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This course introduces the students to the chemical engineering profession and basic calculations in mass and energy balance; phase equilibria; and process flow sheeting. It includes applications on reactive and non-reactive chemical processes. Computer programs are used to implement these topics.
This course will focus on computer applications in chemical engineering including available software packages. Students will be introduced to the applications of software packages such as such as Hysys, Aspen Plus or PRO/II for simulating main unit operations related to chemical engineering processes.
Review of the basic laws in thermodynamics. Theory and applications of solution thermodynamics, vapor-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibrium for ideal and non-ideal systems, and chemical reaction equilibrium.
This course aims at introducing different balance calculations for chemical processes. Topics covered include mass, momentum, and energy balance calculations with and without chemical reactions, different forms of energy, and transient balances. Applications include case studies using computer-aided balances.
Principles of fluid mechanics and physical separation processes are introduced. Topics include flow and pressure measurement for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, dimensional analysis and pressure drop, and flow through porous media and packed beds. Applications to filtration, fluidization, sedimentation, and biosystems.
This course introduces the students to the concepts and fundamentals of engineering and strength of materials. Topics covered include structure and imperfection of solid material, types of materials, mechanical properties and deformation, failures, corrosion, vector force and moment, objects in equilibrium, centroids and center of mass, moments of inertia, and internal forces and moments, and torsion
This course covers kinetics of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, design of isothermal reactors such as Batch, CSTR and PFR, introduction to bioreactors, catalysis and catalytic reactions; non-isothermal reactor design; multiple reactions.
This course covers the three modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, radiation, and their applications in steady- and unsteady-state heat transfer. Integrated analogy between fluid and heat transfer operations. Condensation, boiling, and evaporation. Energy applications in biosystems. Heat exchangers: types, design, and rating.
In this laboratory course, students conduct selected experiments to illustrate and use material covered in transport phenomena courses: fluid, heat and mass transfer. Students are evaluated on submitted reports covering experimental design, theory tested, and analyses of experimental data.
This course covers molecular and convective steady-state and unsteady-state mass transfer. Integrated analogy between fluid, heat, and mass transfer operations. Interfacial mass transfer, continuous and stage-wise contact operations, with applications in absorption and distillation.
This course aims to introduce the principles of modeling and Aamahkah packages using modern computer programs. Include the topics covered balance, movement and operations fluid flow, interactions and separation processes. Applications using MATLAB is Asameeolink, Izzy Solf and Alpolamatt
This course aims at studying industrial desalination processes. Topics covered include global and local water resources, water quality and analysis, technical and economic analysis of major desalination processes such as multi-stage flash, reverse osmosis, multiple-effect distillation and electrodialysis.
Definitions, characteristics, survey and monitoring of industrial wastewater. Legislation, guidelines, and standards. Treatment processes: volume and strength reduction, neutralization and equalization, removal of suspended and colloidal solids, removal of dissolved organics. Combined treatment of industrial and domestic wastewaters. Treatment economics. New trends in treatment processes.
This course introduces electrochemical principles and their application to corrosion. Topics covered include different corrosion mechanisms, corrosion inhibition and different methods for electrochemical metal protection. Case studies from oil and petroleum refining industries are also included.
The objective of this course is to assess current and potential future energy systems, including resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use, with emphasis on meeting regional and global energy needs. Different renewable and conventional energy technologies will be presented, including bio-fuels, fuel cells, solar energy, wind energy and nuclear energy. Topics include basic principles of reactor design and operation at commercial nuclear electrical generating facilities, including an examination of nuclear waste issues. The photovoltaic solar energy systems will be presented, focusing on the behavior and design of "stand-alone" photovoltaic systems.
The course emphasizes on the biological treatment of wastes. Topics covered include: constituents in wastewater, biological treatment fundamentals, aerobic and anaerobic systems, attached and suspended treatment processes, process selection, and advanced wastewater treatment.
Overview of the technologies available for bio-fuels production. The topics covered include (a) Biodiesel: advantages of biodiesel over petroleum diesel, conventional biodiesel production technologies, enzymatic biodiesel production, and new feedstock, and (b) Bio ethanol: advantages of bio-ethanol, fermentation processes, and production of bio ethanol from cellulose.
The course presents main techniques of Bioseparation used in the purification of a wide range of valuable molecules. Topics covered include: fundamentals of downstream separation and purification processes, membrane separation, chromatography, centrifugation, cell disruption, extraction, protein separation and purification, and process design.
