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List of Courses
* All credit hours are based on the current term, this may vary for previous terms.
| CHME300 - Introduction to Chemical Engi |
(3 credit hours) |
This course introduces the students to the chemical engineering profession and basic calculations in mass and energy balance; phase equilibria; and process flow sheeting. It includes applications on reactive and non-reactive chemical processes. Computer programs are used to implement these topics.
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- (CHEM111 + CHEM175) or (CHEM1701)
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| CHME310 - Computer Appl. in Chemical Eng |
(1 credit hours) |
This course will focus on computer applications in chemical engineering including available software packages. Students will be introduced to the applications of software packages such as such as Hysys, Aspen Plus or PRO/II for simulating main unit operations related to chemical engineering processes.
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- GENG200
- CHME3001
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| CHME322 - Chemical Engin Thermodynamics |
(3 credit hours) |
Review of the basic laws in thermodynamics. Theory and applications of solution thermodynamics, vapor-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibrium for ideal and non-ideal systems, and chemical reaction equilibrium.
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- GENG220
- CHEM2705
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| CHME330 - Chemical Eng. Fluid Mechanics |
(3 credit hours) |
Principles of fluid mechanics and physical separation processes are introduced. Topics include flow and pressure measurement for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, dimensional analysis and pressure drop, and flow through porous media and packed beds. Applications to filtration, fluidization, sedimentation, and biosystems.
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- PHYS135 or PHYS1110
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| CHME411 - Reactor Design |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers kinetics of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, design of isothermal reactors such as Batch, CSTR and PFR, introduction to bioreactors, catalysis and catalytic reactions; non-isothermal reactor design; multiple reactions.
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- CHEM3706
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| CHME413 - Heat Transfer |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers the three modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, radiation, and their applications in steady- and unsteady-state heat transfer. Integrated analogy between fluid and heat transfer operations. Condensation, boiling, and evaporation. Energy applications in biosystems. Heat exchangers: types, design, and rating.
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- CHME330
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| CHME418 - Chemical Eng. Laboratory I |
(2 credit hours) |
In this laboratory course, students conduct selected experiments to illustrate and use material covered in transport phenomena courses: fluid, heat and mass transfer. Students are evaluated on submitted reports covering experimental design, theory tested, and analyses of experimental data.
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- CHME413
- GENG250
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| CHME421 - Mass Transfer |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers molecular and convective steady-state and unsteady-state mass transfer. Integrated analogy between fluid, heat, and mass transfer operations. Interfacial mass transfer, continuous and stage-wise contact operations, with applications in absorption and distillation.
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- CHME330
- BIOC1001
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| CHME433 - Water Desalination |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims at studying industrial desalination processes. Topics covered include global and local water resources, water quality and analysis, technical and economic analysis of major desalination processes such as multi-stage flash, reverse osmosis, multiple-effect distillation and electrodialysis.
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- CHME413
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| CHME441 - Industrial & Wastewater Treat. |
(3 credit hours) |
Definitions, characteristics, survey and monitoring of industrial wastewater. Legislation, guidelines, and standards. Treatment processes: volume and strength reduction, neutralization and equalization, removal of suspended and colloidal solids, removal of dissolved organics. Combined treatment of industrial and domestic wastewaters. Treatment economics. New trends in treatment processes.
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| CHME442 - Corrosion |
(3 credit hours) |
This course introduces electrochemical principles and their application to corrosion. Topics covered include different corrosion mechanisms, corrosion inhibition and different methods for electrochemical metal protection. Case studies from oil and petroleum refining industries are also included.
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- CHEM2703
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| CHME444 - Renewable Energy Sources |
(3 credit hours) |
The objective of this course is to assess current and potential future energy systems, including resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use, with emphasis on meeting regional and global energy needs. Different renewable and conventional energy technologies will be presented, including bio-fuels, fuel cells, solar energy, wind energy and nuclear energy. Topics include basic principles of reactor design and operation at commercial nuclear electrical generating facilities, including an examination of nuclear waste issues. The photovoltaic solar energy systems will be presented, focusing on the behavior and design of "stand-alone" photovoltaic systems.
