Chemical Engineering
ABOUT THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT:
The Chemical Engineering Department under the Faculty of Biotechnology at International University - Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU), was established in 2018 to meet the demand for highly skilled and successful individuals that are fluent in English in the field of chemical engineering. In the trend of industrialization and modernization, the chemical engineering industry has assumed an indispensable position in the fields of consumer goods, agriculture, production of building materials, food industry, textile and leather industry, electrochemical industry, chemical industry, mechanical industry, electricity-fuel-energy industry, etc.
TRAINING OBJECTIVES:
To train prospective chemical engineers with the philosophy of "Job ready", specifically as follows:
1. Acquire a solid basic knowledge of science and engineering in the field of chemistry and related fields (e.g., biology, pharmacology, environment, etc.).
2. Demonstrate the ability to creatively apply basic industry knowledge to solve diverse problems in career fields.
3. Display professional ethics and understanding of environmental, social, security, and economic issues.
4. Demonstrate a full range of soft skills, management skills, teamwork ability, leadership ability, and the ability to communicate and work professionally in English.
5. Foster an appreciation for the importance of self-improvement and lifelong learning.
The Chemical Engineering Department aims to train highly qualified and prestigious chemical engineers. Prospective graduated engineers will meet the demands of the global job market by being able to apply basic knowledge to solve a variety of problems in the chemical industry. In addition to professional knowledge, engineers who graduated from the Chemical Engineering Department at International University are also able to communicate in English fluently, display teamwork skills, and adapt well to a wide variety of working environments.
Graduates from the Chemical Engineering Department can apply for various positions and careers in the field of technical chemistry, such as:
Energy and environment
Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics
Process, equipment and manufacturer
Material
Chemical Engineering Program
Entrance Exam Groups: A, A1, B, D7
Program Code: 7520301
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Course information
1) Subject name: Philosophy of Marxism and Leninsim
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Description of course content: The course equips students with basic knowledge of Philosophy Marx-Leninism
2) Name of the subject: Political Economics of Marxism and Leninism
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: Parallel course "Marx-Leninist philosophy"
- Course Description: The course content consists of 6 chapters: In which, Chapter 1 discusses the objects, research methods and functions of Political Economics of Marxism and Leninism. Chapters 2 to 6 present the core content of Political Economics of Marxism and Leninism according to the subject's objectives. Specifically, issues such as: Commodities, markets and the role of actors in the market economy; production of surplus value in the market economy; competition and monopoly in the market economy; socialist-oriented market economy and economic interest relations in Vietnam; industrialization, modernization and international economic integration in Vietnam.
3) Subject name: Scientific Socialism
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects:“Marx-Leninist Philosophy", "Political Economics of Marxism and Leninism”
- Course Description : The main content of the course is to provide students with a systematic and basic understanding of scientific socialism.
4) Subject name: History of Vietnamese Communist Party
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: “Marx-Leninist Philosophy", "Political Economics of Marxism and Leninism” and "Scientific Socialism"
- Course Description: The course equips students with basic knowledge about the history of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
5) Subject name: Ho Chi Minh's Thoughts
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: “Marx-Leninist Philosophy", "Political Economics of Marxism and Leninism” and "Scientific Socialism"
- Course Description: The subject equips students with basic knowledge about: Objects, research methods and learning meanings of Ho Chi Minh's ideology; on the basis, process of formation and development of Ho Chi Minh's thoughts; on national independence and socialism; on the Communist Party and the State of Vietnam; on great national and international solidarity; about culture, ethics, people.
6) Subject name: Critical Thinking
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: Critical Thinking studies a process which is indispensable to all educated persons--the process by which we develop and support our beliefs and evaluate the strength of arguments made by others in real-life situations. It includes practice in inductive and deductive reasoning, presentation of arguments in oral and written form, and analysis of the use of language to influence thought. The course also applies the reasoning process to other fields such as business, science, law, social science, ethics, and the arts.
