Chemical Principles for Engineers

4.0 credits

CHEM 137 is a one-semester introduction to general chemistry designed to give engineering students requiring only one semester of chemistry a conceptual foundation in the principles most relevant to solving engineering problems. Important topics include the nature of chemical compounds; stoichiometry, properties of gases; the Periodic Table; electrons and atoms; chemical bonding and applications to materials; thermodynamics and energy; rates of chemical reactions; chemical equilibrium; electrochemistry. Each unit will be discussed in the context of applications to relevant engineering problems, i.e., using chemical knowledge to design a material or process that solves an important problem. In addition to lectures, there are weekly 75-minute workshops, a 50-minute lab lecture and a 2-hour-50-minute laboratory will be held on 6 weeks throughout the semester.