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- CHME413
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| CHME452 - Biochemical Treatment |
(3 credit hours) |
The course emphasizes on the biological treatment of wastes. Topics covered include: constituents in wastewater, biological treatment fundamentals, aerobic and anaerobic systems, attached and suspended treatment processes, process selection, and advanced wastewater treatment.
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- CHME421
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| CHME453 - Biofuels Technology |
(3 credit hours) |
Overview of the technologies available for bio-fuels production. The topics covered include (a) Biodiesel: advantages of biodiesel over petroleum diesel, conventional biodiesel production technologies, enzymatic biodiesel production, and new feedstock, and (b) Bio ethanol: advantages of bio-ethanol, fermentation processes, and production of bio ethanol from cellulose.
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- CHME421
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| CHME454 - Biochemical Separation |
(3 credit hours) |
The course presents main techniques of Bioseparation used in the purification of a wide range of valuable molecules. Topics covered include: fundamentals of downstream separation and purification processes, membrane separation, chromatography, centrifugation, cell disruption, extraction, protein separation and purification, and process design.
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| CHME457 - Fund. of Biochemical Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers the basic aspects of bioreactors design. Topics covered include: applied enzyme catalysis, immobilized enzyme technology, kinetics of enzymatic reactions, product formation and biomass production in cell culture, batch and continuous culture, and design and analysis of bioreactors.
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| CHME461 - Natural Gas Processing |
(3 credit hours) |
This course introduces different techniques for processing natural gas. Topics include properties and behavior of natural gas using equations of state, hydrate formation, field treatment including dehydration, sour gas sweetening, sulfur recovery, and liquefaction. Design of main processing equipment will be studied.
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- CHME322
- CHME4211
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| CHME462 - Petroleum Refining Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims at introducing different techniques for petroleum refining. Topics include refinery feed stocks and products, field processes, crude distillation, coking and thermal processes, catalytic reforming and cracking, hydro-processing, and solvent treating processes. Students will do a case study of a typical refinery.
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- CHEM2703
- CHME300
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| CHME463 - Petrochemical Technology |
(3 credit hours) |
Overview. Petrochemical feed stock. Growth of global and UAE petrochemical industry. Technologies for the manufacture of bulk petrochemicals: Steam Reforming, Synthesis gas manufacture, Steam Cracking, Olefin Separation, Upgradation of C2, C3, C4, and C5 cuts. Manufacture of major downstream products and their uses and properties, e.g., Methanol, Formaldehyde, Ethylene oxide, Ethylene glycol, PVC, LDPE and HDPE, Propylene oxide, Isopropyl Alcohol, Butadiene, Isobutylene, Acetic acid, Maleic anhydride, Nylons, Polyethylene terepthalate, Formaldehyde resins, Styrene Butadiene Rubber, etc.
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- CHME300
- CHEM2703
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| CHME464 - Polymer Engineering |
(3 credit hours) |
Introduction to polymer science and synthesis: condensation polymerization, addition polymerization, bulk polymerization, solution polymerization, suspension polymerization, and emulsion polymerization. Industrial polymer processing: extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, calendaring, sheet forming and fiber spinning. Review of the design and manufacture of polymer products, with particular emphasis on material selection and processing technology. Engineering properties of elastomers, thermoplastics, blends and specialty polymers in terms of processing characteristics and end-use performance.
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- CHEM2703
- CHME330
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| CHME495 - Industrial Training |
(15 credit hours) |
Students spend one semester on a full-time basis in engineering or consulting office in the UAE or abroad to earn practical skills.
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- MATH2210
- MATH2220
- GENG315
- GENG215
- PHYS1120
- MECH390
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| CHME506 - Process Modeling & Simulation |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims at introducing principles of process modeling using modern flow sheet simulators. Topics covered include multi-component phase equilibria, fluid flow reaction kinetics and separation processes. Applications using FLOWTRAN and AspenPlus simulators.
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- CHME322
- MATH2210
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| CHME508 - Process Control |
(3 credit hours) |
This course aims at introducing process dynamics and principles of control for chemical processes. Topics covered include block diagrams, Laplace transforms, transient response of feed-back systems, stability analysis, gain and phase margins.
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- MATH2210
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| CHME510 - Process and Plant Design |
(3 credit hours) |
This course exposes the student to design strategies and interrelationships between process and design variables. There is an emphasis on cost analysis, environment, and rational use of energy and raw materials. Design of processes related to the petroleum and petrochemical industries.
