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CBE 30356 Transport Phenomena II (Spring Semester)

Course Description: Thermodynamics tells us if a transformation or process can be expected to occur. Transport phenomena, often tells us how fast it will occur. In the fall semester of this course, momentum transfer was the primary topic. This semester the topic will be heat and mass transfer. Generally, the focus will begin with the fundamental equations of transport on the microscale (with large continua of molecules, but smaller than any geometric scale of the system), which are then integrated mathematics of the solution procedures. Considerable effort will be spent on developing a strong understanding of transport processes so that the ideas can be applied to the many different systems that students will encounter, when they are no longer students.

 

CBE 40565/60565 Colloid and Surface Science (Fall Semester)
Course Description: The course will review various intermolecular and interparticle forces and their determination of the properties of simple systems such as gases, liquids, and solids yet especially of more complex colloidal, polymeric and biological systems. I will try to provide a thorough grounding in theories and concepts of intermolecular forces, allowing students to recognize which forces are important in any particular system and how to control these forces.