This course covers the basic aspects of bioreactors design. Topics covered include: applied enzyme catalysis, immobilized enzyme technology, kinetics of enzymatic reactions, product formation and biomass production in cell culture, batch and continuous culture, and design and analysis of bioreactors.
This course introduces different techniques for processing natural gas. Topics include properties and behavior of natural gas using equations of state, hydrate formation, field treatment including dehydration, sour gas sweetening, sulfur recovery, and liquefaction. Design of main processing equipment will be studied.
This course aims at introducing different techniques for petroleum refining. Topics include refinery feed stocks and products, field processes, crude distillation, coking and thermal processes, catalytic reforming and cracking, hydro-processing, and solvent treating processes. Students will do a case study of a typical refinery.
Overview. Petrochemical feed stock. Growth of global and UAE petrochemical industry. Technologies for the manufacture of bulk petrochemicals: Steam Reforming, Synthesis gas manufacture, Steam Cracking, Olefin Separation, Upgradation of C2, C3, C4, and C5 cuts. Manufacture of major downstream products and their uses and properties, e.g., Methanol, Formaldehyde, Ethylene oxide, Ethylene glycol, PVC, LDPE and HDPE, Propylene oxide, Isopropyl Alcohol, Butadiene, Isobutylene, Acetic acid, Maleic anhydride, Nylons, Polyethylene terepthalate, Formaldehyde resins, Styrene Butadiene Rubber, etc.
Introduction to polymer science and synthesis: condensation polymerization, addition polymerization, bulk polymerization, solution polymerization, suspension polymerization, and emulsion polymerization. Industrial polymer processing: extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, calendaring, sheet forming and fiber spinning. Review of the design and manufacture of polymer products, with particular emphasis on material selection and processing technology. Engineering properties of elastomers, thermoplastics, blends and specialty polymers in terms of processing characteristics and end-use performance.
Students spend one semester on a full-time basis in engineering or consulting office in the UAE or abroad to earn practical skills.
This course aims at introducing principles of process modeling using general-purpose software packages to solve model equations of various unit operations. Topics covered include multi-component phase equilibria, fluid flow reaction kinetics and separation processes. Applications are performed using MATLAB/SIMULINK and polymath in solving model equations.
This course aims at introducing process dynamics and principles of control for chemical processes. Topics covered include block diagrams, Laplace transforms, transient response of feed-back systems, stability analysis, gain and phase margins.
This course exposes the student to design strategies and interrelationships between process and design variables. There is an emphasis on cost analysis, environment, and rational use of energy and raw materials. Design of processes related to the petroleum and petrochemical industries.
This course starts with a review of phase equilibria, and then covers binary and multi-component distillation, leaching, and liquid-liquid extraction, with applications in design of a multi-column distillation process.
In this course the students conduct selected experiments to apply material presented in kinetics and reactor design, and separation processes. Students are evaluated based on their participation and submitted reports.
A specific topic in chemical engineering that is not covered in other program courses is presented in a course format. The selected topic is to be approved by the departmental board and the prerequisite to be specified according to the topic.
An independent investigation by each student of a certain problem in the core areas of chemical engineering. The investigation may require theoretical, numerical, and experimental work. Grades are based on solving the assigned problem and giving an oral and a written report. There are no formal lectures. The topic choice requires arrangement with a faculty member and the approval of the department.
Each student will be required to complete a design project before graduation. The project is to emphasize fundamentals of chemical engineering and allow an element of original work by each student. A critical review of literature is required in order to present current state of knowledge of the problem under investigation and a detailed report will be submitted.
Each student will be required to complete a design project before graduation. The project is to emphasize fundamentals of chemical engineering and allow an element of original work by each student. A critical review of literature is required in order to present current state of knowledge of the problem under investigation and a detailed report will be submitted.
Prediction of velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles for flowing fluids; unifying concepts and analogies in momentum, heat, and mass transport; streamline flow and turbulence, molecular and eddy conduction and diffusion, boundary layers, smooth and rough conduits and other boundaries.
Kinetics of fluid-solid reactions in single particles, Mechanisms and kinetics of catalytic reactions; Reactor design: Fixed, fluidized and transport bed reactors for homo/heterogeneous systems; Novel reactors; Applications in petroleum and chemical industries.
A study of fundamental mass transfer; theories of interphase mass transfer; gas-liquid and liquid-liquid systems; characterization; selection and design of equilibrium and rate-governed separation processes; capacity and efficiency of mass transfer equipment.