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- GENG315
- MECH390
- CHME421
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| CHME517 - Mass Transfer Operations |
(3 credit hours) |
This course starts with a review of phase equilibria, and then covers binary and multi-component distillation, leaching, and liquid-liquid extraction, with applications in design of a multi-column distillation process.
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- CHME421
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| CHME519 - Chemical Engineering Lab II |
(2 credit hours) |
In this course the students conduct selected experiments to apply material presented in kinetics and reactor design, and separation processes. Students are evaluated based on their participation and submitted reports.
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- CHME421
- CHME4111
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| CHME570 - Special Topics In Chemical Eng |
(3 credit hours) |
A specific topic in chemical engineering that is not covered in other program courses is presented in a course format. The selected topic is to be approved by the departmental board and the prerequisite to be specified according to the topic.
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- CHME495
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| CHME575 - Indep Studies In Chemical Engi |
(3 credit hours) |
An independent investigation by each student of a certain problem in the core areas of chemical engineering. The investigation may require theoretical, numerical, and experimental work. Grades are based on solving the assigned problem and giving an oral and a written report. There are no formal lectures. The topic choice requires arrangement with a faculty member and the approval of the department.
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- CHME495
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| CHME585 - Graduation Project I |
(3 credit hours) |
Each student will be required to complete a design project before graduation. The project is to emphasize fundamentals of chemical engineering and allow an element of original work by each student. A critical review of literature is required in order to present current state of knowledge of the problem under investigation and a detailed report will be submitted.
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- CHME495
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| CHME590 - Graduation Project Ii |
(3 credit hours) |
Each student will be required to complete a design project before graduation. The project is to emphasize fundamentals of chemical engineering and allow an element of original work by each student. A critical review of literature is required in order to present current state of knowledge of the problem under investigation and a detailed report will be submitted.
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- CHME585
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| CHME611 - Transport Phenomena |
(3 credit hours) |
Prediction of velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles for flowing fluids; unifying concepts and analogies in momentum, heat, and mass transport; streamline flow and turbulence, molecular and eddy conduction and diffusion, boundary layers, smooth and rough conduits and other boundaries.
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| CHME612 - Adv. Reaction Engineering |
(3 credit hours) |
Kinetics of fluid-solid reactions in single particles, Mechanisms and kinetics of catalytic reactions; Reactor design: Fixed, fluidized and transport bed reactors for homo/heterogeneous systems; Novel reactors; Applications in petroleum and chemical industries.
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| CHME621 - Adv. Mass Transfer |
(3 credit hours) |
A study of fundamental mass transfer; theories of interphase mass transfer; gas-liquid and liquid-liquid systems; characterization; selection and design of equilibrium and rate-governed separation processes; capacity and efficiency of mass transfer equipment.
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| CHME622 - Biochemical Engineering |
(3 credit hours) |
An integrated approach to the application of engineering principles to biochemical processes. Topics include: cellular biology, polymeric cell compounds, enzyme and microbial kinetics, design and scale-up of bioreactors, sterilization, and bioseparation processes.
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| CHME623 - Adv. Polymer Engineering |
(3 credit hours) |
Polymer reaction engineering, characterization and processing for chemical engineers; polymerization mechanisms, kinetics and industrial equipment; thermodynamics of polymer solutions, morphology; crystallization and mechanical properties; polymer processing equipment and technology.
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| CHME624 - Adv. Process Dyna. & Contr |
(3 credit hours) |
Open-loop system dynamics, closed-loop systems, systems with difficult dynamics, non-linear systems, discrete-time systems, model-based control, adaptive systems and artificial intelligence. application to the chemical industry.
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| CHME625 - Selected Topics in Chem. Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
Different selected topics in chemical engineering selected to complement the student's program and approved by the Program Committee.
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| CHME630 - Indep. Study in Chem. Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
This course allows the student to select a certain topic in chemical engineering and study it under the supervision of a faculty member. A final report is submitted and presented orally at the end of the term about the studied topic.
