Course Title: Advanced Chemical Engineering Specialisation 1

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Advanced Chemical Engineering Specialisation 1

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

PROC2093

City Campus

Undergraduate

120H Civil, Environmental & Chemical Engineering

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2008,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 1 2010,
Sem 1 2011,
Sem 1 2012,
Sem 1 2013,
Sem 1 2014

PROC2093

City Campus

Undergraduate

172H School of Engineering

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Ylias Sabri

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 3803

Course Coordinator Email: ylias.sabri@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 10.10.014

Course Coordinator Availability: by email


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

It is assumed that you have successfully completed all earlier year chemical engineering courses and that you are familiar with inherent vocabulary, concepts and techniques. 


Course Description

This course provides you with the opportunity to explore the application of chemical engineering principles to particular industry sectors or areas of specialist expertise in depth. Interface Engineering is the current focus of this course. 

This course will help you understand why events at interfaces between different phases are very important in mining, resource recovery, energy, food, agriculture, pharmaceutical, healthcare, cosmetics, and environment related industries. The course content will facilitate understanding of interfacial phenomena, application of chemical engineering knowledge at gas-liquid, gas-solid and liquid-solid interfaces, and will include illustrative case studies. Upon completion of the course, you will possess basic skills in interface related process and product design relevant to the above-mentioned industries. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course addresses the following Program Learning Outcomes:

Knowledge and Skill Base

1.1. Comprehensive, theory based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline.

1.2. In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline.

1.3. Discernment of knowledge development and research directions within the engineering discipline.

Engineering Application Ability

2.1. Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering solving.

2.2. Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources.

2.3. Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design processes.

2.4. Application of systematic approaches to the conduct and management of engineering projects.


 


On completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Understand, identify and apply the key physicochemical phenomena that affect processes and products of a particular industry sector.
  2. Apply chemical engineering principles to investigate certain industrial processes and products.
  3. Apply chemical engineering principles to the design of certain processes and products within a particular industry sector.

 


 


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment will be based on both individual and group collaborative performance.

☒This course has no hurdle requirements.

NB: All of the assessment tasks below support CLOs 1,2,3. The details of the assessments and rubrics are available in the University learning management system. 

Assessment Task 1: Individual Assignment- weekly problem solving

Weighting: 15% 

Assessment Task 2: Group Assignment

Weighting: 20%

Assessment Task 3: Test 1 

The test will contain multiple choice questions (MCQ) and short answer questions (SAQ). The MCQ component of this assessment will carry 5% weighting while the SAQ will carry 25% of the weighting for the course. 

This is an online assessment of less than 2 hours duration that may be taken at any time within a minimum 24 hour period.

Weighting: 30%

Assessment Task 4: Test 2

The test will contain multiple choice questions (MCQ) and short answer questions (SAQ). The MCQ component of this assessment will carry 10% weighting while the SAQ will carry 25% of the weighting for the course. 

This is an online assessment of less than 2 hours duration that may be taken at any time within a minimum 24 hour period.

Weighting: 35%