Overview
Providing food, water and energy to the world's people in an environmentally sustainable manner is an engineering grand challenge that must be solved in a concerted manner. New scientific discovery and engineering processes are urgently needed, and chemical engineering must provide key solutions in all three areas. This unit will … For more content click the Read More button below.
The basic principles of the discipline will be introduced, including heat and material transfer, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, (bio)chemical reactions engineering and process design/control. Chemical engineering concepts will be developed within workshops and practicals complemented with practical laboratory experience. There will also be an opportunity for activities where, within teams, you will design chemical engineering solutions to important issues or opportunities.
This unit is aimed at all engineering students and may be of special interest to those attracted to environmental engineering, biological engineering, civil engineering (water specialisation) and chemical engineering.
Offerings
S2-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS
Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Associate Professor Victoria Haritos
Unit Coordinator(s)
Associate Professor Victoria Haritos
Teaching approach
Problem-based learning
Enquiry-based learning
Active learning
Assessment summary
Continuous assessment: 60%
Final assessment: 40%
This unit contains hurdle requirements that you must achieve to be able to pass the unit. You are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final assessment component. The consequence of not achieving a hurdle requirement is a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit.
Assessment
1 - Weekly quizzes
2 - Laboratory report 1
3 - Laboratory report 2
4 - Laboratory report 3
5 - Group case study-brief presentation and short report (5% and 5%)
6 - Group case study presentation
7 - Final assessment
Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities
Laboratories
Lectures
Practical activities
Workshops
Workload requirements
Workload
Learning resources
Required resources
Technology resources