7) Subject name: Engineering Ethics and Professional Skills
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
Course Description: This course is designed to introduce engineering students to the concepts, theory and practice of engineering ethics. It will allow students to explore the relationship between ethics and engineering and apply classical moral theory and decision making to engineering issues encountered in academic and professional careers. Our society places a great deal of responsibility on its professionals and requires that they conduct themselves in a manner fitting to the place of prominence accorded to them by the community. Studying and understanding professional ethics is as much a part of your development as an engineer as is the study of higher order mathematics You must be able to broaden your mind and be open to society’s ever-changing character. It is important that you learn to share ideas and concepts although you may not always agree; therefore, we will be working in teams on majority of the assignments in this course.
8) Subject name: Academic English 1 (Writing AE1, and Listening AE1)
- Number of credits: 4 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course description:
Writing AE1: This course provides students with instruction and practice in essay writing, including transforming ideas into different functions of writing such as definitions, classifications, cause – effects, arguments. Through reading a few representative university-level texts, students will develop the ability to read critically and write accurately, coherently, and in appropriate academic style in response to those texts. They will also practice necessary skills to write a research report.
Listening AE1: To provide students with the study skills needed to listen to academic lectures, take effective notes and prepare for examinations.
9) Subject name: Academic English 2 (Writing AE2, Speaking AE2)
- Number of credits: 4 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: Academic English 1
- Course Description:
Writing AE2: This course provides an overview of the organizational format for a research paper and assists students in completing research projects in any content area course by providing assistance in writing effective research papers using a step-by-step process approach. Course content includes the components of a research paper, and techniques of selecting and narrowing topics; writing argumentative thesis statements; outlining; locating and documenting sources; taking notes. Students also have to read extensively about a chosen topic to explore different ideas of multiple authors about that topic. Students work with projects relating to their content area courses.
Speaking AE2: Students are provided with practical strategies for effective presentations. They also have chance to practice giving presentations in class and receive feedback.
10) Subject Name: Calculus 1
- Number of credits: 4 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: Functions; Limits; Continuity; Derivatives, Differentiation, Derivatives of Basic Elementary Functions, Differentiation Rules; Applications of Differentiation: l’Hôpital’s Rule, Optimization, Newton’s Method; Anti-derivatives; Indefinite Integrals, Definite Integrals, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; Techniques of Integration; Improper Integrals; Applications of Integration.
11) Subject Name: Calculus 2
- Number of credits: 4 (theory)
- Prerequisite: Calculus 1, Previous subject: no
- Course Description: To provide the students with the main notions and techniques of calculus of functions of several variables concerning limits, continuity, differentiation and integration; basic skills of computing the sum of series. Many applications explain how to use these notions and techniques in practical situations.
12) Subject name: Physics 1
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: This course examines concepts and principles of kinetics, dynamics, energetics of motion of a particle and a rigid body.
13) Subject name: Physics 2
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisite: Calculus 1, Physics 1/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: Basic knowledge about fluid mechanics; macroscopic description of gases; heat and the first law of thermodynamics; heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics; microscopic description of gases and the kinetic theory of gases.
14) Subject name: Chemistry for Engineers
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: The course will introduce the basic principles of chemistry and connect those principles to issues in engineering professions. The related lab-work is not included in this course.
15) Subject name: Biology
- Number of credits: 3 (theory) + 1 (practice)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: The key concepts in the course are organized into units on biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, evolution, and ecology. Basic principles and theories of biology addressed in the course include: the chemical basis of life; cell theory; energy flow and management; gene and gene products (including inheritance and gene expression); evolution, especially by means of natural selection; and studies of ecological populations and their interactions with living and non-living aspects of their environment.
16) Subject name: Engineering Drawing
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: This subject aims at providing the abilities of understanding technical ideas on the technical scheme, the skill to construct the engineering drawing complied with TCVN and ISO by hand and by using AutoCAD software. The subject provides the knowledge for using and geometrical construction with the drawing instruments and AutoCAD software, the standard of presentation of engineering drawing; base, standard, constructing and the skill of analysis, understanding drawing representation.
