Need a chemical Engineering major to explain these class descriptions! Please.

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<p>Hi, I'm a Biomedical Engineering major w/ a focus in Cell and Tissue Engineering. I'm considering taking the following courses, can a Chem E please explain to me what this class is really about, and if/how these classes are related to Cell-Tissue Eng. applications. Would you recommend both or either class to me? Thanks!!</p>

<p>Transport Phenomena I
Introduction to the field of transport phenomena. Molecular mechanisms of momentum transport (viscous flow), energy transport (heat conduction), and mass transport (diffusion). Isothermal equations of change (continuity, motion, and energy). The development of the Navier Stokes equation. The development of nonisothermal and multicomponent equations of change for heat and mass transfer. Exact solutions to steady state, isothermal unidirectional flow problems, to steady state heat and mass transfer problems. The analogies between heat, mass, and momentum transfer are emphasized throughout the course. Corequisite: Differential Equations. </p>

<p>Transport Phenomena II
Dimensional analysis and dimensionless groups. Laminar boundary layers, introduction to turbulent flow. Definition of the friction factor. Macroscopic mass, momentum and mechanical energy balances (Bernouilli’s equation). Metering of fluids. Convective heat and mass transfer. Heat and mass transfer in boundary layers. Correlations for convective heat and mass transfer. Boiling and condensation. Interphase mass transfer. Prerequisite: Transport Phenomena I. </p>

<p>Thanks a lot for your help!! :)</p>

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<p>If I were you I would take Transport Phenomena I but not II. For Tissue Engineering a good introduction to boundary layer problems, diffusion, and a thorough investigation of Navier-Stokes will be helpful. It would also be nice, in your case, to get some functional application and studying on Bernoulli’s equation as well. It is doubtful you will really need heat transfer, but as they say they are quite analogous, especially in how you solve and define them.</p>

<p>II looks like you are getting into turbulent flows, which isn’t necessary for the systems you will work on. Still, it would be nice to have exposure to Bernoulli, but I wonder how much of any of this you’ll get in a Fluid Mechanics course.</p>