ENCH497-12S1 (C) Semester One 2012

Process Management

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2012
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 20 May 2012

Description

Engineering economics, project management, professional report writing, project research methods, and safety in process industry.

Restrictions

ENCH460

Co-requisites

ENCH496 from 2012.

Course Coordinator

Conan Fee

Lecturers

Peter Gostomski and Chris Williamson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Chris Williams' material 10%
Conan Fee's material 20%
Peter Gostomski's material 10%
Final exam 60%


Grades will be based on assessment of three assignments (20% on Conan Fee's material, 10% on Peter Gostomski's material and 10% on Chris Williamsons' material) and final exam 60%.

Part A assignment will be given out in the middle of Term 1 and will be due at the start of Term 2.  Part B assignments will be given out at dates confirmed by Chris Williamson and Peter Gostomski.

No extensions are permitted for individuals except on certifiable medical or compassionate grounds.

Notes

Course Content

Part A (Term 1)
Process economics. The main area covered is that of microeconomics as applied to industrial operations, including capital and operating cost estimation and investment appraisal with tax and depreciation effects. Financial calculations and time-value of money. Project contracting process and model forms of contracts are also introduced. If time allows, a Strategic Management section may include selected topics in long-term (strategic) planning, marketing, organizational behaviour and management structures. Instruction will be provided on the use of an important process simulation tool that includes process economic analysis, SuperPro Designer.

Course Content for Part B (Term 2)
Eleven lectures on hazard and risk identification; time management and teamwork; 2 lectures on use of Endnote and library databases (preparation for research projects); safety briefing for research project work; conceptual design (preparation for team design projects).


Relation to Other Courses
There are no prerequisites.  ENCH497 is a compulsory course.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $777.00

International fee $4,375.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Chemical and Process Engineering .

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