Chemical and Environmental Engineering (CHEE)  Department Info

CHEE 199 -- Independent Study  (1-4 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEE 201 -- Elements of Chemical Engineering  (3 units)
Description:  Chemical engineering calculations and principles of energy and material behavior.
Prerequisite(s):  MATH 124 or MATH 125; CHEM 103A, CHEM 103B, CHEM 104A, CHEM 104B, ENGR 102, ENGR 170.
Credit for:  2 units engineering science, 2 units engineering design.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 202 -- Introductory Engineering Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  Analytical and numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations; application of mathematical and numerical procedures to solution of chemical engineering problems.
Prerequisite(s):  MATH 223, ENGR 102, ENGR 170.
Credit for:  1 unit engineering design.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 203 -- Chemical Engineering Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow  (3 units)
Description:  Theory and calculations in the unit operations of fluid flow, heat transfer, and evaporation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 201.
Credit for:  1.5 units engineering science, 1.5 units engineering design.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 299 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEE 299H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 303 -- Chemical Engineering Mass Transfer  (3 units)
Description:  Theory and practice in the unit operations of distillation, gas absorption, extraction, drying, and filtration.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 201, CHEE 203.
Credit for:  1.5 units engineering science, 1.5 units engineering design.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 304 -- Chemical Engineering Operations Laboratory  (3 units)
Description:  Laboratory investigation of process equipment.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 201, CHEE 203, CHEE 303.
Credit for:  1.5 units engineering science, 1.5 units engineering design.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 305 -- Chemical Engineering Transport Phenomena  (3 units)
Description:  Theory and calculations pertaining to fundamental transport processes.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 201, CHEE 402.
Credit for:  3 units engineering science.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 307 -- Chemical Engineering Science Laboratory  (3 units)
Description:  Practical verification of fundamental principles of thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport phenomena.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 201, CHEE 304, CHEE 305, CHEE 326; Concurrent registration, CHEE 420.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 316 -- General Thermodynamics  (2 units)
Description:  Properties and equations for solids, liquids, gases and vapors; first law energy balance; second law entropy balance; heat cycles, compressors, engines.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 201; Concurrent registration, CHEM 480A.
Credit for:  2 units engineering science.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 326 -- Chemical and Physical Equilibrium  (3 units)
Description:  Applications of thermodynamics to equilibrium processes; chemical and physical equilibrium in multicomponent systems.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 480A, CHEE 316.
Credit for:  3 units engineering science.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 370 -- Water Supply and Wastewater Systems  (3 units)
Description:  Design of water distribution and wastewater collection systems and fundamental principles of unit treatment processes.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 203 or C E 321.
Credit for:  1.5 units engineering science, 1.5 units engineering design.
Course is available:  by special exam for credit only.
Identical to:  C E 370.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 370L -- Water Supply and Wastewater Systems Lab  (1 unit)
Description:  The course is supplementary to ChEE/CE 370R, the three-unit introductory environmental engineering course. Basically, it consists of a 1-unit, problem-oriented lab that meets two hours per week to provide supplementary material for non chemical engineers taking the introductory course. Emphasis will be on introducing chemistry and biochemistry concepts that support environmental engineering operations for water and wastewater treatment. Basic problem solving skills in these areas will also be developed. this course is designed to support the ChEE/CE 370R efforts of engineers without a strong chemistry and biology background. There will be brief supplementary lectures and problem-solving sessions in the following subject areas: 1. Chemistry concepts 2. Acid-base equilibrium 3. Carbonate system -- alkalinity 4. Metal-lingand complexes, precipitation reactions 5. Redox reactions 6. Basic chemical kinetics 7. Models for microbiological growth kinetics 8. Introduction to reactor performance -- mass balances 9. Water and wastewater quality characteristics 10. Basic microbiology 11. Enzymes and enzyme kinetics 12. Mass transfer kinetics - Fick's Law, aeration 13. Adsorptions reactions
Prerequisite(s):  not for Chemical Engineering students.