17) Course name: Applied Statistics
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: Calculus 1
- Course Description: This course aims at providing students basic knowledge on optimization, typical optimization problems and optimization methods/ algorithms. The course focuses on introducing students about linear programming and methods for solving linear programming problems. This is a very typical optimization problem that is applied in a great deal of technical fields in general and environmental field in particular. There are a lot of tools and software that support to solve linear optimization problems. Therefore, the course also introduces some software supporting to solve linear optimization problems. Moreover, the course will introduce some basic knowledge on nonlinear programming and it’s solving algorithms. Another content of the course is the application of statistics on data analysis in chemical engineering fields.
18) Subject name: Applied Mechanics
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: Calculus 1, Physics 1
- Course Description: This subject presents the fundamental knowledge of equilibrium conditions of force system and the knowledge and skills of methods of calculation of strength of materials problems Tension and Compression, Torsion, Plane Bending, Combined Bending and Torsion; and the knowledge of transmissions of belt, chain, gear , shaft and drive shaft (bearings) in engineering.
19) Subject name: Programming for Engineers
- Number of credits: 3 (theory) + 1 (practice)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: This course provides the basics of programming and data structures in C programming language including basic data types, loops, branching, arrays, functions, recursion, strings, structures and pointers; introduction to abstract data types: lists, linked lists, binary trees; introduction to algorithm analysis: searching and sorting.
20) Subject name: Principles of Electrical Engineering 1
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: Math 1/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course covers the following topics: Circuit elements; Independent sources; Dependent sources; Circuit analysis in DC and AC steady state; Network theorems; Operational amplifiers; Power Computations.
21) Subject name: Applied Fluid Mechanics
- Number of credits: 2 (theory) + 1 (practice)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Description of course content: This course introduces students to basic physical concepts and mathematical representations in fluid mechanics. This will become an important foundation for understanding and developing tools for chemical engineers to analyze chemical, physical, and biological processes. Specifically, the following lessons will be covered (this is not an exhaustive list):
- Course Description: This course introduces the students to fundamental physical concepts and mathematical descriptions in fluid mechanics. These will prove vital for the comprehension and development of tools utilized by chemical engineers to analyze chemical, physical, or biological processes. In particular, the following topics will be discussed (not an extensive list by any mean).
- Dimensional analysis and dynamic similarity
- Fluid statics
- Stresses in fluid; elementary constitutive relations
- Conservation principles: mass, momentum, and energy
- Navier–Stokes equations, and few simple exact solutions
- Viscous fluid: boundary layer and turbulence
22) Subject name: Entrepreneurship
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: An introduction to the creative and innovative managerial practices of successful entrepreneurship. This course reviews the significant economic and social contributions entrepreneurs provide to society, the intense lifestyle commitment, and the skills necessary for entrepreneurial success. It explores how to identify and develop solutions to the most common leadership and personal challenges faced by entrepreneurs when starting new ventures or launching new products. It also promotes a deeper understanding of what is required to be a successful entrepreneur, highlights the skills and tools necessary to start a new business and explores alternatives to common pitfalls.
23) Subject name: Engineering Project Management
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisite/Previous subject: no, Alternative subject: Entrepreneurship
- Course Description: To increase management component in a project team environment, this course will equip leaner with general project management skills to help her/him to deal with problems in any field of work. Learners will also gain practical experience of using project management techniques, such as the use of MS. Project, with a real project of her/his own. This course provides fundamental knowledges and skills of project management such as analyzing and selecting alternatives, planning, scheduling, monitoring, and controlling a project. This course introduced varied approaches to meet problems rising in the progress of a project. The course also introduces some software that can enhance the performance in the project management.
24) Subject name: Introduction to Chemical Engineering
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: This course will introduce students to the engineering profession and the field of chemical engineering, guide students through the principles of engineering design and problem solving, and help students develop teamwork, time-management, and communication skills.
25) Subject name: Inorganic Chemistry
- Number of credits: 3 (theory) + 1 (practice)
- Prerequisite: General chemistry/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course will be designed to provide students with a broad knowledge and understanding about the principles of focus on the molecular structures and properties of inorganic complexes and compounds.
