Concentrations within the BSEChE Program

12 credits total, including at least 1 course each from categories A and B.

Category A: BioPharm Science and Engineering

• ChE 517/PharmSci 717 Biopharm engineering (3 cr.)
• ChE/Pharm 519 Modern pharmaceutical engr (3 cr.)
• Phrmacol 601 Principles of pharmacology (3 cr.)
• ChE 497 Solids Processing (3 cr.)
• ChE 496/696 Introduction to Synthetic Biology (3 cr.)
• ChE 696 Principles & Predictions of Drug Distribution (3 cr.)
• ChE 574 Engr principles in drug delivery and targeting (3 cr.)
• Biochem 415/515 Introductory biochemistry (4 cr.), or Chem 351 (4 cr.), MCDB 310 (4 cr.)
• BME 410 Design & applictns of biomaterials (3 cr.)
• Pharm Sci 608 Pharmacokinetic concepts & appl’s (4 cr.)

Category B: Applied Statistics and Math

• ChE 431 Engineering stats & problem solving (3 cr.)
• Stat 412 Intro to probability and statistics (3 cr.)
• Stat 470 Intro to design of experiments (4 cr. w/ Instructor permission)
• Stat 570 Design of experiments (3 cr.)
• Math 419 Linear spaces and matrix theory (3 cr.)
• Math 217 Linear Algebra or Math 214 – Applied Linear Algebra (4 cr alternative-Math 419)
• IOE 460 Decision analysis (3 cr.)

Other Relevant Courses

• BME 500 BME Seminar (1 cr.)
• ChE 407 Chem Process Safety Risk Manag. (2 cr.)
• IOE 425 Lean Manufacturing & Services (2 cr.)
• IOE 436 Human Factors (3 cr.)
• IOE 438 Occupational Safety Management (2 cr.)
• IOE 813 Provid. better hlthcre thru syst engr (2 cr.)
• Psych 449 Decision Processes (3 cr.)

NOTE: EECS students are given priority in enrollments.

Required Courses – 4 credits:

• EECS 215 Intro to electronic circuits (4 cr. preferred) or EECS 314 Electrical circuits, systems, & appl’ns (4 cr.)

Technical Electives – 8 credits.
Process Controls:

• EECS 216 Intro to Signals & Systems (4cr.)
• EECS 460 Control Systems Analysis & Design (4cr.)
• EECS 461 Embedded Control Systems (4cr.)

Electronic Devices:

• EECS 320 Intro to semiconductor devices (4 cr.)
• EECS 414 Introduction to MEMS (4 cr.)
• EECS 421 Properties of transistors (4 cr.)
• EECS 423 Solid-state device laboratory (4 cr.)
• EECS 429 Semiconductor optoelectronic devices (4 cr.)

Technical Electives – 9 credits. Select from:

• AERO 533/ Combustion processes
• ENSCEN 533 (3 cr., requires AEROSP 225)
• CEE 567/ESEng 567 Energy infrastructure systems (3 cr.)
• ChE 496 Fuel processors & fuel cells (3 cr.)
• ChE 496 Solar Energy Conversion (3 cr.)
• ChE 407 Chem Proc. Safety Risk Manag. (2 cr.)
• ME 433/AUTO 533 Adv. energy solutions (3 cr., req. ME 235)
• ME 438 Internal combustion engines (4 cr.)
• ME 538 Advanced IC Engines (3 cr.)
• ME 539 Heat transfer physics (3 cr., req. ME 235 and ME 335)
• ME 571/ESENG 505 Energy generation & storage using modern materials (3 cr.)
• NERS 250/ENSCEN 211 Fundamentals of nuclear energy & Radiological sciences (4 cr.)

Policy/law course – 3 credits. Select from:

• Environ 357/Arch 357 Architecture, Sustainability (3 cr)
• ESENG 501 Seminars on energy systems, tech, and policy (3 cr.)
• EAS 475/EHS 588/Environ 475 Environ law (3 cr.)
• EAS/BE 527 Energy markets and politics (3 cr.)
• PubPol 250 Soc. systems, energy, & pub policy (3cr.)
• PubPol 468/Environ 468 Oil and Gas Policy in the US (3 cr.)
• PubPol 481 Science, tech, & pub policy (3 cr.)
• PubPol 519/EAS 574/RCNSCI 419 Sustainable Energy Systems (3 cr.)

Technical electives – 9 credits.

• ChE 407 Chem Proc. Risk Safety Manag. (2 cr.)
• CEE 365 Enviro engr principles (4 cr.)
• CEE 366 Enviro engr lab (3 cr. reqs CEE 270 and 365)
• CEE 428 Groundwater hydrology (3 cr., requires CEE 265 and CEE 325 or equivalent)
• CEE 465 Enviro process engr (3 cr., requires CEE 325 and CEE 365)
• CEE 480 Design of enviro. engr systems (3 cr.)
• CEE 481 Aquatic chemistry (3 cr.)
• CEE 482  Enviro microbiology (3 cr., requires CEE 325 and 365)
• CEE 526 Design of hydraulic systems (3 cr., requires CEE 325 or equivalent)
• CEE 563 Air quality engineering fundamentals (3 cr.)
• CEE 564  Greenhouse gas control (3 cr.)
• CLIMATE 350 Atmospheric thermodynamics (3 cr.)
• CLIMATE 410 Earth system modeling (4 cr.)
• CLIMATE 475 Earth system interactions (4 cr., sr std)
• Earth 305 Earth’s surface and sediment (4 cr.)
• Earth 313 Geobiology (4 cr.)
• Earth 325 Environ geochemistry (4 cr.)
• Earth 477 Hydrogeology (4 cr.)
• Earth 478 Geochemistry of natural waters (4 cr.)
• ME 589 Sustainable design of technology systems  (3 cr., sr, std.)
• SPACE 370 Solar terrestrial relations (4 cr.)