Identical to:  C E 370L.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 399 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEE 399H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 402 -- Intermediate Engineering Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  Solution of complex chemical engineering problems utilizing both analytical and numerical techniques.
Prerequisite(s):  MATH 254, CHEE 202; Concurrent registration, CHEE 303.
Credit for:  1.5 units engineering science.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 413 -- Process Control and Simulation  (3 units)
Description:  Theory of automatic control as applied to elementary chemical engineering processes. Use of continuous system simulation languages for study of practical control problems in the process industries.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEE 402.
Credit for:  1.5 units engineering science, 1.5 units engineering design.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 415 -- Microelectronics Manufacturing and the Environment  (3 units)
Description:  This course will focus on presentation of the basic semiconductor processes which have direct environmental implications.
Identical to:  ECE 415.
May be convened with:  CHEE 515.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 418 -- Physiology for Engineers  (4 units)
Description:  Designed to bring to engineering students an awareness of the structure and function of whole organisms, their component organs, and organ systems.
Prerequisite(s):  open to non-majors only.
Identical to:  PSIO 418; PSIO is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 420 -- Chemical Reaction Engineering  (3 units)
Description:  Application of thermodynamic and kinetic fundamentals to the analysis and design of chemical reactors.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 201, CHEE 326.
Credit for:  1.5 units engineering science, 1.5 units engineering design.
May be convened with:  CHEE 520.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 435 -- Corrosion and Degradation  (3 units)
Description:  The science of corrosion and degradation reactions and its application to engineering problems.
Prerequisite(s):  MSE 331R or MSE 412; or Prerequisite or Concurrent registration, CHEM 480B.
Credit for:  2 units engineering science, 1 unit engineering design.
Identical to:  MSE 435; MSE is home department.
May be convened with:  CHEE 535.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 437 -- Advanced Topics in Microelectronics Manufacturing  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental material, electrical, and chemical properties of solid metal, semiconductor, insulator, and organic surfaces applied to selected gas/solid surface chemical reactions important in semiconductor processing and heterogeneous catalysis. This course is designed to introduce students to the chemistry and physics of solid surfaces and interfaces with an emphasis on the gas/solid interface. The first half of the course will be devoted to learning the fundamental material, electrical, and chemical properties of solid surfaces. The fundamentals will be applied in the second half of the course to topics in chemical catalysis and integrated circuit manufacture.
Prerequisite(s):  senior or grad level standing in chemistry, physics, or engineering.
Identical to:  CHEM 437, MSE 437.
May be convened with:  CHEE 537.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 442 -- Chemical Engineering Design Principles  (3 units)
Description:  Preliminary economic, environmental, safety and design principles associated with chemical process equipment.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 201, CHEE 203, CHEE 303, CHEE 304, CHEE 305; Concurrent registration, CHEE 420.
Credit for:  3 units engineering design.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 443 -- Chemical Engineering Plant Design  (3 units)
Description:  Design project from scoping and process selection, through material and energy balances, equipment design and sizing, safety and environmental considerations, to economic analysis of capital cost and operating expense.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 442.
Credit for:  3 units engineering design.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 454 -- Law for Engineers and Scientists  (3 units)
Description:  Topics covered in this course include patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, product liability contracts, business entities, employment relations and other legal matters important to engineers and scientists.
Identical to:  ENGR 454.
May be convened with:  CHEE 554.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 469A -- Air Pollution I  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to the chemistry of air pollutants in the troposphere and stratosphere. Topics include a physical chemistry refresher; air pollution; carbon cycle; stratospheric ozone; combustion; aerosols; samplings; legislation.
Prerequisite(s):  MATH 223. ATMO 469A is not prerequisite to ATMO 469B but is recommended.
Identical to:  ATMO 469A; ATMO is home department.
