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Chemical Engineering Major

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About this Major

Chemical engineering is about the application of knowledge from understanding how materials and chemicals interact or how they can be converted in some way to a more useful form, as part of a processing, production or refining process.

Students will gain expertise in a number of chemical engineering fields including process systems analysis, chemical thermodynamics, environmental and process risk management and reaction engineering, among others.

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Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
ENM3218Fluid Mechanics15
ENS2115Process Engineering Fundamentals15
SCC2310Physical Chemistry15
ENS2160Thermodynamics15
ENS2116Process Systems Analysis15
ENS3553Signals and Systems15
SCC1111General Chemistry15
ENS5556Heat and Mass Transfer15
ENS3111Chemical Thermodynamics15
ENS3115Unit Operations and Process Design Fundamentals15
ENS3113Reaction Engineering15
ENS5240Industrial Control15
ENS5209Process Control15
ENS5270Engineering Process Design15
ENS5561Minerals and Solids Processing15

Note: Students should check that they have completed the prerequisites for units in this major.

For more detailed unit information for this Major take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.

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Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and in depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the chemical engineering discipline.
  2. Think critically, and apply established engineering methods and research skills to complex chemical engineering problem solving.
  3. Apply systematic engineering synthesis and design processes to conduct and manage chemical engineering projects, with some intellectual independence.
  4. Demonstrate conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics and computer and information sciences which underpin the chemical engineering discipline and fluently apply engineering techniques, tools and resources.
  5. Demonstrate clear and coherent oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
  6. Demonstrate a global outlook and knowledge of contextual factors impacting the chemical engineering discipline, including respect for cultural diversity and indigenous cultural competence.
  7. Demonstrate effective team membership and team leadership to implement engineering projects according to relevant standards of ethical conduct, sustainable practice and professional accountability.
  8. Demonstrate responsibility for own learning, professional judgement and an understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary engineering practice.

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities

Chemical engineers work in a wide range of domains from mineral processing, mining, and oil and gas, through to industries associated with clothing, food, packaging, fertilisers, pharmaceuticals and many other manufacturing and biological processes. In Western Australia, many chemical engineers find career opportunities in the extensive mining, mineral processing and oil and gas industries that dominate the industrial profile of the state. Chemical engineers play a central role in both the production, refining and down stream processing in these important resource-based industries.

This Major can be studied in the following courses

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