This course is the first course of the 150 series. It covers fluid mechanics and heat transfer, while 150B covers mass transfer. The professor emphasizes derivations at the microscopic level to create a foundational basis of understanding of transport processes. The course heavily focuses on solving material and energy balances as applied to chemical engineering problems. The course requires previous calculus knowledge including solving ordinary differential equations. The principles learned in this course are applied throughout all other chemical engineering courses.
CBE 140, Math 54 (May be taken concurrently)
3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week, ~6-8 hours per problem set per week.
This course is typically taken immediately after CBE 140 during the second year. The course is typically taken concurrently with CBE 141.
When students take this course, it is often the first semester that students take two chemical engineering courses at the same time, and the workload is a heavy adjustment. I recommend taking a lighter course load with these two classes!
The course did not heavily follow the textbook, so attending lecture was important.
Written by: Samantha Marinkovich
Last edited: Fall 2018