CE30241: Environmental and engineering project management
[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Credits: | 15 [equivalent to 30 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 300 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CWPG 50%, CWRI 50% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Environmental Science and Engineering (CWRI 50%)
- Project Management and Assessment (CWPG 50%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
After successfully completing this unit, you will be able to:
- Describe the principles of sustainability (environmental, social and economic) and main methods minimising environmental impact. (A2.7a, A2.7b, A2c, A4.3d) [CLO: K3]
- Apply appropriate techniques for analysing interaction of process, product and plant with the environment. (A2.7a) [CLO: P1]
- Select the appropriate methods to minimise environmental impact for a given scenario. (A2.7b, A2.6e) [CLO: I3]
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| Aims: | This unit will introduce you to the:
- Business environment in which chemical engineers work, along with economic parameters and methods for evaluating the costs and profitability of engineering projects within a legal framework,
- Complexity of environmental interactions and the ways in which human activities can impinge on the ecosystem as a whole.
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| Skills: | - Analysis [T,F,A]
- Problem solving [T,F,A]
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| Content: | - Engineering estimates of chemical process plant capital and operating costs
- Assess financial performance of a company using analytical costing tools
- Entrepreneurship - starting and running a small business
- Introduction to the concepts of an integrated environment and the interactions with human activities
- Life cycle assessment
- Energy conversion and the environment
- The nature, effects and control of water and air pollution.
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| Course availability: |
CE30241 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Chemical Engineering
- UECE-AFB12 : BEng(Hons) Chemical Engineering (Year 3)
- UECE-AKB12 : BEng(Hons) Chemical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UECE-AFM12 : MEng(Hons) Chemical Engineering (Year 3)
- UECE-AKM12 : MEng(Hons) Chemical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 3)
- UECE-AFM11 : MEng(Hons) Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering (Year 3)
- UECE-AKM11 : MEng(Hons) Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 3)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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