The
Department of Chemical Engineering offers a Graduate Diploma in Pulp and Paper
Technology (GradDipPPT) at Clayton. It is expected that most recruits to this
course will be drawn from graduates of three-year science degrees who have been
employed in the pulp and paper industry. The course may have particular appeal
to graduates from developing countries.
The department believes that there is a need for the course because many of
three-year science degree graduates are employed in the pulp and paper
industry.
The course for the Graduate Diploma in Pulp and Paper Technology will comprise
a selection of subjects to the value of at least 48 credit points taken from
subjects offered for the Master of Engineering Science (Coursework and Minor
Thesis) program in pulp and paper technology. Some candidates may need to
undertake preliminary studies in some areas.
The actual subject selection for each candidate for the diploma will be
arranged in consultation with the academic staff of the department and must be
approved by the head of the department. Subject outlines for the subjects
selected may be found in the ´Subjects - all faculties' section of this
publication in the range CHE5160 to CHE5168. Note that the entry codes for
these subjects when taken for the GradDipPPT are CHE9160 to CHE9168.
The
Department of Chemical Engineering offers a Master of Engineering Science
degree by coursework and minor thesis in the area of pulp and paper technology.
The course is applicable to people currently employed in the pulp and paper
industry and to new graduates and others wishing to enter the industry. It is
designed to provide students with a scientific and technical understanding of
paper properties, pulping, papermaking and associated operations.
Students will be brought into close contact with the industry through the
contribution made to the course by lecturers from pulp and paper companies,
mill and plant visits, minor thesis projects and attendance at the annual
Appita conference. Many past graduates are now in senior positions in mills and
with supplier companies. Past students have been drawn from a number of
disciplines including chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical
engineering, chemistry, forestry and mathematics. Students from Bangladesh,
India, Indonesia and Thailand have completed the course.
Students will complete all core subjects provided in the course (48 credit
points), a six-credit-point elective from another department or faculty and a
minor thesis (18 credit points). The following core subjects are provided
in the course:
(Joint
offering with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)
(UMIST), UK) * Clayton and Monash Malaysia campuses * Three years of
part-time study by distance education
This course seeks to provide the knowledge and skills which will allow industry
to adopt more efficient, less resource-consuming, cleaner, process arrangements
within an overall context of sustainable development.
An applicant should normally have qualified for the Bachelor of Engineering degree with honours. In certain circumstances, applicants may be admitted if they hold the pass degree of Bachelor of Engineering or some other appropriate degree from this or another university together with honours equivalent work experience.
The
degree comprises a total of 10 subjects (modules), each of four credit points,
a design project work module (8 credit points), and a minor thesis (24 credit
points). The design project work module will require each student to
successfully participate in and complete seven design project sessions, each of
one to two days duration.
The following subjects are offered in the process integration program:
The
Department of Chemical Engineering offers to engineering and science graduates
the opportunity to work towards the degrees of Master of Engineering Science
(Research) and Doctor of Philosophy.
Research activities are aimed at improving techniques and at understanding the
phenomena in the fields of fluid dynamics, kinetics, thermodynamics, control
and reactor design for organic and inorganic processes and the material
properties of pulp and paper. Of interest are processes in which natural
resources are utilised, especially those in the metallurgical, pulp and paper,
food, energy and biochemical areas.
In addition to the specialised equipment necessary for the work outlined below,
the department has a range of service instruments including infra-red and
ultraviolet spectrophotometers, atomic absorption spectrographs, gas
chromatographs, polarographs, a thermal gravimetric and differential thermal
analyser, a Weissenberg rheogoniometer and other rheometers, a mass
spectrometer, high-pressure liquid chromotographs, a micro-Raman spectrometer,
confocal microscopes, an Instron materials testing machine, an atomic force
microscope and a dynamic mechanical thermal analyser.
An x-ray diffractometer and a scanning electron microscope are available for
use in conjunction with the Department of Materials Engineering. Microprobe
facilities are available in conjunction with the Department of Earth
Sciences.
Currently, research is in progress in the following broad areas: chemical
reactor engineering, coal conversion processes, membrane technology; process
economics; rheology; pulp and paper technology; separation processes;
biochemical engineering and food processing; and environmental protection
engineering.
Full descriptions of these research programs are available from the Department
of Chemical Engineering on request.
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