Sustainability-focused technical electives

• CEE 265 Sustainable engineering principles (3 cr.)
• CEE 586 Industrial ecology (3 – 4 cr., sr, std.)

Policy/law/economics course – 3 credits. Select from:

• CEE 504 Environmental economics and finance (3 cr.)
• Earth 380 Mineral resources, economics, & the environment (4 cr.)
• Econ 370/Environ 375 Environ & resource econ (3 cr.)
• Environ 235 Natural Resources & Environ Econ (3 cr.)
• Environ 312/Polsci 380 Envirol politics and policy (3 cr)
• Environ 365 International environmental law (3 cr.)
• Environ 412/PubPol 412 Environ values in public policy (3 cr.)
• EAS 475/EHS 588/Environ 475 Environmental law (3 cr.)
• ESENG 501/CEE 565 Seminars of Energy Tech & Policy
• EAS/BE 527 Energy markets and energy politics (3cr)
• PubPol 481 Science, tech, and public policy (3 cr.)

Required Course:

• MCDB 310 Intro biochem (4 cr.), or Chem 351 (4 cr.) or Biolchem 415/515 (4 cr.)

Technical Electives – 12 credits.

• Anatomy 403 Human Anatomy (5 cr.)
• Biology 205 Developmental biology (4 cr.)
• Biology 207 Intro microbiology (4 cr.)
• Biology 225 Principles of animal physiology (3 cr.)
• Biology 305 Genetics (4 cr.)
• BME 418 Quantitative cell biology (3 cr.)
• BME 419 Quantitative physiology (4 cr.)
• BME 476 Biofluid mechanics (4 cr.)
• BME 479 Biotransport (4 cr.)
• CEE 482 Environmental microbiology (3 cr., requires CEE 325 and 365)
• ChE 517 Biopharm engineering (3 cr.)
• ChE 519 Pharmaceutical eng.. (3 cr., sr. std.)
• ChE 574 Engineering principles in drug delivery &
  targeting (3 cr.)
• ChE 584 Tissue Engineering (3 cr.)
• MCDB 322 Cell & Molec Neurosci (4 cr.)
• MCDB 411 Protein structure function (3 cr.)
• MCDB 436 Introductory immunology ( 3 cr.)
• Micrbiol 405 Medical microbiology & infectious
  diseases (3 cr.)
• Micrbiol 440 Human Immunology (3 cr.)
• Micrbiol 460 Eukaryotic Microbiology (3 cr.)
• Physiol 201 Intro to human physiology (4 cr.)
• Physiol 502 Human physiology (4 cr.)
• Stats 449 Topics in biostatics (3 cr.)

Technical Electives – 12 credits.

Select from:

• MSE 242 Physics of materials (4 cr.) Any 300, 400, 500 level MSE course

Required Courses:

• ME 211 Intro. to solid mechanics (4 cr.)
• ME 240 Intro. to dynamics and vibrations (4 cr.)

Technical Electives – 4 credits. Select from:

• ME 250 Design and manufacturing I (4 cr.)
• ME 311 Strength of materials (3 cr.)
• ME 382 Mechanical Behavior of Materials (4 cr. – requires ME 211)
• ME 400 Mechanical engr analysis (3 cr.)
• ME 401 Statistical quality control & design (3 cr.) ME 420 Fluid mechanics II (3 cr., requires ME 320) ME 438 Internal combustion engines (4 cr.)
• ME 420  Fluid mechanics II (3 cr., requires ME 320)
• ME 440 Intermediate dynamics & vibrations (4 cr.)
• ME 476 Biofluid Mechanics (4 cr. requires ME 320)

Required Courses:

• NERS 250 Fundamentals of NERS (4 cr.)
• NERS 311 Elements of NERS I (3 cr.)
• NERS 312 Elements of NERS II (3 cr.)

At least 2 additional credits, which require the above 3 courses.

Choose from:

• NERS 421 Nuclear engineering materials (3 cr.)
• NERS 425 Applications of radiation (4 cr.)
• NERS 441 Nuclear reactor theory I (4 cr. reqs NERS 312 and NERS 320)
• NERS 471 Introduction to plasmas (3 cr.)
• NERS 484 Radiological health engr fund (4 cr.)

To include 3 lecture courses, composed of at least 3 credits of 300 level or higher EARTH courses and 3 credits of 300 level or higher CEE courses. Only one of Earth 116 or Earth 119 can count toward the concentration

• Earth 116/ Introductory geology (6 cr.)
• Earth 118 Introductory geology laboratory (1 cr.)
• Earth 119 Introductory geology lecture (3 cr.)
• Earth 284 Environmental geology (4 cr.)
• Earth 305 Earth’s surface & sediments (4 cr., requires intro geology course)
• Earth 314 Global & applied geophysics (4 cr.)
• Earth 351 Earth structure (4 cr.)
• Earth 380 Mineral resources, econ, & the environment (4 cr.)
• Earth 422 Principles of geochemistry (3 cr., requires intro geology course)
• Earth 467 Stratigraphy & basis analysis (4 cr. requires introductory geology course)
• Earth 477 Hydrogeology (4 cr.)
• CEE 345 Geotechnical engineering (4 cr.)
• CEE 428/Enscen 428 Groundwater hydrology (3 cr.)
• CEE 522 Sediment transport (3 cr.)
• CEE 527 Coastal hydraulics (3 cr.)
• CEE 535 Excavation and tunneling (3 cr.)