Tree Soft Matter Theory

@ BYU ChemE

Teaching

Graduate Courses

ChEn 533 – Transport Phenomena
This is a graduate level course on the phenomena of momentum, energy, and mass transport. The course emphasizes fundamental concepts and mathematical solutions to classic transport problems with the goal of giving a first-year graduate student the tools that are required to understand and contribute to the scientific literature on transport phenomena.

ChEn 593R – Soft Materials Theory
This is a graduate-level course on various aspects of soft materials theory including: polymer physics, nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, stochastic processes, parallel/GPU programming, etc. The emphasis of the course changes yearly to focus on needs of the graduate student in chemical engineering at BYU.

Undergraduate Courses

ChEn 263 – Computational Tools
This course provides an introduction to numerical computing tools for chemical engineering undergraduates. Such tools are essential to modern engineering practice as much of engineering involves the solution to mathematical problems that are not amenable to pencil-and-paper solutions. The course covers:

This course will also supplement your knowledge of mathematics and enhance your problem solving skills.

ChEn 374 – Fluid Mechanics
This course provides an introduction to fluid mechanics for chemical engineering undergraduates. The principles of fluid mechanics are ubiquitous in both everyday life and engineering practice. Examples include pipe flow, ketchup bottles, microbial swimmers and combustion processes.

Additionally, as a sub-discipline of continuum mechanics, fluid mechanics will help students build upon and enhance their knowledge of mathematics and physics.

ChEn 391 – Career Skills 2
This course provides a brief introduction to giving oral presentations. We cover both scientific and business presentations. Students are given an opportunity to practice both, and get feedback from the instructor and their peers.