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| CHME711 - Transport Phenomena |
(3 credit hours) |
Prediction of velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles for flowing fluids; unifying concepts and analogies in momentum, heat, and mass transport; streamline flow and turbulence, molecular and eddy conduction and diffusion, boundary layers, smooth and rough conduits and other boundaries.
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| CHME712 - Adv. Reaction Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
Kinetics of fluid-solid reactions in single particles, Mechanisms and kinetics of catalytic reactions; Reactor design: Fixed, fluidized and transport bed reactors for homo/heterogeneous systems; Novel reactors; Applications in petroleum and chemical industries.
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| CHME721 - Adv. Mass Transfer |
(3 credit hours) |
A study of fundamental mass transfer; theories of interphase mass transfer; gas-liquid and liquid-liquid systems; characterization; selection and design of equilibrium and rate-governed separation processes; capacity and efficiency of mass transfer equipment.
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| CHME722 - Biochemical Engineering |
(3 credit hours) |
An integrated approach to the application of engineering principles to biochemical processes. Topics include: cellular biology, polymeric cell compounds, enzyme and microbial kinetics, design and scale-up of bioreactors, sterilization, and bioseparation processes.
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| CHME723 - Adv. Polymer Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
Polymer reaction engineering, characterization and processing for chemical engineers; polymerization mechanisms, kinetics and industrial equipment; thermodynamics of polymer solutions, morphology; crystallization and mechanical properties; polymer processing equipment and technology.
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| CHME724 - Adv. Process Dyna. & Control |
(3 credit hours) |
Open-loop system dynamics, closed-loop systems, systems with difficult dynamics, non-linear systems, discrete-time systems, model-based control, adaptive systems and artificial intelligence. application to the chemical industry.
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| CHME725 - Selected Topics in Chem. Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
Different selected topics in chemical engineering selected to complement the student's program and approved by the Program Committee.
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| CHME730 - Indep. Study in Chem. Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
This course allows the student to select a certain topic in chemical engineering and study it under the supervision of a faculty member. A final report is submitted and presented orally at the end of the term about the studied topic.
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| CHME735 - Adv. Topics in Chemical Eng.1 |
(3 credit hours) |
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Chemical Engineering
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| CHME736 - Adv. Topics in Chemical Eng.2 |
(3 credit hours) |
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Chemical Engineering
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| CHME740 - Indep. Research in Chemi Eng.1 |
(3 credit hours) |
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students, in which they conduct exploratory research with emphasis on new frontiers in Chemical Engineering.
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| CHME741 - Indep. Research in Chemi Eng.2 |
(3 credit hours) |
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students, in which they conduct exploratory research with emphasis on new frontiers in Chemical Engineering.
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| CHME745 - Chemical Engineering Seminar |
(1 credit hours) |
PhD students must sign for the 0 credit hour seminar course every semester.
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| CHME780 - Comprehensive Exam |
(0 credit hours) |
Passing the comprehensive exam is required to enter into PhD candidacy. The exam evaluates the research ability of potential PhD candidates.
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| CHME785 - Prospectus Exam |
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PhD candidate defend research plans in front of supervisory committee.
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| CHME790 - Dissertation Doctoral Research |
(30 credit hours) |
Open to students who have successfully completed the comprehensive exam. PhD student conducts original research under the direction of a supervisory committee. Credits are determined in consultation with the dissertation supervisor.
Prerequisite: Student must pass
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- CHME780
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| CHME795 - Dissertation Defense |
(0 credit hours) |
Two part exam, open and close, to defend the results of PhD research work
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| CHME880 - Comprehensive Exam |
(0 credit hours) |
Passing the comprehensive exam is required to enter into PhD candidacy. The exam evaluates the research ability of potential PhD candidates.
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| CHME885 - Prospectus Exam |
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PhD candidate defend research plans in front of supervisory committee.
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| CHME990 - Dissertation Doctoral Research |
(30 credit hours) |
Open to students who have successfully completed the comprehensive exam. PhD student conducts original research under the direction of a supervisory committee. Credits are determined in consultation with the dissertation supervisor.
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| CHME995 - Dissertation Defense |
(0 credit hours) |
Two part exam, open and close, to defend the results of PhD research work
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| CPSE605 - Thesis Research |
(6 credit hours) |
A directed research study on a specialized topic under the supervision of faculty advisor(s). The research is carried out during two or more terms. A written report is submitted at the end of the study and defended in front of a panel.