26) Subject name: Organic Chemistry 1
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: General chemistry/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course is the first part of 2-semester course in Organic Chemistry aiming to provide fundamental information on structure and reactions of organic compounds with an emphasis on industrial related aspects. In this Organic Chemistry 1 course, the relationship between structures and properties as well as reactions of hydrocarbons will be focused. The principle of different spectroscopy methods used for organic molecule determination will also be introduced.
27) Subject name: Organic Chemistry 2
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: Organic chemistry 1/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course is the second part of 2-semester course in Organic Chemistry aiming to provide fundamental information on structure and reactions of organic compounds with an emphasis on industrial related aspects. In this Organic Chemistry 2 course, the relationship between structures and properties as well as reactions of functional groups and macromolecules will be focused.
28) Subject name: Practical Organic Chemistry (Organic Chemistry Laboratory)
- Number of credits: 2 (practice)
- Prerequisite: General chemistry/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: The organic chemistry laboratory course introduces the student to fundamental techniques and procedures in extraction, purification, synthesis and characterization of organic compounds and simple reactions used in the organic chemistry laboratory. In addition, the student will be trained in the proper way to write a scientific laboratory report.
29) Subject name: Analytical Chemistry 1
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: General chemistry/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This is designed to introduce the students to the fundamentals of analytical chemistry, the statistical treatment of data along with practical principles for working in laboratories.
30) Subject name: Analytical Chemistry 2
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: Analytical Chemistry 1/Parallel subject: Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
- Course Description: This course develops knowledge, experience and skills related to a variety of mainstream instrumental techniques in areas of spectroscopy and separation science, and builds on the foundations provided in CHE1051IU (Analytical Chemistry 1).
31) Subject name: Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
- Number of credits: 2 (practice)
- Prerequisite: Analytical Chemistry 1/ Parallel subject: Analytical Chemistry 2
- Course Description: This is designed to introduce the students to the fundamentals of analytical chemistry, the statistical treatment of data along with practical principles for working in laboratories. CHE1062IU is an introductory laboratory course in Analytical Chemistry. By the end of the semester, students are expected to demonstrate:
o Proper laboratory techniques for quantitative chemical measurements including accuracy on unknowns
o Knowledge of a select group of analytical methods
o Competence in data analysis and preparation of basic laboratory reports.
32) Subject name: Physical Chemistry 1
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites: Math 2, Physics 2, General Chemistry/ Previous subject: no
- Course Description: The course is designed for chemical engineering students and others. The course provides the students with the necessary background in chemical engineering thermodynamics which includes thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, and phase equilibrium. The knowledge in this course will be further elaborated on in the other fundamental courses as well as specialized courses in the chemical engineering program. The course includes two sections:
o Thermodynamics: (i) Concepts and properties of pure substances (ii) the first law of thermodynamics, (iii) the second law of thermodynamics (iv) thermodynamic cycles and (v) Application of thermodynamic laws in chemical reaction systems.
o Chemical and phase equilibrium: (vi) Chemical equilibrium, (vii) Theory of phase equilibrium and phase equilibrium of single component systems (viii) Liquid – vapor and liquid – liquid equilibrium (ix) Liquid – solid equilibrium.
33) Subject name: Physical Chemistry 2
- Number of credits: 2 (theory) + 1 (practice)
- Prerequisite: Physics 1/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: The course is designed for chemical engineering students, following Physical Chemistry 1, providing the students with the necessary background in chemical kinetics, electrochemistry, surface phenomena and catalysis. Also, after 10 weeks for lectures in class, the 5-week part of experiment related to all contents of Physical chemistry will be organized at the remaining time. The course includes 4 sections:
o Electrochemistry: (i) Ideal and non-ideal solutions (ii) Electrochemical systems
o Chemical kinetics (i) Concepts and classification of reaction rates (ii) Reaction kinetics of complex reactions (iii) Theories of reaction rates.
o Surface phenomena (i) Concepts (ii) Physical chemistry of surface (iii) Effect of curvature on equilibrium variables (iv) Adsorption (v) Heterogeneous catalysis
o Experiment (i) Heat of reaction (ii) Liquid – Solid equilibrium (iii) Reaction’s rate order Transport number (v) Adsorption.
34) Subject name: Biochemistry
- Number of credits: 3 (theory) + 1 (practice).
