Chemical and Biological Engineering

Abhaya K. Datye, Chairperson
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Farris Engineering Center 1330
MSC01 1120
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 277-5431
https://cbe.unm.edu/

Distinguished Regents' Professor
Abhaya K. Datye, Ph.D., University of Michigan

Distinguished Professor
David Whitten, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University 

Regents' Professors
Sang M. Han, Ph.D., University of California (Santa Barbara)
Andrew P. Shreve, Ph.D., Cornell University 

Professors
Heather Canavan, Ph.D., George Washington University
Eva Chi, Ph.D., University of Colorado (Boulder)
Jeremy S. Edwards, Ph.D., University of California (San Diego)
Fernando Garzon, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Stev.,W. Graves, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Gabriel P. Lopez, Ph.D., University of Washington
Dimiter Petsev, Ph.D., University of Sofia

Associate Professors
Elizabeth L. Dirk, Ph.D., Rice University
Sang Eon Han, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Assistant Professors
William P. Bricker, Ph.D., Washington University
Nichlaus Carroll, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Shuya Wei, Ph.D., Cornell University 

Professors Emeriti
C. Jeffery Brinker, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Joseph L. Cecchi, Ph.D., Harvard University 
David Kauffman, Ph.D., University of Colorado*
Ronald E. Loehman, Ph.D., Purdue University
Richard W. Mead, Ph.D., University of Arizona*
Timothy L. Ward, Ph.D., University of Washington*

Senior Lecturer III
Jamie Gomez, Ph.D., Florida A&M University

The University of New Mexico National Laboratory Professors
Hongyou Fan, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Peter Randall Schunk, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Research Associate Professors
Ivana Gonzales, Ph.D., University of Zagreb
Linnea Ista, Ph.D., University of New Mexico 

Research Assistant Professors
Angelica Benavidez, Ph.D., University of New Mexico 
Achraf Noureddine, Ph.D., Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimis de Montpellier
Hien Pham, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Rita Serda, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Kristiato Tjiptowidjojo, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Lok-kun Tsui, Ph.D., University of Virginia 

Affiliated Faculty
Rodney Borup, Ph.D., University of Washington
Andrew Bradbury, Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Kimberly Butler, Ph.D., University of New Mexico 
Alina Deshpande, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Laura Frink, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Martin Hanczyc, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Ying-Bing Jiang, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Bryan Kaehr, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
Jaroslaw Majewski, Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science 
Harshini Mukundan, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Susan Rempe, Ph.D., University of Washington
Eric Schindelholz, Ph.D., University of Virginia 
Scott Sibbett, Ph.D., Oregon Health Sciences University
Erik Spoerke, Ph.D., Northwestern University

* Registered Professional Engineer in New Mexico.


Overview

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Chemical Engineering. General department policies on admission and grading, as well as detailed descriptions of the degree programs may be found on the department Undergraduate and Graduate pages.


Courses

CBE 101. Introduction to Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering. (1)



CBE 213. Laboratory Electronics for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Engineers. (3)



CBE 251. Chemical Process Calculations. (3)



CBE 253. Chemical and Biological Engineering Computing. (3)



CBE 302. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. (3)



CBE 311. Introduction to Transport Phenomena. (3)



CBE 312. Unit Operations. (3)



CBE 317. Numerical Methods for Chemical and Biological Engineering. (3)



CBE 318L. Chemical Engineering Laboratory I : Introduction to Experimentation. (3)



CBE 319L. Chemical Engineering Laboratory II. (1)



CBE 321. Mass Transfer. (3)



CBE 371. Introduction to Materials Engineering. (3)



CBE 403 / 503. Heterogeneous Catalysis Seminar. (2 to a maximum of 20 Δ)



CBE 404 / 504. Nanomaterials Seminar. (2 to a maximum of 20 Δ)



CBE 406 / 506. Bioengineering Seminar. (2 to a maximum of 20 Δ)



CBE 412 / 512. Characterization Methods for Nanostructures. (3)



CBE 417 / 517. Applied Biology for Biomedical Engineers. (3)



CBE 418L. Chemical Engineering Laboratory III. (1)



CBE 419L. Chemical Engineering Laboratory IV. (1)



CBE 447 / 547. Biomedical Engineering Research Practices. (3)



CBE 451. Senior Seminar. (1)



CBE 454. Process Dynamics and Control. (3)



CBE **461. Chemical Reactor Engineering. (3)



CBE 472 / 572. Biomaterials Engineering. (3)



CBE 477 / 577. Electrochemical Engineering. (3)



CBE 479 / 579. Tissue Engineering. (3)



CBE 486 / 586. Introduction to Statistics and Design of Experiments. (3)



CBE 491. Undergraduate Research. (1-3, no limit Δ)



CBE 493L. Chemical Engineering Design. (3)



CBE 494L. Advanced Chemical Engineering Design. (3)



CBE 495–496. Chemical and Biological Engineering Honors Problems I and II. (1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ; 1-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



CBE 499. Selected Topics. (1-3, no limit Δ)



CBE 501. Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar. (1, no limit Δ)



CBE 502. Chemical and Biological Engineering Research Practices. (3, no limit Δ)



CBE 503 / 403. Heterogeneous Catalysis Seminar. (2 to a maximum of 20 Δ)



CBE 504 / 404. Nanomaterials Seminar. (2 to a maximum of 20 Δ)



CBE 506 / 406. Bioengineering Seminar. (2 to a maximum of 20 Δ)



CBE 512 / 412. Characterization Methods for Nanostructures. (3)



CBE 515. Special Topics. (1-3, no limit Δ)



CBE 517 / 417. Applied Biology for Biomedical Engineers. (3)



CBE 521. Advanced Transport Phenomena I. (3)



CBE 525. Methods of Analysis in Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Engineering. (3)



CBE 530. Surface and Interfacial Phenomena. (3)



CBE 542. Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. (3)



CBE 547 / 447. Biomedical Engineering Research Practices. (3)



CBE 551–552. Problems. (1-3, no limit Δ; 1-3)



CBE 561. Kinetics of Chemical Processes. (3)



CBE 572 / 472. Biomaterials Engineering. (3)



CBE 575. Selected Topics in Material Science. (1-3, no limit Δ)



CBE 576. Selected Topics in Aerosol Science. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



CBE 577 / 477. Electrochemical Engineering. (3)



CBE 579 / 479. Tissue Engineering. (3)



CBE 586 / 486. Introduction to Statistics and Design of Experiments. (3)



CBE 599. Master's Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)



CBE 699. Dissertation. (3-12, no limit Δ)



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