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| PETE290 - Introduction to Petroleum Eng. |
(1 credit hours) |
This course introduces the general activities of the upstream sector of the petroleum industry including origin of petroleum, petroleum traps, exploration for oil and gas, drilling and completion practices, and production operations, corrosion, pollution, oil storage, transportation, refining, and marketing.
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| PETE305 - Reservoir Rock & Fluid Prop. |
(3 credit hours) |
This course introduces fundamental properties of reservoir rocks and fluids (oil, natural gas, formation water). Rock properties include porosity, fluid saturation, rock compressibility, permeability, capillary pressure, and effective and relative permeability. Fluid properties include composition of hydrocarbons, phase behavior of hydrocarbon systems, types of reservoir fluids, properties of oil-phase, gas-phase, and water-phase at reservoir pressures and temperatures, gas-liquid equilibrium (flash and differential vaporization), and gas-liquid equilibrium calculations using K values.
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| PETE308 - Drilling Engineering I |
(3 credit hours) |
This course introduces basic drilling techniques and drilling fluid properties. Topics include rock characteristics, drilling fluids, lab measurements of cement and mud properties, mud weight calculations, components of rotary drilling rig, drilling hydraulics, drilling bits, factors affecting rate of penetration, cementing operations.
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| PETE315 - Reservoir Rock & Flui Prop lab |
(2 credit hours) |
This course deals with the measurement of fundamental properties of reservoir rocks and fluids. Rock properties include porosity, irreducible water saturation, residual oil saturation, absolute permeability, capillary pressure, and relative permeability. Fluid properties include oil distillation, oil composition of one of oil fractions, oil density at room conditions and at high pressure and temperature conditions, oil viscosity at high pressure and temperature, surface and interfacial tensions, flash liberation process, estimation of bubble-point pressure at reservoir temperature, and oil-formation-volume factor and solution gas/oil ratio at pressures below the bubble-point pressure.
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| PETE320 - Reservoir Mechanics |
(3 credit hours) |
This course deals with material balance (MB) techniques to estimate oil and gas reserves. Topics include generalized MB equations for oil and gas reservoirs, fluid drive mechanisms, selection of PVT data, water influx, analysis of production history data and performance prediction of oil and gas reservoirs.
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| PETE362 - Data Analysis in Petroleum Eng |
(1 credit hours) |
This course concentrates on the application of probability theory to analyze data in petroleum engineering processes. This includes data analysis of heterogeneous reservoir rock properties to estimate the most probable values of porosity, water saturation, permeability, and volumetric hydrocarbon reserves; use of permeability distribution as a descriptor of reservoir heterogeneity; probabilistic analysis of new hydrocarbon discoveries; and estimation of reservoir performance using probabilistic procedures and regression analysis.
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- PETE305
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| PETE403 - Well Logging |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers analysis of various well measurements of reservoir properties. Topics include effect of the bore hole environment on logging operations interpretation of self potential, resistivity induction, neutron, sonic, density gamma ray, and dipmeter logs to determine hydrocarbon saturation, porosity, permeability, and facies. Also this course covers fundamental geophysical concepts including wellbore seismic and stratigraphic information from dipmeter.
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| PETE407 - Drilling Engineering ll |
(2 credit hours) |
This course deals with additional topics in drilling engineering, namely casing design and landing, directional and horizontal drilling, drilling problems and fishing operations, well control problems and solutions.
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- MECH446
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| PETE409 - Natural Gas Engineering |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers reservoir and flow-line analysis and design for gas field development. Topics include material balance equation, gas condensate reservoirs, deliverability, pressure testing, separation, rate measurements, flow in pipes, and gas storage.
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- PETE320
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| PETE410 - Independent Studies |
(3 credit hours) |
An independent investigation by each student of a certain problem in the core areas of petroleum engineering. The investigation may require theoretical, numerical, and experimental work. Grades are based on solving the assigned problem and giving an oral and a written report. There are no formal lectures. The choice of problem requires arrangement with a faculty member.