An integrated approach to the application of engineering principles to biochemical processes. Topics include: cellular biology, polymeric cell compounds, enzyme and microbial kinetics, design and scale-up of bioreactors, sterilization, and bioseparation processes.
Polymer reaction engineering, characterization and processing for chemical engineers; polymerization mechanisms, kinetics and industrial equipment; thermodynamics of polymer solutions, morphology; crystallization and mechanical properties; polymer processing equipment and technology.
Open-loop system dynamics, closed-loop systems, systems with difficult dynamics, non-linear systems, discrete-time systems, model-based control, adaptive systems and artificial intelligence. application to the chemical industry.
Different selected topics in chemical engineering selected to complement the student's program and approved by the Program Committee.
This will require students to discuss and critique original and recent journal articles, describing a major scientific advancement in a research area, which will be chosen in consultation with the student’s supervisor. Students are required to make presentations, submit reports and participate in discussions.
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Chemical Engineering
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Chemical Engineering
Presentations on research conducted by Faculty, industry, and students to be coordinated by the respective specializations.
Passing the comprehensive exam is required to enter into PhD candidacy. The exam evaluates the research ability of potential PhD candidates.
PhD candidate defend research plans in front of supervisory committee.
Open to students who have successfully completed the comprehensive exam. PhD student conducts original research under the direction of a supervisory committee. Credits are determined in consultation with the dissertation supervisor. Prerequisite: Student must pass
Two part exam, open and close, to defend the results of PhD research work
Research preparation
Review of energy and reversibility concepts; single-phase systems of pure materials and mixtures; equilibrium and stability of PVT systems; phase behavior of multicomponent, multiphase systems; applications using equations of state.
Interpretation of data that delineate reservoir dynamics and conceptualize reservoir architecture. Data collected from drilling-logs, detailed petrographic core studies, and open-hole logs. Additional data such as tracer study, characterization of water chemistry, and data from MWD and their use to understand lateral and vertical variation in reservoir properties, identify cross zone communication, vertical permeability profile, and permeability anisotropy. Integrated use of data to characterize a reservoir, produce a simulation model, and predict its potential performance.
In-situ stress determinations, effects of stress and strain gradients, time-dependent effects, Griffith's theory, crack phenomena, fracture toughness of rocks, pore-elasticity concepts. Hydraulic proppant fracturing. Formation damage and modeling damage. Acid treatment of carbonates. Geochemistry of acid-rock interactions. Matrix acidizing of sandstone and carbonates. Sand Control.
This course involves independent work on a design, simulation, modeling, development or experiments-related research project. All projects must be supervised by a faculty member and the student is responsible for finding his/her supervisor. Project topics may be faculty initiated, student initiated, or suggested by industrial contacts. The student is expected to submit a brief description of the work plan by the end of the second week of the semester and a comprehensive final report by the last week of lectures of the semester. The student is also required to give an oral presentation during that week.
A directed research study on a specialized topic under the supervision of faculty advisor(s). The research is carried out during two or more terms. A written report is submitted at the end of the study and defended in front of a panel.
This course introduces the general activities of the upstream sector of the petroleum industry including origin of petroleum, petroleum traps, exploration for oil and gas, drilling and completion practices, and production operations, corrosion, pollution, oil storage, transportation, refining, and marketing.
This course introduces fundamental properties of reservoir rocks and fluids (oil, natural gas, formation water). Rock properties include porosity, fluid saturation, rock compressibility, permeability, capillary pressure, and effective and relative permeability. Fluid properties include composition of hydrocarbons, phase behavior of hydrocarbon systems, types of reservoir fluids, properties of oil-phase, gas-phase, and water-phase at reservoir pressures and temperatures, gas-liquid equilibrium (flash and differential vaporization), and gas-liquid equilibrium calculations using K values.
This course introduces basic drilling techniques and drilling fluid properties. Topics include components of rotary drilling rig: rig, power transmission, hoisting, rotary table, bottom hole assembly, drilling bits; prediction of formation pressure, fracture pressure, and casing setting depths; mud properties and mud weight calculations; drilling hydraulics and nozzle sizing; factors affecting rate of penetration; cementing operations; and lab measurements of mud properties.
This course deals with the measurement of fundamental properties of reservoir rocks and fluids. Rock properties include porosity, irreducible water saturation, residual oil saturation, absolute permeability. Fluid properties include oil distillation, oil composition of one of oil fractions, oil density at room conditions and at high pressure and temperature conditions, oil viscosity at high pressure and temperature, surface and interfacial tensions, flash liberation process, estimation of bubble-point pressure at reservoir temperature, and oil-formation-volume factor and solution gas/oil ratio at pressures below the bubble-point pressure.
