Program Overview

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology offers a range of programs and courses.

Programs of Study

The university provides various programs, including those in the Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE), and Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE).

Courses

The university offers a wide range of courses, including:

• AMCS - Applied Mathematical and Computational Science
• AP - Applied Physics
• B - Bioscience
• BESE - Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering
• BioE - Bioengineering
• CE - Chemical Engineering
• Chem - Chemistry
• CS - Computer Science
• ECE - Electrical and Computer Engineering
• EnSE - Environmental Science and Engineering
  • Course offerings include:
    • EnSE 310
    • EnSE 314
    • EnSE 316
    • EnSE 317
    • EnSE 325
    • EnSE 341
    • EnSE 342
    • EnSE 344
    • EnSE 393
    • EnSE 394
    • EnSE 395
    • EnSE 397
    • EnSE 398
    • EnSE 399
• ERPE - Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
• ErSE - Earth Science and Engineering
• ESL - English as a Second Language
• IED - Innovation and Economic Development
• MarS - Marine Science
• ME - Mechanical Engineering
• MSE - Material Science and Engineering
• PS - Plant Science
• STAT - Statistics
• WE - Winter Enrichment

EnSE 317 Selected Topics in Green Process Technology

Course Description

Green Process Technology implies a reduced environmental footprint of the production of food, water, and other materials. In the course, the process efficiency is treated for examples in drinking water preparation, and other aqueous separations by calculating the minimum thermodynamic work required for separation, the lost work, and the generation of entropy by (coupled) irreversible processes. The course material further includes:

• Basic statistical mechanical calculations on entropy driven processes such as osmosis
• Electrochemical driving forces for (bio-)chemical reactions and transport over a cell membrane
• Examples of industrial separation technologies
• Industrial crystallisation
• Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) and ionic liquids
• Processes using supercritical carbon dioxide as solvent
• Mollier diagrams for air humidity calculations
• A global exergy (useful energy) dissipation diagram for both renewable and fossil sources

Credits

The course is worth 3 credits.