- Prerequisite: General chemistry/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: The course is designed to provide students with fundamental concepts in biochemistry and an introduction to metabolisms occurring in living organisms in order to understand the molecular basic of life. The course topics will include enzyme kinetics and mechanisms and metabolisms of important biological molecules such as carbohydrates, fatty acids, amino acids with an emphasis on their degradation pathways. Techniques and approaches used in biochemistry field will also be introduced.
35) Course name: Process Instrumentation and Control
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous Subject: Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
- Course Description: A process cannot be operated without measurement, analysis, and controlling its factors. This course is to introduce the calculation method to determine potential errors in analysis and measurement for chemical engineering processes, basic background of process instrumentation of basic factors, such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, pH, liquid of solid particle level, etc. An important part of the course is also to introduce students about basic principles in controlling chemical engineering processes.
36) Subject name: Industrial Chemistry
- Number of credits: 2 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Parallel subject: Physics 2
- Course Description: This course will provide students with essential skills and knowledge involved in industrial chemistry. The covered topics include Chemical process technology; Surface, Adsorption and heterogeneous catalysis, Polymeric materials; Colloids and surfactant; Sustainable and green chemistry.
37) Subject name: Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: This course provides students with the principles and methods of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. The course covers definition of catalysis, adsorption-desorption, surface area and porosity; Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics, kinetic modelling; characterization of catalysis; and reaction rate theory.
38) Subject name: Computational Chemistry
- Number of credits: 2 (theory) + 1 (practice)
- Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Physical Chemistry 2, Organic Chemistry 2/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: The course addresses computer-based calculations within chemistry. The course integrates theory with practical computation elements applied within the fields of environmental chemistry, protein chemistry and medicinal chemistry. The students are expected to acquire knowledge within quantum chemistry, molecular mechanics, bioinformatics, and the theoretical characterization of molecules, and applied methods for computation of the geometric and electronic structure of molecules. The course comprises both theory and practical application of important concepts within quantum chemistry and molecular mechanics. Central concepts for the computer-based application of organic molecules within quantum chemistry will be described and discussed. The focus within molecular mechanics is on describing and discussing the practical application of organic molecules, including proteins. The bioinformatics part of the course addresses the construction and use of databases containing biological information, protein sequence comparisons and 3D structure comparisons. The theory behind methods, practical execution and assessment of the quality of the sequence comparison are addressed and discussed. The theoretical characterization of molecules interconnects the various sections of the course, i.e., quantum chemistry, molecular mechanics and bioinformatics.
39) Course name: Simulation and Optimization
- Number of credits: 2 (theory) + 1 (practice)
- Prerequisite: Process Instrumentation and Control/Pre-course: no
- Course Description: This course is to introduce the fundamental methods used in deterministic operations research and to use of numerical analysis and linear algebra to solve industrial engineering problems. Topics to be covered include: problem formulations, simplex method in table form, duality theory, an introduction to the geometry of the simplex method, sensitivity analysis, transportation and network flow problems.
40) Subject name: Mass Transfer Operations
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: no
- Description of course content: In this course, students will learn key theory and
- Course Description: In this course, students will learn the fundamental theory and introductory practical applications of separation processes. The fundamental theory they will study includes molecular diffusion, convective mass transfer, interphase mass transfer, the two- film model, film and overall mass transfer coefficients and vapor-liquid equilibrium. Mass transfer theory is used to design and analyze unit operations for separation processes. These include flash and continuous distillation, gas absorption, extraction, solid leaching, adsorption, drying, and humidification. The methods used to study the unit operations are material balances for stage and continuous contact processes, McCabe-Thiele design methods, and packed tower design.
41) Subject name: Heat Transfer Operations
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: The course will introduce the fundamental concepts of various modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. It will further elaborate these concepts with theories and applications to the solutions of practically relevant chemical engineering problems. Some aspects of process design principles of various heat transfer equipment will be taken up in the later part of this course. Finally, to present a physical picture of the convection process, heat transfer in boundary layer flows will be addressed. Even though the course is primarily designed to meet the requirements of an undergraduate chemical engineering course on heat transfer, it will be useful for the practicing engineers to refresh with fundamental and technical information.