May be convened with:  CHEE 569A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 469B -- Air Pollution II  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to the chemistry of air pollutants in the troposphere and stratosphere. Topics include a physical chemistry refresher; air pollution; carbon cycle; stratospheric ozone; combustion; aerosols; samplings; legislation.
Prerequisite(s):  MATH 223. ATMO 469A is not prerequisite to ATMO 469B but is recommended.
Identical to:  ATMO 469B; ATMO is home department.
May be convened with:  CHEE 569B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 471 -- Rheology: Principles and Applications  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental principles of the rheological behavior of materials. Non-Newtonian viscous behavior. Application of Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics. Viscoelasticity. The relation between microscope structure and behavior: polymer solutions, slurries, and colloidal systems.
Prerequisite(s):  undergraduate level of fluid mechanics.
May be convened with:  CHEE 571.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 476 -- Water and Wastewater Treatment System Design  (3 units)
Description:  Application of theory and engineering expereince tothe design ofphysical, chemical and biological processes for the treatment of potable and nonpotable water.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 370.
Identical to:  C E 476.
May be convened with:  CHEE 576.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 478 -- Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management  (3 units)
Description:  Management, planning, legal and engineering aspects of liquid and solid hazardous waste treatment and disposal.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 370 or consult department before enrolling.
Identical to:  C E 478.
May be convened with:  CHEE 578.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 481 -- Bioreactor Engineering  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to biotechnology; chemistry of microorganisms; design of bioreactors to include cellular and enzyme reactors of all types; transport phenomena and control of bioreactors; instrumentation and measurement in bioreactors.
Prerequisite(s):  MATH 254, CHEM 241A, CHEM 480A.
May be convened with:  CHEE 581.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 482 -- Simulation of Biological Systems  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental differential equations of plant systems are solved using analog computer methodology. Analysis of soil temperature and moisture, mulched systems, plant growth, and greenhouse environments are simulated using dynamic digital programs, CSMP and ACSL. Parameters of radiation, heat, and moisture transfer , CO2 and unique soil properties are utilized to provide realistic simulation of cyclic conditions.
Prerequisite(s):  knowledge of computer programming.
Credit for:  2 units engineering science, 1 unit engineering design.
Identical to:  ABE 482; ABE is home department.
May be convened with:  CHEE 582.
Usually offered:  Summer.

CHEE 494A -- Senior Project  (1-3 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
May be repeated:  for a total of 9 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 498 -- Senior Capstone  (1-3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 498H -- Honors Thesis  (3 units)
Description:  An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
May be repeated:  for credit 2 times (maximum 3 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 499 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEE 499H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 502 -- Advanced Engineering Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  Process modeling techniques, residence time distribution theory, dynamics of distributed parameter systems, nonlinear parameter estimation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 420.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 505 -- Advance Chemical Engineering Transport Phenomena  (3 units)
Description:  Momentum, energy and mass transport in continua, solution of multidimensional laminar flow problems, turbulence, boundary layer theory.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 305.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 506 -- Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics  (3 units)
Description:  Advanced applications of First and Second Laws, nonideal gases and liquids and their mixtures, principles of chemical equilibrium, and molecular theory.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 326.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 515 -- Microelectronics Manufacturing and the Environment  (3 units)
Description:  This course will focus on presentation of the basic semiconductor processes which have direct environmental implications. Graduate-level requirements will include extended written analysis and oral presentation, which goes beyond the requirements for the students enrolled in CHEE 415.
Identical to:  ECE 515.
May be convened with:  CHEE 415.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 520 -- Chemical Reaction Engineering  (3 units)
Description:  Application of thermodynamic and kinetic fundamentals to the analysis and design of chemical reactors. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a current topic.
Credit for:  1.5 units engineering science, 1.5 units engineering design.
