CHEN 2650 - Computer Methods in Chemical Engineering
Fall 2026 Syllabus, Section 02, CRN 41328,
Credit hours: 2
Course Meeting Times
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Instructor
Byung-Wook Park
Email: bwpark@ysu.edu
Course Description
2650. Computer Methods in Chemical Engineering. Application of computational software packages and spreadsheets to solve chemical engineering problems. Utilization of process simulation packages. Real-time computing applications in laboratory automation. Prereq.: ENGR 1550, ENGR 1550H or consent of instructor. 2 s.h.
Course Readings
| Group | Title | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Engineering with Excel | Larsen, Ronald W. | 13:978-0134589664 |
| Required | MATLAB for Engineers | Moore, Holly | 13:9780137627981 |
The course readings are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, research developments, current events, and/or to ensure better learning.
Assignments/Assessments
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Schedule of Topics and Assignments
| Week of | Proposed Topic | Due/To Prepare for Class |
|---|---|---|
| 8/24 | Excel Basics; Organizing Your Worksheets | |
| 8/31 | Using Excel's Ribbon - Font Group; Alignment Group; Formatting Numbers; Inserting, Deleting, and Formatting Rows and Columns | |
| 9/7 | Graphing with Excel - Creating a Graph; Editing an Existing Graph; Other Types of Graphs; Importing Text Files | Homework 1 Due |
| 9/14 | Excel Functions - Built-in Functions; Using the Convert Function to Convert Units; Simple Math Functions; Computing Sums; Trigonometric Functions; Advanced Math Functions | |
| 9/21 | Matrix Operations in Excel - Vectors, and Arrays; How Excel Handles Matrix Math; Basic Matrix Operations; Solving Systems of Linear Equations | Homework 2 Due |
| 9/28 | Test 1 | |
| 10/5 | Linear Regression in Excel - Linear Regression Using Excel Functions and Excel's Trendlines; Other Two-Coefficient Linear Regression Models | |
| 10/12 | Statistics in Excel - Populations and Samples; Standard Deviations and Variances; Errors, Deviations, and Distributions; Confidence Intervals | |
| 10/19 | Iterative Solutions Using Excel - Iterative Solutions; Using a Plot to Search for Roots; Guess and Check Iteration; Goal Seek Solver | Homework 3 Due |
| 10/26 | Test 2 | |
| 11/2 | Introduction - MATLAB Environment; Solving Problems with MATLAB | |
| 11/9 | Built-In MATLAB Functions; Using Mathematical Functions | |
| 11/16 | Matrix Algebra in MATLAB - Solution of Linear Equations; Material Balances | |
| 11/23 | Thanksgiving | |
| 11/30 | Plotting - Creating, Labeling, Two-dimensional plots, Statistics | Homework 4 Due |
| 12/7 | Final Exam |
The course schedule, policies, procedures, and assignments in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, by mutual agreement, and/or to ensure better learning.