42) Subject name: Chemical Reaction Engineering
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: The intent of this course is to help the student master several advanced concepts in chemical reaction engineering, notably: 1) advanced reactor design, including consideration of the energy balance; 2) chemical reaction mechanisms and rate theories; 3) transport effects in reactive systems; 4) biomolecular applications of chemical kinetics.
43) Subject name: Mechanical Unit Operations
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: Calculus 2, Physics 1/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: In chemical engineering processes, it is quite common that one has to deal with fluids and solid particles in mixtures. In this course, students are provided with the basic knowledge of chemical engineering in fluid mechanics and mechanical process operations for heterogeneous systems. This subject is a vital part of background for a chemical engineer. The course consists of three parts:
o Part 1 - Basic concepts and fluid mechanics: definition, classification, and properties of fluids; fluid statics and dynamics; dimensional analysis and similitude.
o Part 2 - Transportation of fluids: pumps, pipeline calculation, blowers and compressors.
o Part 3 - Processing heterogeneous phase systems: Separation (settling and filtration) and Agitation processes and equipment.
44) Subject name: Introduction to Health Safety and Environment (HSE)
- Number of credits: 1 (practice)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: The course is to introduce students to the application of health safety and environment (HSE) concepts in engineering. It emphasizes mainly on the management of risk associated with any hazardous products and processes throughout its life cycle. Generally, implementing HSE program is to minimize and control the risks that come from any hazards of products and processes. This makes HSE an integral part of any engineering discipline.
45) Subject name: Green Chemical Engineering
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: Reaction and Catalysis Kinetics/Previous Subject: no
- Course Description: This course will introduce students with green chemical engineering in order to devise new technologies and methods of chemical processing that generate little or no pollution and promote the practice of more sustainable engineering options. In particular, designing a chemical reactor to achieve maximum performance is the key for waste minimization. The course will focus on the principles of chemical reaction engineering with some key factors which influence reactor performance will be introduced.
46) Subject name: Environmental Chemistry 1
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: Analytical Chemistry 2
- Course Description: This course aims to provide fundamental understanding of water chemistry that will serve the students as a basis in all common phases of practice and research on environmental engineering, water pollution control, management, and monitoring water resource quality.
47) Subject name: Environmental Chemistry 2
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: Analytical Chemistry 2
- Course Description: In this course students will use the fundamental principles of chemistry to gain an understanding of source, fate, and reactivity of compounds in natural and polluted environments. Emphasis will be placed on the chemistry of the atmosphere, and lithosphere. The basic laboratory work supports lecture topics.
48) Subject name: Sustainable Energy
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: Physical Chemistry 1, Physical Chemistry 2
- Course Description: This course will introduce students with concepts of sustainable energy conversion. Some of the main energy conversion such as solar, wind, hydroelectricity, hydrogen, biomass and geothermal energy together with technologies of energy storage will be discussed.
49) Subject name: Natural Gas Processing
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course is to provide an overview on chemical processes typically implemented to process the natural gas extracted from the ground into a valuable commodity. This course includes basic elements of economic analysis, optimization, and the description of a few unit operations that are essential for the implementation of natural gas processing plants.
50) Subject name: Nanomaterials
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course will discuss the synthesis, properties characterization and applications of materials structured on the nanometer scale. The course will discuss fabrication methods including epitaxy, lithography, and self-assembly. Optical and electronic properties of nanomaterials (including zero- one- and two-dimensional nanomaterials) will be presented. Special attention will be paid to carbon-based nanomaterials, including carbon nanotubes and graphene. Other types of nanomaterials discussed include: quantum dots, nanowires and nanoparticles. The section dealing with the applications of nanomaterials is interactive: each student will be assigned a specific type or application of nanomaterials, which will be studied individually and presented to the class in a short lecture.