This course deals with material balance (MB) techniques to estimate oil and gas reserves. Topics include generalized MB equations for oil and gas reservoirs, fluid drive mechanisms, selection of PVT data, water influx, analysis of production history data and performance prediction of oil and gas reservoirs.
This course concentrates on the application of probability theory to analyze data in petroleum engineering processes. This includes data analysis of heterogeneous reservoir rock properties to estimate the most probable values of porosity, water saturation, permeability, and volumetric hydrocarbon reserves; use of permeability distribution as a descriptor of reservoir heterogeneity; probabilistic analysis of new hydrocarbon discoveries; and estimation of reservoir performance using probabilistic procedures and regression analysis.
This course covers analysis of various well measurements of reservoir properties. Topics include effect of the bore hole environment on logging operations interpretation of self potential, resistivity induction, neutron, sonic, density gamma ray, and dipmeter logs to determine hydrocarbon saturation, porosity, permeability, and facies. Also this course covers fundamental geophysical concepts including wellbore seismic and stratigraphic information from dipmeter.
This course deals with additional topics in drilling engineering, namely design of directional and horizontal wells, survey analysis methods, tie point and collision, casing specifications and strengths, casing sizing, prediction of casing loads and resistances, and design of different casing strings.
This course covers reservoir and flow-line analysis and design for gas field development. Topics include material balance equation, gas condensate reservoirs, deliverability, pressure testing, separation, rate measurements, flow in pipes, and gas storage.
An independent investigation by each student of a certain problem in the core areas of Petroleum Engineering. The investigation may require theoretical, numerical, and/or experimental work. Grades are based on solving the assigned problem, giving oral presentation, and a written report. There are no formal lectures. The choice of problem requires arrangement with a faculty member and the approval of the department.
Oil distribution in the world and in the United Arab Emirates; geology of reservoirs, which includes the formation of reservoir rocks, cap rocks, source rocks and the environments of deposition; petrophysical parameters of reservoir rocks, porosity and permeability; reservoir fluids: oil field waters, crude oil and natural gas; reservoir conditions: pressure, temperature and their effects on oil maturation, migration and accumulation; oil generation; oil migration; types of oil traps; and methods of exploration.
This course covers basic well performance calculations necessary for the design and analysis of naturally flowing and artificially lifted wells. Topics include Inflow Performance Relationship (IPR), Tubing Performance Relationship (TPR), Flowline Performance Relationship (FPR), Choke Performance Relationship (CPR), Gas-Lift, Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP), and production forecasting.
This course covers fundamental concepts of reservoir simulation to model single-phase flow in petroleum reservoirs. Topics include reservoir engineering concepts, mathematical concepts, derivation of reservoir flow equations, finite difference equations and their solutions, and applications to predict reservoir performance.
This course introduces students to safety and environmental issues in petroleum operations. Topics include sources of pollutants and hazards, management of safety and loss prevention, safety programs and safety rules, and environmental protection, rules and regulations.
This course deals with analysis and design of surface piping and storage facilities of crude oil and natural gas. Topics include fluid flow and pressure losses in pipes, pipeline design, selection and sizing of liquid pumps and gas compressors, corrosion in pipes, other transportation methods, and storage of petroleum and its products.
Students spend one semester on a full-time basis in engineering or consulting office in the UAE or abroad to earn practical skills.
This course covers reservoir characterization by pressure test analysis. Topics include fluid flow equations in porous media under transient and pseudo-steady state flow conditions, pressure buildup and pressure drawdown tests, average reservoir pressure, type curve matching, well testing of heterogeneous reservoirs, pressure derivatives analysis technique, multiple well testing, and test design and instrumentation
Well completions, perforations, Chemical and mechanical properties of reservoir rocks/fluids and treatment fluids, formation damage sources, detection, and modeling. Hydraulic fracturing, and fracturing fluids. Acid/rock interactions and acid treatment of oil reservoirs. Sand control methods. Evaluation of various skin factors.
This course covers analysis and design of the secondary (water and gas injection) recovery technique to recover oil. Topics include flood patterns, mobility ratio, sweep efficiency, displacement mechanisms, injection rates and pressures, reservoir heterogeneity, performance prediction, and sources and treatment of water for water flooding.
