P.C. Rossin College of
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Are you a Lehigh student looking to pick up an elective for the Fall 2025 semester?
 
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has a number of courses available for all majors. See below and register now!

CHE 370 - Beer, Wine and Distilling

Course Instructor: Joseph Menicucci

An open-ended and experiential exploration of the engineering principles required for the brewing of beer, winemaking, and distilling of spirits.

Restricted to over 21, limited spaces assigned through application process.

Counts towards Biomolecular Engineering concentration.

CHE 376 - Energy: Issues and Technology

Course Instructor: TBA
 
How will we power our sustainable future? Energy usage and supply, fossil fuel technologies, renewable energy alternatives and environmental impacts. The scope will be broad to give some perspective of the problems, but in-depth technical analysis of many aspects will also be developed.

Counts toward Energy and Environment concentration

CHE 397 - Outreach in the Chemical Sciences

Course Instructor: Steven McIntosh

This course will enable students to work in small groups to develop outreach activities and communications accessible by K-12 students and teachers, undergraduate students, or the general public. This may include new demonstration and learning activities for schools, a video or news article on a topic of interest, or innovative educational materials.

Counts towards Entrepreneurship concentration

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CHE/MAT 392/492 - Introduction to Polymer Science
Course Instructor: TBA
Introduction to concepts of polymer science. Kinetics and mechanism of polymerization, synthesis and processing of polymers, characterization. Relationship of molecular conformation, structure and morphology to physical and mechanical properties.
Counts towards Polymer/ Functional Materials concentration
 
CHE/BIOE 341/441- Biotechnology I
Course Instructor: Gorgi Pavlov
Applications of material and energy balances; heat, mass, and momentum transfer; enzyme and microbial kinetics; and mathematical modeling to the engineering design and scale-up of bio-reactor systems. Dr. Pavlov earned his BS ('14) and PhD ('18) in the ChBE Department, was the graduate commencement speaker, and who now works for Johnson and Johnson.
Counts towards Biomolecular Engineering concentration
 
CHE/CEE 373 - Fundamentals of Air Pollution
Course Instructor: John Fox
Introduction to the problems of air pollution including such topics as: sources and dispersion of pollutants; sampling and analysis; technology of economics and control processes; legislation and standards. Must have senior standing in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. 
Counts towards Energy and Environment concentration
 
CHE/CEE 375 - Environmental Engineering Processes
Course Insctructor: Derick Brown
Fundamental physical, chemical and microbiological processes applied in environmental engineering for air pollution control, treatment of drinking water, municipal wastewater, industrial wastes, hazardous/toxic wastes, and environmental remediation. Kinetics, reactor theory, mass balances, application of fundamental physical, chemical and microbiological principles to analysis and design. 
Counts towards Energy and Environment concentration
Department/Program: 
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering