CHEME 4620

CHEME 4620

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Students work in teams to address a chemical plant or chemical product design challenge. Teams will prepare, depending on the project type, a full-scale feasibility study of a chemical process including product supply and demand forecasts, assess product functionality through prototyping, scale-up risks, identify energy and waste minimization opportunities, develop mass and energy balances that results in a process flow sheet sufficient for estimating the capital and operating costs of the process facilities. Students also define off-plot support facilities and estimate the capital and operating costs of those facilities to develop an economic analysis of the facilities and to provide an ultimate recommendation as to the project's viability. Some teams will engage company sponsors for key process/product data and design constraints. Students develop presentation and teamwork skills through weekly presentations of their work culminating in a final presentation to a panel of internal and external appraisers.


Prerequisites CHEME 4320.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: Chemical Engineering seniors.

Last 1 Terms Offered 2026SP

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8431 CHEME 4620   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8432 CHEME 4620   LAB 401

    • T Olin Hall 346
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Cleary, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8433 CHEME 4620   LAB 402

    • T Olin Hall 128
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Bauer, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8434 CHEME 4620   LAB 403

    • T Olin Hall 346
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Varner, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8435 CHEME 4620   LAB 404

    • T Olin Hall 128
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Kowal, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8436 CHEME 4620   LAB 405

    • W Olin Hall 145
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Kowal, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8437 CHEME 4620   LAB 406

    • W Olin Hall 346
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Varner, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8438 CHEME 4620   LAB 407

    • T Olin Hall 346
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Cleary, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8439 CHEME 4620   LAB 408

    • W Olin Hall 145
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Kowal, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8440 CHEME 4620   LAB 409

    • R Olin Hall 128
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Kowal, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8441 CHEME 4620   LAB 410

    • W Olin Hall 128
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Bauer, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8442 CHEME 4620   LAB 411

    • R Olin Hall 346
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Cleary, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8443 CHEME 4620   LAB 412

    • W Olin Hall 128
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Bauer, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person