CHE4164 - Integrated industrial project - 2018

24 points, SCA Band 2, 0.500 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Engineering

Organisational Unit

Department of Chemical Engineering

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Mark Banaszak Holl

Coordinator(s)

Dr Warren Batchelor

Unit guides

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2018 (On-campus)

Prerequisites

CHE3161, CHE3162, CHE3164, CHE3165, CHE3166 and (CHE3167 or CHE4163)

Prohibitions

CHE4161, CHE4180

Synopsis

This unit offers students the opportunity to work in-depth on a significant project, gain first-hand experience of professional practice in industry, applying skills and knowledge gained to date to a real life situation and study new topics in an industrial context. Projects are set up by the industrial partner and academic supervisor, and include tackling open-ended industrial problems, project management, process safety and process economics. A limited number of places are offered each year, and students are selected by the department on the basis of academic merit and leadership potential approximately 6 months in advance.

Outcomes

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

  1. Appreciate the importance of professional industrial practice and the application of chemical engineering science in an industrial setting.
  2. Analyse an open ended industrial problem and develop a practical approach.
  3. Critically analyse data and develop a new theory or conclusion.
  4. Demonstrate interpersonal, oral presentation and technical report writing skills
  5. Function effectively and professionally in an industrial setting according to the principles of management, process economics and process safety

Assessment

Assignments/Presentations: 50% + Final report: 50%

Workload requirements

36 hours industrial training placement work and 12 hours of private study per week

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