Chemical Engineering
 

ChemE 486 - Process Design II

Course Description

Credits: 5.  Comprehensive design of a specific process, including economic feasibility studies, utilization of market survey and plant location studies, process equipment design and optimization, and overall plant integration and layout. Offered: Sp.

Designation

Required.

Prerequisites

CHEM E 485

Textbook

Richard Turton, Richard C. Bailie, Wallace B. Whiting, Joseph A. Shaeiwitz, Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes, Prentice Hall, 1998.

Course Objectives

To provide the students with a comprehensive capstone design experience incorporating the elements of their engineering educations to solve a design project involving realistic issues and constraints.

Topics Covered

  1. Project Planning
  2. Ethics and Professional Responsibility
  3. Leadership
  4. Materials of Construction
  5. Innovation and “Green” Engineering design
  6. Safety, Worker Safety and Government Policy (OSHA and WISHA)
  7. Construction Management
  8. Patents and Intellectual Property Law

Class schedule:
3 lectures (part of quarter) and l lab per week.
Contributions of Course to meeting the Professional Component:

Engineering
This is the capstone design project course

Relationship of Course to Program Outcomes:

(a)   An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.

(c) The graduate should have an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.

(d) An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.

(e)   An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.

(f) An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.

(h)  The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.

(g) An ability to communicate effectively.

(i)  A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.

(j)    A knowledge of contemporary issues related to safety and the environment.

(k)   An ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.

Prepared by: Bradley R. Holt     Date:  May 17, 2007