May be convened with:  CHEE 420.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 530 -- Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering  (3 units)
Description:  Kinetics of heterogeneous reaction systems, non-ideal flow reactor models, reactor stability, analysis of industrial reactors.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 420.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 535 -- Corrosion and Degradation  (3 units)
Description:  The science of corrosion and degradation reactions and its application to engineering problems. Graduate-level requirements include a term paper.
Credit for:  2 units engineering science, 1 unit engineering design.
Identical to:  MSE 535; MSE is home department.
May be convened with:  CHEE 435.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 537 -- Advanced Topics in Microelectronics Manufacturing  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental material, electrical, and chemical properties of solid metal, semiconductor, insulator, and organic surfaces applied to selected gas/solid surface chemical reactions important in semiconductor processing and heterogeneous catalysis. This course is designed to introduce students to the chemistry and physics of solid surfaces and interfaces with an emphasis on the gas/solid interface. The first half of the course will be devoted to learning the fundamental material, electrical, and chemical properties of solid surfaces. The fundamentals will be applied in the second half of the course to topics in chemical catalysis and integrated circuit manufacture. Graduate-level requirements include completion of two projects of their choice with the approval of the instructor.
Identical to:  CHEM 537, MSE 537.
May be convened with:  CHEE 437.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 554 -- Law for Engineers/Scientists  (3 units)
Description:  Topics covered in this course include patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, product liability contracts, business entities, employment relations and other legal matters important to engineers and scientists. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a current topic.
Identical to:  ENGR 554.
May be convened with:  CHEE 454.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 561 -- Chemical Process Stimulation  (2 units)
Description:  Use of existing large, modular computer programs for computer-aided process design and analysis; program structure, convergence accelerators and control blocks.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 442.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 569A -- Air Pollution I  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to the chemistry of air pollutants in the troposphere and stratosphere. Topics include a physical chemistry refresher; air pollution; carbon cycle; stratospheric ozone; combustion; aerosols; samplings; legislation. Graduate-level requirements include additional homework and other exercises.
Identical to:  ATMO 569A; ATMO is home department.
May be convened with:  CHEE 469A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 569B -- Air Pollution II  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to the chemistry of air pollutants in the troposphere and stratosphere. Topics include a physical chemistry refresher; air pollution; carbon cycle; stratospheric ozone; combustion; aerosols; samplings; legislation. Graduate-level requirements include additional homework and other exercises.
Identical to:  ATMO 569B; ATMO is home department.
May be convened with:  CHEE 469B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 571 -- Rheology: Principles and Applications  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental principles of the rheological behavior of materials. Non-Newtonian viscous behavior. Application of Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics. Viscoelasticity. The relation between microscope structure and behavior: polymer solutions, slurries, and colloidal systems. Graduate-level requirements includes use of increased experience in terms of knowledge of mathematical techniques applied to Transport and Phenomena problems.
May be convened with:  CHEE 471.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 573 -- Biodegradation of Hazardous Organic Compounds  (3 units)
Description:  Thermodynamic, kinetic, and microbiological principles of biochemical treatment of hazardous organic compounds. Emphasis on biotransformations of chlorinated compounds.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 577 or consult department before enrolling.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Identical to:  C E 573.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 574 -- Environmental Transport Processes  (3 units)
Description:  Engineering concerns in toxic and hazardous waste management with focus on aspects of chemical transport between air, water and soil systems, and microbial degradation processes in natural and engineered environment.
Identical to:  C E 574.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 576 -- Water and Wastewater Treatment System Design  (3 units)
Description:  Application of theory and engineering expereince tothe design ofphysical, chemical and biological processes for the treatment of potable and nonpotable water. Graduate-level requirements include additional homework problems, an enhanced course paper and additional exam questions.
Identical to:  C E 576.
May be convened with:  CHEE 476.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 577 -- Microbiology for Engineers and Others  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of bacterial physiology including morphology, metabolism and genetics. Applications of importance to waste treatment and environmental quality.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 370 or consult department before enrolling.
