Minor: Process Engineering

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OVERVIEW OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum number of credits required to earn minor: 21

GPA requirements to earn minor: 2.0

Minimum Grade requirements for courses to count toward minor: None.

Contact Information: Hemant Pendse, Chair, 115 Jenness Hall, 207-581-2290, pendse@maine.edu

PLEASE NOTE: This minor is not available to Chemical Engineering majors.

The objective of the Process Engineering minor is to prepare students to work in process manufacturing industries such as semiconductors, foods, pharmaceuticals, plastics, petrochemical, pulp and paper, and bioprocessing. The first course covers basic process calculations used to account for materials and energy used in production processing. The subsequent courses cover design of unit operations such as pumps, heat exchangers, chemical reactors, and chemical separators. Students completing this minor will be able to understand the operation of and analyze the performance of process equipment in a production facility. For science and engineering major outside the traditional process industries the minor will give a broad understanding of the considerations involved in process engineering analysis.

Required Courses:

CHE 200 - Fundamentals of Process Engineering Credits: 4
CHE 352 - Process Control Credits: 3
CHE 360 - Elements of Chemical Engineering I Credits: 4
CHE 362 - Elements of Chemical Engineering II Credits: 4
CHE 368 - Kinetics and Reactor Design Credits: 3
CHE 385 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I Credits: 3
or
CHE 386 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II Credits: 3