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- PETE495
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| PETE413 - Applied Reservoir Geology |
(3 credit hours) |
Oil distribution in the world and in the United Arab Emirates; geology of reservoirs, which includes the formation of reservoir rocks, cap rocks, source rocks and the environments of deposition; petrophysical parameters of reservoir rocks, porosity and permeability; reservoir fluids: oil field waters, crude oil and natural gas; reservoir conditions: pressure, temperature and their effects on oil maturation, migration and accumulation; oil generation. Oil migration; types of oil traps; methods of exploration.
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- GEOL1153
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| PETE419 - Well Performance |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers basic well performance calculations necessary for the design and analysis of naturally flowing and artificially lifted wells. Topics include Inflow Performance Relationship (IPR), Tubing Performance Relationship (TPR), Flowline Performance Relationship (FPR), Choke Performance Relationship (CPR), Gas-Lift, Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP), and production forecasting.
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- CHME330
- PETE320
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| PETE422 - Reservoir Simulation |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers fundamental concepts of reservoir simulation to model single-phase flow in petroleum reservoirs. Topics include reservoir engineering concepts, mathematical concepts, derivation of reservoir flow equations, finite difference approximations, and their solutions, and applications to predict reservoir performance.
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- PETE320
- MATH2220
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| PETE424 - Safety & Envir Impact |
(3 credit hours) |
This course introduces students to safety and environmental issues in petroleum operations. Topics include sources of pollutants and hazards, management of safety and loss prevention, safety programs and safety rules, and environmental protection, rules and regulations.
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- (CHEM1701) or (CHEM111 + CHEM175 + MATH1120)
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| PETE443 - Transport & Storage of Petrol |
(3 credit hours) |
This course deals with analysis and design of surface piping and storage facilities of crude oil and natural gas. Topics include fluid flow and pressure losses in pipes, pipeline design, selection and sizing of liquid pumps and gas compressors, corrosion in pipes, other transportation methods, and storage of petroleum and its products.
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- PETE495
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| PETE495 - Industrial Training |
(15 credit hours) |
Students spend one semester on a full-time basis in engineering or consulting office in the UAE or abroad to earn practical skills.
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| PETE507 - Well Testing |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers reservoir characterization by pressure test analysis. Topics include fluid flow equations in porous media under transient and pseudo-steady state flow conditions, pressure buildup and pressure drawdown tests, average reservoir pressure, type curve matching, well testing of heterogeneous reservoirs, pressure derivatives analysis technique, multiple well testing, and test design and instrumentation
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- PETE320
- MATH2210
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| PETE512 - Petrol. Production Operations |
(3 credit hours) |
Well completions, perforations, Chemical and mechanical properties of reservoir rocks/fluids and treatment fluids, formation damage sources, detection, and modeling. Hydraulic fracturing, and fracturing fluids. Acid/rock interactions and acid treatment of oil reservoirs. Sand control methods. Evaluation of various skin factors.
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| PETE519 - Secondary Recovery Methods |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers analysis and design of the secondary (water and gas injection) recovery technique to recover oil. Topics include flood patterns, mobility ratio, sweep efficiency, displacement mechanisms, injection rates and pressures, reservoir heterogeneity, performance prediction, and sources and treatment of water for water flooding.
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- PETE320
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| PETE520 - Fluid Flow in Porous Media Lab |
(1 credit hours) |
This course deals with the design aspects of oil displacement by another fluid in rock samples. It builds on the experiences of students obtained in lab measurements of individual reservoir rock and fluid properties in PETE 315 to create an integrated lab measurement of all properties needed to analyze oil displacement by a displacing fluid. The displacing fluid can be chosen to study the relative permeability and displacement efficiency of water flooding, gas flooding, or any enhanced oil recovery fluids (acidic water, microbial water, polymer solution, or steam) using cores, fractured cores (sand packs and glass beads may be considered as alternatives) in one-dimensional geometry or packed layers in two-dimensional geometry.
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- PETE315
- PETE5191
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| PETE526 - Separat & Treatm Petrol Fluid |
(3 credit hours) |
This course deals with design of separation and treatment facilities for crude oil. Topics covered include phase behavior of water-hydrocarbon systems, flash calculations, 2 and 3- phase oil and gas separators sizing and design, oil-water emulsions and heater-treater design, treatment of oil field waters, and oil skimmers selection and design.
