CHBE422

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Transport Phenomena I

Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CHBE101, CHBE250, MATH241, and MATH246. Restriction: Must be in a major within the ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department; and permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department. Credit only granted for: CHBE422 or ENCH422. Formerly: ENCH422. Principals of fluid dynamics as applied to model development and process design. Mass, momentum and energy conservation. Statics and surface tension. Equation of Continuity and Navier-Stokes Equation with application to laminar flow. Dimensional analysis. Macroscopic balances, Bernoulli Equation and friction factors with application to turbulent flow.

Spring 2026

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

Fall 2025

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

Spring 2025

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

Past Semesters

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.00 between 973 students*

CHBE422 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 12.02%
A: 16.24%
A+: 4.42%
B-: 11.2%
B: 17.27%
B+: 17.27%
C-: 4.83%
C: 6.17%
C+: 5.45%
D-: 0.62%
D: 0.51%
D+: 0.21%
F: 1.54%
W: 2.26%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.