Konstantinos P. Giapis

ChE 115. Electronic Materials Processing. 9 units (3-0-6); third term, 2025-26. Prerequisites: ChE 63 ab, ChE 103 abc, ChE 101, or instructor's permission. A broad introduction into the gas-phase techniques used to process semiconductor surfaces, from etching to deposition and surface modification. Topics include: Kinetic theory of gases. Surface chemistry and gas-surface interaction dynamics. Physical and chemical vapor deposition of amorphous, polycrystalline and epitaxial layers. Introduction into processing plasmas and their unique ability to drive non-thermal chemistry on surfaces for precisely etch patterns and deposit layers in confined spaces. Role of ions and determination of key parameters that control the ion energy and flux to surfaces.
Instructor: Giapis

ChE 128. Chemical Engineering Design Laboratory. 9 units (1-6-2); second term, 2022-23. Prerequisites: ChE 63 ab, ChE 101, ChE 103 abc, or instructor's permission. Short-term, open-ended research projects targeting chemical processes and materials. Each student is required to design, construct, and troubleshoot her/his own process, then use chemical engineering principles to experimentally evaluate and optimize process metrics or material attributes. Where possible, cost analysis is performed.
Instructors: Giapis, Vicic

ChE 152. Heterogeneous Kinetics and Reaction Engineering. 9 units (3-0-6); first term, 2022-23. Prerequisites: ChE 101 or instructor's permission. Survey of heterogeneous reactions on metal and oxide catalysts. Langmuir-Hinshelwood versus Eley-Rideal reaction mechanisms. Reaction, diffusion, and heat transfer in heterogeneous catalytic systems. Characterization of porous catalysts.
Instructor: Giapis

ChE 128. Chemical Engineering Design Laboratory. 9 units (1-6-2); second term, 2019-20. Prerequisites: ChE 63 ab, ChE 101, ChE 103 abc, or instructor's permission. Short-term, open-ended research projects targeting chemical processes in microreactors. Projects include synthesis of chemical products or nanomaterials, detection and destruction of environmental pollutants, and other gas phase conversions. Each student is required to construct and troubleshoot his/her own microreactor, then experimentally evaluate and optimize independently the research project using chemical engineering principles. Where possible, cost analysis of the optimized process is performed.
Instructors: Giapis, Vicic

ChE 152. Heterogeneous Kinetics and Reaction Engineering. 9 units (3-0-6); first term, 2019-20. Prerequisites: ChE 101 or instructor's permission. Survey of heterogeneous reactions on metal and oxide catalysts. Langmuir-Hinshelwood versus Eley-Rideal reaction mechanisms. Reaction, diffusion, and heat transfer in heterogeneous catalytic systems. Characterization of porous catalysts.
Instructor: Giapis