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Academics >> Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Program |
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
A good chemical engineer combines the backgrounds in chemistry, physics, mathematics and biology with the engineering discipline and the computer sciences. A chemist is generally interested in the behavior of the substances and work in small quantities of matter in the laboratory. A chemical engineer on the other hand designs processes and factories to convert the laboratory scale work to economically viable products in the large scale. The responsibilities of a chemical engineer include
Assessing the feasibility of a process in order to produce a chemical or a product
Selection and design equipment for the production plant
Monitoring and control the production operation
Preparing recipes for production, determine the amounts to be mixed and compounded and control their production
Quality control during production in order to ensure an efficient and high quality product, to decide the frequency of the quality control.
Continuous monitoring of the efficiency of the process, and process development.
METU Northern Cyprus Campus Chemical Engineering Program
Chemical engineering discipline requires strong backgrounds in chemistry, physics, mathematics and biology as well as environmental consciousness and social and ethical responsibilities. Our curriculum is designed to educate our future graduates in all these areas. The students receive a strong background in chemistry and engineering courses including thermodynamics, unit operations, reaction engineering, and design courses. With this background, our objective is to train engineers that are capable of design, construct, monitor and maintain chemical process plants. In addition to their technical backgrounds, our graduates will have the background in environmental consciousness, ethical responsibilities and occupational health and safety issues supported by their life-long learning habits.
Career Opportunities
Chemical engineers graduated from our program will be able to take responsibilities in design, production, marketing and maintenance in chemical process and related industries. Chemical engineering program graduates work in petroleum refining, petrochemical, rubber and plastics, pulp and paper, fiber and textiles, pharmaceuticals, dyes and paints, cosmetics, sugar, starch, fermentation, fine and specialty chemicals, soap and detergents, oil, glass, ceramics, cement, industrial gases, catalysts, semiconductors, food, fertilizers, agricultural chemical industries.
Curriculum (METU NCC Chemical Engineering Program)
FIRST YEAR
First Semester
Calculus with Analytical Geometry
(4-2)5
General Physics I
(3-2)4
General Chemistry I
(3-2)4
Computer Aided Engineering Drawing I
(2-2)3
Development of Reading and Writing Skills I
(4-0)4
Introduction to Information Technologies and Applications
(2-0) NC
Second Semester
Calculus for Functions of Several Variables
(4-2)5
General Physics II
(3-2)4
General Chemistry II
(3-2)4
Introduction to C Programming
(2-2)3
Development of Reading and Writing Skills II
(4-0)4
Introduction to Chemical Engineering
(1-1)1
SECOND YEAR
Third Semester
Differential Equations
(4-0)4
Engineering Elective
Chemical Process Calculations
(2-2)3
Organic Chemistry
(3-2)4
Humanities and Social Sciences Elective
HST 201(a)
Principles of Kemal Atatürk I
(2-0)NC
Fourth Semester
Thermodynamics I
(4-0)4
Science Elective
Applied Mathematics for Engineers
(4-0)4
Academic Oral Presentation Skills
(4-0)4
Engineering Economy
(3-0)3
HST 202 (a)
Principles of Kemal Atatürk II
(2-0) NC
THIRD YEAR
Fifth Semester
Physical Chemistry
(3-2)4
Thermodynamics II
(3-0)3
Fluid Mechanics
(3-2)4
Heat Transfer
(3-0)3
TUR 101 (b)
Turkish I
(2-0)0
CHME 300(c)
Summer Practice I NC
Sixth Semester
Chemical Reaction Engineering
(3-0)3
Mass Transfer and Separation Processes
(3-2)4
Control Systems
(3-0)3
Humanities and Social Sciences Elective
Free Elective
TUR 102 (b)
Turkish II
(2-0)NC
FOURTH YEAR
Seventh Semester
Chemical Engineering Design and Economics
(3-2)4
Advanced Communication Skills
(3-0)3
Concentration area elective
Concentration area elective
Concentration area elective
CHME 400 (c)
Summer Practice II NC
Eighth Semester
Chemical Engineering Laboratory
(1-4)3
Concentration area elective
(1-4)3
Concentration area elective
Concentration area elective
Concentration area elective
(a) International students will take HST 400 instead of HST 201 and HST 202
(b) International students will take TUR 201 and TUR 202, which may be taken in the first year with the consent of the advisor.
