Undergraduate Course: Chemical Engineering Design: Projects 4 (CHEE10002)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Engineering |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
40 |
| Home subject area |
Chemical |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course consists of a number of chemical engineering design activities.
Firstly, students undertake two case study projects working in small groups (usually pairs). Each case study typically entails the design of a single unit operation, for example a heat exchanger, reactor or distillation column. The case studies, which are carried out sequentially, are followed by a group design project which is carried out in larger groups and generates the preliminary process design and costing of a complete plant.
In these activities, especially the group design, stress is laid on effective teamwork and communication both within the group and to a wider audience of staff, fellow students and industrial visitors. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-22 | | 14:00 - 17:00 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 17:00, Zone: King's Buildings. Classroom 7 Hudson Beare Bldg, Classroom 9 Fleeming Jenkin Bldg |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will learn:
- to work on complex, open-ended technical problems;
- to communicate effectively within and outwith the group;
- to develop solutions as part of a team, as well as undertaking individual technical effort in achieving them;
- to write concise, informative reports on the design work undertaken;
- to develop time-management skills due to report and presentation deadlines being imposed. |
Assessment Information
Students will be assessed on:
an individual report on each case study project (each contributing 20% for a total of 40%);
contribution to the group design project based on:
communication within the group assessed by the academic in charge of the group (5%);
oral presentation to an audience assessed by academics present (5%);
the design group report (50%), which consists of Volume I, a joint group report summarising the overall work with individual contributions identified, and Volume II, an individual document covering each student's particular design area. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Lev Sarkisov
Tel: (0131 6)50 4862
Email: Lev.Sarkisov@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Helen Bain
Tel: (0131 6)51 7159
Email: v1hbain@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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