This course deals with the design aspects of oil displacement by another fluid in rock samples. It builds on the experiences of students obtained in lab measurements of individual reservoir rock and fluid properties in PETE 315 to create an integrated lab measurement of all properties needed to analyze oil displacement by a displacing fluid. The displacing fluid can be chosen to study the relative permeability, capillary pressures, and displacement efficiency of water flooding, gas flooding, or any enhanced oil recovery fluids (acidic water, microbial water, polymer solution, or steam) using cores, fractured cores (sand packs and glass beads may be considered as alternatives) in one-dimensional geometry or packed layers in two-dimensional geometry.
This course deals with design of separation and treatment facilities for crude oil. Topics covered include phase behavior of water-hydrocarbon systems, flash calculations, 2 and 3- phase oil and gas separators sizing and design, oil-water emulsions and heater-treater design, treatment of oil field waters, and oil skimmers selection and design.
This course deals with economic evaluation of exploration and producing properties. It combines reservoir-engineering techniques such as reserve calculations and decline curve analysis with rate of return calculations for assured and risky ventures to project economic values for petroleum properties.
This course covers advanced topics in reservoir simulation. These include reservoir fluid flow equations in multiphase, multidimensional flow, up-scaling of rock properties, pseudo functions, vertical equilibrium, analysis of data for for consistency, history matching, and applications to field cases.
This course covers chemical and thermal methods of EOR. Specific topics include interfacial tension, entrapment and mobilization of oil in porous media, residual oil, miscibility, adsorption at solid/liquid interfaces, surfactants and micro-emulsions, miscible gas flooding, polymer flooding, thermal methods, and effect of reservoir heterogeneity.
This course may cover any area of petroleum engineering that is not covered by other courses of the program. A topic, approved by the Department, is selected for an in-depth study in the form of a semester course.
A significant design effort in one area of petroleum operations. Design is based on fundamental understanding of petroleum and reservoir engineering concepts and a critical review of literature of current state of knowledge for the subject under consideration. Projects may involve analysis and computer program development and/or usage combined with experimental work. Topics for projects may be developed with industry cooperation.
A significant design effort in one area of petroleum operations. Design is based on fundamental understanding of petroleum and reservoir engineering concepts and a critical review of literature of current state of knowledge for the subject under consideration. Projects may involve analysis and computer program development and/or usage combined with experimental work. Topics for projects may be developed with industry cooperation.
Reserve estimates for gas and gas-condensate reservoirs; gas well performance; gas-well testing, gas flow in transmission lines; gas storage fields; liquefied natural gas.
This course covers advanced topics in reservoir flow and the use of its initial production data for optimum development and management leading to a forecast of its future production capacity. Topics include fluid and petrophysical properties and measurements; horizontal, radial, and vertical flow, multiphase flow, heterogeneous, multilayered, and inclined reservoirs; up-scaling and averaging properties; diffusivity equation and solutions, aquifer influx reserve estimation; reserve estimates from decline curve analysis; productivity index for vertical, horizontal and multilateral wells, gas and water coning, production forecasting; field development alternatives: infill drilling, secondary recovery using water and gas injection patterns, drainage volumes for various schemes, streamlines, tracer methods; introduction to enhanced oil recovery.
New principles of recovery of oil and gas fields including use of polymer, gas-miscible, surfactant, and microbial processes with emphasis on the miscible flooding process. Phase behavior, first contact miscibility, multiple contact miscibility processes, predictive models and economic analysis, selection of candidate reservoirs; design and performance prediction of improved recovery floods.
Review of conventional methods. Analysis of variable rate tests, fractured well tests, layered and commingled well tests; pulse testing; interference testing; well testing for vertical permeability; multiple well tests; computer-aided well test analysis, confidence intervals.
Design and implementation of one and two-dimensional multiphase flow reservoir simulator, including interphase mass transfer for variable bubble point oils; development of multiphase flow equations in reservoirs; solution methods of flow equations, phase appearance, treatment of injection and production terms and vertical equilibrium.
Different selected topics in petroleum engineering selected to complement the student's program and approved by the Program Committee.
This will require students to discuss and critique original and recent journal articles, describing a major scientific advancement in a research area, which will be chosen in consultation with the student’s supervisor. Students are required to make presentations, submit reports and participate in discussions.
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Petroleum Engineering
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Petroleum Engineering
Passing the comprehensive exam is required to enter into PhD candidacy. The exam evaluates the research ability of potential PhD candidates.
PhD candidate defend research plans in front of supervisory committee.
Open to students who have successfully completed the comprehensive exam. PhD student conducts original research under the direction of a supervisory committee. Credits are determined in consultation with the dissertation supervisor.
Two part exam, open and close, to defend the results of PhD research work
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