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- PETE495
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| PETE542 - Petroleum Property Evaluation |
(3 credit hours) |
This course deals with economic evaluation of exploration and producing properties. It combines reservoir-engineering techniques such as reserve calculations and decline curve analysis with rate of return calculations for assured and risky ventures to project economic values for petroleum properties.
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- PETE419
- GENG315
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| PETE547 - Applied Reservoir Simulation |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers advanced topics in reservoir simulation. These include reservoir fluid flow equations in multiphase, multidimensional flow, up-scaling of rock properties, pseudo functions, vertical equilibrium, analysis of data for for consistency, history matching, and applications to field cases.
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- PETE422
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| PETE557 - Enhanced Oil Recovery |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers chemical and thermal methods of EOR. Specific topics include interfacial tension, entrapment and mobilization of oil in porous media, residual oil, miscibility, adsorption at solid/liquid interfaces, surfactants and micro-emulsions, miscible gas flooding, polymer flooding, thermal methods, and effect of reservoir heterogeneity.
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| PETE570 - Spec Topics In Petroleum Engr |
(3 credit hours) |
This course may cover any area of petroleum engineering that is not covered by other courses of the program. A topic, approved by the Department, is selected for an in-depth study in the form of a semester course.
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| PETE585 - Graduation Project I |
(3 credit hours) |
A significant design effort in one area of petroleum operations. Design is based on fundamental understanding of petroleum and reservoir engineering concepts and a critical review of literature of current state of knowledge for the subject under consideration. Projects may involve anslysis and computer program development and/or usage combined with experimental work. Topics for projects may be developed with indsutry cooperation.
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| PETE590 - Graduation Project II |
(3 credit hours) |
A significant design effort in one area of petroleum operations. Design is based on fundamental understanding of petroleum and reservoir engineering concepts and a critical review of literature of current state of knowledge for the subject under consideration. Projects may involve analysis and computer program development and/or usage combined with experimental work. Topics for projects may be developed with industry cooperation.
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- PETE585
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| PETE611 - Fluid Flow in Porous Media |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers derivation and solution of hydrodynamic flow equations in porous media. It covers fluid flow in different geometries, two dimensional flow, two phase flow, gravity flow, potential flow and streamline tracking, derivation of unsteady flow equations, solving the linear diffusivity equation in bounded and unbounded reservoir, Laplace transforms, Fourier transforms and the convection-dispersion equation, method of characteristics, wave equation, elliptic equations, and scaling of mathematical models.
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| PETE612 - Adv. Natural Gas Engineering |
(3 credit hours) |
Reserve estimates for gas and gas-condensate reservoirs; gas well performance; gas-well testing, gas flow in transmission lines; gas storage fields; liquefied natural gas.
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| PETE615 - Advanced Reservoir Engineering |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers advanced topics in reservoir flow and the use of its initial production data for optimum development and management leading to a forecast of its future production capacity. Topics include fluid and petrophysical properties and measurements; horizontal, radial, and vertical flow, multiphase flow, heterogeneous, multilayered, and inclined reservoirs; up-scaling and averaging properties; diffusivity equation and solutions, aquifer influx reserve estimation; reserve estimates from decline curve analysis; productivity index for vertical, horizontal and multilateral wells, gas and water coning, production forecasting; field development alternatives: infill drilling, secondary recovery using water and gas injection patterns, drainage volumes for various schemes, streamlines, tracer methods; introduction to enhanced oil recovery.
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| PETE621 - Non-Thermal EOR Methods |
(3 credit hours) |
New principles of recovery of oil and gas fields including use of polymer, gas-miscible, surfactant, and microbial processes with emphasis on the miscible flooding process. Phase behavior, first contact miscibility, multiple contact miscibility processes, predictive models and economic analysis, selection of candidate reservoirs; design and performance prediction of improved recovery floods.
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| PETE622 - Adv. Well Test Analysis |
(3 credit hours) |
Review of conventional methods. Analysis of variable rate tests, fractured well tests, layered and commingled well tests; pulse testing; interference testing; well testing for vertical permeability; multiple well tests; computer-aided well test analysis, confidence intervals.
