(1a) S2: Professional Engineering (PE) License Examination Review Course - Chemical Engineering

Overview: This course was developed by one of the instructor's (D. Das) published book on PE Review Course in Chemical Engineering and other reference materials. It consists of in depth sessions designed to prepare the attendee for the National Council of Engineering Examination. The NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam is described by NCEES on their website at http://www.ncees.org/exams/professional. The exam itself contains 80 multiple -choice questions. The examinee works all questions. This short course work includes basic principles and applied engineering problems. Course notes and PE license Review book and problems & solution manual of numerous sample problems will be provided for purchase at the course.

You will Learn:

The detailed specifications for the Chemical Principles and Practice exam are given by NCEES at http://www.ncees.org/exams/professional/pe_chemical_exam_specs.pdf. and displayed in abbreviated form below:

I. Mass/Energy Balances and Thermodynamics - A. Units and Dimensions and Mass Balances, B. Energy Balances and Thermodynamics

II. Fluids - A. Fluid Transport, B. Mechanical- Energy Balance, C. Flow Measurement Techniques

III. Heat Transfer - A. Mechanisms, B. Applications

IV. Mass Transfer - A. Phase Equilibria, B. Mass Transfer Contactors (Absorption, Stripping, Distillation, Extraction), C. Miscellaneous Separation Processes

V. Kinetics - A. Reaction Parameters, B. Reaction Rate, C. Reactor Design & Evaluation, D. Heterogeneous Reaction Systems

VI. Plant Design and Operation - A. Economic Consideration, B. Design and Operation, C. Safety, D. Environmental, E. Materials of construction and corrosion, F. Process Control

Professional Development Hours: 7. Participating in this AIChE short course may qualify as CPC in certain jurisdictions. Attendees will receive a signed Professional Development Hours certificate at the end of the course.

Registration Fee:The cost to attend this short course is $599 (including course materials). Please be sure to register either online or by calling AIChE Customer Service at 800-242-4363 or 203-702-7660.

About the Instructors: D. Das is a Principal Engineer in the engineering department of Bayer CropScience in Kansas City. He is currently in charge of emergency relief system design and is consulted in other disciplines, in particular, in process engineering. He held process engineering positions at APV Ltd, CF Braun, Stauffer Chemicals, Rhone-Poulenc, and Ciba-Geigy. He holds a BSc(Honors) in Chemistry from E. Pakistan, and BChE(Honors) in Chemical Engineering from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, where he received gold medals for excellence, and an MS in Chemical Engineering from University of Washington, Seattle, and attended MIT for training in Expert System in Process Engineering. In addition to coauthoring three books for FE and PE exams in Chemical Engineering [Chemical Engineering PE License Review, Chemical Engineering Problems and Solutions, and Chemical Engineering FE/EIT Exam Preparation ? all published by Kaplan AEC Education, Chicago, IL, in 2008 ? all available for purchase during the course], he is the author of numerous technical articles and a contributing author of a book, 3rd International Symposium on Runaway Reactions on Pressure Relief Design, and Effluent Handling. He holds a US patent and is a registered professional engineer in the states of New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, and Missouri. He is the past Chair and Director of Kansas City's AIChE Chapter, and is currently the chairman of the SuperChems Technical Steering Committee under the Design Institute of Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS).

T. Das is a registered Professional Chemical Engineer in Washington State, and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE). He received his B.Sc. from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India and Ph.D. from Bradford University in England, both in Chemical Engineering. He was postdoctoral research associates at Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine (Chemical Engineering Department) in England, and at Princeton University's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, New Jersey. For the past 20 plus years, Tapas has held professional employment in colleges and universities, corporation, industries, government agencies, and consulting firms with a strong emphasis in chemical and environmental engineering. He currently works for a consulting firm and an adjunct professor at Seattle University and Saint Martin's University. He published a book entitled: ?Toward Zero Discharge: Innovative Methodology and Technologies for Process Pollution Prevention,? John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ. Over the years, Tapas authored/co-authored over 60 papers and articles in archived journals, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, and American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) topical conference and symposium series. He is a past chair of the AIChE Environmental Division (2006-2007), presently serving as chair of the Division's Water Section, the Cecil Award Committee, and the student award committee. He is a past chair of the AIChE's Puget Sound Chapter in Seattle and Olympia. Over the years, Tapas chaired/co-chaired 6 major topical conferences and over 35 technical sessions at the AIChE, PNWIS- AWMA, ACS and other conferences in USA and abroad. He also taught a number of short courses offered at AIChE spring and fall meetings.