Identical to:  C E 577.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 578 -- Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management  (3 units)
Description:  Management, planning, legal and engineering aspects of liquid and solid hazardous waste treatment and disposal. Graduate-level requirements include a report on an in-depth review of interdisciplinary aspects of an existing project (with a non-university project engineer).
Identical to:  C E 578.
May be convened with:  CHEE 478.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 581 -- Bioreactor Engineering  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to biotechnology; chemistry of microorganisms; design of bioreactors to include cellular and enzyme reactors of all types; transport phenomena and control of bioreactors; instrumentation and measurement in bioreactors. Graduate-level requirements include a special project.
May be convened with:  CHEE 481.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 582 -- Simulation of Biological Systems  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental differential equations of plant systems are solved using analog computer methodology. Analysis of soil temperature and moisture, mulched systems, plant growth, and greenhouse environments are simulated using dynamic digital programs, CSMP and ACSL. Parameters of radiation, heat, and moisture transfer , CO2 and unique soil properties are utilized to provide realistic simulation of cyclic conditions. Graduate-level requirements include a special project.
Credit for:  2 units engineering science, 1 unit engineering design.
Identical to:  ABE 582; ABE is home department.
May be convened with:  CHEE 482.
Usually offered:  Summer.

CHEE 583 -- Remote Sensing Instrumentation and Techniques  (3 units)
Description:  Development of instrumentation, measurement and signal processing techniques required for electromagnetic remote sensing applications with emphasis on atmospheric remote sensing.
Prerequisite(s):  ECE 482.
Identical to:  ECE 583; ECE is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 585 -- Biomedical Transportation Phenomena  (3 units)
Description:  Transport processes in the cardiovascular system, hemorheology, pharmacokinetics, enzyme kinetics, extracorporeal mass transport devises, biocompatible materials.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 305 or A ME 331A; MATH 223.
Credit for:  3 units engineering science.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 599 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 602 -- Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering  (3 units)
Description:  Analytical and Numerical techniques to solve CHEE P.D.E's, process modeling techniques, perturbation methods, residence time distribution theory.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 402 or CHEE 502 or equivalent.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 605 -- Advanced Mass Transport Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Theoretical aspects of binary and multicomponent systems utilizing penetration, surface renewal, and boundary layer transport concepts.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 505.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 673 -- Advances in Water and Waste Reclamation and Reuse  (2 units)
Description:  Theory, application, and evaluation of currently developing techniques in water and waste reclamation and reuse.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 675.
Identical to:  C E 673.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 675 -- Wastewater Treatment  (3 units)
Description:  Theoretical and applied principles of aerobic and anaerobic wastewater treatment systems.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEE 370.
Identical to:  C E 675.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEE 676 -- Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment  (3 units)
Description:  Advanced design for water and wastewater treatment. Emphasis on modern environmental engineering processes for water and wastewater treatment.
Identical to:  C E 676.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEE 696A -- Chemical Engineering  (1 unit)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for credit 6 times (maximum 7 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 696B -- Combustion  (1 unit)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for credit 6 times (maximum 7 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 696D -- Pollution Control  (1 unit)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for credit 6 times (maximum 7 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 696E -- Crystallization  (1-3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for a total of 7 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 696F -- Fluid Mechanics  (1 unit)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for credit 6 times (maximum 7 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 696H -- New Developments  (1 unit)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for credit 6 times (maximum 7 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEE 900 -- Research  (1-5 units)
Description:  Individual research, not related to thesis or dissertation preparation, by graduate students.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEE 910 -- Thesis  (1-6 units)
Description:  Research for the master's thesis (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or thesis writing). Maximum total credit permitted varies with the major department.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEE 920 -- Dissertation  (1-9 units)
Description:  Research for the doctoral dissertation (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or dissertation writing).
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEE 930 -- Supplementary Registration  (1-9 units)
Description:  For students who have completed all course requirements for their advanced degree programs. May be used concurrently with other enrollments to bring to total number of units to the required minimum.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.