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| PETE623 - Reservoir Simulation for IOR |
(3 credit hours) |
Design and implementation of one and two-dimensional multiphase flow reservoir simulator, including interphase mass transfer for variable bubble point oils; development of multiphase flow equations in reservoirs; solution methods of flow equations, phase appearance, treatment of injection and production terms and vertical equilibrium.
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| PETE625 - Selected Topics in Pet. Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
Different selected topics in petroleum engineering selected to complement the student's program and approved by the Program Committee.
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| PETE630 - Indep. Study in Pet. Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
This course allows the student to select a certain topic in petroleum engineering and study it under the supervision of a faculty member. A final report is submitted and presented orally at the end of the term about the studied topic.
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| PETE651 - Water Well Logs |
(2 credit hours) |
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- WATR601
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| PETE711 - Fluid Flow in Porous Media |
(3 credit hours) |
This course covers derivation and solution of hydrodynamic flow equations in porous media. It covers fluid flow in different geometries, two dimensional flow, two phase flow, gravity flow, potential flow and streamline tracking, derivation of unsteady flow equations, solving the linear diffusivity equation in bounded and unbounded reservoir, Laplace transforms, Fourier transforms and the convection-dispersion equation, method of characteristics, wave equation, elliptic equations, and scaling of mathematical models.
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| PETE712 - Adv. Natural Gas Engineering |
(3 credit hours) |
Reserve estimates for gas and gas-condensate reservoirs; gas well performance; gas-well testing, gas flow in transmission lines; gas storage fields; liquefied natural gas.
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| PETE721 - Non-Thermal EOR Methods |
(3 credit hours) |
New principles of recovery of oil and gas fields including use of polymer, gas-miscible, surfactant, and microbial processes with emphasis on the miscible flooding process. Phase behavior, first contact miscibility, multiple contact miscibility processes, predictive models and economic analysis, selection of candidate reservoirs; design and performance prediction of improved recovery floods.
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| PETE722 - Adv. Well Testing |
(3 credit hours) |
Review of conventional methods. Analysis of variable rate tests, fractured well tests, layered and commingled well tests; pulse testing; interference testing; well testing for vertical permeability; multiple well tests; computer-aided well test analysis, confidence intervals.
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| PETE723 - Reservoir Simulation for IOR |
(3 credit hours) |
Design and implementation of one and two-dimensional multiphase flow reservoir simulator, including interphase mass transfer for variable bubble point oils; development of multiphase flow equations in reservoirs; solution methods of flow equations, phase appearance, treatment of injection and production terms and vertical equilibrium.
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| PETE725 - Selected Topics in Pet. Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
Different selected topics in petroleum engineering selected to complement the student's program and approved by the Program Committee.
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| PETE730 - Indep. Study in Pet. Eng. |
(3 credit hours) |
This course allows the student to select a certain topic in petroleum engineering and study it under the supervision of a faculty member. A final report is submitted and presented orally at the end of the term about the studied topic.
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| PETE735 - Adv. Topics in Petroleum Eng.1 |
(3 credit hours) |
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Petroleum Engineering
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| PETE736 - Adv. Topics in Petroleum Eng.2 |
(3 credit hours) |
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Petroleum Engineering
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| PETE740 - Indep. Research in Petro Eng.1 |
(3 credit hours) |
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students, in which they conduct exploratory research with emphasis on new frontiers in Petroleum Engineering.
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| PETE741 - Indep. Research in Petro Eng.2 |
(3 credit hours) |
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students, in which they conduct exploratory research with emphasis on new frontiers in Petroleum Engineering.
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| PETE745 - Petroleum Engineering Seminar |
(1 credit hours) |
PhD students must sign for the 0 credit hour seminar course every semester.
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| PETE780 - Comprehensive Exam |
(0 credit hours) |
Passing the comprehensive exam is required to enter into PhD candidacy. The exam evaluates the research ability of potential PhD candidates.
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| PETE785 - Prospectus Exam |
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PhD candidate defend research plans in front of supervisory committee.
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| PETE790 - Dissertation Doctoral Research |
(30 credit hours) |
Open to students who have successfully completed the comprehensive exam. PhD student conducts original research under the direction of a supervisory committee. Credits are determined in consultation with the dissertation supervisor.
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| PETE795 - Dissertation Defense |
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Two part exam, open and close, to defend the results of PhD research work
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