51) Subject name: Heterogenous Catalysis
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: More than 90% of all the chemical product formation processes are catalytic in nature and heterogeneous catalysis plays an enormous role. Heterogeneous catalysis plays a very important and defining role in most of the chemical industry. This course will be very useful for undergraduate and post-graduate students, and practitioners to understand heterogeneous catalytic processes. This course starts with basics of catalysis and goes deeper into various aspects of catalytic preparation and characterization techniques. Aspects of catalytic testing and reactor types are to be included. The topics will also include study of reaction mechanism and kinetics of the heterogeneous catalytic reactions. Effect of external and internal transport processes on reaction rates will be covered. Topics will include Modeling, parameter estimations and model discriminations. Catalyst deactivation which is the main problem faced in heterogeneous catalytic process will be covered in details. Various actual industrial catalytic processes will be discussed. New developments in catalysis will be covered. Concept of fuel cell catalysts, monolith catalysts and nanocatalysts will be introduced. The latest methods of catalysts designing and corresponding simulations techniques will also be included in the course. Each topic will be developed progressively and associated with up-to-date information along with references. Wherever required the concepts will be illustrated with case studies and solved problems.
52) Subject name: Bioinorganic Chemistry
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course will take the students to the wonderland laying at the interface of inorganic chemistry and biochemistry. It first introduces the basic concepts of biochemistry an inorganic chemistry, which will serve as the basis for the extensive discussions on the diverse chemistry of metals in biology. As bioinorganic chemistry is a highly interdisciplinary field, this course cannot cover all of its aspects. This course focuses on the common themes found in the field. Some important systems and recent advances with potential applications will be highlighted.
53) Subject name: Biomaterials
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: An engineer of tissue engineering major should understand biomaterials, and its surface modification for specific applications. Also, an engineer must understand how to choose materials and how to design a scaffold for specific implantation zone.
54) Subject name: Corrosion Chemistry
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Parallel subject: Physics 2
- Course Description: This course will introduce students with concepts of corrosion. The mechanism of corrosion including active corrosion, galvanic corrosion, passivity and localized corrosion and electrochemical reduction reactions and environmentally assisted cracking will be covered. The methods of corrosion mitigation including cathodic protection, coatings, inhibitors and passivators as well as the influence of material’s chemical composition and microstructure on corrosion behavior will also be discussed.
55) Subject name: Organic Chemistry Synthesis
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: Organic Chemistry 2/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course provides the students with intermediate level of organic chemistry with an emphasis on organic synthesis. Organic synthesis is the process of building organic molecules from simpler starting materials through chemical reactions. This is an important subject since organic molecules form the basic fabric of life.
56) Subject name: Methods for Natural Products and Drugs
- Number of credits: 3 (theory) + 1 (practice)
- Prerequisite: Organic Chemistry 2, Analytical Chemistry 2/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course is to introduce the special methods and technics used in studying of natural products and drugs. Topics to be covered include: typical methods for separation and isolation of natural products; structure determination of organic compound by modern analysis such as NMR, MS, IR,..; total synthesis of drugs and organic compounds.
57) Subject name: Medicinal Chemistry
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: Organic Chemistry 2, Biochemistry/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course provides students with the principles to correlate chemical structure with the physicochemical properties and biological activity of drug molecules. These principles will be applied to the design, production and optimization of both historical and new drug entities. This course will integrate the concepts of structure - activity relationships and the chemistry behind drug activity with the processes and techniques used in the chemical synthesis of pharmacological agents.
58) Subject name: Advanced Engineering Drawing
- Number of credits: 2 (theory) + 1 (practice)
- Prerequisite: Engineering Drawing/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This subject aims at providing the abilities of effectively construct and manage the engineering drawing complied with TCVN and ISO by using AutoCAD software. The subject provides the advanced knowledge for using and geometrical construction with the drawing instruments and AutoCAD software, the standard of presentation of engineering drawing.
59) Course name: Piping and Instruments System Design
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisites/Previous subjects: no
- Course Description: This subject aims at providing the abilities of design Piping and Control System for water/wastewater Treatment Plant. The subject provides the knowledge of pipes and fitting, pumps air blowers and electrical control systems for water/ wastewater treatment plant.
60) Course name: Treatment Plant Operation
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course provides the fundamentals for cost-effective, safe and lawful operation of wastewater or sanitation treatment systems. This course provides skill of experimental set- up used for operation units of wastewater treatment plants. It also provides the basics on environmental legislation and regulations, risk management and HSE.