(c) Students are expected to complete their summer training prior to registering CHME 300 and CHME 400
ELECTIVE COURSES
Science Elective: Students are required to take a course in chemistry, physics, or biology fields, choices are announced each semester.
Engineering Elective: Students are allowed to choose from a number of courses offered in other engineering departments, choices are announced each semester.
Concentration area elective: Students are required to choose a concentration area during their studies within the departmental fields. At least 10 students are required to offer a concentration area.
Concentration areas:
1. Chemical Process Engineering
2. Polymers and Ceramics
3. Bioprocess Engineering
Concentration area 1: Chemical Process Engineering Course List
Required Courses
CHME 418 Process Plant Design (1-4) 3
CHME 426 Reactor Design (3-0)3
CHME 427 Novel Topics in Separation Processes (3-0) 3
Four of the following elective courses
BUS 111 Fundamentals of Business (3-0)3
BUS 142 Financial Accounting (3-0)3
BUS 222 Organization Theory (3-0)3
BUS 321 Human Resource Management (3-0)3
BUS 361 Operations Management (3-0)3
BUS 271 Principles of Marketing (3-0)3
BUS 281 Principles of Finance (3-0)3
CHME 407 Chemical Process Control (3-0) 3
CHME 414 Chemical Technology (3-0)3
CHME 415 Energy Technology (3-0)3
CHME 416 Gas Purification Technology(3-0) 3
CHME 432 Design of fluidized bed reactors(3-0) 3
CHME 446 Fundamentals of Industrial Waste Treatment(3-0) 3
CHME 451 Mathematical Modeling in Chemical Engineering (3-0) 3
CHME 452 Chemical Process Optimization(3-0) 3
CHME 453 Computer Applications in Chemical Engineering (3-0)3
CHME 471 Water Treatment Technology(3-0) 3
CHME 482 Chemical Process Safety (3-0) 3
CHME 473 Heat Transfer in Radiating and Combusting Systems (3-0) 3
CHME 499 Topics in Chemical Engineering (1-4) 3Courses offered in the other concentration areas and in other undergraduate programs are evaluated and recommended each semester
Concentration area 2: Polymers and Ceramics Course List
Required Courses
CHM 455 Polymer Chemistry I (3-0)3 or CHM 456 Polymer Chemistry II (3-0)3 (as science elective during fourth semester)
CHME 464 Product Design (2-2)3
CHME 442 Polymer Technology (3-0)3
CHME 454 Polymer Process Analysis and Design (3-0)3Four of the following elective courses
CHME 444 Structure Property Relations in Macromolecular Media (3-0)3
CHME 447 Chemical Processes in Microelectronics (3-0)3
CHME 448 Ceramic Technology(3-0)3
CHME 449 Macromolecular Technology (3-0)3
CHME 461 Polymer Additives, Blends and Composites (3-0)3
CHME 462 Polymer Solutions (3-0)3
CHME 472 Industrial Rheology (3-0)3
CHME 499 Topics in Chemical Engineering (1-4) 3Courses offered in the other concentration areas and in other undergraduate programs are evaluated and recommended each semester
Concentration area 3: Bioprocess Engineering Course List
Required Courses
BIOL 317 Molecular Biology or BIOL 420 Biochemistry (as science elective during fourth semester)
CHME 419 Bioprocess design (1-4) 3
CHME 443 Downstream processing of bio-products (3-0)3
CHME 490 Fundamentals of Biochemical Engineering
Four of the following elective courses
CHME 499 Topics in Chemical Engineering (1-4) 3
Courses offered in the other concentration areas and in other undergraduate programs are evaluated and recommended each semester
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