances in steady-state and time-dependent systems and will develop the skill to reduce and redefine a complex problem into terms that can lead to a useful solution. Students will learn the principles of process and equipment design. Students will be able to perform design calculations from a preliminary stage to full- scale plant design, and to conduct an economic evaluation of process plants. Students will incorporate, environmental, ethical and other societal concerns in addition to the technological issues in problem solving. Students will develop a sense of personal and professional responsibility, awareness of the societal and natural environment in which engineering decisions are made and implemented, and appreciation for human diversity and the global environment. Students will function as part of working teams, be proficient in oral and written communications, and continue to learn throughout professional lives. Academic Integrity Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic integrity is a basic guiding principle for all academic activity at The Pennsylvania State University, and all members of the University community are expected to act in accordance with this principle. Consistent with this expectation, the University's Code of Conduct states that all students should act with personal integrity, respect other students’ dignity, rights and property, and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts. Academic integrity includes a commitment not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental ethical principles of the University community and compromise the worth of work completed by others. To protect the rights and maintain the trust of honest students and support appropriate behavior, faculty and administrators should regularly communicate high standards of integrity and reinforce them by taking reasonable steps to anticipate and deter acts of dishonesty in all assignments. At the beginning of each course, it is the responsibility of the instructor to provide students with a statement clarifying the application of University and College academic integrity policies to that course. It is the student’s responsibility to understand and abide by that statement. Advising During the first and second year all advising takes place at the Engineering Advising Center: Engineering Advising Center 208 Hammond Building University Park, PA 16802 814-863-1033 [email protected] The Advising Center is staffed with professional advisers and with faculty representatives from all engineering majors who can help with all advising questions, including academic and scheduling problems, advanced registration, and schedule changes etc. A Chemical Engineering representative is available at the Advising Center once a week. If you do have a particular question regarding chemical engineering as a curriculum or profession and cannot meet with the CH E representative, do not hesitate to talk to any faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department. Once in the major, students are assigned an adviser in chemical engineering who will normally remain your adviser until you graduate, unless you request a change. Advisers are there to help but you must initiate the process. Be proactive and make it a point to meet your adviser regularly to make sure you are on track. 10