61) Subject name: Research Methodology
- Number of credits: 3 (theory)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: Lectures include an introduction to scientific research, research planning and proposal development, experimental design and hypothesis testing, publication procedure with focus on thesis preparation. Students are requested to conduct a course project that is used to evaluate how theory is applied in practice as well as to develop inter-personal skills.
62) Subject name: Research 1
- Number of credits: 1 (practice)
- Prerequisite: no/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course belongs to a series of three courses offered to the students in their 3rd year and the 1st semester of the 4th year. The course is designed to allow the students to be exposed to a wide variety of research areas in Chemical Engineering through participation in laboratory group. The students will learn to devise hypotheses, design experiments that test their hypotheses, record their data in laboratory notebooks, critically analyze the results of their analyses, and present their findings to others.
63) Subject name: Research 2
- Number of credits: 1 (practice)
- Prerequisite: Study 1/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This course belongs to a series of three courses offered to the students in their 3rd year and the 1st semester of the 4th year. The course is designed to allow the students to be exposed to a wide variety of research areas in Chemical Engineering through participation in laboratory group. The students will learn to devise hypotheses, design experiments that test their hypotheses, record their data in laboratory notebooks, critically analyze the results of their analyses, and present their findings to others.
64) Subject name: Internship
- Number of credits: 2 (practice)
- Prerequisite: complete 70% of total credits/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: This is the internship of students before doing their thesis work. The objectives of internship are to provide the students an opportunity to study, observe, and practice as well as collect the data for their thesis and opportunities for seeking their jobs in the future. This course provides the students with essential skills and experiences for a bachelor, including technical analysis and problem solving, experiment and proving the hypothesis based on the experimental results, ability to think creatively, ability to evaluate the chemical engineering problem in the “real world”. In addition, students have chance to know the social context and business environment, to form an idea and build the system, to design processes in a specific condition of the company.
65) Subject name: Thesis
- Number of credits: 12 (practice)
- Prerequisite: Internship, complete 90% of total credits/Previous subject: no
- Course Description: The thesis works are implemented under the instruction of one or more teachers. The purpose of the course is applying learnt knowledge systematically to solve environmental problems. The topic, including theory, research, or real application, will be proposed by the teacher or students and have to be approved by the Head of Department.
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Research Engineer: Work in laboratories at research institutes to conduct research and development on new products and processes.
Operation Engineer: Employed at manufacturing plants, be responsible for operating and controlling machines in the production process (packing machines, automatic lines in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and cosmetic industries and food); analyzers and equipment in the petrochemical industry.
Management Engineers: Participate in the management of the production process and product quality in factories and manufacturers in food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, cosmetics, materials, etc.
Business Engineers: Graduate engineers with knowledge and understanding of the chemical field can lead a company that buys, sells, or manufactures machines or products related to the industry. Chemical Engineering graduates can also work as sales staff for companies with the task of consulting on products and machines for customers to achieve satisfaction in quality and specifications within the price bracket set by the customer.
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Notable publications:
The research group of Prof. Dr. Huynh Kim Lam published the team's study in Environmental Science & Technology of the American Chemical Society (ACS) with the title "Mechanistic Insights into Atmospheric Oxidation of Aniline Initiated by OH Radicals".
Research summary:
The computational simulation research team from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Biotechnology, employing modern computational tools, successfully built a detailed kinetic mechanism for the reaction between OH and aniline free radicals, which is one of the toxic organic compounds in the atmosphere. The results of this study not only resolve the kinetic disagreement between previous experimental and computational studies but also contribute to the assessment of the environmental impact and health concerns of aninline in the atmospheric environment through the kinetic model provided.
Detailed kinetic mechanism of the aniline + OH reaction is computationally reported for a broad range of conditions (T = 200 – 2000 K & P = 0.76 – 7600 Torr), which resolves the disagreement in kinetics between previous calculations and experiments as well as reveals new mechanistic insights for further investigating aniline-related environmental and risk concerns.
Link to the publication: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c01865